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DZUGUUUN

DZUGUUUN
http://de.geocities.com/dzuguuun

17.03.-31.03.2006

INSTALLATION
Ioana Alexe-Ecker, Aura Balanescu, Yukihiro Ikutani, Seiji Morimoto, Fumie Wada, Mitsuhito Wada

VIDEO
Raul Arroyo, Ioana Alexe-Ecker, Yurie Ido, Yukihiro Ikutani, Shintaro Miyazaki & Haruko Maeda, Violeta Leiva Martinez, Seiji Morimoto, Juan Carlor Rey, Dana Sereda, Atsushi Yamamoto

OPENING & CONCERT
17.03.2006; 19h
Tetsuya Hori, Izumi Ose, Seiji Morimoto

Galeria H.arta
p-ta Iuliu Maniu 3, et. 2
Timisoara

OFFSET [2005]

COMUNICAT DE PRESA
http://offset.underconstruct.com

CUVINT INAINTE
Acesta e al doilea an in care offset foreaza dupa proiecte importante ale tinerilor artisti romani. Si speram sa fi reusit sa va oferim o selectie buna, o selectie pe care orice curator o poate folosi ca punct de pornire al propriilor proiecte. Pentru ca, in primul rind, Offset e facut sa fie un astfel de instrument. Ideea de baza in Offset e punerea laolalta a proiectelor artistice din 2005. Si apoi, a le face cit mai vizibile in lume. Selectia a fost facuta de echipa Offset, bazindu-se pe acest argument si pe calitatea lucrarilor (aici puteti spune ca acesta e un criteriu foarte subiectiv, dar va asiguram ca singurul filtru aici a fost bunul simt). Offset nu pretinde a fi exhaustiv. Ceea ce vedeti aici e in parte rezultatul unei selectii, in parte cel al unei dinamici uneori independente de vointa noastra.Anul artistic 2005, asa cum il vedem in Offset 2005 e unul politic-social. Artistii si curatorii se leaga de probleme de interactiune si comunicare intre societate, biserica si stat. Duo van der Mixt si Alexandra Croitoru studiaza transformarile la care duce schimbul de putere religioasa. Casa Gontz va ofera un safari prin agentia sa de turism politic. Vlad Nanca ride de mult prea discutata Catedrala. Dupa ce se opreste din ris, se joaca cu mult prea umflatul "terorism", la fel ca si Cristi Pogacean in remake-ul unei opere clasice a kitsch-ului. Gorzo il transforma pe Domnul Presedinte in star si Mona Vatamanu/ Florin Tudor isi continua studiul asupra mutatiilor politice din spatiul urban. Mihai Gongu e optimist in legatura cu societatea romaneasca in seria lui de bannere pentru web, insa optimismul lui e construit pe o critica dura si ironica. Irina Botea transforma locuinta opulenta a lui Ceausescu de la Arcus intr-un decor al video-urilor ei jucause, destinate unui exorcism al locului. Dina Dancu studiaza dimensiunea sociala a artei, in interviuri transformate in instalatii.O alta directie a preocuparilor tinerilor artisti e cea a introspectiei si recuperarii experientelor de viata. Miklos Szilard insceneaza jocul pe care toti l-am jucat, tubermanele, ca un 1st person shooter real. Delia Popa isi transforma bunica ("Mamaia") intr-un simbol al unui stil de viata pierdut si intr-un instrument mental de recuperare a acestuia. Maria Draghici vorbeste despre comunism folosind arhiva de fotografii a familiei ca vehicol al interpretarii. Ioana Nemes se concentreaza asupra vietii ei zilnice, intorcind-o pe toate fetele in cautarea unor intelesuri intime. Liliana Basarab ii forteaza pe ceilalti la introspectie, provocindu-i sa defineasca "adevarul" si sa-i comunice definitia fara a rosti un cuvint. Victor Man si Gili Mocanu sunt apostolii unei picturi noi, redefinite, care reimprospateaza scena artistica si vederile asupra acestui medium clasic. Luind pe sus scena artistica prin arta hypermedia politica, Alex Dragulescu foloseste cinic date din blogurile soldatilor americani in Irak intr-un roman grafic pe web.Subculturile tinerilor, sub semul interdictiei sunt miezul proiectului lui Stefan Tiron - o saptamina de anarhie digitala, file-sharing, muzica electronica si nesfirsite partide de Counter Strike la Galeria Noua - si cel al interventiilor urbane al grupului de street artists This.ro.

