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Es Devlin<\/a>, Zoé Whitely, Marc Spiegler and others will join a live panel discussion organised by Therme Art for VDF<\/a>, which will examine the value of cultural events amidst global unrest. Watch here from 5:00pm UK time.<\/p>\n The talk is the second instalment of Therme Art<\/a>‘s new initiative, Wellbeing Culture Forum<\/a>, a programme of public online discussions that explore the role of culture and art during the coronavirus<\/a> pandemic.<\/p>\n Called Culture of Live Events: Redesigning Common Rituals, the conversation will be co-moderated by Marc Spiegler, global director of Art Basel<\/a> and Mikolaj Sekutowicz, CEO and curator of Therme Art.<\/p>\n Art Basel director Marc Spiegler will co-moderate the panel discussion<\/p>\n Panellists will reflect upon the significance of festivals, museums, art galleries and more in response to the widespread cancellation and restriction of large-scale gatherings levied by governments around the world.<\/p>\n The discussion will also cover “antifragile”, a theory by Lebanese-American writer and academic Nassim Nicholas Taleb that suggests that shock, uncertainty and stress can create the conditions required to grow and thrive.<\/p>\n Several leading figures in event planning and production will join the panel, including theatre designer Es Devlin<\/a>, artistic director of Manchester International Festival<\/a> John McGrath and Constantin Chiriac of Sibiu International Theatre Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chisenhale Gallery<\/a> director Zoé Whitely, Pérez Art Museum Miami<\/a> director Franklin Sirmans and Therme Group’s chairman and CEO Robert C Hanea will also join the panel.<\/p>\n Artist and set designer Es Devlin will join the panel<\/p>\n British designer Devlin, whose clients include Kanye West<\/a> and Beyoncé, recently spoke to Dezeen in a Face to Face podcast interview<\/a> about the qualities of theatre production that first drew her in.<\/p>\n “There were a lot of people working in the theatre, working late at night, working around the clock collectively,” she explained. “Not to express themselves, but to make a collective expression… You made it together because it was the right thing to make”.<\/p>\n British artistic director McGrath launched Manchester International Festival in 2007. The charity fosters young talent from a range of artistic disciplines and showcases them in venues throughout Manchester.<\/p>\n Chiriac is the president of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, an annual celebration of the performing arts located in the small town of Sibiu in Transylvania. Outside of the festival, Chiriac also manages the town’s Radu Stanca National Theatre.<\/p>\n The panel will also feature curator Zoé Whitely<\/p>\n British curator Whitely, whose career pivots upon curating the Black diaspora, was behind the landmark 2017 exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, which showed at the Tate Modern<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2019, she curated the work of Turner Prize winning artist Cathy Wilkes for the British Pavillion in the 58th Venice Biennale, before taking the helm at the Hayward Gallery<\/a> and later Chisenhale Gallery in London. <\/p>\n American writer and critic Sirmans was appointed director of Pérez Art Museum Miami in 2015. Prior to this, he curated an array of exhibitions spanning music, art, sport and more.<\/p>\n Hanea is the CEO of Therme Group, which operates a number of spas and resorts around the world.<\/p>\n Péres Art Museum Miami director Frank Sirmans will also join the panel<\/p>\n Organised by Therme Art<\/a>, the creative arm of the Therme Group<\/a>, Wellbeing Culture Forum is a programme of public and private talks taking place every Wednesday throughout 2020.<\/p>\n Dezeen has partnered with Therme Art to broadcast three talks as part of Virtual Design Festival. The first panel discussion in the series, which featured Hans Ulrich Obrist, Frida Escobedo,<\/a> Stefano Boeri<\/a> and more, explored the relationship between art and architecture.<\/p>\n The next event will take place on 24 June in partnership with the British Council<\/a> and will feature a panel discussion including artist Sonia Boyce among others, discussing the complexities of city planning and how art can play a more central role in defining how we live.<\/p>\n About Virtual Design Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n Virtual Design Festival<\/a> runs from 15 April to 10 July 2020. It brings the architecture and design world together to celebrate the culture and commerce of our industry, and explore how it can adapt and respond to extraordinary circumstances.<\/p>\n Tags:<\/b> Siufan Adey<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Marc](\"https:\/\/static.dezeen.com\/uploads\/2020\/06\/therme-art-vdf-panel-discussion-cultural-event-global-unrest_dezeen_1704_col_0.jpg\")
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Es Devlin, Zoé Whitely, Marc Spiegler and others will join a live panel discussion organised by Therme Art for VDF, which will examine the value of cultural events amidst global unrest. Watch here from 5:00pm UK time. The talk is the second instalment of Therme Art‘s new initiative, Wellbeing Culture Forum, a programme of public online discussions that … Continue reading Therme Art and VDF present a talk on the importance of live events during global crises<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading