Archive for March, 2008
5 interdisciplinary installations in Beirut
The support for second stage of AlmostReal is being continued a project developed by the young composer and independent curatorTarek Atoui.
Tarek organised a workshop in May 2007 (in partnership with SHAMS arts centre and Ana Lindt Foundation) where he introduced interdisciplinary cross overs between video, digital and acoustic mediums for artists to make their […]
Alliance of art and politics in the making of transnational public spheres
One of the discussions during first getogether zoomed into the potential for collaborations between art and other political spheres. The political sphere can learn from art to create new and urgently needed public spheres. The cultural field across Europe is potentially, if not already, a transnational public sphere in the making. The small spheres […]
Ashkal Alwan Proposal for Video Production in Beirut
Based on the first impressions gathered during the brief stay in Beirut and the second getogether with Beirut-based cultural practitioners, AlmostReal asked curator and Ashkal Alwan director Christine Tohmé to make a proposal to realise a project for a public venue in Beirut.
Christine Tohmé put forward a proposal for developing a platform for […]
Setting out on a journey to uncover the European Cultural Foundation’s funding policies and ending up in a dunghill…
Artist duo Goldin + Senneby are researching and setting out on an artistic expedition to uncover the European Cultural Foundation’s funding policies and the cultural fundingscapes of Europe more generally. Their proposed work consists of an allegorical investigation into the current climate and dynamics of European cultural funding. Investigating the landscape of cultural policies and, […]
Stage 5 proposal
The fifth and final stage of the experimental project AlmostReal will be a project in and of itself at the same time as it reflects on the four previous stages. This stage is initiated by Stealth and curated by Maria Lind, who have invited the artist collaboration Goldin+Senneby (Stockholm) to make an art project and […]
continuations of Hospitality
Hospitality, stage 4, will open out further in 2008. Jeanne van Heeswijk, of the Blue House, has planned a series of continuations based on the interventions made as part of stage 4 in 2007. These interventions include transforming the Blue House into a place of cultural asylum, a guest editorial intervention in the ‘Open’ […]