Take a look at the programme to discover all that ECONOMIES OF AESTHETICS, From Possible to Desirable has to offer and join us in Basel, Switzerland. In due course more detailed information about the speakers, presenters and presentations will be presented.
| Fee | Amount |
| Early-Bird ELIA Members Fee (Deadline 1 May 2015) | € 295 |
| ELIA Regular Members Fee | € 395 |
| Non-Members Fee | € 750 |
Please click on the date for a detailed overview of the programme of the day.
08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00-09.30 Offical Opening
09.30-10.30 The Possible - Catalyzing Urban Change
10.30-11.15 Table Talks
11.15-12.15 The Desirable - Architectures of Meaning
12.15-13.00 Table Talks
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.15 The Sensible - Building a Antifragile Society
15.15-15.45 Table Talks
15.45-16.45 The Profitable - Economic Value, Reloaded
16.45-17.30 Table Talks
17.30-18.00 Synthesis: Closing of the day by Pier Luigi Sacco in dialogue with the audience
Delegates are advised to book as early as possible, since accommodation is very limited available due to Art Basel taking place at the same time. If you have not yet found accommodation, we suggest to contact the hotels below. Please note that we cannot garantuee availability and please book directly with the hotel.
AZA Basler Versicherungen
General Guisan-Strasse 55
4144 Arlesheim
[email protected]
+41 58 285 20 10
450 meter walk to the Tram station. Then 17 minutes by Tram 10 & 11 (from station ARLESHEIM BASELSTRASSE to station DREISPITZ by Tram 10 change to Tram 11 to station RUCHFELD)
450 meter walk to the Tram station. Then 28 minutes by Tram 10 & 1 (from station ARLESHEIM BASELSTRASSE to station BANKVEREIN by Tram 10, change to Tram 1 to station MESSEPLATZ)
IBIS Pratteln
Grüssenhölzliweg 11
4133 Pratteln
[email protected]
+41 61 823 73 00
37 minutes by train, bus & tram (BUS 82 from station PRATTELN ZENTRUM GRÜSSEN to station PRATTELN BAHNHOF, then change to train S1 to BAHNHOF SBB, then change to Tram 11 to station RUCHFELD)
34 minutes by train, bus & tram (BUS 82 from station PRATTELN ZENTRUM GRÜSSEN to station PRATTELN BAHNHOF, then change to train S1 to BAHNHOF SBB, then change to Tram 1 to station MESSEPLATZ)
EuroAirport Basel
From EuroAirport Basel please take bus line 50 (direction Bahnhof SBB) to Basel Central station. The duration of the ride is approximately 20 minutes. Here change to tram 11 (Direction: Aesch) to the “Ruchfeld” stop.
Basel Central Station
Please take tram 11 (Direction: Aesch) to the “Ruchfeld” stop.
Basel Badischer Station
Please take tram 2 (Direction: Binningen) to the “Bahnhof SBB” stop. Here change to tram 11 (Direction: Aesch) to the “Ruchfeld” stop.
Der Tank is a new exhibition space on the Campus of the Arts. A glass cube stands in the middle of the campus, shared by FHNW Academy of Art and Design with institutions such as HeK, the Atelier Mondial and Radio X- an independent radio station. The opening exhibition is by Fabian Marti - GIFT, about the 'now' of the knowledge, of praxis, of the ideas, events and actualities that constitute the Campus of the Arts.
We all aim for a relation with the present, the now. A relation that will allow us to sense we are being relevant. Art is one of the most powerful tools we have to produce a qualitative attentiveness to the qualities of the now and how it is both aesthetically and politically constituted. Art is also now teaching us to seperate the 'present' from the 'modern': making clear that the indivisible point of the present is difficult to grasp.
Summer Party organized by FHNW Academy of Arts and Design in partnership with ELIA, Kunsthalle Basel and I Never Read: Art Book Fair Basel.
08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00-09.30 Offical Opening
09.30-10.30 The Possible - Catalyzing Urban Change
10.30-11.15 Table Talks
Culture is a main driver in the transformation of contemporary space in many different ways; from culture-driven urban renewal to new forms of citizenship through bottom-up cultural participation. Is that for real or is it just a gateway to gentrification? What are the emerging models? What are the main challenges and criticalities?
