[Nettime-nl] Becoming Dutch in Tallinn (Modified by Geert Lovink)

["Rael Artel" <moskva80@moskva80.com>]

TRANSLOCAL EXPRESS. JUBILEE EDITION
Date: Feb 21-23, 2008
Venue: Museum of Occupations, Toompea 8, Tallinn

An international seminar in the series of Public Preparation events
addressing the growing tendencies of nationalism on Eastern borders of
Europe (from Helsinki to Istanbul) and its relation to contemporary art.

Whereas in the former socialist block national resistance to the 
socialist
system is remembered in a positive way, the current re-emergence of
nationalist sentiments in Europe more generally is an alarming tendency
which is often accompanied by growing phenomena of xenophobia and 
racism.
The critique of nationalism becomes especially urgent in the light of 
the
growing reality of migration which is now under debate extensively. 
Since
the production of culture is often expected to support the ideas and
values connected to the idea of nation, a critical response from the
cultural field is an urgency of our time.
Translocal Express. Jubilee Edition takes place in parallel with the
celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, aiming 
to
turn attention to alternative ways how to think about society in the era
of global democracy as a counterperspective to the narrow nationalist
mindsets that are dominant in contemporary Estonia.

Speakers: Sezgin Boynik (Istanbul), Charles Esche (Eindhoven), Annie
Fletcher (Amsterdam/Eindhoven), Minna Henriksson (Helsinki/Istanbul), 
Flo
Kasearu (Tallinn), Karolis Klimka (Vilnius), Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen
(Helsinki), Eleonore de Montesquiou (Berlin/Tallinn), Joanna Rajkowska
(Warsaw), Petri Saarikko (Helsinki), Maria- Kristiina Soomre (Tallinn),
Marko Stamenkovic (Amsterdam/Belgrade), Tomas Tomilinas (Vilnius).

The seminar language is English.
Please register at info [at] publicpreparation.org

More information about the seminar and Public Preparation project from
www.publicpreparation.org

Organiser: Public Preparation
Rael Artel
moskva80 [at] moskva80.com

Airi Triisberg
airi_triisberg [at] yahoo.com

International partner: Translocal Express. Jubilee Edition happens in
collaboration with Van AbbeMuseum (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) as a
parallel project to Be[com]ing Dutch.

Translocal Express. Jubilee Edition is supported by Cultural Endowment 
of
Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Culture and the EU Culture Programme.



Programme:
Thursday, Feb 21
18.00 Welcome words by Rael Artel & Airi Triisberg
18.15 Short introduction to Be[com]ing Dutch project by Charles Esche &
Annie Fletcher
18.30 MARIA-KRISTIINA SOOMRE Lost in Integration? Estonian Contemporary 
Art
and Missing Attitudes towards (Sneaking) Nationalism



Friday, Feb 22
12.30 Registration and coffee
13.00 SEZGIN BOYNIK & MINNA HENRIKSSON Critical Reflections on
Contemporary Art from the Point of View of Nationalism
14.00 JOANNA RAJKOWSKA Under the Palm Tree

15.00 Coffee break

15.30 MARKO STAMENKOVIC Private Dancers
16.30 ELÉONORE DE MONTESQUIOU The Travellers
17.15 Book presentations
"Contemporary Art and Nationalism" by Sezgin Boynik & Minna Henriksson
"Public Preparation - Biennale of Young Artists" by Rael Artel & Airi
Triisberg



Saturday, Feb 23
12.30 Registration and coffee
13.00 CHARLES ESCHE Imagine Resistance
14.00 OLIVER KOCHTA-KALLEINEN & PETRI SAARIKKO Summit of Micronations
project presentation
14.45 KAROLIS KLIMKA Irresistible Sentiment? Money-Making in the Name 
of the
Nation

15.45 Coffee break

16.15 TOMAS TOMILINAS Nationalism in the Baltic States and Societies
17.15 FLO KASEARU Keep in Touch
17.45 ANNIE FLETCHER Be[com]ing Dutch - Past, Present and Future



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Forever Yours,
Rael Artel
gsm: + 372 56 229 213
email: moskva80@moskva80.com








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