[Nettime-ro] Public presentations&Workshop_CHISINAU-Art, Research in the Public Sphere

[stefan rusu <suhebator@gmail.com>]

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*Prelegeri publice Åi atelier Ãn cadrul proiectului CHIÅINÄU âArtÄ,
Cercetare Ãn Sfera PublicÄ *


Perioada: *28-30 IANUARIE**
*LocaÈie: *Universitatea de Stat, ChiÅinÄu*

Adresa: *str. A. Mateevici 60, Blocul Principal, etaj 5, Auditoriul N 511*

Organizatorul proiectului: *[KSA:K]- Centrul pentru Arta ContemporanÄ,
ChiÅinÄu*



Program 28-30 IANUARIE:


*28 IANUARIE*


ParticipanÅi:


*14.00 Ana Dzokic Åi Marc Neelen, [STEALTH.unlimited]* Rotterdam (NL)

Ãn cadrul proiectului *CHIÅINÄU - ArtÄ Åi cercetare Ãn sfera publicÄ*,
STEALTH.unlimited ÃÅi vor prezenta proiectul lor Ãn derulare, *Cities Log*,
studiu Åi naraÅiune vizualÄ ce ÃnfÄÅiÅeazÄ o cronologie de evenimente
semnificative din punct de vedere spaÅial, decizii Åi discuÅii care au
modelat oraÅele post-iugoslave Åi albaneze Ãn ultimii ani. Cea mai recentÄ
ediÅie a proiectului este *A(u)ction â Novi Sad's Log of Spaces Between
Personal Interests and Public Needs*, desfÄÅurat Ãn forma unei expoziÅii Åi
a unui tabloid, ÃmpreunÄ cu Kuda.org Åi cu o echipÄ din Novi Sad, Serbia.

*[STEALTH.unlimited] *Urmare colaborÄrii lor Ãncepute Ãn 1996, Ãn 2000
AnaDzokicÅi
Marc Neelen a ÃnfiinÅat STEALTH, o practicÄ artisticÄ cu reÅedinÅa Ãntre
Rotterdam Åi Belgrad â Ãn care schimbarea perspectivelor Ãntre cercetarea
urbanÄ, arte vizuale, intervenÅie spaÅialÄ Åi activism cultural reprezintÄ
un element-cheie. Ãn 2008 STEALTH au fost co-curatori ai pavilionului
olandez de la Bienala de ArhitecturÄ de la VeneÅia, cu proiectul *Archiphoenix:
Faculties of Architecture*. Ãn 2009 au fost curatorii proiectului *Episode 2
* din  Bienala InternaÅionalÄ de ArtÄ ContemporanÄ de la Tirana (T.I.C.A.B),
contribuÅia de la prima BienalÄ extinzÃndu-se dincolo de domeniul artelor
plastice Åi cuprinzÃnd domenii precum transformarea urbanÄ.

*15.30 - Tilmann Meyer-Faje, Amsterdam (NL)*

"Ãn lucrÄrile mele analizez relaÅia dintre structurile dominante la nivel
global Åi aspectele *grassroots* locale. ObservÃnd procesul de transformare
din fostele oraÅe sovietice am descoperit o nouÄ ironie a sorÅii.
Pentru *CHIÅINÄU
- ArtÄ Åi cercetare Ãn sfera publicÄ* lucrez la un monument care doreÅte sÄ
simbolizeze procesul de transformare care are loc astÄzi Ãntr-un microraion
de tip sovietic. Interesul oamenilor pare sÄ se fi mutat dinspre
colectivitate cÄtre proprietatea privatÄ. IntervenÅia mea este planificatÄ
pentru un loc de joacÄ pentru copii care a fost lÄsat Ãn paraginÄ."


*Tilmann Meyer-Faje*, nÄscut Ãn 1971 Ãn Germania, locuieÅte Åi lucreazÄ la
Amsterdam. Acolo a studiat arta audiovizualÄ la Academia Gerrit Rietveld Åi
arta la Institutul Sandberg.* *Tilmann Meyer-Faje analizeazÄ mÄsura Ãn care
obiectivele ambiÅioase respectÄ promisiunile pe care le fac, lÄsÃnd aceste
vise sÄ prindÄ formÄ Ãn *performance*. LucrÄrile sale reflectÄ ironia ce
apare din discrepanÅa dintre limbajul marketingului Åi experienÅa realÄ.
Artistul estompeazÄ cu bunÄ ÅtiinÅÄ linia dintre ficÅiune Åi realitate.
Unele din proiectele sale pot fi vizitate la adresa www.buurtkroket.nl

