Opening Address
HE Abdul Rahman Al Owais
Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, UAE
Saturday 17.03.2012
Opening Keynote
Salah Hassan (Institute for Comparative Modernities, Cornell University)
Art and Cultural Diplomacy
HE Omar Saif Ghobash (UAE Ambassador to Russia)
Jude Kelly, OBE (Southbank Centre, UK)
William Wells (The Townhouse Gallery, Egypt)
Dr Cynthia P. Schneider - moderator (Georgetown University, USA)
Commissions and Residencies in the Institutional Context
Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Gallery, UK)
Judith Greer (Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE)
Eungie Joo (New Museum, USA)
Susanne Pfeffer (KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Germany)
Beatrix Ruf (Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland)
Artists and Institutions: Commissions for Sustainable Development and Change
Dr Shokrollah Manzoor
The Institut Français Residency Programme
Palmina d’Ascoli (Institut Français)
Minding the Gap: the Critical Role of Smaller Organisations
Max Andrews and Mariana Cánepa Luna (Latitudes, Spain)
Hu Fang (Vitamin Creative Space, China)
Daniella Rose King (MASS Alexandria, Egypt)
Samar Martha - moderator (ArtSchool Palestine, Palestine)
Bidoun Projects’ BubuWeb
Tiffany Malakooti (Bidoun Projects, USA)
Anri Sala in Conversation with Christine Macel
Anri Sala
Christine Macel
Towards The Possible Film
Shezad Dawood
Individual Patronage in the UAE: the Salsali Private Museum
Ramin Salsali (Salsali Private Museum, UAE)
Site, Situation, Location – Some Approaches to Producing Contemporary Art
James Lingwood (Artangel, UK)
Sunday 18.03.2012
The Importance of Site
Yusaku Imamura (Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan)
Adam Sutherland (Grizedale Arts, UK)
Khalil Abdulwahid (Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, UAE)
Lu Jie (Long March Space, China)
Anne Barlow - moderator (Art in General, USA)
Introducing /A.R.I.A./ Artist Residency in Algiers
Yasmina Reggad (/A.R.I.A/, Algeria)
Artists and Audiences
Michelle Dezember (MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar)
Louise Hui-Juan Hsu (Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan)
Abed al Ju’beh (Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, Palestine)
Amal Khalaf (Serpentine Gallery -Edgware Road Project, UK)
Murtaza Vali - moderator (independent art critic and art historian, USA-UAE)
UAE-UAE : University Arts Exchange - United Arab Emirates
Joe Girandola (University of the Arts, USA)