2002-10-09
On the Move
http://on-the-move.org
A new Cultural Mobility Portal giving searchable links to primary sources of information and funding supporting mobility of artists and cultural operators in/out of/around the countries of Europe and its neighbours.

IT'S FREE. NO NEED TO JOIN. JUST CLICK IT OPEN.

You are a DANCER from the Caucasus and you would like to participate in a summer workshop in France. And perhaps you also want to find out if ther ... (more)
Source: Alenka Pirman - Slovenia

2002-08-27
Culture 2000
Culture 2000 is an European Community programme established for a period of 5 years (2000-2004), with a total budget of 167 million EUR. This financial instrument grants support for cultural co-operation projects in all artistic and cultural sectors (performing arts, visual and plastic arts, literature, heritage, cultural history, etc). The objectives of the programme are the promotion of a common cultural area characterised by both cultural diversity and a common cultural heritage. Culture 2000 ... (more)
Source: Alenka Pirman - Slovenia

2002-08-25 - Liechtenstein
Support of worthy arts organizations worldwide
International Music and Art Foundation makes grants to facilitate the improvement and dissemination of the visual and performing arts, as well as the study and preservation of art and culture from the past.

More at:
http://imafoundation.homestead.com
or
Artservis
Source: Artservis by Alenka Pirman - Slovenia

2002-08-02 - Macedonia
New issue of ZAYAC - ZAYAC 7
http://zayac.scca.org.mk/novzayac...
Internet Zine About Young Art and Culture
The authors represented in this issue are: Aleksandar Kolov, Nade Peseva, Meto Angelovski, Igor Ilievski, Vesna Ivanovska etc.
In the new issue of Zayac, you can find interesting articles covering Documenta11, Manifesta 4, Exhibition of Jane Calovski and Hristina Ivanovska in CIX Gallery, Stories about destroyed culture monuments in ... (more)
Source: Nikola Pisarev - Editor by MT

2002-06-17 - Germany
IKG (Internationales Kunstlergremium) Meeting 2002 - August 22-25, 2002, Financial Support for participants from Central and Eastern Europe is available.
The program will focus on:
Creating art networks in an extended Europe Cooperation and Migration and will include a visit to the Dokumenta exhibition in Kassel
Interested participants please send as soon as possible short information on applicant and their interest in attending the meeting to:
ikg@ikg-art.org
Internationales Kustlergremium e.V.
Sekretariat/Office :
IKG c/o Dr. Michael Willhardt
Fredrich & Willh ... (more)
Source: MT

2002-05-20 - United States
ArtsLink Announces 2002 Independent Projects Awards
ArtsLink has announced awards for the fourth cycle of its Independent Projects program. This initiative allows Central and Eastern European artists and arts managers to build upon established contacts with U.S. arts organizations. This year's awards, selected by panel review from 20 proposals, will enable 6 artists and arts managers to undertake projects in the United States.

Awards went to: Boris Bakal of Zagreb, Croatia and Katarina Pejovic of Ljubljana, Slovenia who will work wi ... (more)
Source: Jennifer Gullace by MT

2002-04-17 - France
UNESCO, International Fund for the Promotion of Culture (IFPC)
UNESCO-ASCHBERG Bursaries for Artists For 2002–2003, the programme proposes and presents 57 bursaries offered by 51 partner institutions in 27 countries. http://www.unesco.org/culture/ifpc/
The eligibility depends on the host - worth checking! Established in 1994, this programme aims to promote the professional growth of young artists in different disciplines, mainly by providing opportunities for further training in specialised instit ... (more)
Source: Artservis MT

2002-03-18
Funding for policy of support for Central and Eastern Europe

The funds available for the Dutch policy of support for Central and Eastern Europe form a cluster within the Homogeneous Budget for International Cooperation (HGIS), which encompasses all expenditure relating to the Dutch presence abroad. The funding of the Central and Eastern Europe cluster is split into three components:

· The Social Transformation Programme (Matra) run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Matra programme applies to Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, S ... (more)
Source: Artservis by MT

