Art and humanity: what is possible?
Every Tuesday afternoon in May at 4 p.m. (CET), join an international, multidisciplinary, and interactive online symposium on the relationship between art and humanitarian action. Learn from leading experts and take part in the live cocreation of an original artwork with Swiss artist Gilles Furtwängler
Download the general programme of the online symposium
The online symposium Art and Humanity: What Is Possible? is organised by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (MICR), the Geneva Haute école d’art et de design and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in partnership with the Geneva Red Cross, on the occasion of the exhibition Concerned. 30 Artists on Humanitarian Issues on view at the MICR in Geneva from 27 April to 26 September 2021.
Concept and organisation
- Julie Enckell Julliard, Director of Cultural Development, Geneva Haute école d’art et de design
- Pascal Hufschmid, Director, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva
- Philippe Stoll, Communication Adviser. Strategies, Innovation and Research, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva
Coordination
- Pierre-Antoine Possa, Manager, Cultural Projects and Events, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva
Session 1
4 May 2021 – Learning
- Ariane Koek, Independent Consultant, London
Real Feelings – The Artist as Visionary - Francesco Zucconi, Assistant Professor, IUAV University of Venice
Displacement as Method: Reflections on the “Humanitarian Caravaggio” - Olivier Chow, PhD, Founder and Director, Foreign Agent, Lausanne
Representing the Impossible: Trauma and Representation in Alfredo Jaar’s Rwandan Project
Watch recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmf8m3A9i-w&t=4020s
Session 2
11 May 2021 – Engaging
- Sophia Milosevic Bijleveld, Independent Consultant, Geneva
The Arts of Memorialisation - Azadeh Sobout, Post-doctoral Scholar, University of Manchester
Re-making Art as An Aid: Drawing on The Aesthetic and Ethical Engagement of The Artists in The Post-blast Beirut - Elodie Paillard, Lecturer, University of Basel
Ancient Greek Theater as A Humanitarian Tool
Watch recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqbjhRX6zgo&t=3s
Session 3
18 May 2021 – Looking
- Dominique Laleg, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bibliotheca Hertziana Max-Planck-Institut Rome
Three Arguments For (And Against) an Aesthetic of Suffering - Marc Herbst, Artist, Editor, Researcher, Leipzig / Somers (New York)
Toward Collaborative Ethic of Cultural Work - Isabelle de le Court, Art Advisor, Switzerland
Why a Chair? Artistic Gestures as Acts of Memory and Reconstruction
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-online-symposium-art-and-humanity-what-is-possible-day-3-engaging-151983632135?aff=erelexpmlt
Session 4
25 May 2021 – Changing
- Afshan Heuer, Museum Liaison and Evaluation Expert, EPFL, Lausanne
The Art of Transformation - Paola Forgione, Healthcare in Danger Delegate, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva
Swimming with The Artists: A Humanitarian Worker’s Perspective - Luis Carlos Tovar, Visual Artist, Bogota / Paris
Jardín de mi Padre - Katarzyna Grabska, Visiting Professor, University of Neuchâtel
Art and Humanity: What Is Possible? Closing Remarks.
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I would love to participate online from India.
Dear Avani,
Thank you for your kind message.
As part of the Concerned Exhibition, the Museum has organised an online symposium ART AND HUMANITY: WHAT IS POSSIBLE? that will be held every Tuesday in May at 4 p.m. (CET).
This international abd multidisciplinary symposium on the relationship between art and humanitarian action will start tomorrow. We would love you to join!
You can register here: https://www.redcrossmuseum.ch/en/blog/