10:00 AM

Morning Break

11:00 AM

Screening of ciudadMULTIPLEcity

Screening of ciudadMULTIPLEcity, a 15-minute video by Rich Potter documenting an international urban art project co-curated in Panama (2003) by Cuban curator and art critic Gerardo Mosquera and Arte>Panamá Foundation director, Adrienne Samos. Followed by open floor discussion.

Facilitator: Brook Andrew

Contexts and alternative models: ways of approaching place, space & time

Three perspectives on the role of cultural context and commentary in shaping effective people-to-people engagement.

Nova Paul, NEW ZEALAND (Artist & Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology)

The ability of the arts to interact with and shape public debate.

Fouad Asfour, SOUTH AFRICA (Linguist, University of Vienna, Dead Revoltionaries Club, Johannesburg)

Language & post-colonialism: the notion of South, pervasive Bilingualism , and contemporary art.

Dian Fatwa, INDONESIA/AUSTRALIA (journalist, Radio Australia, The ABC)

The role of the media in representing cultural identity across borders.

Facilitator: Megan Evans

Hosting an arts event in Yogyakarta

Two arts professionals familiar with Yogyakarta’s cultural environment share their insights into local issues to consider when planning an international arts event in Indonesia.

Titarubi, INDONESIA (Artist)

Wulan Dirgantoro, INDONESIA/AUSTRALIA (Curator and Lecturer, University of Tasmania)

Facilitator: Sarah Bond

Parallel Sessions: Brainstorming Yogyakarta

Led by the Why Gather? Working Group and the Indonesian contingent, participants will collaborate in shaping the preliminary framework and program of the next South Project Gathering.

Facilitators: Titarubi, Wulan Dirgantoro, Dian Fatwa, Sarah Bond, Kate MacNeill, Brook Andrew, Anthony Gardner, Zara Stanhope

From Reflection to Action

The results of the six parallel brainstorming sessions will be summarised and presented by each group. Based on these findings, the South Project will outline the next steps towards documenting and activating these proposals in the lead-up to Yogyakarta 2009.

Facilitator: Kate MacNeill

South Kids Update & Publication Launch

This session introduces the South Kids Coordinator and current South Kids. It will not only outline developments occuring in 2008 and beyond but also include a catwalk exhibtion of fashion design items created during a recent South Kids workshop at ArtPlay with Chilean Collective WALKA.

Lunch Break

1:00 PM

1:30 PM

2.45 PM

3:30 PM

Event Program

Why Gather? Symposium, Melbourne (2008)

Image Credit: Vasilios Devletoglou, 2008