Panel discussion "Art and Public"

What is the significance of independent art spaces and artistic interventions for the development of a city? What is the role that art can, should or will play in the action of urban transformation? What are the possibilities and limits of participation in the urban development processes that the cultural sector sees? Using practical examples from Stuttgart and Cairo chances and risks, expectations and perspectives of artistic practice in urban space will be discussed. Greeting: Dr. Susanne Eisenmann, Mayor for Culture, Education and Sport of the LHS Stuttgart and Elke aus dem Moore, ifa (Institute for International Cultural Relations) Introduction: Didem Yazici, Adnan Yildiz, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart Moderation: Demian Bern Panel: Sarah Rifky, project space "Beirut", Cairo , Paula Kohlmann, project space LOTTE, Stuttgart , Laura Bernhardt, Calwer Passage, Stuttgart , Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles, Berlin, street art project "World Wide Wheat", Cairo The panel discussion is a cooperation between ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) and Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. It takes place in the frame of the sister-city arrangement between Stuttgart and Cairo and the Cairo-Days initiated by the city of Stuttgart and the association Yalla e.V. 14 November 2014 4 - 6:30 p.m. Künstlerhaus Stuttgart Reuchlinstraße 4B Stuttgart Germany