ZEITGEIST19 Curated Podcast

Episode Summary:

Released within the framework of Zeitgeist19’s participation at ASviS, Festival For Sustainable Development, this episode, co-led with the founder of Milan based studio MdA Design Agency Maddalena D’Alfonso, hosts the CEO of ToornendPartners, architect and special advisor for the ICOM working group on Sustainability, Jean Hilgersom. We meet him to talk about how the conversation about the 17SDGs has shifted over the past 5 years since they have been set by United Nations General Assembly, and what are the main principles of a sustainable museum.

About the Speaker: Jean Hilgersom, a CEO of ToornendPartners in Haarlem, has trained as an architect in the Netherlands and Switzerland. He is also a member of the ICOM working Group on International Committees and Special Advisor for the ICOM working group on Sustainability.

ToornendPartners is a consultancy firm with the focus on Project Management of cultural buildings, including museums and theatres. Jean has managed the projects for the large museum institutions in the Netherlands such as the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, RijksMuseum and Kröller-Müller Museum. Since 2011 member of the board of ICAMT, and from 2013 until 2019 the chair of ICAMT.

*In collaboration with MdA Design Agency, this episode is dedicated to the dilemma of multiculturalism in relation to the current global isolation.

Host: Farah Piriye

Co-host: Maddalena D’Alfonso & Kiana Talebpour, MdA Design Agency

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In this episode we meet Talimka Yordanova, the CEO of the Global Citizen Forum, who speaks with us about the concept of interconnectedness, the consequences of interrupted travelling access and the radical idea of a Global Governance. Talimka shares with us how she envisions the notion of progress by changing the way dialogues are taking place and by building on the conversation through action, subtly pushing the social criterion towards an evolution of the global mind, in order to gradually shape an indestructible homogeneous world.

To what degree can a community mature?

How vast is that space between the 'world of borders' and the 'borderless world'? Where do we locate ourselves within the 'local' environment?

And can one be truly a Global Citizen?

The Speaker:

Talimka Yordanova is the CEO of the Global Citizen Forum. She joined the organization shortly after its inception and has been instrumental in the process of its structuring, management and establishment as an active player in the international civil society. A firm believer in the power of dialogue as a catalyst for action, Tali has designed and implemented numerous initiatives in the space of irregular migration, refugee crises, gender equality, women empowerment, girls education and social entrepreneurship. Working alongside the late Kofi Annan, Tony Blair and Cherie Blair, Jose Manuel Barroso, Irina Bokova, various heads of states and government officials, Robert De Niro, Robin Sharma, Usher, Akon, Wyclef Jean and many more, she has contributed to the evolution of the concept of global citizenship as a cultural hub for cross-sector partnership built on the shared sense of responsibility for the future generations. Prior to her appointment as a CEO, she worked as Head of Development and Government Relations with Arton Capital where she advised a number of governments on the structuring and implementation of alternative foreign direct investment mechanism.Talimka holds a Masters Degree in Political Economy from the London School of Economics.

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About the GCF:

The Global Citizen Forum is a social action platform built on a community of leaders committed to improving the state of global citizenship for the generations to come. GCF runs a series of events, workshops, experiences and trainings where we focus on challenges and solutions within five adaptive pillars - governance, technology, mobility, sustainability and culture.

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Hosts: Elizabeth Zhivkova & Farah Piriye

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In this episode, together with our co-host Kiana Talebpour from Milan based MdA design agency we meet Hormoz Hematian founder of the Dastan - a multidimensional program focusing on Iranian contemporary and modern art, including Dastan's Basement, Dastan+2 and Dastan:Outside, as well as Teer Art Tehran, a private-sector initiative that runs Teer Art Fair and Teer Art Week. By means of this genuine and crucial conversation Hormoz takes us on a journey to Iran, where even though art is classified as “informational material”, meaning it is technically exempt from sanctions, the situation poses great obstacles for the country’s artists and galleries. Yet, Hormoz remains positive about Iran’s vibrant artistic environment and the region’s collecting patterns, as well as discusses with us the notion of Iranian artists gaining momentum on the international stage, both commercially and critically; the domestic art market that has been stymied by the state’s isolationism at the same time being a subject of high viewership; and what solutions the spaces are considering at the moment to maintain relevance and connection with their communities and the rest of the world.

What has triggered the Renaissance in Iranian art locally and internationally?

How strong is the exchange between Iranian art scene and that of overseas?

