[spectre] International Symposium FEEDFORWARD- The Angel of History

[Monica Bello]

International Symposium FEEDFORWARD- The Angel of History
Cleaning up after the 20th century. What is progress now?

23rd and 24th of October 2009
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial, Gijon (Spain)

[As part of the programme of the exhibition Feedforward- The Angel of 
History, curated by Christiane Paul and Steve Dietz]

FEEDFORWARD - The Angel of History addresses the current moment in 
history where the wreckage of political conflict and economic inequality 
is piling up, while globalized forces-- largely enabled by the 
"progress" of digital information technologies -- inexorably feed us 
forward.

The exhibition title references Paul Klee's painting "Angelus Novus," 
which Walter Benjamin famously interpreted as an "angel of history" 
transfixed by the wreckage of the past that is piling up in front of him 
while being propelled backwards into the uncertain future by a storm 
from paradise (progress).

The Symposium brings together theorists and artists, who will explore 
via panel discussions the five primary themes presented in the 
exhibition: the "wreckage" of the 20th century created by wars and 
conflict; the countermeasures of surveillance and repression that the 
state as well as global capital set up in an to attempt to maintain 
control; the aesthetics and symbolic language of the media of our times; 
the forces of economic globalization such as outsourcing and migration; 
and the possibilities of reconstruction and agency.

Speakers:
Christiane Paul, Steve Dietz, Sarah Cook, Margot Lovejoy, Tamiko Thiel, 
Chris Baker, Jose Carlos Mariategui, Stephanie Rothenberg, Angus 
Cameron, Tiziana Terranova, Pior Szyhalski, Naeem Mohaiemen, Barbara 
Fluxa, Esther Leslie, Hasan Elahi, Konrad Becker, Marco Peljhan, Nonny 
de la Pena & Peggy Weil, Knowbotic Research, Tom Levin, Jaron Madirolas, 
Clara Piazuelo, Tere Badia, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Graham Harwood, Eric 
Kluitenberg, Daniel G. Andujar, Fernando Garcia-Dory, Carlos Motta, Ali 
Momeni

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23rd
10:30 - 12:00 The Angel of History: Art and the Language of Media
Moderated by Christiane Paul, Steve Dietz, Exhibition Curators
Speakers: Sarah Cook, Margot Lovejoy, Tamiko Thiel, Chris Baker

Coffee break

12:30 - 14:00 Art = Kapital | Art and Global Economics
Moderated by Jose Carlos Mariategui
Speakers: Stephanie Rothenberg, Angus Cameron, Tiziana Terranova

Lunch break

15:30 - 17:00 Art and Conflict: Representing the Wreckage
Moderated by Christiane Paul, Steve Dietz, Exhibition Curators
Speakers: Piotr Szyhalski, Naeem Mohaiemen, Barbara Fluxa, Esther Leslie

17:30 - 18:45 Countermeasures: Surveillance / Sousveillance and 
Simulations of History
Moderated by Christiane Paul, Steve Dietz, Exhibition curators
Speakers: Hasan Elahi, Konrad Becker & Marco Peljhan, Nonny de la Pena & 
Peggy Weil, Knowbotic Research, Tom Levin

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th

10:30 - 12:00 What Now? Art, Cultural Production
Moderated by Jaron Rowan , Clara Piazuelo
Speakers: Tere Badia, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Graham Harwood

Coffee break

12:30 - 14:00 What now? Art, Activism, and the Possibilities of Democracy
Moderated by Eric Kluitenberg
Speakers: Daniel G. Andujar, Fernando Garcia Dory, Carlos Motta, Ali Momeni

Lunch break

15:30 - 17:00 Moderated roundtable with select participants across panels


For more information and registration:
simposio at laboralcentrodearte.org
Registration Fee: 20 €
Deadline: October 9th 2009

LABoral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial
Los Prados, 121
33394 Gijon
Asturias Espana
T: + 34 985 133 924
F: + 34 985 337 355
www.laboralcentrodearte.org