28, 29 and 30 June 2007

Interterritorial explorations in Art and Science
2nd CO-OPs Public Event; Practices and Debates

Organized by CO-OPs and BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, in cooperation with Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht.

Location
Sonnenborgh - museum & sterrenwacht
Zonnenburg 2
3512 NL Utrecht
www.sonnenborgh.nl


Program

SATURDAY 30 JUNE 2007

From 10.00 hrs Reception

10.30 - 12.30 hrs

Expert meeting
Critical reflection on issues of globalization, commercialization and technologization

Location:
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst
Lange Nieuwstraat 4
3512 PH Utrecht

Participants:

Prof. Dr. Russell Jacoby, Dept. of History, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Manuela Rossini, lecturer ASCA (Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis)

Natascha Sadr Haghighian, artist, Berlin

Rod Dickinson, artist, London

The members of the CO-OPs teams

Members of BAK, basis voor actuele kunst

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Kitty Zijlmans

13.00 hrs Lunch

14.30 - 17.00 hrs

Team 5. 'NomadicMILK', by Michiel de Lange and Esther Polak
Research of the paradoxical nature of mobile technologies. This study focuses on the nomadic Fulani herdsmen in West-Africa.

Team 6. 'Laboratory on the move', by Kitty Zijlmans and Ni Haifeng
Critical study of current concepts, theories and practices of art in a globalizing world. A laboratory in the form of a dialog.

Team 7. 'Something's brewing', by Judith Thissen and Edith Abeyta
Judith Thissen and Edith Abeyta explore the commercialization of the cultural sector and the role of the artist as entrepreneur. In so doing they launch a new brand of beer.

From 17.30 hrs

Finisage Festive conclusion of the second CO-OPs Public Event. Beer-tasting with Something's Brewing BIER.


(The expert meeting is not open to the public; for more information please check www.bak-utrecht.nl.)