Phd may session
saturday 30 may 2026
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BRAVER SPACES CHECK-IN
phd community management session
led by andrew freiband, phd 2020
Sunday 31 may 2026
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13:00 - 16:00 UTC
GUEST INTRO AND BRAVER SPACES CHECK-IN
PhD talk & workshop: As you go... the roads under your feet, towards the new future by Biljana Ciric
phd TALK + WORKSHOP
As you go... the roads under your feet, towards the new future by BILJANA CIRIC
Robel Temesgen Mourning Performance (2022). Image courtesy of WCSCD
As you go… the roads under your feet, towards the new future (2019–22) was a four-year curatorial research inquiry with partner cells based in Central Asia, China, the Balkans and East Africa, that I initially developed in response to the geo-political framework of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). As you go… was a group of research cells including independent art practitioners, small-scale organisations and major state or private museums, invited by me after a series of initial site visits to the regions. While we learnt about the BRI’s impact together, we also learnt from, with and about each other via a long-term process of ‘walking-with’ each other, which included regular meetings, intensive workshops and seminars. We also learnt how to speak nearby (more than about) China, but also how to speak nearby each other, as we searched for ethically and economically sustainable modes of working within a transnational multi-year inquiry whose partners have access to different levels of resources.