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RE-MAP THE WORLD IN PALERMO´S GLOBAL GARDEN

WHO: Arts & Globalization Platform
WHAT: ART & CONNECTOGRAPHY. REMAPPING THE GLOBAL WORLD THROUGH ART.
WHEN: 16 and 17 June 2018: 09:30am to 10:30pm + 1 July: 06:30pm to 9:30pm
WHERE: Piazza Magione, in front of KAOZ, Via Francesco Riso, 55, Palermo, PA Italy.

A Manifesta 12 Collateral Event

Curated by Rikke Jørgensen & Valentina Gioia Levy

Invited artists: Jelili Atiku (NG); Lisa Batacchi (IT); Kenneth A. Balfelt (DK) + Kwame Aidoo
(GH); La Vaughn Belle (VI); Nasr-eddine Bennacer (DZ/FR); Stefano Cagol (IT); Chim Pom
(JP); Manohar Chiluveru (IN); Tiffany Chung (VN/USA); Nanna Debois Buhl (DK); Romina De
Novellis (IT); Gery De Smet (BE); Jeannette Ehlers (DK); Beya Gille Gacha (CM/FR);
Hesselholdt & Mejlvang (DK); Richard Flaming + Jake Nussbaum (US); Moataz Nasr (EG);
H.H.Lim (MY); Omraam Tatcheda (CM)

Invited curators: Awam Ampka (NG/US); Nadine Bilong (CM/FR); Blanca De La Torre (ES); Paul
Goodwin (UK); Hou Hanru (CN/FR); Alnoor Mitha (UG/UK); Pier Paolo Scelsi (IT); Sumeshwar
Sharma (IN)

How can we avoid conflicts and create sustainable futures for all? Do we need to rethink the
relationship between people and territories? Should we focus on fears or on human resources?

For 3 days, artists and thinkers will meet in a public square in Palermo to open up a dialogue
about the cultural consequences of globalization. The team behind the Arts & Globalization
Platform will build a Global Garden in Piazza Magione in Palermo. We would be pleased to see
you and we invite you to give your contribution.

In the context of Manifesta 12, this collateral event will host an ambitious talk and performance
program and a number of installations, video projections and Special Projects with artists and
speakers from most parts of the world.

We will together with the public investigate and discuss issues related to our time:
How are artists and curators dealing with concepts such as migration, digitalization and mobility,
or lack of mobility? What role does the image and representation play in our digital world? How
does hyper-connectivity affect our cultures? What kind of strategies, narratives and methods can
artists and intellectuals deploy in the current phase of globalization?

Rikke Jørgensen, founder of the Arts & Globalization Platform and Valentina Gioia Levy, Italian co-
curator, say this about the program:

"We have been inspired by the term "Connectography" that was invented by the global strategist
Parag Khanna, who puts together two words: "connectivity" and "geography". He argues that
supply chains today prevail on national borders and interests, while mega urban conglomerates,
with their complex infrastructural systems that sometimes go beyond national boundaries, can
now compete, in terms of connectivity, even with nation-states. According to the Indian expert in
international relations, this trend is destined to further increase in the future. Khanna claims that
the world is going towards a new kind of hyper-connectivity that is unprecedented in the history
of human civilization. However, despite his optimistic attitude, we are witnessing an escalation of
fears connected to globalization, which are consequently stimulating a resurgence of nationalism,
xenophobic sentiments, and even economic protectionism. In many countries, voters are moving
towards conservative and populist political forces, prompting governments themselves to take
increasingly rigid measures to protect their borders in a more aggressive and intrusive way. But it
seems clear that globalization is moving towards a new phase anyway. What this phase will look
like is yet to be seen".

The Arts & Globalization Platform is a nomadic interdisciplinary platform, which was founded in
2015 after the Arts & Globalization Conference in Copenhagen. The platform was part of the 57th
Venice Biennale with an independent pavilion and is dedicated to transnational questions in
relation to globalization and contemporary culture.

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Tiffany Chung: Reconstructing an exodus history: boat trajectories, ports of first asylum and resettlement countries, 2017.
INFORMATION

“Art & Connectography. Remapping the Global World through Art“ is a collateral event of
Manifesta 12 organized by Arts & Globalization Platform in collaboration with Kaoz / Dimora Oz.

The program will take place in Piazza Magione

at Kaoz, via Francesco Riso 55, vicolo Caccamo l’Alloro
16 and 17 June – From 09.30 am to 10.30 pm
1 July – From 06.30 pm to 09.30 pm

FREE ENTRY

PRODUCTION TEAM
Rikke Jørgensen, Creative Director and Founder of Arts & Globalization Platform
Valentina Gioia Levy, Project Coordinator for Arts & Globalization in Italy
Giulia Pilieci, Production Assistant
Dimora OZ, KAOZ, Logistic and Institutional Relations

For press enquiries please contact:

