Night of Ideas 2025 will feature late-night discussions on major global issues, complemented by live music, screenings, and performances—all centered around this year’s theme: “Common Ground.” Exploring both its literal and metaphorical meanings, the event invites participants to consider how we can commit to and protect what we have in common.
Atlanta’s edition will question how we live in cities and embrace the diversity of worlds, addressing three key questions:
Programming for Atlanta’s Night of Ideas 2025 includes artist Gyun Hur’s exhibition Our Mothers, Our Waters, Our Peace, presented by Flux Projects; the installation MedusAI by Gil Weinberg, Director of Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology; a radio show developed with WABE and journalist Rose Scott; and French participants, including writer and Villa Albertine resident Walid Hajar Rachedi, filmmaker and author Mame-Fatou Niang, Director of Friche la Belle de Mai (Marseille) Alban-Corbier Labasse, and historian and curator Pierre Singaravélou.
Presented by Villa Albertine and Goat Farm, in partnership with WABE, with the support of the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. In collaboration with ASHA Advisory.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Paid parking on site. Rideshare encouraged.
