Panel Discussion: Vulnerability

CYLAND is a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 by independent artists and curators. For over 15 years, CYLAND has been dedicated to supporting the production and exhibition of New Media Art. We promote the emergence of new forms of art and high technology interactions, develop professional connections between artists, curators, engineers and programmers around the world and expose wide audiences to works in the field of robotics, video art, sound art and net art. Emerging or established, local or international, our selected artists are provided with resources, from technicians to equipment and professional development. Over the years, CYLAND has held the annual CYFEST, organizing and participating in various exhibition projects around the world, working on sound and video art archives.

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The panel will bring renowned thinkers and practitioners to discuss the value of vulnerability. As part of the CYFEST 15 Program in Venice.

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The panel will bring renowned thinkers and practitioners from the fields of Arts, Science, Technology, and Design to discuss the value of vulnerability.Ursula le Guin wrote about the openness she thought was vital in creative work: “so that death finds me at all times, and on all sides exposed, unfortressed, undefended, inviolable, vulnerable, alive”.Vulnerability may be thought of as meaning that one is at risk in a number of possible ways. One could be physically, emotionally, financially, or socially vulnerable,e and it is natural to try to defend against falling into such a state. However, the barriers that are built to keep vulnerability at bay may also keep out other influences, sensations, ideas, relationships and possibilities.In collaboration, it is vital to be open to possibilities that may unsettle or disturb habits, identity, and ways of engaging with the world. Holding on to established ideas, even ideas that have delivered success, advances in thinking and practice, and status, may limit or frustrate innovation. High performing teams can arise out of a culture that protects or even promotes vulnerability.The 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights established the need to protect human dignity. How would it be to seek to protect our mutual vulnerability? In a time of climate emergency and mass biodiversity loss, could we consider extending this to the more than human world? For this to be possible, many other changes dealing with social and ecological justice would be necessary.The panel will explore these and other aspects of vulnerability in Venice: a city that embodies a precarious, vulnerable position, whilst remaining a beacon of vibrant culture and contemporary arts and design.Chair / ConvenorAlan BoldonPanel contributorsAlice Oswald, celebrated poet and gardenerSha Xin Wei, Director of Synthesis and Professor School of Arts, Media + Engineering at Arizona State UniversityMuriel Mambrini-Doudet, 1st Research Director, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, Doctoral program lead at the Learning Planet InstituteBrian MacCraith, Physicist, Senior Advisor to the President, Arizona State University (ASU); Chair, External Oversight Body of the Irish Defence Forces; Chair, Gaelic Players Association (GPA); Former President, Dublin City University (2010–2020)Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas, artists, educators, and co-founders of Urbonas Studio, an interdisciplinary research practice for the transformation of civic spaces and collective imaginariesAs part of CYFEST 15 International Media Art Festival, April 15-August 30, Venice, Italy.In collaboration with the <a href="https://www.unive.it/" title="https://www.unive.it/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ca' Foscari University of Venice</a><a href="https://www.unive.it/" title="https://www.unive.it/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a>and the <a href="https://www.unive.it/pag/41396/" title="https://www.unive.it/pag/41396/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Centre for Studies in Russian Art</a>.Learn more at <a href="https://www.cyfest.art/vulnerability-panel-discussion" title="https://www.cyfest.art/vulnerability-panel-discussion" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">cyfest.art</a>

Ca’Foscari, University of VeniceAula Mario Baratto (Mario Baratto Conference Hall), 2nd FloorDorsoduro 3246For questions, please, contact elizaveta.goleva@cyland.org

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