Shared Campus

Are We Contemporary?

  • Theme:
    Cultures - Histories and Futures
  • Dates:
    29.9.23–29.9.23
  • Location:
    Zurich

Discussion about what it means to be 'contemporary' in a globalised (art) world. This event takes place in cooperation with Kunsthaus Zürich. More information.

Matheus R. Pitta, a field of hunger, 2019/22

Date

29 September 2023, 18:30-20:00 Zurich time (16:30 - 18:00 GMT)

Location

Kunsthaus Zürich, Lecture theatre at Moser building, Heimplatz 1, 8001 Zürich

Access information

Limited number of participants. Registration required, Cost: CHF 15.– / CHF 10.– (reduced price), free of charge: students; CHF 5.– (members and with exhibition ticket)

Link to the event page - Kunsthaus Zürich

Link to the exhibition page "Time" by Kunsthalle Zürich

Link to Livestream

Description

The evening is divided into two parts: Cultural geographer Julie Ren will give a 30-minute lecture entitled 'Unhinged Temporalities: Urban Futurity and Contemporary Art Biennials'. Afterwards, the panelists will discuss questions such as 'Being contemporary in globalisation: does this imply a (certain form of) history or rather a continuous movement, a synchronised understanding of the present?'.

This event is co-organised by Kunsthaus Zürich on the occasion of the exhibition “Time” and the Shared Campus Cultures-Histories-Futures theme group program “Are We Contemporary?”.

Participating guests

Lecture by: Julie REN, Senior Scientist, Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Panel discussion:
Burkhard MELTZER, associate lecturer, Shared Campus, Zurich University of the Arts
Julie REN, Senior Scientist, Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Matheus ROCHA PITTA, artist, Berlin
Fatma SHANAN, artist, Julis, Tel Aviv and Zurich
Moderated by Cathérine HUG, curator, Kunsthaus Zurich

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