Contemporary Art Romania

23 March 2006

15 March 2006

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

07 March 2006

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

05 March 2006

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

04 March 2006

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./

03 March 2006

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

01 March 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

28 February 2006

Calin Dan la Galeria Noua

Galeria Noua

va invita miercuri, 1 martie, ora 18.00
la vernisajul expozitiei

"SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE"
Cãlin Dan

[1.03 - 1. 04. 2006]

Expozitia prezinta citeva directii de lucru actuale in creatia lui Călin Dan, folosind spatiul galeriei ca pe un salon informal. Proiectele s-au grupat in jurul a doua idei: recuperarea / reformatarea arhivei video personale acumulata spontan dupa 1990; respectiv interesul pentru crearea unor spatii-nisa menite sa suspende temporar cacofonia urbana. "Ceva vechi, ceva nou” ( si desigur ceva de imprumut) caracterizeaza o activitate pusa constant sub semnul aproprierii, fascinatia artistului pentru arhive, pentru colectarea de obiecte de consum si pentru oras – locul unde sintem constant pusi in situatia de a ne asuma identitati pre-fabricate.

Proiectele prezentate in expozitie combina fotografia, filmul si instalatia video.

Jukebox for the late night surfer (1993 - 2005, beta sp, color, mono, 21:46 min; Camera: Calin Dan, Editing: Neil Coltofeanu, Sound: Matze) este o lucrare generata de doua obiceiuri pe care artistul le-a dezvoltat in calatoriile sale: privitul noaptea la TV si observarea oamenilor si locurilor prin intermediul camerei video. Video-clipurile sint extrase dintr-o arhiva crescand continuu din 1991 si sunt organizate intr-un lay-out inspirat de distributia informatiei pe ecranul televiziunilor din Finlanda si Suedia dupa ora 1:00 noaptea (o prezentare concomitenta de internet/sms chat, filme scurte si discutii in studio).Monuments and Ruins este o serie fotografica inceputa tot in anii '90 cind, dupa mutarea sa in Olanda, artistul a descoperit pe rafturile din supermarketuri o abundenta care l-a umplut de fascinatie si amuzament: numeroase etichete purtau nume ale unor celebritati din arta sau politica, a caror legatura cu produsele era suprarealist-ridicola.Pas (de deux). A sofa piece. (1994-2005, beta sp, color, mono, 5:00 min, Camera: Calin Dan, Janine Huizenga, Victor Velculescu, Editare: Neil Coltofeanu, Musica: P. I. Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker - Danse Arabe, Produs de artist) este inregistrarea unei repetitii in timpul careia doi dansatori barbati improvizeaza un pas-de-deux (in loc de conventionalul duo barbat-femeie din baletul clasic). Filmarea urmareste relatia dintre dansatori, asa cum apare in momente de relaxare si de tensiune.
Galeria Noua este situata pe Str. Academiei 15, in zona Universitatii, vis-a-vis de Universitatea de Arhitectura. Expozitia SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE este deschisa pana in data de 1 aprilie 2006, de miercuri pana duminica, intre orele 11:00 – 19:00.

Proiectul face parte din programul “A Glimpse of Dutch Contemporary Art” initiat de Galeria Noua si sustinut de Ambasada Regatului Tarilor de Jos
Parteneri media: IDEA arta+societate, Suplimentul de Cultura, RFI Romania
Partener: RCS-RDS

