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civic engagement. Important themes
who is afraid of the public , symposium,
ICI, London, 2013; performing structures,
legitimacy, sustainable programs in
exhibition, Wascherei, Kunstverein Zurich,
stead of incidental projects, vital
2012; Deimantas narkevicius, revisiting
coalitions and culture producing citizens.
utopia , special
CAL-XL is a platform and catalyst for new
Film Festival, 2011. In 2014 she will curate
connections between artistic and social
a series of artistic interventions within
sectors, between theory and practice.
the frame of Dencity, an interdisciplinary
Spearheads are networking, training,
cultural project in the suburban area of
research, documentation and advocacy.
Giambellino, in Milan.
program, Winterthur Short
We build partnerships and acquire grants for the development of new products
Sue Bell Yank
and services. The implementation is
(Social Practice)
basically on the basis of contracts and the
Sue Bell Yank is a writer, producer, and
contribution of participants.
arts organizer. She currently works as an online education producer for the Oprah
Silvia Simoncelli
Winfrey Network and was formerly the
(Brera Art Academy)
Associate Director of Academic Programs
Silvia Simoncelli is an art historian and
at the Hammer Museum. She graduated
independent curator based in Milan
from the Masters of Public Art Studies
and Zurich. She is professor at Brera
program at USC, focusing on the role of
Art Academy and course leader of the
contemporary art in rebuilding efforts
Advanced Course in Contemporary Art
after a crisis, focusing on post-Katrina
Markets, NABA in Milan. She lectures
New Orleans. She has worked with artist
regularly for the Postgraduate Programme
Edgar Arceneaux as a co-founder and
in Curating at ZHdK, Zurich and she is co-
Assistant Director for the Watts House
publisher of the web journal oncurating.
Project, and has a deep-seated investment
Her research interests comprise the
in socially and politically-engaged art that
relation between art and economy,
can be traced to her years as a public
institutional critique and art in public
school teacher in Lynwood and South
space. She is currently editing an issue of
Fairfax. She is currently an advisor for the
oncurating
on the topic of the commons.
Asian Arts Initiative’s Social Practice Lab
Recent projects and participations
and the granting organization SPArt, was
include: artists and rights in contemporary
a curatorial advisor for the Creative Time
art , symposium, Artissima, Turin; visions
Living as Form exhibition (2011), and was
of labour , exhibition, Kunshalle
part of the curatorial team for the 2008
Sao Paulo;
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