*17.00 - Raluca Voinea, BucureÅti (RO)*

De la ceasul care numÄra zilele rÄmase pÃnÄ cÃnd RomÃnia urma sÄ fie
integratÄ Ãn UE, demult Ãn 2006, pÃnÄ la apariÅia grotescÄ a unei cÄruÅe cu
paiaÅe, Ãn faÅa Teatrului NaÅional din BucureÅti, la sfÃrÅitul lui 2010,
pieÅele publice ale BucureÅtiului, cu decoraÅiile, sculpturile Åi
monumentele lor, s-au Ãncadrat perfect Ãntr-un process de degradare Åi
trivializare a discursului din spaÅiul public. Privatizarea acceleratÄ,
indiferenÅa cÄtre monumentele de arhitecturÄ, lipsa soluÅiilor pentru
locurile de parcare, prostul gust Åi megalomania primarilor, toate acestea
au fost ÃnsoÅite de dezbateri televizate Ãn care inteligenÅa este echivalatÄ
cu zbieratul, de o media polarizatÄ Ãntre partizanat Åi pornografie, Åi Ãn
ultimul an de intimidarea sau batjocorirea oricÄrei expresii publice a
nemulÅumirilor sau revendicÄrilor cetÄÅenilor. Ce ÃnseamnÄ sÄ lucrezi cu
arta publicÄ Ãntr-un asemenea context? Ce fel de artÄ se poate oferi unor
oameni care au nevoie de locuri de muncÄ, justiÅie, drumuri, transparenÅÄ a
serviciilor publice Åi Ãn general de o viaÅÄ mai bunÄ? Acestea sÃnt
ÃntrebÄri cu care E-cart.ro a Ãnceput Ãn 2009 un program pe termen lung,
Departamentul pentru Arta Ãn SpaÅiul Public, ÃntrebÄri pe care a Ãncercat sÄ
Åi le aminteascÄ Ãn proiectele pe care le-a organizat sau Ãn care s-a
implicat de atunci.

*Raluca Voinea.* Critic de artÄ Åi curator din BucureÅti. A studiat Istoria
Åi Teoria Artei la BucureÅti (1997-2001) Åi Curatoriatul Artei Contemporane
la Londra (2004-2006). Ãn 2006 a devenit unul din fondatorii E-cart.ro, o
organizaÅie non-profit, instituÅie independentÄ fondatÄ Ãn RomÃnia,
consacratÄ cercetÄrii, producerii Åi diseminÄrii artei Åi arhitecturii
moderne Åi contemporane. Din 2008 Raluca Voinea este co-editor la revista
IDEA. ArtÄ + societate publicatÄ la Cluj, RomÃnia.


*29 IANUARIE*

*INTERVEN**È**II URBANE CONFLICTuale*

Atelier de *Ana Dzokic Åi Marc Neelen, [STEALTH.unlimited]* Rotterdam (NL)
Ora Ãnceperii: 14.00

Durata: 3-4 ore

 Atelierul va fi urmat de un tur de oraÅ pe data de 30 ianuarie, la care
sunt invitaÅi participanÅii la atelier.
Ãn ultimele douÄ decenii, de la Ãnceputul anilor '90, fostele societÄÅi
socialiste din toatÄ Europa de Est Åi-au croit fiecare propriul drum printre
schimbÄrile din societate Åi cÄtre perspective precum intrarea Ãn Uniunea
EuropeanÄ. DeÅi se dezvoltÄ pe direcÅii foarte diferite (iar unele au intrat
deja Ãn UE), este frapant cÃt de mult din tranziÅia recentÄ au Ãn comun Ãn
ceea c e priveÅte dezvoltarea urbanÄ.

OraÅe precum VarÅovia, Belgrad sau ChiÅinÄu s-au dezvoltat dupÄ al doilea
RÄzboi Mondial Ãn afara logicii pieÅei imobiliare. OdatÄ cu sfÃrÅitul
modelului socialist (cu orientarea lui inerent modernistÄ), mai devreme sau
mai tÃrziu aceste oraÅe au devenit arene ale privatizÄrii, ale creÅterii
liberalizate, ale investiÅiilor rapide de capital, ale legislaÅiei
manipulatoare, Åi ale construirii identitÄÅii prin arhitecturÄ, lÄsÃndu-i pe
cetÄÅeni, arhitecÅi Åi urbaniÅti la periferia deciziilor Åi transformÃnd
politicienii Ãn arhitecÅi.