Pentru informatii, fotografii, achizitii contact: Olivia Filip 0726 282583 / info@galerianoua.ro
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Galeria Noua este un spatiu de arta contemporana sub patronajul Primariei Municipiului Bucuresti, sprijinit de Programul Cultural Elvetian in Romania
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Calin DAN este unul dintre cei mai importanti artisti vizuali romani. Din 1995 se stabileste la Amsterdam insa continua sa fie prezent pe scena romanesca cu proiecte si expozitii si sa initieze evenimente. Din 1990 lucreaza atit ca artist individual cit si ca membru al grupului subREAL. Absolvent al Universitatii de Arte Bucuresti – Dpt. Istoria si Teoria Artei (1979). EXPOZITII PERSONALE (selectie): Lost in Transition, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn (c) (2005); Arhitectura Emotionala, Muzeul National de Arta Contemporana / Kalinderu Media Lab, Bucuresti (c) (2003); Interviewing the Cities, IASPIS gallery, Stockholm (p) (2002); Interviewing the Cities, Fotogalerie, Viena (c), Interviewing the Cities, Vox Gallery, Montreal (p) (2001); Serving Art, Bienala de la Venetia, Pavilionul Romaniei (c), Happy Doomsday!, ZKM (Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie), Karlsruhe, Germania (1999); Serving Art, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (1998); Dataroom, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (c) (1996); The Art History Archive, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (1995); The Castle, Institute of Contemporary Art, Varsovia (1994).PARTICIPARI LA EXPOZITII DE GRUP (selectie): 22nd Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival (c), Sous les ponts, Casino Luxembourg, Centre d’art contemporain, Luxemburg, Paradoxes: the embodied city, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisabona (c), We Are the Artists, Bienala Internationala de Arta Contemporana, Prague (c), Normalisation, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul (2005); Video as Urban Condition, Austrian Cultural Forum, London (p), Revolutions Reloaded. Laboratorio Romania, Artra Gallery, Milano, Other Neighborhood, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (c), Systemstörung, Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg (c), Extended Views, Centre Ceramique, Maastricht (p), Collage Europa, Nederlands Architectuur Instituut, Rotterdam (p) (2004); Personal Places, Galleria A+A / Centro Espositivo Sloveno, Venice (2003); Exchange & Transform (Arbeitstitel), Kunstverein, Munchen (2002); Videonale 9, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (c) (2001); unlimited.nl 3, Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam (c) (2000) (c = catalog, p = publicatie) FILMOGRAFIE: 2005 pas (de deux); jukebox for the late night surfer 2003 sony/wmf/pp; Sample City 2001 Lost Toys 2000 RA 1994 On Your Left Bank 1993 Draculaland 3 (with subREAL) REZIDENTE Edith Russ Site for Media Art, Oldenburg; BINZ 39, Zürich (2004); IASPIS – Stockholm (2002); Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art – Helsinki (2000); Schloss Plüschow - Meckelenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Plüschow; Kultur Kontakt, Viena (1999); V2_Lab for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam (1998); Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (1997-1998); Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (1995-1996).PREMII: Videonale 9, Bonn (2001); New Media Special Award - International Festival of New Film, Split (2000) COLECTII: Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK), Berlin; Moderna Galerija, Ljubljiana; Muzeul National de Arta Contemporana (MNAC), Bucuresti; Hypo Bank, Frankfurt
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Galeria Nouaphotography & new media
Director: Aurora Kiraly
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15 Academiei St.RO-010012 Bucharest 1
Fax: 3190722
Mobil: 0726 282583
info@galerianoua.ro
www.galerianoua.ro

24 February 2006

cARTfilm



Asociatia Vector din Iasi in colaborare cu TVR Iasi organizeaza in perioada 9-11 martie 2006, in cadrul proiectului cARTier, festivalul de film video cARTfilm.

Acesta va cuprinde o sectiune de filme video experimentale si documentare realizate de studiouri de productie, televiziuni si artisti video independenti, precum si o alta realizata printr-un concurs pentru tinerii artisti video din Romania.

Conditii de participare:
- se accepta filme video in format DVD sau miniDV cu o durata de maximum 15 minute.
- data limita de primire a proiectelor (data sosirii in casuta postala de la Iasi) este 4 martie 2006.
- filmele selectate (documentare video, filme de artist) trebuie sa abordeze tematica festivalului cARTfilm
- fiecare film va avea o caseta tehnica (autor, imagine, editor, durata, format video) precum si date de contact (email, telefon mobil) al autorului.
- filmele vor fi trimise pe adresa:
Matei Bejenaru
(pentru festivalul cARTfilm)
Of. Postal 7, Post restant
700830 Iasi, Romania

Selectia participantilor
- filmele video selectate si castigatorii premiilor vor fi anuntate oficial luni, 6 martie 2006.
- organizatorii vor oferi doua premii, pentru capacitatea de a reflecta o anumita realitate sociala si pentru realizare tehnica. Filmele premiate vor fi prezentate pe postul national de televiziune TVR.
- castigatorii premiilor vor fi invitati la Iasi pentru premiera filmelor lor si pentru festivitatea de inmanare a premiilor ce va avea loc pe 11 martie 2006.

Tematica festivalului
Festivalul cARTfilm 1 isi doreste sa creeze o platforma de discutii si dezbateri despre rolul filmului documentar video in prezentarea realitatii sociale. Organizatorii considera ca filmul video poate fi un fin seismograf al regimurilor tranzitorii din societate. Fenomene precum migratia fortei de munca, reconversia industriala or turismul global au schimbat viata comunitatilor, inclusiv a celor din Romania, tara care in ultimul deceniu a exportat o treime din forta sa de munca activa.
De asemenea, noile aspecte ale culturii urbane ori probleme ale vietii rurale din Romania pot fi subiecte de interes.


cARTfim 1
"Situaţii temporare / Temporary Situations"
Prima ediţie a festivalului va fi organizată sub conceptul "Situaţii temporare" în ideea de a colecta filme video documentare sau experimentale care să reflecte experienţe umane în condiţii speciale, unele de limită, aflate sub influenţa temporară a unor factori "perturbatori externi". Natura firii umane ne împinge să ne organizăm existenţa zilnică către o situaţie cu un nivel entropic minim, unde dezordinea este înlocuită cu acea ordine care de multe ori duce către banalizare, blazare şi mediocritate.
Filmele video din festival vor fi martorii unor experienţe colective sau singulare, limitate în timp, tranzitorii, provocări din care se pot învăţa lucruri noi ori pentru a da o imagine mai complexă şi mai nuanţată contextului socio-cultural reprezentat.

Pentru informatii suplimentare puteti contacta organizatorii la telefon 0232 237486 (secretariatul Asociatiei Vector din Iasi), pe mobilul 0723 508738 (Matei Bejenaru - director festival) sau pe adresa de email: http://uk.f302.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=bmatei@mail.dntis.ro
Mai multe informatii despre festival si proiectul cARTier puteti gasi la adresa http://www.vector-cartier.ro/

Festivalul cARTfilm este realizat cu sprijinul financiar al Programului Cultural Elvetian in Romania - Pro Helvetia SDC.

2nd Athens Video Art Festival

from 01 April 2006 to 30 April 2006


CALL FOR ENTRIES
After the successful materialization of the first Athens Video Art Festival, an innovative festival for digital art in its moving form, which is one of the most radically developing forms of art combining photography, movement, music and experimentalism, Multitrab productions** invites again all the lovers of the moving image (regardless of age) to take part in the 2nd Athens Video Art Festival which will take place in April 2006.
Once more, people will be encouraged to create freely but also to dare to express themselves and their views on a specific theme.
This year new categories will be included: video installations, artistic constructions and live art. Well known video art festivals from other countries will be “hosted” by the 2nd Athens Video Art Festival, by dedicating a substantial part of it to them as videos, extra information and exclusive material from the festivals will be shown. Also there will be mention of activities relevant to video art, taking place in Greece. Each day of the festival, after the projections, an audiovisual event will take place following electro-ambient musical paths.
Categories
• Video Art
• Video Installations
• Live Art
• Artistic Constructions
Postmark deadline: 15th March 2006
Please fill in the online pre-entry form before submitting your video and your official entry form. You can fill in the pre-entry form online and also download the entry form at www.athensvideoartfestival.gr

Duminica Jamie Lidell in Bucuresti

Jamie Lidell e invitat la Bucuresti de Rokolectiv.
Detalii despre concert aici.

20 February 2006

Campanie Poltur in Austria


Impreuna cu Musuem in Progress (http://www.mip.at/) Casa Gontz ruleaza o campanie pentru PolTur in presa austriaca.

Poltur ads (vor fi 4 modele de reclama) pot fi gasite incepind de azi in ziarul der Standard si clipurile video pot fi vazute luna aceasta pe canalul de televiziune Okto

De asemenea pagina de web a proiectului poltur a fost improspatata

http://www.poltur.ro/

In curand DJ Food

DJ Food in Bucuresti la Escape pe 24 martie 2006.
In deschidere Silent Strike (live set)
[Si in curand si alti artisti Ninja Tune in Bucuresti.]