Arts & Globalization Platform: urbanartc@gmail.com / T +45 27 50 90 39

Full program and bio of artists and curators:

www.artsandglobalization.com

Follow us @artsandglobalization + #artsandglobalization

DAY 1
SATURDAY 16 JUNE 2018

09:00-09:30 SICILIAN BREAKFAST

WORKSHOPS/Participatory Performances
Lisa Batacchi (IT), Heated Oracles, interactive performance.
Beya Gille Gacha (CM/FR), Stolen Hands, interactive performance.
Hesselholdt Mejlvang (DK), For a Better Tomorrow, performance.
INSTALLATIONS
Nasr-eddine Bennacer (DZ/FR), Journeys Into the Future Through the Sea of
the Past, installation.
Gery De Smet (BE), The Identical Lookalike, ephemeral installation.
Hesselholdt Mejlvang (DK), The Invisible Territory, installation.
Romina de Novellis (IT), HOPSCOTCH, Il Gioco Della Campana, ephemeral
installation.
H.H.Lim (MY), The Mental Trip, interactive installation.
09:30-10:00 INTRODUCTION to the program
Rikke Jørgensen (DK) and Valentina Gioia Levy (IT), Arts & Globalization
Platform.
10:00-10:45 TALK
Re-imagining Mediterraneanism, an alternative paradigm of representation.
Valentina Gioia Levy (IT) in conversation with Moataz Nasr (EG).
10:45-11:30 TALK
Versi di Vetro in Palermo. Nadine Bilong (CM) in conversation with Omraam
Tatcheda (CM).
11:30-18:00 RADIO BROADCASTING from Radyo Vagabondo
Richard Fleming (US) + Jake Nussbaum (US).
18:00-18:30 PERFORMANCE
HOPSCOTCH, Il Gioco della Campana by Romina De Novellis (IT).
18:30-19:15 PRESENTATION
MIGRANT RESOURCES I – An introduction. A Collaborative Project by Kwame
Aidoo (GH) and Kenneth A. Balfelt (DK).

19:15-19:45 TALK
MAXXI in the Mediterranean.. Valentina Gioia Levy (IT) in conversation with
Hou Hanru (CN/FR).
19:45-20:30 TALK
Displacement as a method in art. Rethinking the relationship between the artist,
the institutions and the public. Blanca De La Torre (ES) in conversation with
Stefano Cagol (IT).
20:30-20:45 SOCIAL TIME

20:45-21:30 PERFORMANCE/LECTURE
Chim Pom Theater by Chim Pom (JP)
21:30 PERFORMANCE/ LARGE SCALE PROJECTION
The Body of Energy (of the mind) by Stefano Cagol (IT)
DAY 2
SUNDAY 17 JUNE 2018

09:00-09:30 SICILIAN BREAKFAST

WORKSHOPS/Participatory Performances
Lisa Batacchi (IT), Heated Oracles, interactive performance.
Beya Gille Gacha (CM/FR), Stolen Hands, interactive performance.
INSTALLATIONS
Nasr-eddine Bennacer (DZ/FR), Journeys Into the Future Through the Sea of
the Past, installation.
Gery De Smet (BE), The Identical Lookalike, ephemeral installation.
Hesselholdt Mejlvang (DK), The Invisible Territory, installation.
Romina de Novellis (IT), HOPSCOTCH, Il Gioco Della Campana, ephemeral
installation.
H.H.Lim (MY), The Mental Trip, interactive installation.
09:30-10:00 INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE
Spoon & Eggs Race by Manohar Chiluveru (IN).
10:00-10:45 TALK
Multiple Perspectives. About the Travel and Connectivity in South-East Asian
Contemporary Art. Valentina Gioia Levy (IT) in conversation with Alnoor
Mitha (UG/UK) and Manohar Chiluveru (IN).
10:45-11:30 TALK
Flags as Borders. Identity through symbols in the era of globalization. Pier
Paolo Scelsi (IT) in conversation with Gery De Smet (BE).
11:30-18:00 RADIO BROADCASTING from Radyo Vagabondo
Richard Fleming (US) + Jake Nussbaum (US).
18:00-18:30 TALK
Tracing the Untraceable. Valentina Gioia Levy (IT) in conversation with Richard
Fleming (US) + Jake Nussbaum (US).
18:30-19:15 TALK
Bodies beyond time-space borders. Valentina Gioia Levy (IT) in conversation
with Nadine Bilong (CM), Romina De Novellis (IT), Awam Amkpa (NG/US) and
Beya Gille Gacha (CM/FR).
19:15-19:45 TALK
Journeys into the future through the Sea of the past. Sumesh Sharmawar (IN)
in conversation with Nasr-eddine Bennacer (DZ/FR)
19:45-20:30 TALK
A New Humanity? Between Yoruba and Hyperconnectivity. Rikke Jørgensen
(DK) in conversation with Jelili Atiku (NG).

20:30-20:45 SOCIAL TIME

20:45-21:30 TALK
Traveling Species - on Coloniality, Hybridity and the Anthropocene. Rikke
Jørgensen (DK) in conversation with Jeannette Ehlers (DK) and Nanna Debois
Buhl (DK).
VIDEO PROJECTION
I AM QUEEN MARY by Jeannette Ehlers (DK) and La Vaughn Belle (VI). Kaoz,
Piazza Magione (TBC).

DAY 3
SUNDAY 1 JULY 2018
18:00-20:00

PRESENTATION
MIGRANT RESOURCES II - The Result. A Collaborative Project by Kwame
Aidoo (GH) and Kenneth A. Balfelt (DK). See Special Projects for description.

FULL PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Updates on the program will be announced on www.artsandglobalization.com
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