Common Ground: An International Festival on the Politics of Land and Food

Curatorial

Common Ground, the 2022–23 edition of the Fisher Center LAB was a year-long international program focusing on the politics of land and food and taking place on four continents. The festival includes commissioned new works from artists whose practices engage with food sovereignty, climate change, and land rights. Together, they invite us to imagine a more equitable, sustainable, and healthful future.

Credits

  • Festival Artists Kenyon Adams, Tara Rodríguez Besosa, Tania El Khoury, Kite, Vivien Sansour, Cooking Sections
  • Co-Curators Tania El Khoury and Gideon Lester
  • Curatorial Assistant Melina Roise
  • Festival Production Manager Shannon Csorny
  • Network Project Coordinator Polina Malikin
  • Festival Photographers  Chris Kayden and Maria Baranova
Common Ground is curated by Tania El Khoury and Gideon Lester, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard (CHRA). The US iteration of the year-long international program began with two commissioned projects at and around the Fisher Center, at harvest time (October 13–16, 2022) and continued with four commissioned projects in the growing season (May 4–7, 2023). CHRA supported three other international programs taking place in Palestine (curated by Emily Jacir), Colombia (curated by Juliana Steiner), and South Africa (curated by Boyzie Cekwana).

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