Discussion will be held on the 16th of March 2018 in Barbara (Świdnicka Street 8B). You can join us after registration.
Speakers:
Kama Sokolnicka is a visual artist based in Berlin, born in Wrocław (1978), where she graduated on the Academy of Fine Arts (2003). Her works have been featured on numerous solo and group exhibitions, i.a. in Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Liverpool Biennial, Luleå Art Biennial, FRAC Alsace, Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Kunsthaus Dresden, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Beit Ha’ir in Tel Aviv, Zachęta National Gallery, CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Contemporary Museum Wrocław, Bata Institut in Zlin.
Nico Anklam is a Berlin based art historian and curator. He was lecturer for Art Theory at the University of the Arts Berlin and conceived exhibitions at Kunsthal 44 Møen, the Rietveld Pavilion Amsterdam and YEARS Copenhagen, amongst others. Most recently he realized a traveling exhibition and performance program around the Fluxus composer Henning Christiansen between Denmark and Norway. As a fellow of CPR (Curatorial Program for Research) he was in Estonia and Finland. Currently he works as a research fellow of THEORIA at the University of Greifswald on art and image production of the 19th century in Northern Europe and its former colonies.
Andrzej Raszyk is a concept writer, producer and consultant in the cultural and creative field. He is a founder of Berlin Sessions Residency Program. It is a platform conceived to offer personalized programs, curatorial expertise, network building and logistic support in the art sector to artists and cultural professionals. His previous projects include: programming and management of Berlinerpool Arts Network connecting 250 artists, curators and project spaces; publishing and developing information portal mondaynews - listing of selected international opportunities for artist and cultural workers; curation of exhibitions in state galleries and art spaces in Germany.
Paweł Szroniak is a curator and literary theorist. Since 2013 he organizes a series of concerts “Rozkurz”, which is dedicated to the experimental music. Among his main interests and research topics are: history of avant-garde movements, small music, conceptual tendencies in contemporary art and unconventional examples of music notation, especially text scores. Szroniak has been collaborating with numerous cultural institutions and festivals, including Bunkier Sztuki in Kraków, Museum of Art in Łódź, Wrocław Contemporary Museum, BWA Wrocław, Sanatorium of Sound Festival (Sokołowsko), Festival of Theatrical Music (Jelenia Góra), Mikrofestiwal – Festival of New Poetry (Wrocław). In 2016 he was a managing editor of the #29 issue of Glissando magazine. Lives and works in Wrocław.
After studying law Christophe Knoch worked for different institutions in the field of opera and theatre. He then worked for Christoph Schlingensief as his assistant up until Schlingensief’s death in August 2010 when he was entrusted with running operations, particularly with the construction of the Opera Village in Burkino Faso. In Spring 2011 Christophe Knoch started Mica Moca project berlin, which evolved to make a strong transdisciplinary impact on the Berlin venue scene. Since spring 2012, he has been the speaker of the independent art scene in Berlin, Koalition der Freien Szene. He is a co-founder of M.i.C.A. - Movement in Contemporary Arts. Since 2012 he has been involved in many participatory political processes concerning urbanism, participation in decision-making, consultation in development of spaces such as TOPLOCENTRALA in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mica Moca project berlin also led to teaching at Folkwang Universität der Künste in the project Es wird sogar schön and to curating, such as the series In Between Festivals during European Capital of Culture, Wroclaw in 2016. Currently he runs a neighbourhood project which has been invited to Berlinale 2018, Film Wanderungen.And he drives the public discussion about the participatory procedure on how to re-use a public space in Berlin, Alte Münze.