CE ESTE OFFSET?
Offset 2005 este o platforma expoziţionala/ arhiva electronica ce promoveaza atit pe plan national cit si international o selectie reprezentativa a proiectelor realizate de tineri artisti romani in anul 2005, continuind directia propusa de Offset 2004.

CUI SE ADRESEAZA OFFSET?
Offset se adreseaza in principal curatorilor de arta contemporana – fiind o selectie perfect utilizabila ca baza a unor alte proiecte curatoriale si care ofera o imagine reala a tendintelor scenei - dar si artistilor , publicului amator de arta contemporana si publicului larg.

CE FACE OFFSET?
- Ofera publicului si curatorilor (romani si straini) o privire de ansamblu asupra tinerilor artisti activi şi a proiectelor artistice importante din anul 2005, precum si o imagine clara a tendintelor artistice din Romania.- Creste vizibilitatea artei contemporane intr-un peisaj cultural national in care publicul de arta nu detine suficienta informaţie clara si credibila. Offset suplineste inexistenta unei arhive electronice de calitate si usor de accesat.- Ofera tinerilor artisti romani o promovare globala eficienta atit printr-un canal media in ascensiune (internet, suport digital), cit si printr-o expozitie itineranta ce va vizita galerii din centre culturale rominesti si europene.


PRESS RELEASE
http://offset.underconstruct.com

FOREWORD
This is the second year Offset has been digging for outstanding projects of young Romanian artists. And we hope we have succeeded in offering a good sellection, a selection any curator can use as a starting point of his own project. Because primarily Offset is intended as such a tool. It's core idea is to gather projects from the year 2005. And then make them as visible as possible worldwide. The sellection was made by the Offset team based on this argument and the quality of the works (this you could question as a very subjective criterium, but we assure you the only filter we put forward is common sense). Offset doesn't claim to be exhaustive. What you see here is partly a result of a sellection, partly one of a special dynamic, independent of our will.The artistic year 2005, as we see it in Offset 2005, is a social and political one. The artists and curators are taking on issues of interraction and communication between society, church and state. Duo van der Mixt and Alexandra Croitoru are studying the transformations that the exchange of religious power leads to. Casa Gontz is offering you a political safari, through his political tourism agency. Vlad Nanca is laughing at the over-discussed Redemption Cathedral. After he stops laughing he plays with the over-inflated terrorism, as does Cristi Pogacean in the remake of a kitsch classic. Gorzo makes a star out of Mr. President and Mona Vatamanu/Florin Tudor continue their study over political mutations in the urban space. Mihai Gongu is optimistic about Romanian society in his series of web banners, his optimism being built on a harsh and ironical critique. Irina Botea transforms the oppulent suite of Ceausescu from Arcus into a setting for her playful videos, ment to exorcise the place. Dina Dancu studies the social dimension of art, in interviewis transformed in an installation.Another direction preocupying young artists is that of introspection and recuperation of life experiences. Miklos Szilard re-enacts the game all Romanian boys played,"tubermane", as a real-life 1st person shooter. Delia Popa transforms her grandmother ("Mamaia") in a symbol of a lost way of life and a tool for mentally recuperating it. Maria Draghici speaks of communism using her family photo archive as vehicle for interpretation. Ioana Nemes focuses on her daily life, turning it upside down and around, searching for intimate meanings. Liliana Basarab forces introspection on others, challenging them to define truth, and comunicating this definition without saying a word.Victor Man and Gili Mocanu are the apostles of a new, redefined painting, refreshing the scene and the views about the classic artistic medium. Storming the scene with political hypermedia art, Alex Dragulescu cinically uses data from blogs of the US troops in Irak in a web-based graphic novel.The young subcultures under the sign of interdiction are the core of Stefan Tiron's project - a week of digital anarchy, file-sharing, electronic music and endless Counter Strike battles at Galeria Noua - and of the urban interventions of the This.ro group of street artists.

WHAT IS OFFSET?
Offset is an exhibition platform/ electronic archive that promotes both nationally and internationally a representative sellection of projects made every year, starting in 2004, projects belonging to young romanian artists.

