Programme
Speaker biographies, organisation descriptions and details of presentations and panels are listed below. For session timings please download the schedule available on the left.
Saturday 17 March
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Opening Address
Address
HE Abdul Rahman Al Owais - Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development
17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Opening Keynote
Keynote Talk
Salah Hassan (Institute for Comparative Modernities, Cornell University)
17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Art and Cultural Diplomacy
Panel Discussion
HE Omar Saif Ghobash, Jude Kelly, William Wells, Dr Cynthia P. Schneider
17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Commissions and Residencies in the Institutional Context
Panel Discussion
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Judith Greer, Eungie Joo, Susanne Pfeffer, Beatrix Ruf
17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Artists and Institutions: Commissions for Sustainable Development and Change
Presentation
Dr Shokrollah Manzoor
17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Minding the Gap: the Critical Role of Smaller Organisations
Panel Discussion
Max Andrews and Mariana Cánepa Luna, Hu Fang, Daniella Rose King, Samar Martha
17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Individual Patronage in the UAE: the Salsali Private Museum
Presentation
Ramin Salsali (Salsali Private Museum, UAE)
17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Site, Situation, Location – Some Approaches to Producing Contemporary Art
Presentation
James Lingwood (Artangel, UK)
17.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
Sunday 18 March
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The Importance of Site
Panel Discussion
Yusaku Imamura, Adam Sutherland, Khalil Abdulwahid, Anne Barlow
18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Artists and Audiences
Panel Discussion
Michelle Dezember, Louise Hui-Juan Hsu, Abed al Ju’beh, Amal Khalaf, Murtaza Vali
18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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UAE-UAE : University Arts Exchange - United Arab Emirates
Presentation
Joe Girandola (University of the Arts, USA)
18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Pinches: Autonomous Amplifications in Sound/Art
Presentation
Joe Namy (cross-disciplinary artist, USA/Lebanon)
18.03.12
Boys' School (Calligraphy Square)
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18.03.12
Ceramics House
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18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Artist as Nomad
Panel Discussion
Sama Alshaibi, Basma Alsharif, Ziad Antar, Šejla Kamerić, Nikolaj Bendix, Skyum Larsen
18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Broadening the Scope: Working Across Disciplines
Panel Discussion
Guy Mannes-Abbott, Negar Azimi, Defne Ayas, Alanna Heiss, Omar Kholeif
18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Performing Arts: Creating New Work, Engaging New Audiences
Panel Discussion
Tarek Abou El Fetouh, Tarek Atoui, Samah Hijawi, Sofiane Ouissi
18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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18.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
Monday 19 March
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Workshops and Residencies: A Lifeline for Emerging Artists in Countries Without Infrastructures to Support the Visual Arts
Presentation
Danda Jaroljmek (Kuona Trust, Centre for Visual Art, Kenya)
19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Making and Exhibiting Contemporary Art in an Informal Settlement
Presentation
Amira Hanafi (Artellewa Art Space, Egypt)
19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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The Biennial as Commissioning Agent
Panel Discussion
Paul Domela, Yuko Hasegawa, Riyas Komu, Marieke van Hal
19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Hosting, Curiosity and Focus: Reevaluating Residencies and Commissioned Projects
Presentation
Daniela Pérez (de_sitio, Mexico)
19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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The Responsibility of Public Art
Panel Discussion
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares, Noura Al- Sayeh, Yazid Anani, Peter Eleey
19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Artist Mobility and Residencies: Practices and Policies
Presentation
Ayeh Naraghi (UNESCO Doha Office, Qatar)
19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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Cultural Policy: How Policy and Regional Governments Support Artistic Residencies, Commissions and Communitie
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Dr Salwa Mikdadi, HE Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Oussama Rifahi, Ruth Ann Stewart
19.03.12
Dar Al Nadwa
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19.03.12
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