19 February 2006

Periferic 7

Periferic 7 – Focussing Iasi
International Biennial for Contemporary Art
Iasi, Romania
May 12-30th, 2006


The seventh edition of Periferic Biennial is a project which focusses on different aspects of socio-political and cultural context of Iasi and Romania. The project will result in a series of exhibitions, opening in Iasi on May 12, 2006.

Detailed information on Periferic and Iasi can be found at www.periferic.org

Periferic 7 focusses :
- on the position of Iasi in a globalized context where social, political and economical phenomena are influencing the cultural practices, productions and representations
- on the recent art history and the current art scene in Romania
- on the exploration of the children condition, emphasizing on the problem of 'child abandonment' in an extended sense.

Periferic 7 is structured on 3 independent sections curated by:
Marius Babias & Angelika Nollert, Florence Derieux and Attila Tordai-S.

Periferic 7 will be accompanied by 3 publications, one for each section.

Periferic 7: Focussing Iasi / Social Processes
Curators:
Marius Babias (writer and curator, Berlin) and Angelika Nollert (curator, Siemens Arts Program, Munich)
Cooperating partners:
Vector Association Iasi and Siemens Arts Program

"Social Processes" started in October 2005 with a series of conferencies,presentations and workshops and will end with an exhibition in the formerTurkish Bath. The invited artists will inquire into the social, cultural,and socio-political facets of Iasi: a cultural gateway between Romania,Ukraine, Moldova, and Transnistria. The artists will concentrate on projectswith a specific reference to Iasi. In May 2006 the final presentation of theart projects will be mounted in the Turkish Baths, a historical building inthe heart of Iasi. In addition, "Social Processes" will be accompanied byVector Art Data Bank, showing a collection of artist's materials and artinitiatives from Romania and bordering countries (Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova,Bulgaria) that has been assembled by Matei Bejenaru and Catalin Gheorghe.
A sourcebook with the artists' contributions will be published and distributed by Revolver.

Artists:
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria)
Boris Buden (Austria)
Nicoleta Esinencu (Moldova)
Andrea Faciu (Germany)
H.arta (Romania)
Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler (Austria)
Laura Horelli (Finland)
John Miller (USA)
Dan Perjovschi (Romania)
Lia Perjovschi (Romania)
Hito Steyerl (Germany)

Supported by:
FRAME Helsinki,
IFA Stuttgart
Kontakt. The Arts and Civil Society Program of Erste Bank Group in Central Europe
Barnard College of Columbia University New York


Periferic 7: Focusing Iasi / Strategies of Learning
Curator:
Florence Derieux (curator, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne)

Strategies of Learning is a pragmatic response to a certain context and a proposal to simultaneously generate, collect, import and export information on Romania’s contemporary art history and art scene. This project develops itself and starts from the peculiar and complex context offered by Periferic 7 – International Biennial for Contemporary Art. Which types of relations can we indeed initiate with others, their art and history as well as their specific realities, within the frame of a biennial? Art being the sole denominator, a common basis of knowledge and understanding must first and foremost pre-exist in order to communicate. If the emergence of history, with its attendant devices (exhibition and book), is art’s new site, Strategies of Learning propose to use the biennial’s obsolete and compromised curatorial format as a flexible tool to research and create common artistic references and attempt to draw a recent history of art in Romania. The aim is to participate in a collective (re)constitution, rather than a (re)construction of this history.

Artists:
Sandy Amerio (France)
Bik Van der Pol (The Netherlands)
Valentin Carron (Switzerland)
Latifa Echakhch (Morocco/France)
Jens Haaning (Denmark)
Pierre Joseph (France)
Mattias Olofsson (Sweden)
Sean Snyder (USA/Germany)
Andrei Ujica & Harun Farocki (Romania/Germany ; Germany)

Supported by:
Ambassade de France a Bucarest
Centre Culturel Français de Iasi
Dutch Embassy in Bucharest

Periferic 7: Focusing Iasi / Why Children?

