International symposium: commissioned artwork and public space
Laure Prouvost, Oui Will Become One Another, Dunkerque, 2023 (c)Martin Argyroglo
The symposium is organized in collaboration with a network of biennials and triennials in West Flanders and France, mobilized around reflections on how to produce art. Conceived as a tool for proposing critical perspectives on commissioning art in public spaces, the two-day symposium will explore the notions of co-ownership, co-commissioning, right of initiative, participation, sustainability and durability, through presentations by researchers, artists and art world professsionals, and a variety of discussion formats.
The symposium is aimed at professionals, students and residents who commission or participate in the commissioning of artworks, and aims to share aspirations for better inventing the common.
Flanders Arts Institute is an organising partner of the conference. We also organised a visitors programme during the triennal earlier this year.
Programme
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Registration
Partners
Event organized by the Frac Grand Large in collaboration with the LAAC – Musée de France, Bruges Triennial, Beaufort Triennial and Kortrijk Triennial, Platform Kunst in Opdracht, Lyon Biennale, CNAP, Société des Nouveaux commanditaires and artconnexion, Esä Dunkerque-Tourcoing, Université de Lille, Fondation d’entreprise Martell and Halle aux Sucres.
With the support of the French Institute, the British Council, the Flemish Government and the French Embassy in Belgium.
