Debate on September 23, 2008 at 5.00-6.45 p.m. with:
Arunas Gelunas, vice rector of Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts
Per Nilsson, lector at Konsthögskolan Umeå University
Mikkel Bogh, head of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Moderator: Tore Leifer, host on the radio program Kulturnyt on P1 and P2
Due to globalization, art is no longer bound by national restrictions. Thoughts, ideas, traditions and ways of expressions are exchanged across frontiers and continents. Along with the new information technologies have come new ways of presenting artworks to a larger and larger audience. And it has become increasingly easier to reach an audience no longer consisting only of connoisseurs. Globalization has opened the doors wide for both artists and art consumers.
But what are the benefits and the consequences for the art and the artist of the market growing to embrace the whole world? Do the national and cultural distinctions dwindle in the wake of the global exchange of art and culture? Do the increased network of artists and consumers and the new information technology contribute to a fruitful exchange of ideas? Or are we in the middle of a commercialization of the art that will reduce it to mere entertainment of a poor quality? Does globalization equal fruitful, cultural exchange or commercial watering down of the arts?
On Tuesday, September 23 at 5 p.m. three cultural experts from Lithuania, Sweden and Denmark will meet to discuss the status of art in a global world. The debate has been organized by The Lithuanian Embassy in Copenhagen, The Lithuanian Cultural Ministry and Norden i Fokus, Copenhagen.
The debate is going to be in English.
The debaters:
Arunas Gelunas, vice rector of Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, Lithuania.
Per Nilsson, lector at Konsthögskolan Umeå University, Sweden.
Mikkel Bogh, head of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Denmark.
Moderator:
Tore Leifer, host on the radio program Kulturnyt on P1 and P2.
When:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 5.00-6.45 p.m.
Where:
The Nordic Council of Minister's secretariat
Store Strandstræde 18
1255 København K
Admission:
The debate is open to all and is admission free. But because of a limited number of seats it is recommended to be there in good time.
Organizers:
The Lithuanian Embassy in Copenhagen
The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture
Norden i Fokus
About Norden i Fokus:
Norden i Fokus is The Nordic Council of Ministers' information office in Copenhagen. We work to enhance the interest in and knowledge of the North and the official, Nordic cooperation. Our objective is to give the national debate a Nordic angle. Norden i Fokus organizes debates and seminars on relevant topics in politics, business and culture. Our target groups are officials, politicians, journalists and organizations. Norden i Fokus also exist in Stockholm, Helsinki, Reykjavik and Oslo.
