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04/09/2014

On 7 September at 4 pm CET, President Barroso will participate in a Domino Conversation organized in the framework of the New Narrative for Europe project in the context of the Weekend Specials Program of Monditalia, an essential part of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition settled in the Corderie of Arsenale, one of the main venues of la Biennale di Venezia. The Domino Conversations are an initiative of the collective theTomorrow , which provides a digital space that involves
a large group of intellectuals, artists, scientists, researches, students and various players in European cultural life to look at the near future of Europe. The European Commission, in the context of the New Narrative project, supports the activities of theTomorrow.

For the Domino Conversation, a select group of European artists and intellectuals as Rem Koolhaas, Alice Rohrwacher, Stefano Boeri, Elif Shafak, Okwui Enwezor and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev will prepare a statement that focuses on and engages one of the themes addressed in the Declaration " The Mind and Body of Europe ", the main output of the New Narrative for Europe project. Each intervention concludes with a question addressed to President Barroso. This conversation will be published in the book " The Mind and Body of Europe  : a new narrative", together with the main contributions received throughout the two years of the project. The book will be presented at the closing event of the project.