Ca urmare a iniÅiativei proiectului *CHIÅINÄU - ArtÄ Åi cercetare Ãn sfera
publicÄ *Åi pe baza cunoÅtinÅelor acumulate din studiul *Cities
Log*prezentat Ãn ziua precedentÄ, Ãn acest atelier participanÅii ÃÅi
vor
ÃmpÄrtÄÅi pÄrerile personale Åi informaÅii relevante privind evenimente
urbane relevante care au avut loc Ãn ultimul an Ãn contextul ChiÅinÄului. Pe
aceastÄ bazÄ vom Ãntocmi pe loc o cronologie (*log*) a evenimentelor care au
avut ÃnsemnÄtate prin influenÅa lor asupra dezvoltÄrii viitoare a oraÅului.
Aceste evenimente pot merge de la demararea sau finalizarea anumitor
proiecte urbanistice, pÃnÄ la anumite decizii sau investiÅii, sau pÃnÄ la
anumite subiecte care au fost discutate public sau care â dupÄ pÄrerea
participanÅilor â n-au reuÅit sÄ atragÄ deloc atenÅia publicului sau a
specialiÅtilor. Ar fi de asemenea foarte interesant sÄ aflÄm dacÄ existÄ
semne de activitate la nivelul iniÅiativelor "de jos Ãn sus"  sau opinii
(neconvenÅionale) cu privire modul Ãn care mediul ChiÅinÄului ar putea fi
format azi.

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*30 IANUARIE*

*Tur ghidat al oraÈului
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Ora de Ãncepere: 12.00

Punctul de plecare: Centrul KSAK, str. Banulescu Bodoni 5, Ap. 2

Din cauza numÄrului limitat de locuri din microbuz, participarea la turul de
oraÅ va fi deschisÄ numai participanÅilor la atelier.


*ChiÅinÄu-ArtÄ, Cercetare Ãn Sfera PublicÄ* are ca scop explorarea
discursurilor instituÅionale Åi politice dominante care au modelat
societatea Åi peisajul urban al ChiÅinÄului pe parcursul istoriei recente.
Proiectul este activat sub forma unei platforme multidisciplinare care Åi-a
propus investigarea conexiunilor dintre simbolurile politice Åi propagandÄ,
la fel Åi impactul acestora asupra mediului urban, interrelaÅia dintre
istoriile personale Åi discursul ideologic Ãn raport cu sfera publicÄ.

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*Partenerii proiectului:* AsociaÅia E-cart.ro, CÃmpina, RomÃnia (
www.e-cart.ro), MEEM- Rael Artel Gallery: Non-Profit Project, Tallinn,
Estonia (www.publicpreparation.org)

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*Partenerii proiectului Ãn Moldova:* AlianÅa FrancezÄ din Moldova,
Institutului Goethe/BucureÅti, Centrul Cultural German ACCENTE/ChiÅinÄu,
Institutului Polonez/BucureÅti, Forumul Cultural Austriac/BucureÅti, Catedra
UNESCO de Studii Sud-Est Europene Ãn cadrul FacultÄÅii de Istorie a
UniversitÄÅii de Stat din Moldova, Muzeul NaÅional de Istorie Åi Arheologie,
DirecÅia de CulturÄ a PrimÄriei Municipiului ChiÅinÄu, Regia de Transport
Electric al Municipiului ChiÅinÄu, AsociaÈia Oberliht, ChilinÄu.



*Parteneri Media:* Public Media Group SRL, Revista la Plic, Radio Europa
Libera, Publica TV.


*CHIÅINÄU- ArtÄ, Cercetare Ãn Sfera PublicÄ* este produs cu suportul
financiar al Allianz Kulturstiftung/Germania, FundaÅiei *ERSTE/Austria,
FundaÅiei Mondriaan/Amsterdam*, AlianÅei Franceze din Moldova, Institutului
Goethe/BucureÅti prin Centrul Cultural German ACCENTE/ChiÅinÄu, Institutului
Polonez/BucureÅti, Forumului Cultural Austriac/BucureÅti, Ministerului
Federal al EducaÅiei, Artelor Åi Culturii din Austria.

*Centrul pentru ArtÄ ContemporanÄ, ChiÅinÄu - [KSA:K]* (www.art.md)

Centrul [KSA:K] este o instituÅie independentÄ, non-profit, ÃnregistratÄ Ãn
2000. Strategia Centrului este axatÄ pe promovarea formelor culturale Åi
practicilor artistice care reflectÄ dinamica transformÄrilor sociale,
politice Åi economice a societÄÅii. Centrul susÅine activitÄÅi de advocacy
Ãn promovarea politicilor culturale adecvate, definirea Åi consolidarea
poziÅiei artistului Åi a practicilor artei contemporane Ãn societate.