And how do you deal with the freedom of expression?

*In collaboration with MdA Design Agency, this episode is dedicated to the dilemma of multiculturalism in relation to the current global isolation.

The Speaker:

Hormoz Hematian founded the gallery Dastan’s Basement in 2012 in Tehran to showcase emerging and experimental Iranian art, later Dastan+2, dedicated to established artists and, most recently, Dastan: Outside, a program of curated pop-up exhibitions across Tehran. Together, the three initiatives cover the full spectrum of Iranian contemporary and modern art practices. In addition to an extensive local program of shows, pop-ups and eclectic collaborations, the Dastan group of galleries can be regularly sighted at established international venues such as Frieze New York, Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Dubai and Contemporary Istanbul. Aside from his work at Dastan, Hormoz Hematian is the founder of Teer Art Tehran (est. 2018). Teer Art Tehran is a private-sector initiative to promote modern and contemporary Iranian art through two sister events: Teer Art Fair and Teer Art Week. Once a year in June, Teer Art creates a space connecting local and international galleries, art collectors, industry professionals and visitors to engage in Teer Art Fair.

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Host: Farah Piriye

Co-host: Kiana Talebpour, MdA Design Agency

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In this episode, co-hosted with MdA Design Agency, we meet architect, researcher and film producer Bahanur Nasya. She talks about how we can improve the conditions for people living in rural and coastal areas, meanwhile delving deeper into the notion of ’togetherness’ and suggesting new ways of being and feeling more connected. Bahanur grasps into what strengthens social freedom and cultural diversity, simultaneously stepping away from vicious old-world hierarchies.

*In collaboration with MdA Design Agency, this episode is dedicated to the dilemma of multiculturalism in relation to the current global isolation.

The Speaker:

Bahanur Nasya is an architect, researcher and film producer. She has studied in Vienna and Barcelona where she has specialised in sustainable architecture and future proof development concepts. Currently she is involved in a research project focusing on coastal and rural development targeting environmental and social impact. She has produced films, documentaries and fiction movies. She is the Chairwoman of the Association "xsentrikarts" and leads Wonderland – platform for European architecture.

Host: Elizabeth Zhivkova

Co-host: Maddalena d'Alfonso, MdA Design Agency

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Co-hosting this episode with MdA Agency, Milan based Design studio, as part of our series dedicated to cultural pluralism, we meet prof. Ingrid Paoletti, who shares her invaluable knowledge with us reflecting on multicultural memory and the contemporary notion of ‘habitus’, translating from latin as ‘Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live’. Questioning the current unsustainable environment we find ourselves in, Ingrid talks about the importance of society’s legacy and sensitive tangible values of local communities.

How do you believe technology can help us preserve our cultural heritage?

How can our society keep up with the demands of hanging international needs for cultural understanding and awareness?

How can technology play a role in a setting of multicultural co-existence?

*In collaboration with MdA Design Agency, this episode is dedicated to the dilemma of multiculturalism in relation to the current global isolation.

The Speaker:

Ingrid Paoletti, Associate Professor of Building Technology at the ABC, Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering Dept at Politecnico di Milano University. Ingrid is founder and coordinator of the research group MaterialBalance www.materialbalance.polimi.it at the forefront of experimental technologies and material systems innovation. Her works have been shown in fundamental exhibitions, papers and books internationally recognized.

Hosts: Elizabeth Zhivkova & Farah Piriye

Co-host: Kiana Taleb-Pour, MdA Design Agency

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Episode Summary:

In this episode we meet Wallpaper's China editor Yoko Choy, who speaks about the consequences of Covid-19 in the design industry and business, the most recent promising projects oriented towards social well-being and the importance of collaboration. In the multi-faceted reality in China, Yoko expresses her vision on contemporary design, still in flux but yet to be shaped in a more environmentally sustainable direction by the young creative generation. As a multicultural creative she tries to translate the knowledge and insides from both worlds into a common language, meanwhile raising awareness of the importance of cross-cultural exchange.

The Speaker:

Currently based in Amsterdam, Hong Kong-born Yoko Choy is an acclaimed design and lifestyle journalist and the China Editor for Wallpaper* magazine, as well as a writer for Chinese and international publications including Hong Kong Economic Journal and the online platform Dezeen. Yoko is also a co-founder of Collective Contemporist creative consultancy. She has worked for Art Basel on its launch in Hong Kong, curated exhibitions for Dover Street Market in Beijing, managed Beijing Design Week’s international communications activities and represented MARIOTESTINO+ in Asia.