Speakers: Desmond Hui and Kirsten M. Langkilde in dialogue with Philippe Bischof
11.15-12.15 The Desirable - Architectures of Meaning
12.15-13.00 Table Talks
How central is the quest for, and the contribution to, culture as meaning and sense making in the life of contemporary people? Does it still make sense to speak of culture as a key feature for quality of life? How can we create more inclusive forms of cultural participation that help people develop new skills and capabilities for the benefit of all?
Speakers: Catherine David and Francesco Erspamer
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.15 The Sensible - Building a Antifragile Society
15.15-15.45 Table Talks
How is culture contributing to individual and social resilience in a complex changing environment such as the present one? In a period of mounting xenophobia, ethnic radicalism, and soaring social and economic inequality, how can culture address these challenges in a more accessible and expressive way and function as a platform for a more cohesive society?
Speakers: Carolyn Christov-Barkargiev and Tina Saaby-Madsen
15.45-16.45 The Profitable - Economic Value, Reloaded
16.45-17.30 Table Talks
Cultural and creative industries are among the most dynamic sectors of the economy. But not always mere maximization of profits proves to be the best way to create value in an effective and sustainable way in today’s society. How do we set and secure the most favourable terms for professional artistic practice and cultural entrepreneurship to create the future?
Dialogue: Hasan Bakhshi and Pier Luigi Sacco
17.30-18.00 Synthesis: Closing of the day by Pier Luigi Sacco in dialogue with the audience
18.00-20.30 Dinner
08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.30-11.00 2 Parallel Sessions
1) Research
The production of new knowledge goes hand in hand with an anticipation of future challenges. Economies of Aesthetics offers a complex artistic reflection and presents how insights and results unfold.
Presentations:
Walking on the Wild Side?
Questioning the Impact of Artistic Research
By Flavia Caviezel with colleague SARN members Priska Gisler, Luzia Hürzeler, Rachel Mader, Siri Peyer and Markus Schwander
Perspectives on Research
By Kieran Corcoran
2) Impact
The conference displays the effects of the processes that art and design – creative and cultural activities – unfold in a society. The impact of Culture will be discussed including the critical competences from economy, sociology, ethics and politics.
Presentations:
Property of Aesthetics
By Jorg Wiesel and Nicolaj van der Meulen
Curatorial Impact
By Luisa Perlo, A-TITOLO
Impact of Design
By Michael Renner
11.00-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.15 2 Parallel Sessions
1) Cultural Entrepreneurship
Examples of successful projects presenting enduring spaces for cultural entrepreneurship will profile the role within society through new creative processes, in supporting motivated and skilled individuals with an artistic background – promoting new talents – The future is now!
Presentations:
Cultural Spaces and Design by Catherine Walthard, Regina Halter and Anka Falk, Hyperwerk
Cultural Entrepreneurship by Leo van Loon
2) Sources & Resources
What are the facilities and is the infrastructure needed for creativity? What are existing underlying processes supporting a successful cultural development?
Panel Discussion:
Moderated by Claudia Mareis, with Matthias Tarasiewicz, Johannes Bruder , Jamie Allen, Dusan Barok
12.15-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.30 Debate: 'From Possible to Desirable. In Search of a Common Layer of Meaning.'
15.30-16.30 Introduction to Art Basel Unlimited / Design Miami by Gianni Jetzer, including guided tour
16.30-18.00 Visit Art Basel
18.00-19.00 Reception at Swiss Art Awards and Swiss Design Awards, including exclusive tour
IXDM Senior Researcher Jamie Allen’s interests lie in the ways that creative uses of 
technology teach us about who we are as individuals, cultures and societies. Born in Canada, and working primarily between New York, the UK, Copenhagen and now Basel, Allen has been involved with emerging technologies as a designer, researcher, artist and teacher for over 12 years. His work has been exhibited internationally, from Eyebeam in New York City, to the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool, to SIGGRAPH Asia in Yokohama, Japan. Allen draws on his experience as a concurrent Senior Researcher with the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID), and a former part of the directorial team of Culture Lab, Newcastle University, where he worked towards understanding community, collaborative and public technological practices.
