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Art and humanity: what is possible?

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.

Session 1

4 May 2021 – Learning

Watch recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmf8m3A9i-w&t=4020s

• 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

Session 2

11 May 2021 – Engaging

Watch recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqbjhRX6zgo&t=3s

• 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

Session 3

18 May 2021 – Looking

Watch recording here: Online Symposium – Art and Humanity: What Is Possible? – Day 3: Looking – YouTube

• 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

Session 4

25 May 2021 – Changing

Watch recording here: Online Symposium – Art and Humanity: What Is Possible? – Day 4: Impacting – YouTube

• 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.

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