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Hosts: Farah Piriye and Elizabeth Zhivkova

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In this episode we continue exploring the notion of stage and performance art, this time meeting British musical-theatre choreographer Gillian Bruce, who speaks with us about reshaping musicals in a post-pandemic reality. Facing numerous restrictions due to the health risks, she shares with us her challenges on directing through distance and her high hopes for the future of theatre.

What the future of musical theatre holds? What are the biggest challenges of the performance industry? How can one direct on stage from distance?

The Speaker:

Gillian Bruce is one of the leading choreographers in Italy. She was born in London where she completed her studies at the Laine Theater of Arts and specialized in the Royal Academy and the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. After working in several English productions, both television and theatrical, she moved to Italy as a solo dancer in "Fantastico 4" (RAI 1). Later she started directing the choreography and teaching for La Scala Theatre in Milan, where she worked alongside George Iancu, in "The Merry Widow" under the direction of Pier Luigi Pizzi. Her choreography work includes ''Dirty Dancing'', ''Mary Poppins'' and ''Grease'' amongst others.

She is currently choreographing the first post-pandemic musical in Italy, ''Oklahoma'', and continues to teach and participate in various television productions.

Host: Elizabeth Zhivkova

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Episode Summary:

«Искусство никому ничего не должно. У него нету каких то целей и задач, как и у коронавируса..»,- так размышляет наш сегодняшний интересный собеседник, ученик Кирилла Серебренникова, талантливый режиссёр Гоголь-центра Илья Шагалов, которого пандемия застала в Берлине. О новом формате онлайн-театра, о первом в своем роде десктоп спектакле «Феи», о классике видеоарта Билле Виоле, о провокаторе немецкого театра Франке Касторфе, об идее метамодерна и о многом другом вы услышите в этом выпуске Zeitgeist19.

The Speaker:

В 2008 го­ду окон­чил ак­терс­кий фа­куль­тет Крас­но­дарс­ко­го го­сударс­твен­но­го уни­вер­си­тета куль­ту­ры и ис­кусств. Пос­ле окон­ча­ния уни­вер­си­тета пос­ту­пил в ре­жис­серс­кую груп­пу мас­терс­кой Ки­рил­ла Се­реб­ренни­кова в Шко­ле-сту­дии МХАТ, из ко­торой впос­ледс­твии вы­рос­ла «Седь­мая сту­дия».Сре­ди ре­жис­серс­ких ра­бот Ша­гало­ва — сце­ничес­кое эс­се «Do­minus Mor­fi­us» по Сарт­ру и Дос­то­евс­ко­му (в рам­ках про­ек­та «Те­ат­раль­ный аль­ма­нах»), спек­такли «Ска­зоч­ная жизнь русс­ких де­вушек» по пь­есе Мар­га­рет Ми­рош­ник (Центр дра­матур­гии и ре­жис­су­ры), «Fun­ny dre­am» по «Сну смеш­но­го че­лове­ка» Дос­то­евс­ко­го (про­ект «Плат­форма»), опе­ра «Сны Ми­нотав­ра» (Те­атр На­ций), пос­та­нов­ка в «Scha­ubuh­ne» (Бер­лин, Гер­ма­ния). Был ас­систен­том ре­жис­се­ра на спек­такле Да­вида Бо­бе «Феи». С 2004 го­да Илья Ша­галов мно­го ра­бота­ет ви­де­оху­дож­ни­ком и вид­же­ем, участ­ву­ет в раз­личных фес­ти­валях ви­део-ар­та. Выс­ту­пал как ви­де­оху­дож­ник спек­таклей Ки­рил­ла Се­реб­ренни­кова «Ки­же» (МХТ име­ни Че­хова), «Око­лоно­ля» (Мос­ковс­кий те­атр п/р О. Та­бако­ва), «Вой­цек» (На­ци­ональ­ный те­атр Лат­вии), «Сон в лет­нюю ночь» и «Охо­та на Снар­ка» («Седь­мая сту­дия»).