Åtefan Rusu- directorul/curatorul proiectului



Centrul pentru ArtÄ ContemporanÄ -[KSA:K],
Str. BÄnulescu-Bodoni 5, Ap.2, Cod PoÅtal 2012,
ChiÅinÄu, Republica Moldova

tel: + 373 22  23 72 72

www.art.md




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*Public presentations&Workshop in the framework of CHISINAU-Art, Research in
the Public Sphere*


Period: *28-30 JANUARY**
*Location: *State Universitaty, Chisinau*

Address: *A. Mateevici 60, Main Building, 5th Floor, Room N 511*

Project organizer: *[KSA:K] - Center for Contemporary Art, Chisinau*



Program 28-30 JANUARY:

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*28 JANUARY*


Participants:

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*14.00 - Ana Dzokic and Marc Neelen, [STEALTH.unlimited] Rotterdam (NL)*


As part of the project CHISINAU- Art, Research in the Public Sphere,
STEALTH.unlimited will present their ongoing project Cities Log, a research
and visual narrative depicting a chronology of spatially significant events,
decisions and discussions that shaped the post-Yugoslav and Albanian cities
in recent years. The most recent edition of the project is A(u)ction â Novi
Sad's Log of Spaces Between Personal Interests and Public Needs, run in the
format of an exhibition and a tabloid newspaper, in cooperation with
Kuda.org and a team from Novi Sad, Serbia.

*[STEALTH.unlimited]* Following their collaboration since 1996, in 2000 Ana
Dzokic and Marc Neelen initiated STEALTH, a practice based between Rotterdam
and Belgrade â in which shifting perspectives between urban research, visual
arts, spatial intervention and cultural activism is a key element. In 2008
STEALTH co-curated the Dutch Pavilion at the Architecture Biennial in
Venice, with the project Archiphoenix: Faculties of Architecture. In 2009
they curated Episode 2 of the Tirana International Contemporary Art Biannual
(T.I.C.A.B) - the first biennial's contribution expanding beyond the field
of visual arts to include domains such as city and urban transformation.

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*15.30 - Tilmann Meyer-Faje, Amsterdam (NL)*


"In my work I am analyzing the relationship between global dominant
structures and local grassroots aspects. Observing the transformation
process in former soviet cities I discovered a new irony of fate. For
CHISINAU - Art, Research in Public Sphere I am working on a monument that
aims to symbolize the transformation process taking place nowadays in a
Soviet-type micro district. The interest of the people seems to have shifted
from collectivity to private properties. I am planning my intervention on a
children playground that became neglected."

*Tilmann Meyer-Faje,* born in 1971 in Germany, lives and works in Amsterdam.
There he studied audiovisual art at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and fine
arts at Sandberg Institute. Tilmann Meyer-Faje examines the extent to which
ambitious objectives deliver on their promises as he lets these dreams take
shape in his performances. His work reveals an irony arising from the
discrepancy between marketing language and actual experience. He is
consciously blurring fiction and reality. Some of his projects can be
visited at: www.buurtkroket.nl


 <http://www.buurtkroket.nl/>

*17.00 - Raluca Voinea, Bucharest (RO)
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From the clock counting down the days left until Romania was joining the EU,
back in 2006, till the grotesque appearance of a chariot with clowns in
front of the National Theatre, at the end of 2010, Bucharestâs public
squares matched with their decorations, sculptures and monuments a process
of degradation and trivialization of public space discourse. Fast
privatization, indifference towards monuments of architecture, lack of
solutions for parking places, bad taste and megalomania of mayors, all these
were accompanied by TV debates in which the loudest the smartest, by a
printed media polarized between partisanship and pornography and in the last
year by the intimidation or mocking of any public expression of citizensâ
discontents or claims of their rights.

What does it mean to work with public art in such a context? What kind of
art can one offer to people who need jobs, justice, roads, transparency of
public services and in general a better life? These are questions with which
E-cart.ro started in 2009 a long-term programme, called the Department for
Art in Public Space, and which it tried to keep in mind in the projects
which it organized or engaged in ever since.

*Raluca Voinea.* Art critic and curator, based in Bucharest. She studied Art
History and Theory in Bucharest (1997-2001) and Curating Contemporary Art in
London (2004-2006). In 2006 she co-founded E-cart.ro, a not-for-profit,
independent institution based in Romania and dedicated to researching,
producing and disseminating modern and contemporary art and architecture.
Since 2008 Raluca Voinea is co-editor of IDEA. Art + Society magazine,
published in Cluj, Romania.



