Symposium: Art Across Energy, Climate and Sustainability – Groningen

The Wubbo Ockels School for Energy & Climate (RUG) in parallel to the exhibition, Art of Energy Transition: Future of Groningen, Gemeente Groningen is inviting the international community to this free event in English.

If you are interested, please register via this link directly with the organizers: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVRwaAARKO9ADuxIlscukbrApSANYmRkzQ9OlEUOJMOxrJdg/viewform

Some IWCN staff & volunteers will be attending. If you want to attend togehter with the IWCN group, please register also via our website so that we know the list of IWCN members that will come. (REGISTERING ALSO DIRECTLY WITH THE ORGANIZERS).

How can art approach the themes of Energy, Climate and Sustainability? Art can raise public
awareness of urgent environmental issues and cultivate platforms for open dialogue. It can also
deepen scientific ideas and potentially illuminate future solutions or perspectives.

Interdisciplinary approaches from art to ecological topics (and vice versa) require radical
challenges, mutual understandings and support, plus long-term visions in multiple layers. It is
also essential to reflect on new technologies and socio-political contexts.

This symposium aims to share diverse methodologies for accessing sustainability through art
(and vice versa) and to explore means of public participation in future collaborations.

Timetable: Monday, November 24th, 9am — 1pm
9:00 | Door open. Installation setup by Minerva artists

9:30 | Presentation by Sayoko Matsutani, Art Curator at Pine Valley Contemporary
Curator for the exhibition, Art of Energy Transition: Future of Groningen, at Gemeente Groningen

10:10 | Lecture “Art Lessons from the Industrial Age” by Andreas Blühm, Director emeritus of
Groninger Museum, Prof. emeritus of Art History, Museums and Society at RUG.

– – – – – Interval (please enjoy art presentations within the venue) – – – – –

11:00 | Panel discussions with scientists/experts in Energy, Climate and Sustainability and/or
interdisciplinary projects. 1. Introduction of research/projects of panellists, 2. Expectations from
art to enhance public participation and 3. Potential collaboration in future will be discussed.
Panellists: Prof. Goda Perlaviciute, Public acceptability of sustainable transitions (RUG), Dr
Gorazd Andrejč, Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society (RUG) and Annemarie Hofman-Tualena,
Department of Energy Transition at Gemeente Groningen. Led by Sayoko Matsutani.

12:00-12:45 | Lunch