2024: JENSEITS VON OHNMACHT / BEYOND POWERLESS

The 2024 edition of our annual Engadin Art Talks forum took place in Zuoz in the weekend of January 26-28 and was centered around the theme 'Jenseits von Ohnmacht - Beyond Powerless'. 


In a world filled with challenges, uncertainty, and sometimes seemingly insurmountable obstacles, feeling “powerless” often seems omnipresent. But beyond this powerlessness lies a vast space of possibility; a space in which we discover strength, regain hope and find the ability to act.

During his speech at the previous forum in Zuoz, former President of Germany, Joachim Gauck, reminded us that, while our world is facing multiple crises, art can and should play a central role for positive change and a sustainable future. 

Coming from the fields of science, art, music, film, and architecture, this year’s participants offered a programme full of impulses, ideas, and conversations around the subject of 'Jenseits von Ohnmacht – Beyond Powerless'.

Curated by Daniel Baumann, Koyo Kouoh, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Philip Ursprung.

PROGRAMME

Friday, Jan. 26

For Circle of Friends members only.

Besides the main talks we offer you a versatile programme including film screenings at the cinema of Hotel Castell with an insight into the work of participant Deborah-Joyce Holman, a film by participant Menelaos Karamaghiolis, a selection of films by the St. Moritz Art Film Festival and short films by Alexander Kluge. Additionally, we offer an exclusive guided tour at Muzeum Susch, a workshop led by Dorothea Strauss as well as an intimate cello performance by Franziska Aigner. To have exclusive access to the full programme, join our Circle of Friends. 


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Saturday, Jan. 27

08:00 – 08:30

SOUND MEDITATION

Regula Curti (singer and yoga instructor, founder of Beyond Music)

at Skyspace Piz Uter (James Turrell’s tower)


10:00 – 10:15

WELCOME

Romeo Cusini (President Community Zuoz)
Cristina Bechtler (E.A.T. founder)
Dayle Bechtler-Lustenberger (E.A.T. team)


10:15 – 10:20

JENSEITS VON OHNMACHT / BEYOND POWERLESS

Daniel Baumann (E.A.T. curator)


10:20 – 10:50


LEICHT, VIELLEICHT LEICHT (poetry reading)

Klaudia Schifferle (artist)
Daniel Baumann (E.A.T. curator)


10:50 – 11:20

UN-LEARNING IN MESSY FIELDS

Elisa Silva (architect, director Enlace Arquitectura)
Philip Ursprung (E.A.T. curator)


11:20 – 11:50

COFFEE BREAK


11:50 – 12:20

ONCE I ENTERED A GARDEN (lecture and performance)

Rasha Salti (curator and writer)
Koyo Kouoh (E.A.T. curator)


12:20 – 12:50

ARCHIVING THE FUTURE

Christopher Kulendran Thomas (artist)
Daniel Baumann (E.A.T. curator)


13:00 – 15:00

LUNCH BREAK (for Circle of Friends members only)

at Restaurant Dorta, kindly supported by Hauser & Wirth


15:00 – 15:30

CAN POWERLESSNESS BECOME A STRENGHT THROUGH ART AND CINEMA?

Menelaos Karamaghiolis (artist and filmmaker)
Hans Ulrich Obrist (E.A.T. curator)


15:30 – 16:00

ENDING RESILIENCE

Paola Audrey Ndengue (content producer, entrepreneur and media personality)
Koyo Kouoh (E.A.T. curator)


16.30 – 17:00

COFFEE BREAK


17:00 – 17:30

THE SHADOW IS MY FRIEND

Zilla Leutenegger (artist)
Loa Haagen Pictet (curator and art historian)


17:30 – 18:00

PERFORMANCE

Franziska Aigner (musician, choreographer and philosopher)

with an introduction by Christian Herren (E.A.T. team)


18:00

GALLERY VISITS

Monica De Cardenas
Galerie Tschudi


20.00

FONDUE DINNER (for Circle of Friends members only)

at Hütte Pizzett

Sunday, Jan. 28

10:30 – 11:00

A PLURIVERSITY IN THE RAINFOREST

Hernando Chindoy Chindoy (Indigenous Inga Leader of Wuasikamas Initiative)
Philip Ursprung (E.A.T. curator)
Elisa Silva (architect, director Enlace Arquitectura)


11:00 – 11:30

VOIR C’EST PENSER (TO SEE IS TO THINK)

Simone Fattal (artist)
Hans Ulrich Obrist (E.A.T. curator)



11.30 – 12:00

EVER SILS

Dieter Schwarz (curator and writer)
Hans Ulrich Obrist (E.A.T. curator)
Giorgia von Albertini (Director Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz)


12:00 – 12:10

WRAP-UP AND GOODBYE


12:30

GALLERY VISITS

Stalla Madulain
Hauser & Wirth
The Stable
S-chanf
Galerie Urs Meile

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