Art School MAA invites an artist, writer or curator for a one-month residency stay in Helsinki for the month of November 2009.
The residency-guest has the possibility to propose a project for the annual light and sound art festival in Helsinki, the Forces of Light (www.valonvoimat.org), and is expected to contribute to the teaching program of ‘X-OP European Studies’ with a single lecture or a workshop. X-OP European Studies is a special international study program of Art School MAA, commencing in September 2009, with a focus in critically thinking of Europe, European Union, and possibilities and challenges of internationalism for visual artists.
More InformationThe European Capital of Culture, Vilnius, Lithuania hosted the ArtVilnius09 fair. Kibela attended the fair as the only Slovenian gallery, presenting the works of the sculptor Boštjan Novak and the painter Jure Zadnikar. What they have in common is their decision to opt for classical art tradition. While the address by contemporary art is in the language of new media strongly integrated in the world of technological images, the two authors remain faithful to the traditional media. And it is within this context that opting for traditional iconography and paying attention to formal questions assumes particular value and importance. However, despite the traditional attributes, the works of both authors are marked by a particular deviation and a hint of contemporariness The integration of the traditional and the contemporary then preserves the required tension and attraction towards the viewer.
Host: Muzej-Museo Lapidarium, Novigrad (www.muzej-lapidarium.hr)
Co organizer of X-OP project (www.x-op.eu)
Period: 15.08.-10.09.2009.
Area: Visual art
Location: Novigrad, Croatia
Selected Artist: Goran Tomčić
Exhibition reception at Gallery Rigo, Novigrad on 31.08.2009.
From August 31st the Gallery Rigo in Novigrad will host the exhibition of artist Goran Tomčić : “SHIMMERING HEART, GOLD”
The “Shimmering Heart” is as a series of five monochromatic exhibitions in green, red, blue, gold, and silver. The first installation realized, “Shimmering Heart, Silver” (Participant Inc., NYC, 2005) was comprised of a rectangular heap of one million little Mylar hearts (one million silver, heart-shaped sequins on the gallery floor), surrounded by three walls wallpapered with a collage made from numerous patterned, self-adhesive silver holographic films.
More InformationMuzej – Museo Lapidarium
Novigrad – Cittanova , Hrvatska / Croatia
International Meeting of Media-Artist; Exhibitions, Presentations, Screening, Symposia
„Novi(media)grad – Citta(media)nova”
City Per(mutations), IV
Infinite Games
31. August – 3. September 2009
međunarodni skup multimedijskih umjetnika; simpozij, radionice, prezentacije, projekcije, izložbe
incontro internazionale dgli artisti multimediali; simposio, laboratorio, presentazioni, proiezioni, mostre
international meeting of media artists; symposia, workshops, presentation, screenings, exhibitions
ORGANIZATION / CURATORS
Đanino Božić (HR), Heiko Daxl / Ingeborg Fülepp Media in Motion (HR/D) Nikša Gligo, University of Zagreb, Music Academy (HR), Ketrin Milićević-Mijošek, Museum Lapidariun and Gallery Rigo Novigrad / Cittanova (HR), Jerica Ziherl, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka (HR)
Date: 03/07/2009 until 11/07/2009
Location: Gallery KiBela and Glavni Trg (The Main Square), Maribor – Slovenia
Organisers / Producers: ACE KIBLA
Oscilorama embodies features of electronic pets, due to which an increasing number of sophisticated responsive functions are entering our intimate sphere, as mediators in our daily lives. By means of invisible electronic components, the inbuilt functions set up systems whose exteriors are inviting and seductive, which due to agreeable interfaces, an array of sensors, and the inclusion of touch functions affect our daily work, social lives, and play.
More InformationParticipants: 5533, Apartman Projesi, Artık Mekan, atılkunst, Hafriyat-Karaköy, Kurye, Masa Projesi, Nomad & Upgrade!Istanbul, Oda Projesi, xurban_collective
Project space: Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin – Germany
Istanbul-Off -Spaces exhibition and event in Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien is meant to draw attention to a phenomenon that has arisen in recent years: the increasing number and growing influence of project groups and independent non-commercial art spaces in Istanbul. In Istanbul, art project spaces act as important locations for social discourse and discussions about civil society. As a result of increasing internationalization, but also as a consequence of growing independence and burgeoning self-awareness, locations, publishers, magazines and players in the field of contemporary visual arts have established themselves as outstanding elements of social and political discourse in Istanbul.The activities in Berlin are aimed at initiating a dialogue between these projects and their protagonists offering a presentation platform in Berlin.Stéphane Bauer and Sencer VardarmanA Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien Exhibition, supported by the CapitalCulture Fund, conceived and planned by Stéphane Bauer and Sencer Vardarman.