2002-03-13 - Ukraine
Ukrainian presentation at the XXV Bienal de Săo Paulo
11.03.2002, Kyiv
Curator of the Ukrainian presentation Jerzy Onuch has invited Saskatoon (Canada) based artist Taras Polataiko to present his project “Bird™s Eye View” at the XXV Bienal de Săo Paulo.
The “Bird™s Eye View” project is based on the Bienal™s curatorial concept of the “11 Metropolises”. The show will open as an empty space with 11 mirrors mounted on the walls of the space. At the commencement of the Bienal 11 local labourers will be contracted to gradually cover the mirror ... (more)
Source: CCA Kyiv by MT

2002-03-13 - Estonia
CCA Estonia - contract with Hansapank
Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia has signed a contract for a year with Hansapank in Estonia for making a program in a gallery that is situated in the bank’s headquarter’s at Liivalaia 10 (ground floor) in Tallinn. The bank’s idea to open an art gallery came from the wish to offer more possibilities to exhibit modern Estonian as well as international art. At the moment the Hansapanga galerii space is 400 sq/meters but soon for the gallery use there will be 200 sq/meters.
Our first exhib ... (more)
Source: Piret Lindpere by MT

2002-03-13
EMARE- Grants for European Media Artists for England, Scotland, Germany and the Netherlands Deadline: May 31, 2002
The eighth European Media Artists in Residence Exchange will take place in autumn 2002 to spring 2003. Europe based Media Artists in the fields of digital media including internet and computer based art, filmmakers, sound and video artists are invited to apply for a two month residence based stipend at Hull Time Based Arts, Kingston Upon Hull in England; at Duncan of Jordanstone College School of Television and Imaging, Dundee, Scotland, at V2_Organisation, Rotterdam, the Netherlands or at ... (more)
Source: V2 by MT

2002-03-04 - Croatia (Hrvatska)
New mailing list
SCCA Zagreb has organised a mailing list through our web site, in collaboration with Culture.net Croatia/Ministry of Culture.
It works since Fiday March 1.
We publish there various news, competitions and events. Primarily it is about what goes on in Croatia, but also there is number of international comeptitions.....Basically titles and short descriptions are in Croatian, but the body text is left in original languages, mostly english of course.
You might wish to see it on www. ... (more)
Source: Janka Vukmir by MT

2002-02-20 - Switzerland
Fellowship supported by the 'Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr'
The Collegium Helveticum of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich awards a fellowship for an artist from Middle or Eastern Europe who has completed graduate studies in multimedia arts and/or has practical experience in the area of feature and documentary film. The fellowship covers a six-month stay at the Collegium Helveticum from mid October 2002 till mid April 2003.

The Collegium Helveticum is an academic institution for the dialogue between the sciences and between scienc ... (more)
Source: Adele by MT

2002-02-15 - United Kingdom
TIK TAK TOK
The University of Dundee's Visual Research Centre and the Contemporary Arts Center - Skopje
cordially invite you to attend the opening of the exhibition
TIK TAK TOK
Official Opening: 15 February 2002. at 18:30 hrs Opening for General Public: 16 February 2002 at 20:00 hrs. at The University of Dundee's Visual Research Centre
Exhibition open until March 10, 2002.
An international inter-disciplinary collaboration between Artists, Designers, Writers ... (more)
Source: Misko by MT

2002-01-14 - Yugoslavia
Sanja Ivekovic on the Sao Paolo Biennal
Dear Friends,
We feel that it is very important that we inform you about the unpleasant incident which is happening even as we write on the relation Sanja Ivekovic - state policy. A state selector has invited Sanja Ivekovic to represent the state on the Sao Paolo Biennal. But when Sanja Ivekovic submitted the project "Miss Croatia & Miss Brasil Read Zizek & Chomsky" (please find it enclosed in the attachment) the state selector has, using laughable and confused arguments, more exa ... (more)
Source: Branimir Stojanovic & Milica Tomic by MT