He has worked as an interactive systems designer for IBM, DuPont, ESI Design and the American Museum of Natural History.
Hasan Bakhshi is the director of Creative Economy
in Policy & Research at Nesta in the UK. His recent work includes the ‘Next Gen’ skills review of the video games and VFX industries, which has led to wholesale reforms of the school ICT and computing curriculum in England, and the ‘Manifesto for the Creative Economy’, which sets out ten recommendations by which governments can help the creative economy grow. Bakhshi also devised the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts, which has been piloted in England, Scotland and Wales, and rolled out in a three-year partnership with Arts Council England and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
editor of Monoskop, a wiki for collaborative studies of the arts, media and humanities. He is also a member of the artist collective La Société Anonyme. Dušan lives and works in Bergen, Norway, where he recently
Since January 2011, Philippe Bischof has led the Culture Unit of the Mayoral Department of the Canton of Basel-Stadt. From 2008 to 2010, Bischof built up and managed SÜDPOL Lucerne (centre for performing arts) as its Artistic and Managing Director. He sat on the Berlin Senate Administration’s Jury for Theatre and Dance Promotion from 2007 to 2011 and has been a member of the jury of the Dance/Theatre Committee of the Cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Land since 2008. Between 1994 and 2007, he worked on open-air productions and in municipal theatres, mainly in Switzerland and Germany. He was a member of the management team at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen from 2002 to 2004. Since 2004, he has brought numerous projects in Austria, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Iceland to fruition, between 2005 and 2007 regularly working in Geneva (Théâtre du Grütli) and Lausanne (Théâtre du Vidy, HETSR La manufacture).
Johannes Bruder is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Experimental Design 
and Media Cultures, Academy of Art and Design FHNW. He currently works on a project combining ethnographic techniques and practice-based research on underground electronic music scenes in the context of emerging creative economies. In general, his research spans the poles of critical media infrastructures, cognitive capitalism, design, popular culture, and the intricacies of making research public.
As Head of the Department of Design Kieran is responsible for organising, administering and leading a lecturing team of 40 full time and 35 parttime lecturers offering honours degree programmes in Visual Communications, Interior Design , Furniture Design and certificate level courses in Design Technology and Design Display. His previous position as Research Coordinator for the School of Art, Design and Printing involved the preparation of a Research Strategy for the school, the recruitment of M.Phil and P.Hd students, devising research projects and grant applications and representing the school at Faculty and Institute level.
Catherine David is a French art historian, curator and museum director. She was the first woman and the first non-German speaker to curate documenta in Kassel: the critically acclaimed documenta X in 1997. Currently deputy director of the National Museum of Modern Art (Musée National d'Art Moderne) at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, she was curator of the ADACH (Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage) Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2009. Beforehand - in 2008 – she received the Bard Award for curatorial excellence in New York. In the period from 2002 to 2004 Catherine David was director of Witte de With in Rotterdam. Earlier, from 1990 to 1994, she was curator at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris, and from 1982 to 1990 she was curator at the National Museum of Modern Art at the Centre Pompidou. David studied Spanish and Portuguese literature, linguistics and art history at the Université de la Sorbonne and the École du Louvre in Paris.
Francesco Erspamer is professor of Italian Studies and Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. He has previously taught at New York University, at the University of Rome and, as a visiting professor, at several other universities. During the summer he organizes a Harvard program in Milan and Siena on beauty, leadership and innovation. Erspamer is interested in aesthetics, the history of ideas, politics, soccer and cultural change in general; and has worked extensively on the Renaissance, the 19th and 20th century and contemporary issues.Erspamer’s other research interests include: intellectual history; the modern and contemporary Italian novel; and literature and politics. His most recent books are ‘The Creation of the Past: On Cultural Modernity’ and ‘Fear of Change: Crisis and Criticism of the Concept of Culture’.He is an active blogger. Erspamer’s book reviews appear weekly online in his page ‘Harvard Diary’, and on the website of Rai international.
