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----- Forwarded Message ---- From: valentina <valent...@gmail.com> To: ADS ALUMNI EGROUP <alu...@adsindonesia.or.id> Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 11:27:20 AM Subject: [AusAID Alumni] Fwd: Call for proposals from an art centre in Aarhus, Denmark Siapa tau ada yang berminat Cheers ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Valentina <valent_...@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:25:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: Call for proposals from an art centre in Aarhus, Denmark To: Cc: val mks <valent...@gmail.com> -V- --- On Sun, 2/14/10, mkusumawijaya <mkusumawij...@gmail.com> wrote: From: mkusumawijaya <mkusumawij...@gmail.com> Subject: [greenmapindonesia] Re: [Int21] call for proposals from an art centre in Aarhus, Denmark To: "Firman Ichsan" <firman_ich...@yahoo.com>, ruangrupa2...@yahoo.com, "ade Darmawan" <robot_m...@yahoo.com>, "Greenmap" <greenmapjaka...@yahoogroups.com>, greenmapper_jo...@yahoogroups.com, greenmapindone...@yahoogroups.com, greensoci...@yahoogroups.com, "Wendy Brawer" <w...@greenmap.org> Cc: "international" <internatio...@listen.cultura21.net>, "Sacha Kagan" <sacha.ka...@cultura21.org> Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 6:43 PM On 14 Feb 2010, at 01:45, Sacha Kagan wrote: > Dear all, > > I am forwarding you a call for proposals for artists and curators, > coming from Aaarhus, Denmark. > > Greetings, > Sacha Kagan > > > > --- > > February 13, 2010 > > Aarhus Art Building, > Centre for Contemporary Art > > OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS > > IMAGINE > Towards an eco-aesthetic, 2011 > The Aarhus Art Building, > Centre for Contemporary Art, Denmark > > Artists and curators are > hereby invited to submit > proposals for 2011. > > Deadline March 15 > > http://www.aarhuskunstbygning.dk > > Only when people are in a position to use their own creative > potentials, which can be enhanced by an artistic imagination, will a > change occur [....] Art can and should strive for an alternative that > is not only aesthetically affirmative and productive but is also > beneficial to all forms of life on our planet. > Rasheed Araeen: Ecoaesthetics. A Manifesto for the Twenty-First > Century > > In the autumn of 2009, Rasheed Araeen, editor of the respected > periodical on art and culture Third Text, launched a frontal attack on > the modern ego and the recuperation of the avant-garde. Instead of the > continued rigid production of objects and a stubborn anchoring in art > institutions, Araeen pleads for a collective artistic imagination as > the only road towards "[…] rivers and lakes of clean water, collective > farms and the planting of trees all over the world." > > From what is perhaps a slightly one-track masculine perspective, > Araeen's manifesto examines earlier failed attempts to step down from > the pedestal of the bourgeoisie in favour of a collective commitment > to our surroundings and the environment. Nevertheless, the notion of > art as a positive, giving alternative unhampered by the restraints of > either representation or negation is relevant in a new decade in a new > millennium. > > In trying to conceive of such an alternative it seems a reasonable > first step to take a closer look at alliances between art and > sustainable development For at the roots of the idea of sustainability > lie an ethical imperative and a persistent struggle against inequality > – parameters that seem indispensable today if we actually want to > imagine change and alternatives. > > The notion of sustainability first aroused political attention in the > 1970s, although it can also be traced back to the 1960s in the shape > of various grass-roots movements. In 1972 the UN Conference on the > Human Environment was held in Stockholm – this was the first of its > kind, and at the same time the first transnational forum that even > considered the environment and society as a single, interconnected > issue. > > The conference was strongly influenced by the book Limits to Growth > published by the global think tank Club of Rome the same year, in > which the problems of exponential growth vis-à-vis the limited > resources of the Earth were outlined. The book inspired thoughts about > the limits of growth in terms not only of the human population but > also of economic factors. This realization that the Earth was not an > inexhaustible storehouse of resources contributed to the development > of a notion of sustainability that takes the future generations of the > Earth into account. > > The correlation between ecological and social issues is a fundamental > aspect of thinking about sustainability, and consequently also > involves concepts like responsibility and ethics. Similarly, in > various movements that have consistently had sustainability as a > central point of reference since the 1970s, for instance Social > Ecology and Ecofeminism, sustainability is inextricably bound up with > an astute critique of the dominant hierarchical structures. > > The notion of sustainability thus includes the consideration of social > structures, subjection and domination, ethics and economics on an > equal footing with consideration of the environment and the ecology. > If art today is to have the above-mentioned positive starting point, > it needs to think about this complex apparatus as a whole and imagine > an alternative. Only thus can we move towards an art that is healing > and affirmative – and thus towards an eco-aesthetic in the new > millennium. > > With this background the Aarhus Art Building is hereby issuing an Open > Call for Proposals for 2011. We welcome suggestions for group > exhibitions, solo exhibitions and workshops as well as suggestions for > projects in public space. Guidelines can be found at > www.aarhuskunstbygning.dk. The guidelines must be followed in the > application to make it eligible for consideration. > > --- > > > > > -- > Sacha Kagan > Research Associate, Institute for Cultural Theory, Research and the > Arts (IKKK), Leuphana University Lueneburg > Founding Coordinator, Cultura21 International (www.cultura21.net) > Personal website: http://sachakagan.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > International Mailingliste > JPBerlin - Politischer Provider > internatio...@listen.cultura21.net > https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/international ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links -- - V - _______________________________________________ Alumni mailing list alu...@adsindonesia.or.id http://mail.adsindonesia.or.id/mailman/listinfo/alumni_adsindonesia.or.id
