CHISINAU - Art, Research in the Public Sphere publication launch Period: 5 of October, 17.00 Location: State University, Chişinău Address: str. A. Mateevici 60, Main Building, Auditorium 511 Project organizer: [KSA:K] - Center for Contemporary Art, Chisinau
The publication is an invitation to a virtual tour through a number of historical periods and political regimes that have shaped the city and the society and includes the contributions of theorists and the artists’ projects. While the theoretical contributions present the results of historical research and case studies concerning the various stages in the evolution of the city of Chisinau, the artists' projects have followed to a great extent the logic of subverting and challenging the order established in the urban space by the state institutions in cooperation with the private sector. Finally the project aim was not only to identify the decisive factors that have shaped the public and urban space in Chisinau throughout history, but also to see these spaces in confrontation with the political and cultural processes and factors identified today. Contributions by: Rael Artel – curator (EST), Pavel Braila - visual artist (MD), Valeria Barbas – visual artist (MD), Igor Casu – historian, lecturer (MD), Vasile Ernu - writer, editor (RO), [STEALTH.unlimited] - Ana Dzokic & Marc Neelen (NL), Octavian Esanu - artist, theoretician, curator (US/MD), Tatiana Fiodorova - visual artist (MD), Société Réaliste - (Ferenc Gróf & Jean-Baptiste Naudy (FR/HU)), Catalin Gheorghe - art historian, curator (RO), Angela Harutunean- art historian, curator (EG/AM), Augustin Ioan – arhitect, profesor (RO), Indre Klimaite – visual artist (NL), Flo Kasearu – visual artist (EST), Max Kusmenko - visual artist (MD), Sava Lucia – historian (MD), Ana Marian - art historian (MD), Davor Miscovici – cultural activist, Tamara Nesterova – architect, theorist (MD), Dumitru Oboroc - visual artist (RO), Kaja Pawelek- curator (PL), The Bureau of Melodramatic Research (Alina Popa & Irina Gheorghe (RO)), Virgil Paslariuc – historian (MD), Danilo Prnjat – visual artist (SP), Ghenadie Popescu- visual artist (RM), Joanna Rajkowska – visual artist (PO), Rena Raedle & Vladan Jeremic - curators, social activists (SP), Angela Serino – curator, art manager (NL), Klaus Schafler - visual artist (AU), Stefan Rusu – curator (MD), Tilmann Meyer-Faje - visual artist (NL), Ovidiu Tichindeleanu – theoretician, writer (RO/MD), Stefan Tiron- artist, curator (RO), Vadim Tiganas- visual artist (MD), ), Octavian Tacu – historian (MD), Nomeda&Gediminas Urbonas – artist group (LT), Vladimir Us – curator (MD), Raluca Voinea - curator, theoretician (RO), Mark Verlan - visual artist (MD) CHISINAU- Art, Research in the Public Sphere is a cross-disciplinary platform that investigates the connections between political and cultural symbols and propaganda and its impact on the urban environment, the interference between personal narratives and imported ideologies and cultural discourses in relation to the public sphere. The project aim was to explore the dominant institutional and political discourses that have shaped the society and the urban landscape of the city of Chisinau in the course of its recent history. Project partners: E-cart.ro Association, Campina, Romania (www.e-cart.ro), MEEM- Rael Artel Gallery: Non-Profit Project, Tallinn, Estonia ( www.publicpreparation.org) Project partners in Moldova: Alliance Française de Moldavie, the Goethe Institute/Bucharest, the German Cultural Center ACCENTE/Chisinau, the Polish Cultural Institute/Bucharest, the Austrian Cultural Forum/Bucharest, the UNESCO Chair of South-East European Studies within the Faculty of History of the Moldova State University, National Museum of History and Archaeology, Directorate for Culture of the Municipality of Chisinau, Electric Transport Administration of Chisinau Municipality, Oberliht Association, Chisinau. Media partners: Public Media Group SRL, Revista la Plic, Radio Free Europe. CHISINAU - Art, Research in the Public Sphere project was supported financially by Allianz Kulturstiftung/Germany, ERSTE Foundation/Austria, Mondriaan Foundation/The Netherlands, Alliance Française de Moldavie, Goethe Institute/Bucharest trough German Cultural Center ACCENTE/Chisinau, Polish Cultural Institute/Bucharest and Austrian Cultural Forum/Bucharest, Austrian Federal Ministry for Edication, Arts and Culture. The publication was produced with the financial support from ERSTE Foundation and was co-financed by Mondriaan Foundation. CHIŞINĂU- Art, Research in the Public Sphere was produced by Center for Contemporary Art - [KSA:K] (www.art.md) [KSA:K] Center is a non-profit, independent institution established in 2000. The new strategy of the Center is the development of cultural forms and art practices that reflect the dynamic of the social, political and economic transformations of the society. The Center supports advocacy activities in promoting cultural policies suitable for defining and strengthening the position of artists and contemporary art practices in society. Stefan Rusu- Project Manager/Curator Center for Contemporary Art-[KSA:K], Str. Banulescu-Bodoni 5, ap-2, Post code 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova tel: + 373 22 23 72 72 www.art.md* * <http://www.knotland.net/index.php?id=13&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=483&cHash=903daf1680a47402cb27df41501fbcbe>
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