Fluid Ground
dal 19/7/2011 al 25/7/2011
Segnalato da
Simonetta Ferfoglia
Heinrich Pichler
artist collective gangart
Nadja Abt
Sebastian Bodirsky
Inka Thunecke
Karoline Weber
Ulrike Grelck
Livia Pancu
Anna Soucek
Susanna Gyulamiryan
Nino Palavandishvili
Jakob Racek
19/7/2011
Fluid Ground
Graffit Gallery, Varna
The symposium across the Black Sea was based on the idea of inter-disciplinary collaboration, cross-linking artistic practice, knowledge production, research and reflection in this remote and mobile location. The freighter was temporarily transformed into a think-tank, confronting relevant cultural, artistic, economic, social and political discourses and practices, and blended them together.
A Journey across the Black Sea, July 21-23, 2011
FLUID GROUND is part of "HEICO - Heritage, Identity and Communication in European Contemporary Art Practices". This initiative fosters cross border cultural exchange between art professionals through collaborative exhibition projects, residencies for artists and curators, panel discussions, workshops and conferences. A reader as well as a mobile library have been provided.
Participants: Inka Thunecke / director Heinrich-Böll-Foundation (Berlin), Karoline Weber / media philosopher (Stuttgart), Ulrike Grelck / art historian (Berlin), Livia Pancu / curator Vector Association (Iasi), Simonetta Ferfoglia, Heinrich Pichler / artist collective "gangart" (Vienna), Nadja Abt / artist (Berlin), Sebastian Bodirsky / filmmaker (Berlin), Anna Soucek / curator (Vienna), Susanna Gyulamiryan / director ACSL (Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory), curator, art critic (Yerevan), Nino Palavandishvili / curator GeoAIR (Tbilisi), Jakob Racek / curator (Plovdiv)
Public presentation: Wednesday, July 20 - 6 PM, Graffit Gallery, Blvd. Knyaz Boris 65, Varna
On Thursday, July 21, a group of 16 artists, curators, theoreticians and cultural activists from 8 different countries will go on board of a ship, connecting the two Black Sea ports of Varna (Bulgaria) and Batumi (Georgia). The program includes lectures, presentations and discussions, real-time interventions and documentation.
The symposium across the Black Sea is based on the idea of inter-disciplinary collaboration, cross-linking artistic practice, knowledge production, research and reflection in this remote and mobile location. The freighter will temporarily be transformed into a think-tank, confronting relevant cultural, artistic, economic, social and political discourses and practices, and blending them together. Thus a journey across the Black Sea will offer an adequate platform to examine questions pertaining to Europe’s identity and integrity.
July 22
Inka Thuneke (Potsdam): "Heritage, Identity and communication in European Contemporary Art Practicies".
Jakob Racek (Plovdiv): "Fluid Ground. The (psycho) geography of Europe"
Karoline Weber (Stuttgart): "Lost in the sea – the Oceanic narure of Uncertanity"
July 23
Livia Pancu (Iasi): "Vector, peripheric biennale and “almost institution"
Susanna Gyulamiryan (Yerevan): "The invention of Transkavkazia"
Nadja Abt (Berlin): "Notations on a ship"
July 24
Arrival of the ship in Batumi, transfer to Tbilisi
July 25
Visit of GeoAIR and other cultural institutions in Tbilisi
July 26
Visit of the artists residence GeoAIR with Nini Palavandishvili, Conclusion of the symposium
FLUID GROUND is part of the ATLANTIS network. This initiative fosters cross border cultural exchange between art professionals through collaborative exhibition projects, residencies for artists and curators, panel discussions, workshops and conferences.
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Press contact: Art Today Association, Jakob Racek, E: jr@jakobracek.com, T: +49 177 6722029
This project is kindly supported by Goethe-Institute Bulgaria and the Austrian Embassy in Sofia.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.