Exit Europe – New Geographies of Culture

Wednesday, 11 November

Center for Independent Culture and Youth, Kneza Mislava 11, Zagreb

Participants: Stephen Wright, Boyan Manchev, Sonja Leboš, Teodor Celakoski, Emanuele Guidi, Petar Milat, Leonardo Kovačević, Tomislav Medak, Manja Ristić

Programme

		ROUND TABLES
14:00 – 15:00		INDEPENDENT CULTURAL SPACES AND CHALLENGING PRIVATISATION
		What successful examples of independent cultural spaces are there in contemporary Europe, and in what ways have they been successful in having political influence? What can be learnt from these examples?
15:15 – 16:15		CULTURAL COMMONS AND UNBOUNDED DEMOCRATIC SPACE
		In what ways is the cultural commons different from traditional democratic or national spaces?
16:30 – 17:30		NETWORKS AND THE CULTURAL COMMONS
		Can a networked formation of independent cultural spaces construct a cultural commons beyond traditional political spaces?
19:30 – 22:00		ART PROGRAMME
		Experimental musical performance by Manja Ristić followed by a screening of video artworks by a.o. Ólafur Ólafsson, Libia Castro, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Till Roeskens, dealing with questions of migration, displacement, borders, and curated by Emanuele Guidi.

Polis 21 is a series of artistic happenings and conferences taking place in London, Athens, Belgrade and Zagreb, investigating and challenging the expressions of exclusion in an urban context, aimed at promoting transnational activism.

organised by European Alternatives in cooperation with “Exit Europe – New Geographies of Culture” conference