Curator:
Attila Tordai-S. (curator of Protokoll Studio, editor of Idea arts + societymagazine, Cluj)
Supported by:
Allianz Kulturstiftung, Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart
In the rush to change after 1989, to become a "grown up" member of modernEurope, to transform into a working, economically viable democracy, Romaniansociety has not been alerted to the cost that this metamorphosis may beextracting from its children. Even attentive parents and teachers find it verydifficult to stand up to the onslaught of this new Romanian society which is sodriven by market forces, without any thought to the social cost and consequences of this aggressive marketing. Change in Romanian society is inevitable and necessary but how can this happen in such a way as children would not become infant consumers to whomever can best grab their attention?
The project is aiming to discuss the issue of child abandonment in an extendedsense, to reflect on the practice of placing children "under the power ofanother administration".
Artists:
Big Hope (Miklos Erhardt, Dominic Hislop, Elske Rosenfeld) (Hungary/Scotland/Germany)
Mircea Cantor & Gabriela Vanga (France/Romania)
Ioana Nemes (Romania)
Elke Marhöfer (Germany)
Ciprian Muresan (Romania)
Katya Sander (Denmark)
Nedko Solakov (Bulgaria)

About Periferic
The Periferic project was initiated in 1997 in Iasi, Romania, as a performance festival. Since 2001, it has been transformed into a contemporary art biennial with the intention to develop a local art scene and to encourage the exchange of ideas and people from different political and cultural contexts.

About Iasi
Iasi is a city of 400.000 inhabitants,being one of the country’s largest university cities with more than 60.000 students. Once the capital of Moldova, Iasi is located near the border with Republic of Moldova (a former soviet republic). Following Romania’s entry into the EU in 2007, it will become one of the eastern outposts of the Union.

Periferic 7 Biennial is supported by:
European Cultural Foundation Amsterdam
Romanian Ministry of Culture Bucharest
French-German Cultural Fund

Organizer:
Vector Association in Iasi

Partners:
Municipality of Iasi
Centre Culturel Français de Iasi
Goethe Zentrum Iasi

Sponsored by:
BRD-Groupe Societe Generale
Polirom Publishing House

Media Partners:
Suplimentul de cultura, TVR Iasi (and others will be confirmed)

Periferic team:
Matei Bejenaru – director
Dan Acostioaei – assistant director
Iulia Tencariu, Livia Tencariu – office assistants
Catalin Gheorghe, Vlad Morariu – responsible for communication, PR and documentation
Dragos Alexandrescu – photo and video documentarist
Bogdan Teodorescu – production director

Contact:
Periferic Office:
Tel/fax: 0040 232 237486
Emails: info@periferic.org, bmatei@mail.dntis.ro, dacosti@gmail.com
www.periferic.org

16 February 2006

Jamie Lidell la Martin

Detalii despre concertul din Bucuresti aici.
Interviu din revista The Wire aici.

13 February 2006

Ioana Nemes la Galeria Orizont update

TEMPORARY STUDIO: “MONTHLY EVALUATIONS”
8.02. – 21.02.2006

Astazi, 13 februarie 2006 incepe a doua evaluare din seria “Monthly Evaluations” a artistei Ioana Nemes, in cadrul proiectului Temporary Studio, curator Simona Nastac. In spatiul galeriei Orizont.





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Pentru artistii contemporani, atelierul nu mai este singurul loc in care a gandi inseamna a face. In acelasi timp, nici galeria nu mai este spatiul experientei pasive, in care publicul contempla forme materiale finite. Cum arata spatiile de productie si receptie a artei astazi, intr-un timp in care practicile artistice fac redundante atelierele ‘turn de fildes’ si galeriile white cube? Cum se dezvolta astazi relatia artist - lucrare - public, intr-un context in care produsul artistic ia forme din ce in ce mai diverse si imateriale? Poate privitorul sa depaseasca limitele acestor teritorii, pentru a avea experienta completa a procesului artistic si a rezultatului sau?
Proiectul Temporary Studio investigheaza aceste aspecte, atat din perspectiva practicilor contemporane ce redefinesc intelegerea actului de creatie si raportul artist-lucrare-public, cat si din perspectiva lipsei spatiilor adecvate creatiei si expunerii artei vizuale actuale in Romania. Artistului i se ofera spatiu de actiune si expresie, iar publicului oportunitatea de a vedea cum se naste si se face arta, intr-un demers care urmareste sa introduca o componenta critica pe terenul esteticului, izolat, in mod artificial, de social.

