10:30 AM //
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Katia Arfara
Nato Thompson
 

11:00 AM //
KEYNOTE: WHAT DO WE DO WHEN RESISTING IS NOT ENOUGH?

Tania Bruguera
 

11:45 AM //
PANEL 1: WHERE IS SOUTH AFRICA NOW, NOW?

Athi Mongezeleli Joja, Zimasa Mpemnyama and Ziyana Lategan

12:45 PM //
LUNCH WITH OPTIONS FOODLAB

Options FoodLab is a community of locals and newcomers, using food and cooking as a catalyst for intercultural exchange, personal growth, and integration. Options FoodLab was born out of necessity. After a series of meetings with Babel, a day center for refugees and migrants, the idea to start doing food based events in Athens was formed.
 

2:15 PM //
PANEL 2: HOW TO BE AS RADICAL AS REALITY ITSELF?

Defne Ayas, Adam Kleinman, Natalia Antonova and Antonia Majaca
 

3:15 PM //
PANEL 3: HOW DO INDIGENOUS SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS HELP US VISUALIZE RESISTANCE?

Miguel A. López, Gladys Tzul Tzul and Benvenuto Chavajay
 

4:15 PM //
BREAK

4:45 PM //
PANEL 4: HOW MIGHT ARTISTS BEAR WITNESS?

Radha Mahendru, Zuleikha Chaudhari and Norma Alvares

5:45 PM //
PANEL 5: HOW CAN CULTURAL AND SOCIAL WORKERS ADDRESS ISSUES OF MENTAL AND
PHYSICAL REPAIR, TRAUMA, AND LOSS?

Katia Arfara, Nadina Christopoulou, Angela Dimitrakaki, Yonous Muhammadi
and UNHCR Greece

11:00 AM //
INTRODUCTIONS

11:15 AM //
KEYNOTE: CAN WE RE-EXAMINE ART HISTORICAL LEGACIES AND KNOWLEDGES TO
RESPOND TO CURRENT CRISES?

Patrick D. Flores

12:00 PM //
PANEL 6: HOW CAN WE RE-IMAGINE LABOR AND LIFE, WORK AND BORDER?

Brigitta Isabella, Anjeline de Dios and Tintin Wulia

1:00 PM //
LUNCH WITH OPTIONS FOODLAB

2:30 PM //
PANEL 7: IS ANOTHER COMMONS POSSIBLE?

Beth Stryker, Nida Sinnokrot and Shela Sheikh
 

3:30 PM //
BREAK

4:00 PM //
PANEL 8: WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS IN THE COMPLEX LANDSCAPE OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES?

Nato Thompson, Simone Leigh and Mary Kathryn Nagle
 

5:00 PM //
PANEL 9: CAN THE IMAGINARY OF ART ARTICULATE A NEW CONCEPTION OF THE CITIZEN?

iLiana Fokianaki, Michael Afolayan, Anna Apostolidou & Inaam Alibrahim, Theo Prodromidis & Nikos Agapakis
 

9:0 PM //
CLOSING PARTY AT STATE OF CONCEPT, CO-HOSTED BY ILIANA FOKIANAKI

Tousa Botsari 19, Athens