2002-01-02 - Poland
International Conference Challenge of computer games - CALL FOR PAPERS
University of Lodz, Poland
25-27 October 2002
Department of Media and Audio-Visual Culture, University of Lodz, invites submissions of papers examining the phenomenon of computer games. The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss computer games in the broad context of sociology, aesthetics, psychology, pedagogy, and other areas. We also welcome interdisciplinary papers dealing with computer games design and with the economic aspects of the computer games market.
more)
Source: Piotr Sitarski by MT

2001-12-12 - Czech Republic
CESTA s eighth international arts festival of interdisciplinary collaborations
Festival Application Deadline: February 15, 2002
Art and violence both seem to stem from the abstract: that place beyond logic, the realm of the emotion. When they intersect we are simultaneously repelled and attracted, frightened and excited. Historically this meeting has been wrought with complexity, and as cultural violence in every society increases, we are prevented by paranoia, censorship and ethical demands from asking, and sometimes even posing, some of the most ... (more)
Source: Cesta by MT

2001-12-12 - France
Le Fresnoy
New Application procedure for candidates wishing to apply to Le Fresnoy (beginning of term: October 8, 2002).
The selection includes a preselection based on a written project which has to be sent before May 24, 2002, and then two interviews that will take place at Le Fresnoy between July 1 and 5, 2002. The application procedure is free of charge. Le Fresnoy would be pleased to receive candidates with background in fine arts, cinema, photography, architecture, design, dance, etc..., wi ... (more)
Source: Andrea Szekeres by MT

2001-12-10 - Netherlands
Eighth international curatorial training programme Call for applications.
DEADLINE April 2002The participants will attend an intensive programme of lectures, seminars and discussions with artists, museum directors, curators and critics from the Netherlands and abroad. During the course several excursions are planned. Up to six participants are admitted to this 7 months course.
An international committee will make the final selection on the basis of interviews, taking place in January. Candidates are to have a degree in art or art history and/or have relev ... (more)
Source: artservis by MT

2001-11-29 - Macedonia
UNDERSTANDING THE BALKANS - THE BALKANS AND GLOBALISATION -
December, 01 - 02, 2001,
Museum of Macedonia,
Str.Kurciska b.b., Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
CONFERENCE
Saturday, 01.12.2001.

11:00 - Opening of the Conference & Promotion of the book "Understanding the Balkans", 2000.
11.30 - Sandra DUNGACIU (Romania) Uses, misuses and abuses of the concept of globalization in the Balkans
12:00 - Stevan VUKOVIC (Yugoslavia) Haunted by the Balkan ghosts
12:30 - Bojan Ivanov (Macedonia) Globulizat ... (more)
Source: Melentie Pandilovski by MT

2001-11-25 - Slovenia
ARTSERVIS
Artservis is a new web tool for artists, theoreticians and administrators of contemporary art, operating in/with/from Slovenia! It supports the independent and competent operation of individuals and organizations involved in contemporary art.
The main principles are free public access and information-share built through the network of the Artservis' users.
Artservis collects and publishes the following information:
Data B ... (more)
Source: Alenka Pirman by MT

2001-11-16 - Germany
Film and Video Festival Oberhausen
Dear film- and videomakers!
The entry form, regulations and information on the 48th International Short Film and Video Festival Oberhausen are now available. The Deadline for submissions is January 15th 2002. The Festival will take place from May 2nd to 7th 2002. You can download all under the following address: www.kurzfilmtage.de We are looking forward to receiving your contributions. Kind regards, Melanie Piguel Coordination
Source: Melanie Piguel by MT

2001-11-04 - Yugoslavia
INTRODUCTION TO IMAGE THEORY
Organizer: School for History and Theory of Images, Centre for Contemporary Art - Belgrade
On October 26th, School for History and Theory of Images started its Winter semester for the third time. During the next year, the school will offer a two-semester course titled Introduction to Image Theory, together with already existing courses Reading the Images and Politics of Theory. The basic course will consider the discipline of image theory through various examples in the field of art ... (more)
Source: Branko by MT

2001-10-15 - Italy
iMage
6th International Festival of Architecture in Video
B E Y O N D M E D I A / O L T R E I M E D I A
international architectural conference > Florence, February 7-10, 2002
workshops > January 21 - February 2, 2002
exhibitions > February 10-24, 2002
deadline > November 30, 2001
The International Festival of Architecture in Video is an event created by the Department of Architectural Technology and Design "Pierluigi Spadolini" of the University of Florence ... (more)
Source: Department of Architectural Technology and Design "Pierluigi Spadolini" by MT

2001-10-15 - Romania
Romanian-art.com
Romanian-art.com is a site for presenting and promoting the Romanian contemporary art, stressing on the new tendencies and media practiced by the recent generations of artists.

Romanian-art.com is determined to ensure Romania's presence on the international art scene, a presence that, unfortunately, is currently lacking.

New Trend Gallery wishes to illustrate this in a large manner, concentrating the key names in the Romanian visual dynamics and presenting projects linked with the ... (more)
Source: romanian-art by MT

2001-10-10
Cityscapes - A Conference as Process
To what is at stake within contemporary urban debate and become a respondent of 5th graz biennial on media and architecture.
The on-line debate will be held during October and culminates in the summit in Graz from November 8th to 11th. Looking forward to interesting discussions and meet you in Graz.
Join the 3 forums of "Cityscapes - Imagineering the Urban Condition"

Forum 1: Structural Changes and New Realities

Andreas Ruby, architecture critic, Cologne, Hrvoje Njiric, ... (more)
Source: layers by MT

2001-10-10 - Hungary
Call for Proposals by the Arts and Culture Network Program, OSI "A Bridge of Understanding"
A new projects' window within the Soros foundations network, linked with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgysztan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Goals of the program:
- To bridge different cultures from Central Asia, the Caucasus and Mongolia with cultures of other countries in the network.
- To stimulate networking, communication and regional cooperation between Central Asia, the Caucasus countries and Mongolia in culture, arts and related fields
- To hel ... (more)
Source: MT

2001-09-07 - Netherlands
www.transartists.nl
Trans Artists is an independent information centre for visual artists, artist-run initiatives and cultural institutions. Trans Artists offers clear and accessible information on cultural exchanges, artist in residency programmes and work opportunities in the Netherlands and abroad.

For more information check http://www.transartists.nl
Source: Maria Tuerlings m.tuerlings@transartists.nl by MT

2001-08-28 - Turkey
Istanbul's first Museum of Contemporary Art
Proje4L -Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art opens with its inaugural exhibition, "Becoming a Place" on September 21, 2001. The museum is located in a 1.600 m2 annex of an office tower, Harmanc -Giz Plaza. The founder of the institution is architect and land developer Dr. Can Elgiz.

Proje4L encourages experimental exhibition projects. Special attention is given to the needs of new audiences. Proje4L is conscious of the fact that contemporary art prospers only in an environment of a gr ... (more)
Source: Vasif Kortun by Kalina Bunevska Isakovska - Macedonia

2001-08-20 - Austria
Gelatin
Called "The B-Thing" and produced by four Vienna-based artists known collectively as Gelatin, the book is demure to the point of being oblique. What little explanation it contains appears to have been scribbled in ballpoint. Among the photos and schematic drawings, there are doodles of tarantulas with human heads.
In short, the book belies the extravagance of the feat it seems to document: the covert installation, and brief use, of a balcony on the 91st floor of the World Tr ... (more)
Source: a friend who reads the New York Times by MT

2001-08-05 - United States
ArtsLink 2001 - 2002
ArtsLink supports exchange between the arts communities of Central and Eastern Europe and the United States through the following programs:

ArtsLink Residencies - Deadline: November 1, 2001. Places artists or arts managers from Central/Eastern Europe - ArtsLink Fellows - at U.S. non-profit organizations for five-week residencies

Independent Projects - Deadline: November 1, 2001. Supports artists and arts managers from Central and Eastern Europe who already have a ... (more)
Source: Adele Eisenstein - Hungary

2001-08-03 - Yugoslavia
SERBIA IN THE YEAR ZERO
The new film by Goran Markovic - "Serbia in the Year Zero" - will be shown at this year's Venice Festival as part of the "New Territories" festival program.
The film is co-produced by Paris-based "Les Films du Lendemain" and Belgrade's B92. Commenting in the festival programme, director Goran Markovic says:
"The most important questions left over from the Milosevic era are: Why did what happened to us happen? Where has the demon come from and how did he appear in our live ... (more)
Source: nettime - B92 press release by MT

2001-08-03 - Moldova
I n v a s i a (I n v a s i a n)
Please find below the short description of the international project I n v a s i a (I n v a s i a n) which is going to be held in Rep. of Moldova, in September 15 - October 1, 2001. This project had obtained financial support from Open Society Cultural Link Program.

