Der Hamburger Bahnhof war einer der großen Berliner Kopfbahnhöfe des 19. Jahrhunderts – ein Ort des Ankommens, Aufbruchs und Übergangs. Bis heute prägt diese Geschichte das Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst im Zentrum Berlins. Der Hamburger Bahnhof ist wie Berlin voller Vielschichtigkeit, Brüche und hat Veränderung als stetige Konstante.
Public Engagement – Futures of Art Mediation
The symposium takes the anniversary as an opportunity to reconsider art mediation in the context of social, institutional and technological transformation. Museums are developing into spaces of negotiation, participation and knowledge production. The symposium brings together international perspectives from theory, research, practice and artistic practice to discuss future-oriented models of mediation.
Participation is free of charge.
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Programme
Welcome9 am
Till Fellrath, Director, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Introduction to the symposium
Claudia Ehgartner, Head of Education and Public Programmes, introduces the symposium’s conceptual framework and the programme for the day
KeynoteMuseums and Solidarity in Action: One Struggle at a Time9:30 am
Dr Bernadette Lynch, University College London
Panel 1Art Mediation and the Urban PublicLed by Prof Elke Krasny, Professor of Art and Education, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna10:30 am
Who is Everyone? The Public Sphere under Infrastructural ConditionsDr Janna Graham, Senior Lecturer in Curating and Programme Director of the BA Curating, Goldsmiths, University of London
De-sedimenting Urban StruggleDr Nora Sternfeld, Professor of Art Education, HFBK Hamburg, Co-Director, /ecm – Exhibition Theory and Practice, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Discussion11:45 am
Lunch break12 noon
Panel 2Museums of the Future: Strategy & ResponsibilityLed by Prof Dr Mona Jas, Artistic Director, KinderKunstLabor for Contemporary Art, St Pölten; Honorary Professor, weißensee kunsthochschule berlin2 pm
Social Milieus and Cultural Participation: Who Visits Exhibitions – and Why?Dr Oliver Tewes-Schünzel, sociologist and research associate at the Institute for Research on Cultural Participation (IKTf), Berlin
Art Mediation, Curating, and Museum ManagementProf Dr Susan Kamel, Professor of Museum Studies, HTW Berlin, Faculty of Design and Culture / Museology and Museum Management and Communication
What kind of social space is a museum, and what are its roles?Prof Angeli Sachs, art historian, curator and museologist in Berlin
3 pmDiscussion
3:15 pmCoffee Break
Panel 3Human, Machine and Mediation (AI)Led by Christian Larsen, Executive Director, EDI Global Forum, Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples4:30 pm
Common Grounds? AI and Art Education as Cultural PracticesDr Shusha Niederberger, Lecturer in Contemporary Network Cultures, F+F School of Art and Design, Zurich, and Lecturer in Critical Theory, Academy of Art and Design Basel FHNW
Which Concrete Challenges Can AI Solve in Museum Mediation, and Where Are Its Limits?Julian Harbort MSc, Founder and Business Development, nuseum.ai, Vienna
Discussion5 pm
ClosingCritical Perspective as Commentary5:15 pm
Dr Emiel Heijnen and Dr Melissa Bremmer, Professors of Arts Education, Amsterdam University of the Arts