Desmond Hui is an architect and architectural historian by training. He is currently managing director of Culture and Development Consultancy Ltd, a consultancy company specializing in architecture, heritage, art, creative industries and cultural policies. He is at present Adjunct Professor at the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts of the Hong Kong Institute of Education and the Culture Development Institute of the Communication University of China. He was selected as lead curator for the eleventh International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale Hong Kong Pavilion in 2008, and co-curator for 2012. He is the founding chairman of the Association for Cultural and Creative Industries, an NGO registered in Hong Kong dedicated to the promotion and development of cultural and creative industries. He was on the editorial board of The Creative Industries Journal (UK) and now serves as editorial board member of The International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries.
worked in London as an independent artist. In 1995 she was awarded a professorship (Aesthetische Praxis) at the Universität der Künste (University of the Arts) Berlin, Germany; from 2001 to 2009 she was dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Media, and vice-president at the Berlin University of the Arts; from 2004 to 2008 she was vice-president of ELIA. Research and development projects include Optimierte Dialoge, Reflektiertes Tun (2010, in cooperation with the Berlin Academy of the Arts); Innovation Habitat (2006–2008, in the 6th Framework Programme of the EU); Re:search in and through the Arts (2004-2007, in cooperation with ELIA). She has been director of the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst FHNW in Basel since 2011.
Leo van Loon studied business economics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Van Loon’s ambition is to empower individuals to contribute to society with their specific talents. Since its 2005 foundation, van Loon’s PopVox has coached over a thousand young people in entrepreneurship. Together with 15 agencies from 10 countries, Leo van Loon is founding partner and director of the European Creative Business Network, which represents 120 creative centres in 22 EU-countries. The main purpose of the European Creative Business Network is to contribute to establishing the EU as an accessible, effective and rewarding single market for creative and cultural entrepreneurs. The agency PopVox executes the activities of the European Creative Business Network. In 2008 Van Loon opened the Creative Factory Rotterdam, a creative incubator located in an old grain silo that houses over 70 companies, as well as a club and event halls.
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| Quarter | Results |
| First Quarter | € 10.000 |
| Second Quarter | € 14.000 |
| Third Quarter | € 8.000 |
| Fourth Quarter | € 12.000 |
Since 2013, Prof. Dr. Nicolaj van der Meulen has been co-head with Prof. Dr. Jörg Wiesel of the Institute Aesthetic Practice and Theory at HGK FNNW.His research covers aesthetic practice and design, image theory and has its historical focus in the early 20th and late 18th century. His habilitation, filed at the University of Hildesheim, was awarded for a thesis on image, area and performance in the late Baroque sacred space of Zwiefalten. From 2010 to 2012 Van der Meulen was head of the research project ‘Shaping the future. The image as a generator of innovation’ in the context of the Strategic Initiative FHNW. From 2009 to 2012, he coordinated the master program ‘Iconic Research and Visual Communication’. From 2009 to 2010 he worked on the National Research Focus ‘eikones’ at the University of Basel, specifically the project ‘Entwurf’, together with Michael Renner. From 2002 to 2007 Van der Meulen worked as an assistant and lecturer at the Art History Department of the University of Basel with Prof. Dr. Gottfried Boehm.
Luisa Perlo is a co-founder of a.titolo. a.titolo is a non-profit organization established in Turin by a collective of curators and art historians made up of Giorgina Bertolino, Francesca Comisso, Lisa Parola, Nicoletta Leonardi and Luisa Perlo.a.titolo curates and produces public art and context-specific projects, exhibitions, workshops, documentaries and educational programmes; developing an interdisciplinary dialogue between the visual arts and urban design. a.titolo is the artistic direction of CESAC, Experimental Centre for Contemporary Art at Caraglio, Cuneo. In 2001, members Giorgina Bertolino, Francesca Comisso, Lisa Parola and Luisa Perlo were appointed as cultural mediators of the Nouveaux Commanditaires programme, aimed at producing art works commissioned by groups of citizens, and promoted by Fondation de France.On this subject, a.titolo edited the books Nuovi Committenti. Torino Mirafiori Nord and New Patrons. Contemporary art, society and public space
Michael Renner experienced the digital revolution first-hand when he went to work for Apple Computer Inc. and The Understanding Business in California in 1986, after 
completing his diploma as a graphic designer at the Basel School of Design.
Research and reflection upon the meaning of images in the context of digital technology became the central theme of Renner’s practical and theoretical design activities.
