On Friday May 24 Evert Bisschop Boele and Janna Michael host a symposium as part of the project “WORM in dialoog”, financed by a KIEM-subsidy by the NWO.
In this project Janna Michael, researcher at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, followed activities around the Institute Avantgardistic Recreation: WORM, with the goal of strengthening the relation between the residents of Cool-Zuid and the venue. Aware of the current gentrification processes in the area and the rapid change the neighborhood is undergoing, WORM aims to contribute to social inclusion and wants to be relevant for the diversity of residents in Cool-Zuid. At the same time, WORM is not simply a community center but remains an art institution creating innovative artistic output. WORM is currently developing a range of artistic projects that aim to engage neighborhood residents. Janna Michael talked with the artists as well as the neighborhood residents involved and followed their development and execution. Where do these artistic ‘interventions’ become meaningful for both, artists and neighborhood residents? What are the potentials and limitations of these projects? These questions will be addressed with neighbourhood residents, artists and employees of Worm.
Symposium “WORM in Dialoog”.
24 may 2019, 14.00-16.30 uur.
Location: WORM, Boomgaardsstraat 71, 3012XA Rotterdam.
Symposium entrance is free
The symposium forms part of Regenerative Feedback, an annual music, new media, sound art and philosophy conference. The idea behind this event is to present experimental performances; new media art, and to explore these through workshops, accessible lectures and conversations between experts and audiences.
The first iteration of Regenerative Feedback took place at Issue Project Room, New York City in 2018, with speakers such as Charissa Granger, Reza Negarestani, Alexandra Hedako Mason, Manni Dee, Colin Self, Melle Kromhout and Marielle Pelissero. This edition at WORM will be followed up by an event in Mexico City in 2020.
The event aims to investigate interdisciplinary methods to generate sustainable social futures through the lens of music and new media, and hopes to motivate spectators in new emancipatory directions: if we can understand what it is that attracts us to music, what drives us, in fact, to listen closely to one another; then there’s a chance for this vision to be innovatively applied in other areas. Regenerative Feedback is thus both media conference and intellectual gathering, and tries to build bridges between the two, with room for extensive Q&A sessions to promote active spectatorship.
