Activating Public Space: Malmö

MALMÖ. 17 NOVEMBER, 17:30.

Top image – Jenny Holzer, For the City, 2005. Photo: Courtesy Creative Time

Welcome to an evening with talks on socio-politically engaged public art. The event is organized by Public Art Agency Sweden, in collaboratin with the New York-baserade Creative Time and Moderna Museet Malmö.
 
The talk will expand on some of the most pressing issues from the Creative Time Summit: Stockholm, on the possibility of art to affect and enrich the way how we see and act in, the world. The discussion will address questions such as: How does art manifest in public space? How does it influence locally? What are today’s needs and requirements?
 
With the participation of:

Laura Raicovich (Director of Global Initiatives, Creative Time, NY)

Myriam Lefkowitz (artist, Paris)

Sunshine Socialist Cinema (Kristina Muntzig och Kalle Brolin)

Ann Wallberg (artistic leader and producer, Inkonst, Malmö)
 

Moderator:

Edi Muka, curator Public Art Agency, Sweden.
 
Programme:
17:30 John Peter Nilsson, MMM, welcome talk. Introduction by Edi Muka, Public Art Agency Sweden (Statens konstråd).
18:00 Laura Raicovich, Creative Time
18:15 Myriam Lefkowitz, konstnär
18:30 Sunshine Socialist Cinema
18:45 Ann Wallgren, Artistic Director Performing Arts, Inkonst
19:00–19:15 PAUSE: Refreshments
19:15–20:00 Questions and Discussion

All talks will be held in English. Free entrance.