Archive for March, 2008
Emerging installations in Beirut
The support for second stage of AlmostReal is being continued through a project developed by the young composer and independent curator Tarek 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 […]
Stage 5 proposal
The 5th and final stage of the experimental project AlmostReal will be a project that reflects on the four previous stages. This last stage is initiated by Stealth and curated by Maria Lind who have invited the artist collaboration Goldin+Senneby from Stockholm to develop a performative journey throughout the cities throughout Europe where the previous […]
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’ […]
Islands and Bridges, EFAH conference
The 14th Annual General Meeting of the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage (EFAH) conference was held at the Fabryka Trzciny venue from 8 till 10 November 2006. The focal issue was “to investigate and understand the value and importance of intercultural dialogue in the European context”, offering an opportunity for participants […]
Granting cultural asylum
The collaboration between artist Papa Sakho and place for new social imaginigs and deviant cultural thoguths, the Blue House, started in the 2006.