- For more information on the group discussions, please click on the title in the program below -
Wednesday, March 25
16.30 Departure from hotel, transfer to Townhouse
17.00 – 18.30 Registration
18.30 Opening symposium by William Wells and Lex ter Braak
19.00 Keynote Chair of the symposium - Bassam el Baroni, Alexandria
Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF)
Keynote: ‘Ten contradictions for artists and hosts to solve’ -
Chris Keulemans, independent journalist/writer
20.00 Transfer to dinner
21.00 – 23.00 Dinner reception at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
23.00 Transfer back to the Flamenco hotel
Thursday, March 26
9.15 Departure from hotel, transfer to Townhouse
10.00 – 10.45 Keynote 2: ‘The politics of artist-in-residency’ – Sanne Kofod Olsen,
Funen Art Academy in Odense
10.45 – 11.15 Case 1: Mobility and Stability: the dynamics of losing and finding
locations in an artist's career - Mahmoud Khaled, independent
artist
10.15 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.30 Keynote 3: ‘Residencies around urban matters’ – Marilyn Bell,
Doual’Art
12.30 – 13.00 Case 2: Goddy Leye, Art Bakery
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Group Session 1: Artist Residencies and ‘Cultural Dialogue‘
Odile Chenal, ECF and Jakob Myschetzky, Inklusion
Group Session 2: Residencies tied to exhibitions and production
N’Gone Fall, Independent Curator
Group Session 3: The role of the host organization
William Wells, Townhouse Gallery
Group Session 4: Making the most out of your resident artist:
artist residencies and education
Samar Martha, Art School Palestine
15.00 – 15.45 Tea break
15.45 – 17.15 Report group sessions and discussion
17.30 – 18.15 First optional tour by Wouter Osterholt and Elke Uitentuis, resident
artists at the Townhouse Gallery
18.15 First transfer to Flamenco hotel
18.15 – 19.00 Second optional tour by Wouter Osterholt and Elke Uitentuis,
resident artists at the Townhouse Gallery
19.00 Second transfer to Flamenco hotel
20.30 Departure from Flamenco Hotel to Makan
21.00 – 23.00 Concert and dinner at Makan, Egyptian Center for Culture and Art
23.00 Transfer to hotel
Friday, March 27
9.15 Departure from hotel, transfer to Townhouse
10.00 – 10.45 Keynote 4: ‘Post-residency period’ - Alessio Antoniolli,
Triangle Arts Trust
10.45 – 11.15 Case 3: Vasif Kortun, Platform Garanti
11.15 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.30 Keynote 5: ‘Evaluation as a funder and host’ - Moukhtar Kocache,
Ford Foundation
12.30 – 13.00 Case 4: Meskerem Assegued, Zoma Contemporary Art Center
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Group Session 5: Was it really worth it? Evaluating artist residencies
Marianne Burki, Pro Helvetia - Zurich
Group Session 6: Alternative Residency Models
Chus Martínez, MACBA
Group Session 7: Residencies: disaster or blessing
for artists and the visual arts?
Edit Molnar, Contemporary Image Collective (CiC)
Group Session 8: Cultural tourist or resident artist?
Alessio Antoniolli, Gasworks and Triangle Arts Trust
15.00 – 15.45 Tea break
15.45 – 17.15 Report group sessions and discussion
17.15 – 17.30 Closing of symposium
17.30 – 18.15 Third optional tour by Wouter Osterholt and Elke Uitentuis,
resident artists at the Townhouse Gallery
18.15 First transfer to Flamenco hotel
18.15 – 19.00 Fourth optional tour by Wouter Osterholt and Elke Uitentuis,
resident artists at the Townhouse Gallery
19.00 Second transfer to Flamenco hotel
20.00 Departure from Flamenco Hotel
20.30 Dinner reception at the Residence of the Spanish Cultural Attaché
Saturday, March 28
Suggestions from the symposium for trips in Cairo, to be organised by participants themselves