ADMISSION€ 15 / € 12 reduced / Free Admission for children and teens under 19 / MoreLectures and Panel DiscussionsDIALOGUE SERIESFogo Island Dialogues: Culture as DestinationAs a museum and lab for applied arts, the MAK is at the interface with design, architecture, and contemporary art, addressing topics such as sustainability, environmental responsibility, and social cohesion.On the occasion of VIENNA ART WEEK 2013, the MAK is hosting the “Fogo Island Dialogues,” an international and interdisciplinary series of talks, that has been launched in Canada in July 2013 and will be proceeded under the title “Culture as Destination” at the MAK in Vienna. “Fogo Island Dialogues” bring artists, scholars, economists, geographers, spatial planners, architects, and other pioneers together to exchange views on the living conditions and necessary changes in society.The series will be focusing on the significance of digitalization for the way we acquire knowledge, produce physical objects, and interact with things, people, and places: “Culture as Destination” explores the digital sphere as a destination and—in a wider sense—place for a “museum with no walls.“ To what extent does the digital space enable or widen the concept of a “museum with no walls?” How can the MAK serve as a destination of knowledge and still boost the movement, flow and spread of knowledge and cultural reception?The series was initiated by Fogo Island Arts, a cultural institution on Fogo Island in Canada with a residency program for contemporary artists.Lectures and Panel DiscussionsTue, 19.11.2013, 3 p.m.–8 p.m.MAK Columned Main HallHeld in English3:00 p.m.Welcome by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Simon Rees3:15–4:00 p.m.Presentation by Jack StanleyFrom Away: Fogo Island Arts in Vienna 4:00–5:00 p.m.Dialogues I: Designing a Culture by Nigel ClarkConversation between Tulga Beyerle, Pedro Gadanho and Nigel Clark, moderated by Simon ReesBreak5:30–6:30 p.m.Dialogues II: Institutions and Relative PeripheriesPresentation by Nikolaus Hirsch and Maria LindConversation between Nikolaus Hirsch and Maria Lind, moderated by Vanessa Joan Müller6:30–8:00 p.m.Dialogues IIIClosing roundtable discussion moderated by Gareth Long and Amira Gad8:00 p.m.Public Reception9:00 p.m.–midnightMAK NITE Lab1982 (Charles Derenne, Paris/F)OUR UNIVERSE UNFOLDS NEW WONDERSLive concert / AV PerformanceParticipantsTulga BeyerleCo-Founder of Vienna Design Week, independent curator and writer, ViennaNigel ClarkChair of Social Sustainability at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, LancasterAmira GadManaging curator at Witte de With, RotterdamPedro GadanhoCurator of Contemporary Architecture at MoMA, New YorkNikolaus HirschCurator and architect, Frankfurt am MainMaria LindDirector of Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, independent curator and writer, StockholmGareth LongArtist, London/ViennaVanessa Joan MüllerDramaturg at Kunsthalle Wien, ViennaSimon ReesCurator at MAK, ViennaNicolaus SchafhausenDirector of Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Advisor of Shorefast Foundation / Fogo Island ArtsJack StanleyDirector of Programs at Fogo Island Arts, FogoMarcus VerhagenArt historian and critic, London