VIDEO (Re)experience NEB-STAR and Desire's Northern NEB-lights webinar

Working actively with aesthetics is one of the key explorations in the New European Bauhaus movement. But what do we mean by aesthetics? And which role can aesthetics play in sustainable and inclusive urban transformation? How can aesthetics become an active tool and why is this crucial?

Three speakers will unfold their perception of aesthetics and how they work with art and aesthetics. They represent organisations involved in three New European Bauhaus related projects: Desire and NEB-Star, two lighthouse demonstrator projects, and Palimpsest, a heritage landscape project.

Programme

- Welcome and a short introduction

- Madeleine Kate McGowan, NXT/Herlev (Desire) – The Garden Caretaker concept: How does art create value for developers and construction companies?

- Helene Eiliott, Stavanger Municipality (NEB-Star) - NEB-STAR: connecting people and places - exploring relational aesthetics in urban development

- Amalia de Götzen, AAU (Palimpsest) - The Palimpsest project: experimenting and envisioning novel landscape scenarios through co-creation

- NEB Salon – curiosity, exchange of knowledge, learnings

- Pointing forwards – closing remarks

Madeleine Kate McGowan: Artist, award winning filmmaker, and speculative designer. Artistic leader of ‘Being of Place’ at NXT. In Desire, Madeleine Kate McGowan and NXT are responsible for demonstration activities at our site in Herlev – follow their work and story through this link.

Helene Eiliott: Advisor of Innovation in Stavanger municipality, engaging artistic research and promoting the use of art in municipal processes. In NEB-Star, Helene Eiliott plays a key role in unfolding the ambition of changing the way municipalities, business, citizens and other actors work together, applying a relational aesthetics perspective – find further information about NEB-STAR through this link.

Amalia de Götzen: Amalia de Götzen is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University in Copenhagen and a member of the Service Design Lab. Amalia’s research activity focuses on Digital Social Innovation and, in particular, on the intersection between Interaction Design and Service Design. In Palimpsest, Amalia is collaborating with creative actors to regenerate the lost sustainability wisdom in heritage landscapes – find further information about Palimpsest through this link.