viennacontemporary 2019: Talks

Friday, 27 September 2019

2:30–3:30 p.m. | viennacontemporary x Bildrecht | Talks | D32 |
What Remains of Art? What is Supposed to Remain?

The prospects and challenges of, as well as the solutions for premature legacies and bequests concerning ne art. The Bildrecht Talk is an initiative of the collective management organisation Bildrecht | Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung visueller Rechte.

Speakers:
Peter Brodner Lawyer specialized in asset transfers by way of succession and inter vivos
Natascha Burger Galerie Hubert Winter, Director, Head of Estate, Estate Birgit Jürgenssen
Karin Lingl Managing Director of the Foundation „Stiftung Kunstfonds zur Förderung der zeitgenössischen bildenden Kunst“
Elisabeth von Samsonow Philosopher and artist, full professor for Philosophy and Historical Anthropology of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Sasa Hanten-Schmidt Expert for contemporary ne arts since 1960 with focus on Europe, lawyer
Günter Schönberger Managing Director of the collective management organisation Bildrecht | Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung visueller Rechte
Moderation:
Christof Habres Cultural journalist and art market expert

4:00–5:00 pm | Talks: Next?
The long view: The future of art

The structures of contemporary art are rapidly shifting alongside those in the world at large. What might be in store for art, based on current tendencies? More importantly, what might art-world practitioners and audiences want from future art, considering political issues, power hierarchies, and the attention economy? Taking writer Ben Davis’s short essay “Three Tendencies of Future Art” asa point of departure, Davis and the other panelists discuss how art production, discourse, modes of exhibition, institutions, and the market might evolve over the next decades.

Rahel Aima, writer/critic, New York/Dubai
Touria El Glaoui, founder of the I-54 art fair, London/Marrakech
Ben Davis, writer/critic, New York

5:30–6:30 pm | Talks: Next?
Art world/real world: Can art nd a way to effect change?

The art/politics dichotomy pits reality (or “reality”) against representation, but what happens when art and politics do manage to intersect and interact? Can artists, exhibition makers, curators, or other mediators bridge the gap between art and politics, as so many are currently attempting, or must the roles of art worker and citizen, of artist and activist remain separate? Our panelists di- scuss the potentials of action within the cultural sphere based on past and ongoing efforts.

Gerrit Gohlke, New Patrons, Berlin
Ekaterina Degot, director, Steirischer Herbst, Graz
Tevž Logar, curator, Ljubljana

7:00 p.m. | Globe Wien, Marx Halle | Vienna Humanities Festival x ERSTE Stiftung
Social Networks or Social Nightmares?

Leading philosophers and social media specialists will talk about the role of social media and itsin uence on politics, culture, and society.

Speakers:
Roger McNamee, Facebook investor, Advisor to Mark Zuckerberg, author of the bestseller “Zucked” (2019)
Evgeny Morozov, political scientist, a visiting scholar at Stanford University, author of “The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom” (2011)
Max Schrems, Austrian lawyer and activist, who won a legal case against Facebook
Moderator:
Shalini Randeria, Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM, Vienna), an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences.