Presentation and Book Launch Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground, Bosnia and Herzegovina http://bijenalle.com Association Biennial of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina is glad to announce the presentation of the Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the book launch of the project on 31st May 2013 at 11am, at Palazzo Zorzi, UNESCO Office, Venice. The Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground, Bosnia and Herzegovina book intends to provide an overall representation of the Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground, held in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is edited in a way to unfold the content chronologically, shaped by the curatorial and artistic content accumulated in the course of two biennial editions, in 2011 and 2013. Furthermore, in the book, the director of the project, Edo Hozić, thoroughly explains his understanding and engagement with the cultural and the political substance of the bunker in the frame of the larger cultural discourse of Balkan region and beyond. Project D-0 ARK Underground, stationed in the space of the Atomic shelter in Konjic, 45km south of Sarajevo, is known as Tito's atomic shelter. The CODE name is Istanbul. The object is still under the Ministry of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the project is to transform this military object to a cultural center, hence the biennial is establishing a contemporary art museum inside of a historical museum.
Edited by Basak Senova, the book is organized in five chapters. The first chapter presents the curatorial statements that elaborate on the issues and conditions that have formed the infrastructure of the project. Chapter two is dedicated to the works that are exhibited in the bunker accompanied by brief descriptions and images. The following chapter further discusses the existence and the significance of the project through the concept of 'vintage' by taking 'the cold war era' as the point of its departure. Chapter four recapitulates the outcome of the public program during the second edition by focusing on the public programming and discussions that took place in Sarajevo as an accompanying event of the biennial opening. Finally, the last chapter depicts the chronology of the project by providing brief information on talks, presentations, workshops and seminars that took place within the project. This book has been published by the Association Biennial of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and supported by UNESCO. The 2nd edition of the Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground, Bosnia and Herzegovina, curated by Basak Senova and Branko Franceschi, takes place through September 26, 2013. ++++++++ Basak Senova http://basaksenova.com http://nomad-tv.net ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre