Archive for June, 2007
Hospitality for What is to Come
“Hospitality is culture itself and not simply one ethic amongst others. Insofar as it has to do with the ethos, that is, the residence, one’s at-home, the familiar place of dwelling, as much as the manner of being there, the manner in which we relate to ourselves and to others, to others as our own […]
Be[com]ing Dutch: The Gatherings
The Gatherings, a 3 day public event inaugurated Be[com]ing Dutch, a 2 year project by Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven on how artistic practice and institutions could address the challenge of living together at a time of (im)migration, globalisation and cultural change. Be[com]ing Dutch seeks to put our ideas of national identity under pressure […]
Launching Political practices of (post) Yugoslav art
Political practices of (post) Yugoslav art is a new research project in which the stage 1 organisations continue their collaboration by mapping the historical socio-political and economic conditions and heritage which led towards present constellation of art practices, intellectual and cultural production in post-socialist spaces of the former Yugoslavia. Their research into political practices into […]
Video Works
Video Works, a workshop for 11 emerging Lebanese artists to produce new video works that were presented as part of VidéoAvril festival in Beirut April 2007.
In 2006, the Ashkal Alwan Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts concentrated its efforts on supporting the production of video work by young artists who have little access to support […]
Zagreb launch of PRELOM 06/07
The presentation of PRELOM 06/07 journal took place in mid-winter Zagreb, down in the basement of a Zagreb Djuro club. PRELOM 06/07 is the first issue to be published by PRELOM kolektiv as an independent collective. The presentation of the first independent issue titled ‘Theses on Politics EUROPE/AMERICA’ was organised in conjunction with the opening […]
Kuhinja
Kuhinja (serbo-croatian for ‘kitchen’) is a weekly television programme about alternative culture in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia. Kuhinja is produced by SCCA/ pro.Ba. and is broadcast on Bosnian state television. Kuhinja’s history began when SCCA/pro.Ba was commissioned by the primary Bosnian state television channel to produce a series of 30 minute television programmes on […]
Guest ≠ Welcome
The editors of OPEN invited Dennis Kaspori and Jeanne van Heeswijk to be guest editors for an insert ‘Guest ≠ Welcome’ as part of OPEN 12 Freedom of culture. This issue of OPEN focuses on questions regarding the privatization of intellectual property and presents several alternative approaches to urban design that aim to restore the […]