GLOBAL ART FORUM 7: CAREERING (Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland, Michael Stipe)

Do careers only make sense looking backwards or forwards? Did you go to art school before you became an internationally acclaimed rock star or best-selling author? Did your career have a plan? Can you have a career without having a job? If there are no more 'jobs for life' then are there just 'careers for today'? What career advice would you give?

Co-director of the Serpentine Gallery, London, Hans-Ulrich Obrist and commissioner of Global Art Forum_7, Shumon Basar host a discussion with artist and novelist Douglas Coupland and artist and former REM lead singer, Michael Stipe.

17-18.3.2013
MATHAF: ARAB MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
DOHA

20-23.3.2013
ART DUBAI, MADINAT JUMEIRAH
DUBAI

Featuring commissioned projects and research, as well as six days of live talks, the Global Art Forum brought together a diverse line-up of participants, including artists, curators, musicians, strategists, thinkers and writers.

Founded and produced by Art Dubai, Global Art Forum was presented by the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), and was held in partnership with Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (Qatar Museums Authority).

In 2013, the seventh iteration of the Global Art Forum was directed by Istanbul based writer/editor HG Masters, and commissioned by writer/curator Shumon Basar. Entitled 'It Means This', the forum explored the concept of 'definitionism': investigating the words, terms, clichés and misunderstandings that proliferate in the art world and beyond. The Forum attempted to (re)define words, phrases and ideas we think we know, and those we need to know, to navigate the 21st century.