ELIA Biennial

The Future of Funding

5pm – 6:30pm CET, Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
NABA Campus, Via Carlo Darwin, 20, Milan (Italy)

In collaboration with ELIA and NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence invites SKKG, Wider Sense and others to speak to the ways in which philanthropy has been ‘innovating’ and moving toward empowerment, participation, and trust-based philanthropy. Come to hear about the experimentation that is happening within funding circles, and offer your perspective on how there could be more creativity, fulfilment, risk-taking, and meaningful progress. In the future, what can funding be, and what can being funded mean for individual artists and art academies?

The Stiftung für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte / SKKG (Foundation for Art, Culture and History) was founded in 1980 by Bruno Stefanini. For the SKKG, cultural heritage is the essential cement for the diversity of our society. In an increasingly mobile and plural society, culture is the foundation of democracy, common values ​​and tolerance. With its project Kultur Komitee (Culture Committee), the foundation is experimenting with participatory ways of grantmaking.

Wider Sense is a consultancy specializing in corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, and social investment. Founded in 2011 as a social business, which evolved as a certified B corporation in 2015, Wider Sense seeks to actively contribute to a fair and sustainable future by advising foundations and businesses on how to invest their resources wisely for the good of society.

Logos for Wider Sense, SKKG and the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence

Opening Keynote Presentation: Helen Yung

9:30am – 10:30am CET, Thursday, Nov 21, 2024

Online and in person at Teatro Manzoni, Via Alessandro Manzoni, 40, Milan (Italy)

What does ‘artistic intelligence’ signal? What does working with ‘artistic intelligence’ mean? Helen Yung, Founder & Chief Artistic Officer of the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence speaks to the creation of the Lab five years ago, defining the term ‘artistic intelligence’ which she coined to name a different way of connecting artists and artistic practices to the rest of society.

Photo of Helen Yung, Artist, Researcher, Consultant

Closing Keynote Presentation: Dr. Mark V. Campbell

4:30pm – 5:30pm CET, Friday, Nov 22, 2024

Online and in person at Teatro Manzoni, Via Alessandro Manzoni, 40, Milan (Italy)

Dr. Mark V. Campbell, AKA ‘DJ Grumps’ and Founding Member of the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence, offers reflections from the ELIA Biennial, (re)mixing and transforming the frames through which we engage with the conference content.