CREATIVE TIME SUMMIT 2013

CREATIVE TIME SUMMIT 2013: Art, Place and Dislocation in the  21ST Century City  The role of art in urban transformations.   Live broadcast direct from Intermediae 25^th and 26^th of October, 16h-00.30h: Conversations between the curator Nato Thompson and researchers, collectives and experiences that reflect on the cultural field and the urban environment.   Every year Creative Time Summit brings together artists, activists, critics, researchers, writers, innovators and curators in New York to share the ways in which they are trying to make changes to the world in unprecedented ways with a wider audience. In a time when social movements are emerging worldwide, Creative Time Summit explores the intersection between artistic practice and social justice   Described as «visionary» by the New York Times, Creative Time Summit is the only global reference in its class, dedicated to exploring the intersection between artistic production and social justice. It offers a platform of debate on the role of culture as an active ingredient in the construction and formation of the contemporary city.   The Summit will bring together artists, architects, urbanists, politicians, activists and theorists from Colombia, Lebanon, the Netherlands, the United States, Zimbabwe and many other places in order to present projects on the ways in which cultural production addresses issues, such as gentrification, social inclusion, experimental urbanism and the resilience to environmental catastrophes… a space to analyse experiments, problems, artistic and symbolic practices, campaigns, theories and other aspects that accompany the idea of culture as a catalyst in urban areas, moving ever closer to a form thought about ones own city.   This attention to the role of culture in the city requires careful consideration about the potential connection between the artistic and creative context and the idea of social justice. How can the arts reach a new level of commitment with a heterogeneous audience? How can we achieve equality in an economical and political environment that generates inequality? What new forms of civil participation and engagement do these practices articulate? What instructive models are being developed by city planners and mayors today? How can institutions and governments support a type of cultural production that makes its cities economically sustainable for all of its inhabitants? How can culture contribute to the city beyond the space and potential of the economy? In what way is cultured related to the environmental crisis in the city?        Every city has a different story to tell. Much could be drawn from the frustration felt and the different battles that are fought in radically different contexts. Together these stories point to something worth profound examination: art is an integral part of the viability of contemporary cities, and its implications are as complex as the cities themselves.    Creative Time Summit began in 2009 as a response to the necessity to share ideas and practices between a growing community of cultural professionals working in the area of social justice and the practice of socially engaged art   Creative Time Summit bases its work on the belief that artists and their ideas should play an important part in the role of shaping public life, and that public spaces are for creativity and freedom of expression, and also that artists need opportunities to experiment, innovate, and expand their practices and to connect themselves with the most important themes of our time.       More info at: creativetime.org/summit   Complete schedule: creativetime.org/summit/schedule