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22 april 2015

seventh cei venice forum for contemporary art curators: programme

before numbers. continental breakfast 2015.

Venice, Ca' Rezzonico, May 8th, 2015
 
 
 
 
PROGRAMME:
 
 
10:00am – 1:15pm – morning session
 
10:00 – 11:00 am
CB WORKING GROUP  (closed meeting)
 
11:15 am – 1:15 pm 
PART 1 (*)
 
Alberto Craievich, curator of the Museum of 18th century Venice – welcome
Barbara Fabro, senior executive officer of the Central European Initiative – welcome
Giuliana Carbi, president of the Trieste Contemporanea Committee (chair) – welcome and introduction 
(presentation 1)
Anda Rottenberg (Poland) – Some Notes on the Polish Budgeting System (Theory and Practice).
Iara Boubnova (Bulgaria) – Camouflage. A Way to Keep Research Alive.
Martin Fritz (Austria) – Before Numbers? Different Numbers!
Minna Henriksson (Finland) – Art Workers. Material Conditions and Labour Struggles in Contemporary Art Practice. 
(presentation 2)
Lorenzo Fusi (Italy/UK) – Acting Surprised. Margin Notes on an Article Published by The Art Newspaper. 
Yane Calovski (Macedonia) – In case we are still wondering … let’s consider intimacy for a moment. 
Răzvan Ion (Romania) – From contemplating to constructing situations. 
Ana Peraica (Croatia) – Engineering Art. Prescriptive Censorship and Funding Pamphletism. 
 

 
 
 
2:00 – 5:00 pm afternoon session
 
2:00 – 4:00 pm 
PART 2 (*)
 
Branko Franceschi (Croatia) – Extra Content. 
Konstantin Akinsha (Ukraine/USA) – Curating the Revolution
Daniel Muzyczuk (Poland) – Deliberations on Economics Cooked Up In the Backroom.
Zorana Đaković Minniti (Serbia) – The Articulation of the Critique.
Başak Şenova (Turkey) – On Producing Research and Condition Based Projects.
(presentation 3)
Alisa Lozhkina (Ukraine) title to be confirmed
Aurora Fonda (Slovenia) title to be confirmed
Marat Guelman (Moldova/Russia) title to be confirmed
Beral Madra (Turkey) – Istanbul, Frosty Spot of Contemporary Art.
Janka Vukmir (Croatia, chair) – Financial Times.

 

 
4:00 – 5:00 pm
CLOSING DISCUSSION 
 
 
 
During the meeting the following special presentations will take place:
1. SMUGGLING ANTHOLOGIES Reader: the overall book of a 2013-15 project that was held in between Croatia, Slovenia and Italy with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union  – edited by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rijeka.
2. Presentation of the video LA OVEJA NEGRA realized by the artist Regina José Galindo for the 2014 edition of the RAVE East Village Artist Residency, an Italian residency program that deals with the role of contemporary art in relation to biocentrism and the otherness represented by animals.
3. First presentation of the video HOPE’S OBSERVATORY by Lina Hermsdorf. The young German artist was a finalist of the 2014 squeeze it contest, the new Trieste Contemporanea's biennial competition for creative young Europeans at the crossing of theatre, the visual arts and the new media.
 
 
 (*) in addressing the audience each contributor has at her/his disposal 10 minutes.
 
 
 
updated [May 3, 2015]