WHO THE OFFSET SPEAK TO ?
Offset is aimed especially at the curators working with contemporary art - for it is a perfect starting point for other curatorial projects and it offers a real image of the scene's trends - but also at the artists, at the art lovers and at a wide audience

WHAT DOES OFFSET DO ?
- It offers to the art public and to the romanian and foreign curators, a panoramic view on active young artists and the important projects of 2005, as well as an image of the artistic trends in Romania.- It rises the visibility of contemporary art in a national cultural landscape in which the art public doesn’t have enough clear and credible information. Offset fills the gap left by the inexistence of an electronic archive that is easy to access and of certain quality.- It offers an efficient global promotion to the young romanian artists both through a popular media channel (internet, digital media), and a travelling exhibition that will visit galleries from cultural centers in Romania and abroad

Trans:it.

Trans:it. Moving Culture Through Europe
NowHere Europe*

10 martie/ 10 march /vernisaj / opening starting from 17h00

MNAC. Palatul Parlamentului, Calea 13 Septembrie, Bucuresti

Mario Airò * Can Altay * Patrick André * An Architektur * Atelier van Lieshout * Baktruppen * Shigeru Ban * Massimo Bartolini * Matei Bejenaru * Luchezar Boyadjiev * Irina Botea * Eva Brunner-Szabo * Campement Urbain * Mircea Cantor * Monserrat Cortadellas Bacaria * matali crasset * Călin Dan * Esra Ersen * Gelatin * Ion Grigorescu * Gülsün Karamustafa * Kimsooja * Iosif Király * Athanasia Kyriakakos * A.P.Komen & Murphy * Aydan Murtezaoğlu * Lucy Orta * Osservatorio Nomade * Maria Papadimitriou * Cesare Pietroiusti * Oda Projesi * Bülent Sangar * School of Missing Studies * Škart * Sean Snyder * Simon Starling * Socrates Stratis * Anne-Violaine Taconet * Krassimir Terziev * Barthélémy Toguo * Gert Tschögl * Urban Void * Jeanne van Heeswijk * Erik van Lieshout * Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor * Zafos Xagoraris * Edwin Zwakman

*curator : Bartolomeo Pietromarchi

Boardul curatorial consultativ/ Curatorial Advisory Board: Ruxandra Balaci, Iara Boubnova, Anselm Franke, Germana Jaulin, Katerina Koskina, Marco Scottini, Pelin Tan, Nina Vagiç.

Trans:it. Moving Culture Through Europe este un proiect de cercetare itinerant desfasurat pe durata a 3 ani care investigheaza teme stringente şi producţii artistice ale culturii contemporane europene, un laborator de analiza a diverselor practici artistice în teritoriu.

Trans:it. Moving Culture Through Europe is an itinerant 3 years research project that deals with the most urgent themes of contemporary culture and artistic production in Europe . An observatory/laboratory on the various practices of artistic intervention on the territory.

Incepand cu ora 17.00 sunteti invitati la o discutie informala moderata de Ruxandra Balaci şi Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, cu prezentarea cartii “The [un] common place. Art, public space and urban aesthetics in Europe” cu participarea artistilor romani implicati.

Starting from 5PM you are invited to an informal discussion moderated by Ruxandra Balaci and Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, the presentation of the book “The [un] common place. Art, public space and urban aesthetics in Europe” with the participation of the Romanian artists involved in the project.

18h30 deschiderea expozitiei/ opening of the exhibition

organizator / organizer : Fondazione Adriano Olivetti in colaborare cu/ with European Cultural Foundation, Fondation de France, Fondation Evens, The J. F. Costopoulos Foundation, cu sprijinul/ with the support of Compagnia di San Paolo.

MNAC partners: BRD, HP
Sponsors: Institutul Italian de Cultura, Peroni
Media partners: B-24 Fun, Re:PUBLIK, Igloo, Observator Cultural

Cosmin TapuCommunication & IR Dept. / tel. + 40 721831385
The National Museum of Contemporary Art ,
www.mnac.ro
2-4, Str. Izvor,
aripa E4,
Bucharest (RO),
050563

Jurnalul lui Andy Warhol ca blog...

