Ayer se celebró en la sede del Goethe Institut de Belgrado (Knez Mihailova 50) una mesa redonda (la tercera de cuatro) acerca de la fución del artista contemporáneo en el contexto político y social en el que se desenvuelve.
Acabo de descubrir la celebración del acto, por lo que no he tenido el tiempo de traducir el siguiente texto, tomado del sitio Rhiz.eu, que, además de aclarar las premisas ideológicas de esta serie de actos que está teniendo lugar entre Skopje, Lubljana, Belgrado y Zagreb a lo largo de 2009 y los primeros meses de 2010, nos ayuda a comprender las motivaciones de una parte importante de los artistas serbios de los que este blog se ocupa:
The partners in the project "Let's Talk Critic Art" - SEEcult.org, Kulturpunkt, SCCA Ljubljana/ Art-servis and Forum Skopje, will systematically follow (in their portals) authors and projects in fields of the culture and art in Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Skopje that ask the right (precise) questions and demand different answers and open new models of solutions, and also organize public events (round tables and public interview) and print a publication, to sensitize the public on the topical issues, and show them how the critical thinking, responsible culture and transformational potential of arts and culture are demolishing the conventional understanding of the individual and the society as recipients and mindless passive. The discussion on modern artistic and cultural practice will, thus, be introduced into the public discourse, from the perspective of their social impact and political importance.
This project will demonstrate how cultural approach can explore real political practice and note that art is not only the presentation, but also very tool for struggle.
Through round tables, public interviews and a publication, the project "Let's Talk Critic Art" advocates critic art practice, increasing its visibility through this project and providing for it a more appropriate attention on the part of the public and media that will also be better aware of the significance of such practices and their potential impact on the society, politics/policies and other areas of life. The number and diversity of views and voices that will speak on this issue in 4 cities will stress the important role of civil society and culture that compensate for inactivity of the state and other institutions.
This project also attempts to influence the very discouraging situation with the media which fail to insure democratic culture of tolerance and public dialogue generally, and therefore neither in the art sphere.
The key activities of the project “Let’s Talk Critic Art”, besides publishing of articles and interviews on SEEcult.org and partner's portals, are public events (round tables and public interviews), as well as publishing of the publication “Transplantation of Social Reality into Art”.
The project Let's Talk Critic Art is financially supported by European Cultural Foundation (http://www.eurocult.org/).
This project will demonstrate how cultural approach can explore real political practice and note that art is not only the presentation, but also very tool for struggle.
Through round tables, public interviews and a publication, the project "Let's Talk Critic Art" advocates critic art practice, increasing its visibility through this project and providing for it a more appropriate attention on the part of the public and media that will also be better aware of the significance of such practices and their potential impact on the society, politics/policies and other areas of life. The number and diversity of views and voices that will speak on this issue in 4 cities will stress the important role of civil society and culture that compensate for inactivity of the state and other institutions.
This project also attempts to influence the very discouraging situation with the media which fail to insure democratic culture of tolerance and public dialogue generally, and therefore neither in the art sphere.
The key activities of the project “Let’s Talk Critic Art”, besides publishing of articles and interviews on SEEcult.org and partner's portals, are public events (round tables and public interviews), as well as publishing of the publication “Transplantation of Social Reality into Art”.
The project Let's Talk Critic Art is financially supported by European Cultural Foundation (http://www.eurocult.org/).
Los actos comprenden, además de las mesas redondas, una serie de entrevistas y la publicación de una serie de artículos en la web de los organizadores, con el objetivo final de la publicación en 2010 del libro "Trasplante de la realidad social al arte". Este es el calendario y los argumentos de las cuatro mesas redondas:
- Skopje: "La réplica del Postmodernismo", 8-14 de junio, 2009.
- Ljubljana: "Autoresponsabilidad del artista hacia su posición", 9 de octubre, 2009.
- Belgrado: "Arte responsable y cultura", 7 de diciembre, 2009.
- Zagreb: "Cultura crítica en los medios de masas tradicionales", marzo, 2010.
Lo publico sin conocer el contenido en profundidad, más allá del texto que ofrezco a los lectores del blog, pero el tema me parece estimulante y en consonancia con la línea de KafaSamizdat de mostrar las principales vías del arte serbio contemporáneo.
