Thursday, February 17, at 5pm (CET)

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Arts, shared performances, community engagement and spatial regeneration are keywords of an approach that puts culture at the centre of the transformation of our cities and territories. What’s the role, which are the forms and tools of the contemporary artistic process which engage both the social dimension, like the inclusion of a community, and the urban one, with the creation of new narratives and actions in space? How can artistic and cultural practices contribute to the support quality of life, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability, in line with the New European Bauhaus vision?

Join a conversation with Pierluigi Sacco, Matteo Lanfranchi, Jesper Koefoed-Melson, Michał Piernikowski

Moderation and Discussion
Nicola Morelli, Aalborg University, and Anna Moro, DAStU - Politecnico di Milano.

Thursday, February 3, 5 pm (CET)
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When it comes to societal challenges, the arts are often perceived as an opportunity to turn what is already decided or planned into something that looks more beautiful, becomes more touching, moving, or entertaining. However, there are many instances how the work of artists impacts social co-operation and advances by transforming patterns of behavior. By creating unexpected encounters between art and technology, science and culture, this session sets out to introduce contemporary art practices which promote an understanding of aesthetics that is critical rather than affirmative.

Introduction and moderation
Florian Schneider, Professor NTNU, Chair of the COST action EFAP

Presentations:
Examples to follow (12:00)
Expeditions in aesthetics and sustainability
Adrienne Goehler, former Senator for Science, Research and Culture in Berlin

INTERPRT: Artistic research and design studio (43:45)
Visual investigations into environmental damage and climate harms
Nabil Ahmed, Professor NTNU

Neringa Forest Architecture (1:12:25)
The forest as a landscape and material resource
Jurga Daubaraitė, Egija Inzule, Jonas Žukauskas, Nida Art Colony

DYNE: Digital community and free software foundry (1:35:23)
Data ownership and algorithmic sovereignty
Denis Jaromil Roio, former CTO of DECODE, Developer for Reflow and co-founder of Dyne

Projekt Atol (1:56:00)
From art production to scientific research and technological prototyping 
Marko Peljhan, Professor University of California Santa Barbara

Thursday, January 13, 2022, 5 pm (CET)
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Social inclusion is one of the biggest challenges for contemporary cities, because of the nature of the controversies it should address. As for the other pillars of the New European Bauhaus (aesthetics and sustainability), any approach to this challenge would not have any effectiveness without a deep socio-cultural change. The third seminar of the series explores the challenges and opportunities for cultural actions to promote change towards a more inclusive urban environment. We would like to focus on the generative capacity that could support cultural actions that drive change towards more inclusive cities.

Moderation
Nicola Morelli, Professor of Service Design, Aalborg University

Guest speakers

• Virginia Tassinari, Researcher and Lecturer, Luca School of Arts - Politecnico di Milano
• Anna Seravalli, Senior lecturer and design researcher, Malmö University

In conversation with

• Julie Hervé, Senior Policy Advisor EUROCITIES
• Paolo Bozzuto, Researcher and Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Milano

The second event of the seminar series “Cities in Action for the New European Bauhaus: Leveraging on culture and arts” explores the potential generative capacity of cultural actions in driving (urban) change towards people and nature positive futures. 

Thursday, December 14, 2021, 5 pm (CET)
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What role can culture, and cultural practices play in redefining the quality of our cities from a sustainability transition perspective? How can cultural and artistic practices contribute to shaping healthy, green, and climate-neutral cities? What direction is to be followed, and what is the mission to accomplish?

We are very pleased to explore these interrogatives with our guests

• Derk Loorbach (DRIFT for transition, Erasmus University Rotterdam),
• Pau Rausell Köster (Econcult - Research Unit for Economics of Culture and Tourism, University of Valencia),
• Marcela Brugnach (BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change: Klima Aldaketa Ikergai), and
• Rarita Zbranca (Cluj Cultural Centre)

The New European Bauhaus aims to facilitate societal transformation along three dimensions: aesthetics, sustainability and inclusion. This first seminar of the series explores the multifold value and meaning of aesthetics in cities in terms of the quality of the urban experience and living environment. The role of culture and cultural practices as contributors to the definition of new (aesthetic) meanings to the urban is at the core of this reflection.

Tuesday, November 18, 2021, 5 pm (CET)
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Moderation:
Florian Schneider, Professor of Art Theory and Documentary Practices, NTNU

Guest speakers:

• Sanna Lehtinen, Co-Director of the Philosophy of the City Research Group, Aalto University
• Valeria Monno, Professor of Urban Planning, Politecnico di Bari

In conversation with:

• Mara Ratiu, Professor of Visual Arts, University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca
• José Carlos Mota, Assistant Professor at the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, Universade de Aveiro
• Simona Chiodo, Professor of Philosophy, Politecnico di Milano
• Genaro Postiglione, Professor of Interior Architecture, Politecnico di Milano