i take advantage of this short message from steven kovats to bring to the list's attention an exhibition which, despite the opportunistic theme (and cheesy title) is a serious cultural overview of the visual culture in the area. indeed, this could be a good side trip for the Ars Electronica goers.
calin ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen kovats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "spectre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:36 PM Subject: [spectre] Viennese BLOOD & HONEY > BLOOD & HONEY > Future's In The Balkans > Curated by Harald Szeemann > > Exhibition period: 16.05. - 28.09.2003 > > At "BLOOD & HONEY - FUTUREšS IN THE BALKANS" The Essl Collection is > presenting the work of 73 artists from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, > Bulgaria, Kosovo, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, > Turkey and Serbia-Montenegro. > > One of the biggest and most comprehensive art exhibitions covering the > greater Balkan area, this exhibition should give a good insight into the > strong relationship that art has with the political and cultural context > within this region ... a place that, as the title suggests, is still looking > to find its own proper post-Jugoslav, proto-Eurobalkan identity. > > The exhibition runs until the end of September, so anyone stopping over in > Vienna going to or coming from Ars Electronica may be enticed to stop by ... > > further info: > > www.sammlung-essl.at > > ammlung Essl Privatstiftung / The Essl Collection > An der Donau-Au 1 > 3400 Klosterneuburg / Vienna > Austria / Europe > Tel: +43-2243-370 50 > Fax: +43-2243-370 50 DW 22 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Opening hours: > > Tue - Sun: 10.00 - 19.00 > Wed: 10.00 - 21.00 > Mon: closed # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]