We would like to ask you to distribute this information to your colleagues, friends and artists who might be interested in taking part in that.
We would be glad to receive names, brief artistic biography of the ... (more)
Source: Stefan Rusu by MT

2001-07-20 - Poland
THE END OF FREEDOM?
The idea of changing the statutes of any suspicious modern art gallery and gaining control over it by means of new programme councils has gained considerable popularity. After CCA Ujazdowski Castle and Zacheta Gallery, another public institution whose status quo is being threatened is the CCA ŁaĽnia in Gdansk.
The municipal authorities of Gdansk are trying to change the statute of ŁaĽnia - one of the best art institutions in Poland (see: top 10 galleries, nr.9) and reduce the liberty of ... (more)
Source: Raster http://raster.art.pl/ by MT

2001-07-20 - Poland
The minister changes his mind
Another questionable decision was made by the Minister of Culture. According to his earlier declarations, Anda Rottenberg, who has resigned from Zacheta Gallery's directorship, was to receive a nomination for a ministerial plenipotentiary for the building of a new Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. It has turned out now, however, that the minister has changed his mind - Rottenberg has been, in his opinion, too critical of his politics as regards the competition for the new director of Zachęta. The ... (more)
Source: RASTER http://raster.art.pl/ by MT

2001-06-15 - Germany
Announcement of the Balmoral Fellowship 2002
The K�nstlerhaus Schloá Balmoral, Bad Ems, an institution of the Foundation for Culture in Rheinland-Pfalz, is announcing 8 fellowships for 2002.
Balmoral is a place of artistic production, theoretical reflection and social and artistic contact. It promotes visual artists from around the world through allocation of residential fellowships, without restriction of nationality or age. Since its foundation in 1995, the work of artists here has covered the disciplines of painting, s ... (more)
Source: Andrea Szekeres - Hungary

2001-05-27 - Bulgaria
Summer Academy for Performing Arts – Sofia’01
interdisciplinary educational platform for professional communication between independently working artists in the field of performing arts and its broad contemporary definition from the Balkan region and the region of Central and Eastern Europe.
Sofia, Bulgaria - 2001/07/16 - 2001/08/07
This project is especially oriented to:
researchers, practitioners, theoreticians and managers in the field of contemporary theatre and dance; advanced students in acting, danc ... (more)
Source: Soros Centre for the Arts – Sofia by Stanislav Stanev - Director

2001-05-14 - United States
An Italian Artist Arrives in New York Trailing Controversy - Polish case inside
"On Dec. 21, a week after Warsaw's museum of contemporary art, the Zacheta Gallery, opened a centenary celebration that featured "The Ninth Hour," Halina Nowina-Konopka and Witold Tomczak entered the gallery and presented identification confirming their status as members of Parliament and granting them immunity to all but a few Polish laws. They then removed the rock from the pontiff and tried, according to some news reports, to stand it on its wax feet."
Source: NEW YORK TIMES by MT

2001-04-26 - Croatia (Hrvatska)
Call for Entries, international film festival, Split, Croatia, deadline June 1, 2001
6th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NEW FILM will take place in Split, Croatia from September 22nd - 29th 2001 and is now announcing
CALL FOR ENTRIES To obtain an entry form please visit Festival's web site, or contact us if you want it sent to your address.
The deadline for entries is June 1st 2001. SPLIT FILM FESTIVAL P.O.BOX 244 Kralja Tomislava 15 HR-21000 Split, Croatia tel: +385 21 348 001 fax: 348 002 e-m ... (more)
Source: Janka Vukmir - Croatia (Hrvatska)

2001-04-12 - Czech Republic
ČIMELICE 2001 - Selected Artists from Central and Eastern Europe
We received in total 27 applications from 12 countries. The Board of the Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts met on March 19, and selected 6 applicants and 2 alternates. (Please, see the list attached).
Term: June - July
Viktor Petrov and Denis Romanovski Minsk, Belarus
Borut Popenko Maribor, Slovenia
Term: August - September
Anto Jerkovič Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Peric Zagreb, Croatia
Rada Tzankova Sofia, Bulgaria
Al ... (more)
Source: Dana Recmanova - CCA Residency Coordinator by MT

2001-04-11 - Macedonia
Zayac !
ZAYAC No. 5 and the New video spot of the music group "String Forces" made in co production with the Contemporary Art Center - Skopje.
http://zayac.scca.org.mk http://zayac.scca.org.mk/index2.htm http://zayac.scca.org.mk/zayac5/menu/index.htm
In new issue of ZAYAC the authors are attempting to give their own views on the actua ... (more)
Source: Contemporary Art Center - Skopje by Kalina Bunevska Isakovska - Macedonia

2001-04-10 - Canada
videopoem submissions for the Vancouver Videopoem Festival
DEADLINE: June 1, 2001
The Edgewise ElectroLit Centre is seeking videopoem submissions for the Vancouver Videopoem Festival-the only screening event of its kind in Canada. Get public exposure and have your work screened in a premier public venue-Pacific Cinémathčque, November 8-11, 2001. We are interested in any original, creative combination of poetry with material on videotape. Cinepoems are also acceptable provided they are transferred onto videotape format.
This ev ... (more)
Source: Janka Vukmir - Croatia (Hrvatska)

2001-04-09 - Australia
BAUHAUS KOLLEG
applications are being accepted until July 13 2001 for Bauhaus Kolleg III serve city 2001-02
http://www.bauhaus-dessau.de
work, living, and communication in the space of flows
sydney, australia
The Bauhaus Kolleg is currently soliciting applications for its third consecutive, post-graduate, certificate program called serve city to be conducted September 20, 2001 to September 13, 2002. Concentrating on several project sites surrounding the vast harborfront of ... (more)
Source: Ute Lenssen by Adele Eisenstein - Hungary

2001-04-09 - Croatia (Hrvatska)
APPLICATION FOR FAKI (Festival of Alternative Theatrical Expressions), The FOURTH FAKI WILL TAKE PLACE FROM May 18-25.
April the 15th - the deadline for applications
THE PURPOSE OF THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL IS TO SHAKE YOUNG THEATRE FROM APATHY AND EXLUSIVITY OF EXPRESsION and that's not all nothing at all
FAKI will select quality "alternative" shows and organize series of workshops, a festival-club with constantly reproducing viral performances, shows and moving pictures, bands, guests and their guests.
Therefore, Autonomna tvornica tvornica kulture / Autnomo ... (more)
Source: Janka Vukmir - Croatia (Hrvatska)

2001-03-28 - France
Application to Le Fresnoy - National Studio of Contemporary Art
Application procedure is now open for candidates wishing to apply to Le Fresnoy (portfolio deadline: May 15) http://www.le-fresnoy.tm.fr/english/e_inscription.htm application form: http://www.le-fresnoy.tm.fr/english/e_fiche.htm
Le Fresnoy is a post-graduate art and audiovisual research centre, opened in October 1997 and financed by the Ministry of Cultur ... (more)
Source: Adele Eisenstein - Hungary

2001-03-28
UNESCO BURSARIES - various disciplines and countries - for 2001!!
UNESCO BURSARIES IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, DANCE, CREATIVE WRITING, PERFORMING ARTS AND MEDIA ARTS
Application information and additional details are available on the web page - http://www.unesco.org/culture/ifpc Residency opportunities marked with an "*" specifically encourage applications from Central and Eastern European artists.
UNESCO BURSARIES IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL ARTS
Residency at Camac, Marney-sur-Seine, ... (more)
Source: Katherine Kastner - Foundation and Center for Contemporary Arts-Prague by MT