Host: Farah Piriye

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'Art doesn’t owe you anything’, says our today’s guest speaker Ilya Shagalov, ‘It doesn’t have goals or objectives, just like coronavirus”. One of Russia’s most talented and emerging video artists and theatre directors, student of Kyril Serebrennikov, and member of Russia’s leading avant-guard theatre Gogol Centre, Shagalov, who finds himself in Berlin during the pandemic speaks to us about his deeply inspiring creation entitled Fairies, which was released just for a day in the mids of national lockdowns, with its existential yet romantic reaction to our crisis-ridden moment and the only universal solution - to love. In today’s episode Shagalov will talk us through the new forms of online theatre, the depth in the work of Bill Viola, the provocative manner of Frank Castorf’s theatre making, the aesthetics of metamodernism and many more…

How are theatrical vocabularies shifting to accommodate and reflect global and local cultures? Can performance art make a positive change in relation to social and political realities? And does theatre have a place to exist in the digital world?

(*Available in Russian version as a Bonus episode.)

The Speaker:

In 2008 Ilya Shagalov gra­du­ated with a deg­ree in Ac­ting from Kras­no­dar Na­ti­onal Uni­ver­si­ty of Cul­tu­re and Arts. Af­ter his stu­di­es in Kras­no­dar, he en­te­red the Ki­rill Se­reb­renni­kov gro­up at Mos­cow Art The­at­re Scho­ol, which la­ter has grown in­to the Stu­dio Se­ven. As a di­rec­tor, Sha­galov wor­ked on the fol­lo­wing pro­jects: a sta­ge es­say “Do­minus Mor­fi­us” ba­sed on the texts of Sart­re and Dos­to­evs­ky (wit­hin the pro­ject “The The­at­ri­cal Al­ma­nac”), the pro­duc­ti­on “The Fa­iry­tale Li­ves of Rus­si­an Girls” by Mar­ga­ret Mi­rosh­nik (The Cen­ter of Dra­matur­gy and Di­rec­ting), “Fun­ny Dre­ams” ba­sed on “A Dre­am of a Ri­dicu­lo­us Man” by Fy­odor Dos­to­yevs­ky (the Pro­ject Plat­form), the ope­ra “Mi­nota­ur Dre­ams” (The The­at­re of Na­ti­ons), a show in Scha­ubühne the­at­re (Ber­lin, Ger­ma­ny). Sin­ce 2004, Ilya Sha­galov has al­so wor­ked as vi­deo de­sig­ner and VJ. He par­ti­cipa­tes in dif­fe­rent vi­su­al art fes­ti­vals. In col­la­bora­ti­on with Ki­rill Se­reb­renni­kov he pro­duced the vi­deo de­sign for “Kijé” (The Mos­cow Art The­at­re), “Aro­und Ze­ro” (Oleg Ta­bakov The­at­re), “Wo­yzeck” (The Na­ti­onal The­at­re of Lat­via), “A Mid­summer­night’s dre­am” and “The Hun­ting of the Snark” (The Stu­dio 7). Ilya Sha­galov is an up-and-co­ming di­rec­tor-ex­pe­rimen­ter. His works fe­atu­re ec­cent­ric forms, mi­xed gen­res and va­ri­ous me­ans of exp­res­si­on from vi­su­al art to li­ve mu­sic.

Host: Farah Piriye

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In this episode we meet fashion designer Francesca Liberatore, who shares with us her vision on reimagining the world of fashion. She is a firm believer that fashion can be a a platform for positive social good and we have to rethink the way we manufacture and consume fundamentally. Francesca speaks to us about creating new paths which are more considerate for humanity and the environment, eventually slowing down the 'bad habits' of brands and consumers on a global scale.

How can Fashion be more ethical? Why do we need to rethink our relationship with our clothes? Why does Sustainable Fashion matter? What are the near-future solutions for the design sector in a post-pandemic world?

*In collaboration with MdA Design Agency, this episode is dedicated to the dilemma of multiculturalism in relation to the current global isolation.

The Speaker:

Francesca Liberatore is an Italian fashion designer, whose creations have been showcased during New York Fashion Week and Milan Fashion Week. Immediately after graduating from Central Saint Martins, she makes her first steps into the industry at Viktor&Rolf, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Brioni ; later on stepping out on her own and winning the prestigious Next Generation Award (2009) with her namesake label. Transcending the borders of pure aesthetics, her artistic practice implements sustainable methods and concepts that provoke our critical thinking about present pressing issues of our time. Meanwhile designing, she has been passing her knowledge as a teacher at the Accademia di Belle Arti and NABA in Milan and Marist College in New York, as well actively being involved with UNIDO, United Nations.

Hosts: Elizabeth Zhivkova & Farah Piriye

Co-host: Maddalena d'Alfonso, MdA Design Agency

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