Agora
A Gathring of Art and Philosophy
The Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève is proud to announce the launch of Agora: A Gathering of Art and Philosophy. This fully-funded online program is designed to confront the challenges of our time by combining two disciplines uniquely capable of reimagining the future: art and philosophy. Conceived by Andrea Bellini and Federico Campagna, Agora will offer semester-long free programs of English-language lectures, seminars, and one-on-one mentoring to a group of eight practicing artists and philosophers from January to April. The lectures will subsequently be made available for free on the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève’s digital platform, the 5th floor, opening the dialogue to the broader public. Each participant will receive a stipend, in order to guarantee equal access. All classes will be held online, so that participants from around the globe may take part. In addition to lectures and seminar-style discussions, students will also develop their personal work in private meetings with the lecturers.
The Call for Applications for the inaugural cohort is open from now until November 1, 2025.
TIMELINE
01.10 – 01.11.2025
Final opening and closing dates for the application
15.12.2025
Notification date for selected applicants
08.01 – 14.04.2025
Program dates (start and end of courses)
From March 2026
Lectures start to be released to the general public on the 5th floor
INFORMATION & ELIGIBILITY | APPLY HERE
THE PROGRAM
DIRECTOR OF CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN GENÈVE
Andrea Bellini
DIRECTOR OF AGORA
Federico Campagna
LECTURERS
Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Nicolas Jaar, Jota Mombaça, Nora N. Khan, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Laura U. Marks, Hito Steyerl, and John Tresch.
MAIN THEMES
Technologies of Consciousness | Materialities | Social Imagination
Agora’s aim is to combine philosophical investigations with the perspectives of marginalized groups, the urgency of developing a new environmental consciousness, and the technical challenges posed by art practice. The nternationally renowned thinkers and art practitioners listed above will deliver lectures and accompany the students in seminars / one-on-one sessions, encouraging them to probe prevailing contemporary worldviews and forge new avenues for the imagination.
ELIGIBILITY
Agora encourages candidates with intriguing records of artistic practice and philosophical creativity to apply to the program, especially from candidates with demonstrated practice in the visual arts, film, dance, performance art, theater, music, architecture, and design or with research practice in philosophy. Detailed criteria available in the syllabus.
INFORMATION & ELIGIBILITY | APPLY HERE