Uite ce zice Fi5e:

I BLOGGED ANDY WARHOL
This is Andy Warhol’s diary entries posted exactly 29 years to the day after they were first recorded. All text is taken directly from the publication the Andy Warhol Diaries, edited by Pat Hackett. All notes and comments made by the editor have been removed. The Diary spans just over 10 years, bringing this project to completion in Febuary, 2016.
click here to view: www.warhblog.com

call for projects

*/SEAS /*/is a pan-European, interdisciplinary arts project, weaving together experiences and expressions from different coasts. It focuses on harbours as places of mobility, migration and history. In 2002-2005, SEAS connected the Baltic and Adriatic regions. It has now moved to a new horizon, the Black and the North Seas. As a platform under continuous development and change, SEAS highlights the central challenge of the European project.

*SEAS staff to Bulgaria and Romania*SEAS artistic director *Chris Torch* and associate producer *Adam Jeanes* will visit Bulgaria 7-10 March and Romania 11-14 March. Theywill present the Black/North SEAS project to potential partners, artists and journalists and negotiate future collaborations.

Two major presentations will be held: in *Sofia *(7 march), with the kind collaboration of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and the Euro-Bulgarian Cultural Centre; and in *Bucharest* (13 march) hosted by Uniter. In addition Chris and Adam will visit Varna, Balchik and Kavarna (Bulgaria) and Constanta and Mangalia (Romania).

This step of Black/North SEAS is also part of the project 25++, initiated by AFAA (Associacion Francaise d’Action Artistique), which involves Bulgarian and Romanian organisations, among others.

With the generous support of THEOREM.

*Search for SEAS venues in UK*
Adam Jeanes visited the Lincolnshire coastal resort of Skegness with James McVeigh from Arts Council England East Midlands and met representatives from the County, District and Town Council to discuss the possibility of SEAS coming to the town in 2007 and involving artists from the East Midlands in the SEAS project as a whole.

Skegness is a well-known UK seaside town famous for its wide sandy beeches and its holiday caravan parks. It is the fourth most popular seaside resort in England. The town's mascot is the Jolly Fisherman (nearly 100 years old) and its slogan 'Skegness is so Bracing' is a British icon.

Elsewhere in the East Midlands region is Leicester, likely to be one of the first European cities to have a majority 'non-white' population in next ten years; Sherwood Forest the hideout of folklore hero Robin Hood; and Grantham, the home town of both Sir Isaac Newton and Margaret Thatcher.

Chris Torch and Adam Jeanes will return to Nottingham in March to consolidate SEAS' relationshipwith the region by holding a *seminar*, hosted by the Arts Council, that will focus on intercultural competence and international working.

*SEAS training in Odessa
***SEAS and the Association New Music (Odessa, Ukraine) are working together towards organising an Arts Management Training Seminar in Odessa in April. The training session is planned within the framework of the International Festival of Modern Art Two Days and Two Nights of New Music/2D2N on 21-25 April 2006. The festival 2D2N is produced annually by the Association New Music since 1995.

SEAS Managing Director Tomas Bokstad and Associate Producer Adam Jeanes will be visiting the festival and guiding parts of the training session. The Directors of the festival visited Stockholm earlier in february to discuss a long term partnership with SEAS.

**Call for Applications: Arts Management Partner*Intercult is recruiting two Art Management Partners to work at our office in Stockholm on the project Black/North SEAS, for a period of 6 months starting in september 2006. Applicants should be emerging cultural operators and citizens of Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Romania or Bulgaria.

Deadline is 20 March 2006. The official call is available on www.intercult.se

*/3 March 2005Chris Torch, Tomas Bokstad, Adam Jeanes, Eldina Efendic, Linda Persson,Yuliana Yankova, Åsa Simma, Mamadou Sene/*/_www.intercult.se_ - _www.culturebase.net_//*INTERCULTNytorgsgatan 15, 116 22 Stockholm, Swedentel - work: +46.8.644 10 23*//Intercult is a production and education unit based in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1992 and re-structured in 1996, Intercult has grown to become a hub of local, regional and international cultural exchange. Internationally, the focus is on large-scale co-production clusters like SEAS (ongoing) and Hotel Europa (2000). We organise cultural policy gatherings and studies. Locally and nationally, Intercult produces artworks, arranges guest performances, distributes artists and develops audiences.Intercult receives structural funding from The Swedish National Council on Cultural Affairs, The City and the County of Stockholm. We have received generous grants through the years from The Foundation for the Future of Culture, SIDA, The Swedish Institute, The Nordic Cultural Fund, EU/Culture 2000 and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF). Thanks!Intercult is a active member of The European Forum for Arts and Heritage (EFAH), The Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM), THEOREM and Culturebase.net./

