The Heinrich Boell Foundation (Schleswig-Holstein) and Heinrich Boell Foundation (Federal) are organising the confrence "Radius of Art - Creative politicization of the public sphere"on February 8th and 9th 2012 at the Beletage of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin, Germany.

The conference is designed to contribute to the international discussion around the effects art and culture have on social transformation, in particular on democratization processes and forms of political participation and social empowerment, political awareness raising and the forming of public opinion. Finally, it will be discussed how the basic structural and financial frameworks governing projects can be re-thought within the framework of these contexts.

The conference is focusing on the presentation and discussion of projects, basic concepts and experience within the field dealing with international art and cultural projects that have immanent relevance for the public sphere, for processes of democratisation, for the discourse surrounding growth and sustainability and for the development of civil society.

Central focus will be placed on:

• "Art for Social Transformation"

• "Public Art"

• "Art toward Cultures of Sustainability"

• "Cultural Policy Strategies and Funding Structures"

These topics will be elucidated through the examination of various foci within plenary sessions, fora, workshops, project presentations and various other forums for discussion and networking opportunities.
 

The registration has already been closed. Those of you who will not get the chance to participate may follow some sessions via our live-stream service to be found here:

www.boell.de/stream
 

For more information please visit the conference's website:

http://www.radius-of-art.de/conference/index-e.php

The conference is part of the EU-Anna Lindh Foundation funded -project "art-based research / research-based art", held under the aegis of the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in Kiel and the Heinrich Boell Foundation Schleswig-Holstein, in partnership with Interface / University of Ulster (Belfast, UK), the International Academy of Art Palestine (Ramallah, Palestinian Territories), the Maumaus Escola de Artes Visuais (Lisbon, Portugal), 98 Weeks (Beirut, Libanon, 5533 (Istanbul, Turkey), Boell Foundation Berlin, Beirut and Ramallah, Goethe-Institute Beirut.