The topic of the lecture comes from project "Other Possible Worlds". It questions, which roles can art projects, art spaces, self- organised academies and labs play in developing conceptions of the world that go beyond purely economic globalisation? Projects from various parts of the world propose and test out other realities of life and world views, from small artistic attempts to social experimentation. Topics such as dealing with cultural differences, climate change, processes of levelling out and confusing complexities form the basis for a common space in which to rise questions.
The basis for Other Possible Worlds - Proposals on this Side of Utopia is a collection of ideas, concepts, models, terms, projects, kits and modes of acting. It is conceived as a pool for further projects in other parts of the world, it is open to further extension and it allows for varied formats.
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Berit Fischer is an independent curator and writer . From 1997-2009 she lived in New York and London , currently lives and works in Berlin . Contributes to magazines Afterall (UK ) or Magazin ( Germany ) and editor of books New Spaces for Negotiating Art (and) History in Africa (2014 ) , Hlysnan : The Notion and Politics of Listening (2014 ), Other Possible Worlds - Proposals on this Side of Utopia (2011 ) . Her curatorial projects include Part of the Game ( nGbK , Berlin ), Other Possible Worlds - Proposals on this Side of Utopia , nGbK ( Berlin ) , Brooklyn Waterfront Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition ( New York ) , Dumbo Arts Festival ( New York ) intrude 366 , Zendai MoMA ( Shanghai ) , and City Beats at bankers ( Yokahama ).
The lecture is supported by the Goethe Institute in Bratislava and the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.