Miklos Onucsan la plan b

Galeria plan b are placerea sa va invite la vernisajul expozitiei

Miklos Onucsan - "Nedatat"

vineri 10 martie, orele 18-21.

Expozitia este provocata si conceputa de Mircea Cantor

Miklos Onucsan este o figura proemienta a generatiei optzeciste si unul dintre putinii artisti de azi pentru care "din negru - uzat definitiv, rezulta alb. Si invers." (M.O.)
Abslovent in 1979 al sectiei de ceramica a Institutului de Arte Plastice "Ion Andreescu" Cluj - clasa profesoarei Ana Lupas, Miklos Onucsan se impune printr-o viziune proprie adaptata nu atit contextului cit unui sens de urgenta. Astfel, multe din atitudinile sale vor lua de-a lungul timpului forma celor mai diverese medii. De la desen la obiect, de la ceara pina la animatie computerizata sau film, tot ce va fi tinta intereselor lui, va fi subordonat unei rigori conceptuale si unei analize profund motivate de necesitatea utilizarii unei anume 'materii' pentru o anume idee. Expozitia "Nedatat", chiar daca arata o paleta larga de preocupari din diversi ani, se afla sub numitorul comun al lui 'valabil' sau 'actual'.

Odata cu expozitia, anuntam publicarea unui catalog inedit, cu operele artistului mai mult sau mai putin cunoscute publicului.

Mircea Cantor si Mihai Pop

Lucrari prezentate:
Here rest the Grass (Aici se odihneste iarba) - foto, 2004
Camuflaj - obiect, 1994
Citron Yellow (Galben citron) - obiect, 1995
Am udat o potcoava ca pe o floare - obiect, 1994
CCH 2000 (Christian Card Heart 2000) - animatie, 2000
Animal Ficitv - relatare, film, 2003
Other Anual Rings (Alte cercuri anuale) - obiect, 2005
Dedicatie

10- 31 martie 2006
marti-vineri orele 16-19
Programare prin telefon: 0742505901

Galeria Plan B
Str. Albert Einstein 14
400545 Cluj
contact@plan-b.ro
www.plan-b.ro

Galeria Plan B este sustinuta de Target Capital - servicii de investitii financiare si Finas - servicii de consultanta

Imagine:
Miklos Onucsan - Other Anual Rings, 2006

Revista Vector

Librariile Humanitas si Asociatia Vector din Iasi
va invita vineri, 3 martie 2006, ora 18, la libraria "Eugene Ionesco",
unde va fi lansat primului numar al revistei
Vector - arta si cultura in context

Participa:
Matei Bejenaru, Catalin Gheorghe, Vlad Morariu - editori
Guillaume Robert - director al Centrului Cultural Francez din Iasi
George Onofrei - redactor sef al revistei "Suplimentul de cultura"

Revista Vector> este o publicatie de arta si cultura in context, careanalizeaza cu predilectie situatia artistica si culturala regionala, atarilor din Sud Estul Europei, aflate in tranzitie, si a zoneiOrientului Mijlociu, supusa presiunii conflictelor.

In raport cu rearticularea sociala, constientizarea politica sirestructurarea economica, situatia actuala a proliferarii siaccelerarii productiilor si practicilor culturii vizuale solicita oanaliza critica si reflexiva care ar putea oferi coordonatele uneireorientãri a atitudinilor si comportamentelor din perspectivarelationala a actiunii culturale.

Actionand ca o platforma proiect, publicatia Vector> isi propune saredistribuie informatia relevanta, sa asigure schimbul cultural si sãfaciliteze posibilitatea efectuarii unei expertize culturaleregionale.

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Vector> Gallery
Cuza Voda 41, 1st Floor
700038 Iasi, Romania
tel/fax: +40 232 237 486
email: vector.gallery@gmail.com