An overview of the cultural content of the conference program
From artistic activities to a film evening and panel discussions, there was a comprehensive cultural offering. It complemented the content of the topics presented at the conference and covered a broad spectrum.
In collaboration with the KIZ RoyalKino, the new film"Matter Out of Place" by renowned Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter will be shown this evening. In impressive images, the film follows the waste across the planet and shows the eternal struggle of people to cope with this huge amount of waste.
The screening of Nikolaus Geyrhalter's "Matter Out of Place" will take place on June 1 at 6 pm in the KIZ RoyalKino.
The following panel discussion will take place:
Sophia Laggner, assistant director, 2nd director and production manager "Erde", "Matter Out of Place"
Barbara Brunner, program manager KIZ RoyalKino
Stefan Baumgarten and Susanne Kogler, University of Graz
and thus on a central theme for the entire conference. With the film and the discussion, we placed the possibilities of a responsible approach to ourselves and the earth's resources at the center of the debate and discussed the opportunities for art and science to initiate critical reflection relevant to practice.
Hannes Priesch created an artistic installation/intervention entitled "Hotel Abyss - Grund_Abgrund". The exhibited objects consisted of painted texts that were conceptually related to the symposium. As a starting point for his approach, the artist took ideologically divergent definitions of terms and used them to create a visual intervention condensed with painterly means.
This site-specific performance invited participants on a pilgrimage through the immediate socio-economic topography of the conference environment. At around five stations, participants were able to playfully try out or think further about questions and thoughts on the given material reality and Theodor W. Adorno's thought patterns using miniature performances by artist Sarah Pogoda. Using smartphones and headphones, visitors could choose between three meditative soundtracks inspired by Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys, thus accompanying and connotating the pilgrimage to and from Adorno in different ways.
Several experts from the University of Graz gave a brief overview of critical thinking in their field, which led to a lively discussion with the audience. Participants in the panel discussion were Juliane Jarke, Sarah Pogoda, Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl, Stefan Baumgarten and Julian Blunk. The panel was moderated by the well-known ORF journalist Renata Schmidtkunz.