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Balkan Reality & the Role of the Curator

[round-table discussion]
PROJECTS

Intro

For the past few years, several major exhibitions focusing on contemporary art and artists from the Balkans have been organised around Europe, curated by established curators; among which: "In search of Balkania" (2002, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, by Peter Weibel, Roger Conover and Eda Cufer), "In the Gorges of the Balkans" (2003, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, by Rene Block), and "Blood and Honey" (2003, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg / Vienna, by Harald Szeemann). This triggered our idea to invite experts in the field of Balkan art exhibitions to discuss the rationale behind those Balkan reports, the role of curators and the ideas and perspectives of Art in Southeast Europe.

Sessions

1. Construction or deconstruction of the Balkan identity. In search of different curatorial methods? 
Moderator: Rosa Martinez
Participants: Viktor Misiano, Henry Meyric Hughes, Zdenka Badovinac

2. New social and artistic realities in the Balkans vis à vis the institutional art system    
Moderator: Rosa Martinez
Participants: René Block, Denys Zacharopoulos, Zoran Eric

3. The curator in the Balkans today: looking into and beyond the Balkan territory. New and old approaches, new and old practices
Moderator: Efi Strousa
Participants: Natasa Ilic, Magda Carneci, Iara Boubnova

Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
Thessaloniki, Greece
5 June 2004

Organised by:
Cultural Olympiad - Hellenic Culture Organisation
AICA Hellas & AICA International
Goethe Institute Thessaloniki

Coordination:
ArtBOX.gr

Participants:
René Block, Zdenka Badovinac, Natasa Ilic, Iara Boubnova, Denys Zacharopoulos, Viktor Misiano, Henry Meyric-Hughes, Magda Karneci, Zoran Eric

Moderatros:
Rosa Martinez, Efi Strousa

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