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

Common Ground, the 2022–23 edition of the Fisher Center LAB Biennial, is 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.

Festival Program

Fall 2022
Cooking Sections
Vivien Sansour

Spring 2023
Kenyon Adams
Tara Rodríguez Besosa
Tania El Khoury
Kite MFA ’18

Common Ground is curated by Tania El Khoury and Gideon Lester, and presented in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard (CHRA). The Bard 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).

Credits

Co-Curators
Tania El Khoury and Gideon Lester
Curatorial Assistant
Melina Roise
Network Project Coordinator
Polina Malikin
Festival Production Manager
Shannon Csorny
Festival Photographers 
Chris Kayden and Maria Baranova

Gallery

Upcoming Events

No performances currently scheduled.

Past Events

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