2001-03-24 - Poland
Cinema and Theatre of Andrzej Wajda - International Conference
Call for Papers - deadline February 28th 2001
The conference will address the entire output of Andrzej Wajda in the fields of cinema, theatre, television and fine art, in both political and cultural contexts. It will hopefully provide a unique opportunity for both scholars and students of film and theatre from all over the world to meet and discuss Andrzej Wajda’s oeuvre both formally and informally. The following issues are suggested for discussion:
- the relationship be ... (more)
Source: Elzbieta Ostrowska via the Film-Philosophy Salon listserve by MT

2001-03-24 - Slovenia
the end of the ministry of experiment as you knew it
on january 31, the syssop of radio student, edi suc, sent me an e-mail with a notification he had to (by the order of the responsible) shut down the hexpo mailing list at "bart" sever of radio student, including its archives.
hexpo@radiostudent.si was an open public list active since may 2000 and was holding at its peak near 300 recipients, mostly in slovenia. it was pitched to the organisational background of the hexpo festival on a local level. radio student was hosting the list not ... (more)
Source: Marko Kosnik by MT

2001-03-24 - Switzerland
Balthus dies at 92
Balthasar Klossowski, the painter internationally known as Balthus, died on 18th of February at his chalet in La Rossiničre, Switzerland, near Gstaad. He was 92. "For the last 30 years of his long life, Balthus was among the most widely admired of European painters. He had excelled as a portraitist (notably of his painter colleagues André Derain and Joan Miró), as a painter of French landscapes in a tradition that we ... (more)
Source: NYT by MT

2001-03-24 - Russia
Pro Arte - if you happen to be in St. Petersburg...
and you are interested in many aspects of contemporary art in Russia - you have to go to the Pro Arte Institute - see their website for details...
Source: MT

2001-03-24 - Croatia (Hrvatska)
What is new in Zagreb in the Institute for Contemporary Art
New webpages are under construction, with the old ones finally removed (this was the responsibiltiy of OSI Croatia). New webpages will include a searchable database of Croatian artists, institutions and events. Coming soon!
ICA-Zagreb is initiating an art magazine, with a pilot issue to appear by the end of 2001.
Collaboration as a partner institution of BIG Torino 2002 continues - currently they are opening new cycle of competititon.
One of the bigest projects is the FAC ... (more)
Source: Institute for Contemporary Art by Janka Vukmir - Croatia (Hrvatska)

2001-03-24 - Poland
Top 10 Polish Galleries 2000 by RASTER
RASTER is an independent (web) art magazine, clever, critical, updated, includes a lot of rare photographs and stories about current - not only art - events, mostly in Warsaw.
"This certainly hasn't been a bad year for art. At the end of it, all the newspapers, TV and radio broadcasts were full of art topics, they wrote and spoke about it; rather insensibly, in most cases. But perhaps all this means that art might become a ... (more)
Source: MT

2001-03-24 - Macedonia
APPEAL FOR PEACE
from the representatives of non-government organizations in the Republic of Macedonia
For the sake of protection of the fundamental principles in a civil society and its future development in the democratic process, we express our concerns and condemn the recent aggression that has seriously jeopardized the security of the country.
We strongly condemn all acts of violence and the call for inter-ethnic intolerance. The occurrence of forced mobilization, the manipulation of ... (more)
Source: Kalina Bunevska by MT

2001-03-24 - Ukraine
Who Benefits? Sabotage of the Ukrainian Presentation at the Venice Biennale
Jerzy (Yuri) Onuch Curator
Ten years of independence have not rid Ukraine neither of Soviet style institutions nor Soviet style behavior. The latest victim may well be Ukraine’s first appearance at the Venice Biennale, an event due to open in three months.
In October, 2000, I was appointed curator of the Ukrainian presentation by Mr Evhen Karas, officially designated commissioner for the Biennale by the Ministry of Arts and Culture. Today (March 22nd) I learned, through a new ... (more)
Source: Jerzy Onuch - Ukraine