He started teaching in 1990 in the Visual Communication Institute at the Basel School of Design (HGK FHNW) with an emphasis on information design, interaction design and design research. In 1999 he was named chairman of the institute.
From 2009 until 2013 he was co-leader of the module ‘Image and Design Process’ at ‘eikones’, the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Iconic Research. He is a founding member of the European research network ‘What Images Do’, a collaboration between the Royal Academy in Copenhagen, the Düsseldorf Academy, TU Delft and the Basel School of Design.
Tina Saaby-Madsen has been the Chief City Architect of Copenhagen since September 2010. She inspires, facilitates and advises politicians and the city administration. Her 
responsibility is to help define architectural guidelines and visions in developing the city based on The City of Copenhagen’s Architectural Policy. Tina Saaby graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture in 1997. She has many years of experience as an architect, partly as partner of the architectural firm Witraz Architects in Copenhagen, and was the former Vice President of the Danish Architects´ Association. She is also visiting professor at Sheffield University and external examiner at The University of Roskilde, The University of Copenhagen and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation. Additionally, Tina is the chairman of the advisory board at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation.
Pier Luigi Sacco is Professor of Cultural Economy and head of International Relations at the IULM University of Milan. Since September 2011, he has been Dean of the 
Faculty of Arts, Markets, and Heritage. Sacco also teaches Creative Industries at the University of Italian Switzerland (USI), Lugano. He holds a PhD in economics from the European University Institute, and is the author of more than one hundred and fifty papers appearing in international journals and edited books on the topics of economic theory, game theory, cultural economics, cultural and creative industries, and cultural policy design at the urban, regional and national level. He also writes for Il Sole 24 Ore, Saturno and Flash Art. Sacco is the president of the scientific committee of the International Festival of Contemporary Art, Faenza, and the president of the Cultural Observatory of Marche Region. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Italian National Library, Florence.
Since 2013, Prof. Dr. Jörg Wiesel
has been co-head with Prof. Dr. Nicolaj van der Meulen of the Institute Aesthetic Practice and Theory at HGK FNNW.
Prof. Catherine Walthard holds her professor title at HGK FHNW, for the institute HyperWerk in the field of design practices. She is currently deputy head of HyperWerk, the Institute for Post-Industrial Design HGK FHNW, which she co-founded in 1999. She has over 30 years of teaching and directing experience in art education in Switzerland, and presents lectures and workshops in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Walthard’s professional activities extend to collaborations with theatres and art galleries and she also contributes as a jury member in art and university committees. The work ranges from fine arts drawings to multimedia productions that have received international awards and prizes. Her interests lie in the supervision of students’ projects, the design of portfolios, and work with photography and visual communication within the overall topic of cultural experiences in design education.
Prof. Regine Halter holds her PhD in Media Studies, Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Cologne. Since 1999 she has been teaching media and design theory at HyperWerk, the Institute of Post-industrial Design; and since 2008 at the Institute for Integrative Design/Masterstudio at HGK FHNW. She heads both institutes. In her former career, among other things, she also has been a dramaturge, and General Secretary, Project Director at the Deutscher Werkbund (DWB), conceiving and organizing public events usch as exhibitions and international conferences on design. Regine Halter is an author, co-author and editor too. Her interests lie in the changes in human apperception and conceptual acting by and through digital media; globalization in design; crosscultural studies and intercultural perspectives.
Anka Falk received her MA in Rhetoric and Educational Sciences from the University of Tübingen, Germany. Since 2007 she has been teaching rhetoric, media history and creativity at HyperWerk, the Institute of Post-industrial Design and Masterstudio at HGK FHNW, and since 2012 also at the School of Visual Arts Bern. From 2007 to 2009 she was co-head of HyperWerk. Since 2003 she has worked on trans-cultural EU projects, and since 2009 she has worked on questions of cultural difference in design education. Recently she has been concentrating on a pan-European interview project about different perspectives on current international crises with partners like Art Box, in Thessaloniki, Greece. She has been actively involved in conceiving and arranging conferences, exhibitions and editing publications in cooperation with HyperWerk and institutions like the Museum of Cultures, Basel, and the Theatre of Freiburg, Germany. Her interests lie in how to implement questioning of cultural spaces and differences into design understanding and education.
