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May 10, 2019, 16.00 – 22.00
16.00 – 18.30
PUBLIC CELEBRATION, RECEPTION
In honour of Roma participation at the 58th La Biennale di Venezia
in
S. Marco, 2847, 30124 Venice, Italy
Arrival of guests
Welcome drinks and finger food
Performance by Delaine Le Bas and Mihaela Dragan
Romani anthem “Gelem Gelem” performed by the Alexian Group
Welcome address:
Zeljko Jovanovic, Chairman of the ERIAC Board and Director, Open Society Foundations Roma Initiatives Office
Gherardo Ortalli, President, Instituto Veneto
Ermelinda Damiano, President, Venice Town Hall Council
Performance by Santino Spinelli and Dijana Pavlovic – poetry and music
Opening remarks:
Heiko Maas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Germany
Snezana Samardzić-Marković, Director General of Democracy, Council of Europe
Music by Dorantes
Patrick Gaspard, President, Open Society Foundations
Timea Junghaus, Executive Director, European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture
BREAK
Music by Dorantes
18:30 – 19:00
PERFORMATIVE MARCH TO THE FUTURE
Famous Roma poet and musician Santino Spinelli will lead the guests into the Future! With the honorary presence of “The Romani Embassy” embodied by artist Delaine Le Bas, the guests will take a 10-minute walk to the exhibition venue at Dorsoduro to discover FUTUROMA. Symbolic accessories developed by the artists will be distributed to the participants.
19.00 – 22:00
EXHIBITION OPENING
FUTUROMA
Fondamenta Zattere Allo Spirito Santo, 417
30123 Venezia VE, Italy
Presentation, Daniel Baker, curator
Moritz Pankok, director, Kai Dikhas Contemporary Arts Gallery
Performative lecture by professor Ethel Brooks, Feminist scholar, Rutgers University
Rashida Bumbray, curator and choreographer
Visit of the exhibition, collection of testimonies in the FUTUROMA book
After-party with DJ Laszlo Farkas ‘Gypsyrobot’
The Roma presence at the 58th La Biennale di Venezia is only possible with the support of: the Federal Foreign Office Germany, Council of Europe Venice Office, Open Society Foundations, Max Kohler Stiftung, UNAR (L’Ufficio Nazionale Antidiscriminazioni Razziali), Stiftung Kommunikationsaufbau and Michael Schmidt Foundation.