Invitata sa foloseasca spatiul galeriei ca ‘atelier’, Ioana Nemes va lucra, timp de trei saptamani, la proiectul in desfasurare Monthly Evaluations, prezentat la galeria Ellen de Bruijne Projects/Dolores (Amsterdam, 2004), Display Gallery (Praga, 2005), Fotogalerie Wien (Viena, 2005) si in revista de arta contemporana IDEA # 20 (Cluj, 2005). Lucrarea se configureaza ca un jurnal non-linear, ce descrie - prin ambient cromatic si text - procesul zilnic de autoreflectie, documentare si evaluare a complexitatii relatiei artistei cu realitatea, intr-un climat putin favorabil creatiei si dialogului social. Trecerile de la o ‘evaluare’ la alta au loc in datele de 8, 13 si 16 ale lunii februarie 2006.

Evenimentul face parte din seria actiunilor initiate de Sectia de Critica a U.A.P.R.

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Unul dintre cei mai promitatori artisti tineri din Romania, Ioana Nemes a avut pana in prezent trei expozitii personale la Amsterdam, Viena si Bucuresti, si numeroase participari la proiecte de grup internationale, cateva dintre cele mai recente fiind ‘Hidden Rhythms’ (Kunstenaarsinitiatief Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, Olanda, 2005), ’FAMA FLUXUS MYTHOS BEUYS’, (Kunst+Projekte, Sindelfingen, Germania, 2005), si ‘Motion Parade’ (Fotogalerie Wien, Viena, 2005). In 2006, va participa, intre altele, la Bucharest Biennale, editia a 2-a, Bienala Internationala de Arta Contemporana Periferic 7 (Iasi), si la expozitia ‘Soleil Noir’ (Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria).

Curator si critic de arta independent, editor al revistei de arta contemporana in format electronic ‘ecart.ro’, Simona Nastac a absolvit recent masterul ‘Creative Curating’ la Goldsmiths College, University of London. Cele mai recente proiecte curatoriale si de cercetare includ ‘I.D.E.A.London’ (Institutul de Arta Contemporana, Londra, 2005), ‘Competency Model’ (Goldsmiths College, Londra, 2005) si ART t.b.c. (Universitatile de Arta din Bucuresti si Timisoara, 2006). Este co-curator desemnat al Bienalei Internationale a Tinerilor Artisti, Bucuresti 2006, si colaborator al revistelor Observator cultural (Bucuresti), IDEA (Cluj), Vector (Iasi), Art-hoc (Chisinau), si Praesens (Budapesta).

Eveniment realizat cu sprijinul Policolor, Deko Professional, Tipo-Aktis si add.

Parteneri media: Jurnalul National, RFI Romania, Ziarul Financiar, Business Review

Pentru informatii suplimentare, imagini, interviuri contact: Simona Nastac 0724 536456 / simona_nastac@yahoo.com.

Galeria Orizont, Bd. N. Balcescu 23A
RO-Bucuresti 1
T: +40-21-3158922

Luni-Vineri: 10.00-19.00
Sambata: 10.00-16.00

freak show

12 February 2006

Mircea Florian

Cine este Mircea Florian? Acultati 4 piese de-ale lui si cititi interviul si review-urile de pe Muzicisifaze.com

11 February 2006

noutati pe 2020.ro

Stefan Tiron a fost foarte activ in weekend si pe langa review-ul Rokolectiv de mai jos a mai scris cate ceva:

2020 reviews:
Vlad Nanca – Ups and Downs, December 2005 – January 2006, H’art Gallery
review by Stefan Tiron

Cristian Pogacean – Tales from the other side, #2, December 2005 DSBA Gallery
review by Stefan Tiron


2020 resources:
In Caminul Subcultural de Stefan Tiron
«Poate ca a venit timpul in care noul camin subcultural care s-a nascut din lipsa unui camin propice, sa stimuleze identificarea unor skill-uri si puteri detinute deja de cei din jurul nostru.»