*29 JANUARY*

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*Conflicting urban changes
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*Workshop by Ana Dzokic and Marc Neelen, [STEALTH.unlimited] Rotterdam (NL)*

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* *Starting time: 14.00

Duration: 2,5-3 hours


The workshop will be followed by a city tour on the 30th of January, to
which the workshop participants are invitet.
During the last two decades, since the early 1990s, former socialist
societies across Eastern Europe have each charted their own individual
course through the changes in their societies and towards perspectives such
as accessing the European Union. While they develop along very different
lines (and some have already joined the EU) it is striking to see how much
of their recent transition they share in terms of issues concerning urban
development.

Cities such as Warsaw, Belgrade or Chisinau developed after WW2 outside of
the logic of a real estate market. With the demise of the socialist model
(with its inherent modernist orientation), sooner or later these cities have
become an arena for privatization, deregulated growth, fast capital
investments, manipulative lawmaking, and identity building through
architecture â leaving citizens, architects and planners at the periphery of
decision-making and turning politicians into architects. Following the
incentive of the CHISINAU- Art, Research in the Public Sphere project and
based on the knowledge developed through the Cities Log research presented
the previous day, in this workshop the participants will share personal
views and relevant information about relevant urban events that have taken
place in the past year in the Chisinau context. Based on this, we will draft
on the spot a log (chronology) of events that have been significant in
influencing the future development of the city.

These events can range from the start or finalisation of certain urban
developments, certain decisions or investments made, up to specific topics
that have come to public discussion or have â in the participants' opinion â
failed to garner any public or professional attention. Of particular
interest would also be to understand if there are signs of any grassroots
initiatives or (unconventional) views about the way Chisinauâs environment
could be shaped today.

*30 JANUARY*

*Guided City Tour*

Starting time: 12.00

Starting point: KSAK Center, str. Banulescu Bodoni 5, Ap-2

Due to the limited number of seats in the minibus, participation in the
guided city tour will be limited to the workshop participants.



*CHISINAU- Art, Research in the Public Sphere *is a cross-disciplinary
platform that investigates the connections between political and cultural
symbols and propaganda and its impact on the urban environment, the
interference between personal narratives and imported ideologies and
cultural discourses in relation to the public sphere. The project aim is to
explore the dominant institutional and political discourses that have shaped
the society and the urban landscape of the city of Chisinau in the course of
its recent history.



*Project partners:* E-cart.ro Association, Campina, Romania (www.e-cart.ro),
MEEM- Rael Artel Gallery: Non-Profit Project, Tallinn, Estonia (
www.publicpreparation.org)

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*Project partners in Moldova:* Alliance FranÃaise de Moldavie, the Goethe
Institute/Bucharest, the German Cultural Center ACCENTE/Chisinau, the Polish
Cultural Institute/Bucharest, the Austrian Cultural Forum/Bucharest, the
UNESCO Chair of South-East European Studies within the Faculty of History of
the Moldova State University, National Museum of History and Archaeology,
Directorate for Culture of the Municipality of Chisinau, Electric Transport
Administration of Chisinau Municipality, Oberliht Association, Chisinau.  *
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*Media partners:* Public Media Group SRL, Revista la Plic, Radio Europa
Libera, Publica TV.

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*CHIÅINÄU- Art, Research in the Public Sphere* is supported
financially by *Allianz
Kulturstiftung/Germany, ERSTE Foundation/Austria, Mondriaan
Foundation/Amsterdam, Alliance FranÃaise de Moldavie, Goethe
Institute/Bucharest trough German Cultural Center ACCENTE/Chisinau, Polish
Cultural Institute/Bucharest and Austrian Cultural Forum/Bucharest, Austrian
Federal Ministry for Edication, Arts and Culture.*

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*Center for Contemporary Art - [KSA:K]* (www.art.md)



[KSA:K] Center is a non-profit, independent institution established in 2000.
The new strategy of the Center is the development of cultural forms and art
practices that reflect the dynamic of the social, political and economic
transformations of the society. The Center supports advocacy activities in
promoting cultural policies suitable for defining and strengthening the
position of artists and contemporary art practices in society.





Stefan Rusu- Project Manager/Curator

Center for Contemporary Art-[KSA:K],
Str. Banulescu-Bodoni 5, ap-2, Post code 2012,
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

tel: + 373 22  23 72 72
www.art.md
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