PUBLIC EVENT
Displacement - Uncertain Journeys, Art Exhibition and Roundtable Discussions
Sicli Pavillon
Route des Acacias 45, 1227 Les Acacias, Geneva
Sunday, 11 October 2015, 13:00 to 17:00
On the occasion of the Nansen Initiative Global Consultation, Lucy + Jorge Orta’s work Antarctic Village- No Borders and Antarctica World Passport Bureau will be displayed with the presence of the artist, Lucy Orta. The work explores issues of territory and identity.
Roundtable discussions between artists, researchers and policymakers will also be held during the afternoon to discuss the topics of disasters and displacement, and the role artistic contributions can make in policy processes, such as the Nansen Initiative.
13:00-17:00 Exhibition open to the public
14:00-15:00 Roundtable discussion: Disasters, Climate Change and Displacement
• Prof. Walter Kaelin, Envoy of the Chairmanship of the Nansen Initiative
• Prof. Chris Wainwright, Curator, artist, and professor, University of the Arts London
• Bruce Burson, Independent Consultant, Refugee and Migration Law and Policy, New Zealand
• Marie Velardi, Artist, Switzerland
Moderator: José Riera, Special Adviser to the Asst. High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR
15:30-16:30 Roundtable discussion: How Can Art Contribute to Policy Processes?
• Lucy Orta, Artist, France/UK
• Dr. Robin Bronen, Executive Director, Alaska Institute for Justice
• Din M. Shibly, Photographer, Bangladesh
• Robin Jenkins, Artist, UK
• Dina Ionesco, Head of Division, Migration, Environment and Climate Change, IOM
Moderator: Hannah Entwisle Chapuisat, Research and Partnerships Officer, Nansen Initiative Secretariat
Curated by the University of the Arts London, in collaboration with the Nansen Initiative, DISPLACEMENT is devised as an integrated cultural component of the Nansen Initiative consultative process, foregrounding art practice and research as a methodology to add value to the Nansen Initiative’s process. DISPLACEMENT seeks to bring conversations together and provide a dynamic public interface and heighten awareness of the key issues and challenges facing the urgent need to recognize the plight of displaced people across the world due to slow and sudden-onset disasters, many of which are exacerbated by climate change.
During the Nansen Initiative Global Consultation, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland on 12-13 October 2015, representatives of some 100 States from around the world, as well as international organizations, NGOs and academics, will come together endorse a document called the Protection Agenda, which addresses the needs of people displaced across international borders in the context of disasters, including the effects of climate change. (www.nanseninitiative.org)
A key component of the DISPLACEMENT project during the Global Consultation includes an exhibition of Lucy + Jorge Orta’s work Antarctic Village- No Borders and Antarctica World Passport Bureau at the Sicli Pavilion, as well as other artistic interventions in the Global Consultation venue itself, including contributions by Rhino Ariefiansyah, Robin Jenkins, Andri Pol, Din M. Shibly, Marie Velardi, Chris Wainwright, and others.
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