> Its very egalitarian nature told against it within the context of New
> York's artworld, which tended to view the Festivals as a "fringe" event,
We never had an "Avant-Garde" Festival here, but there was the "christmas
artfair" of the local "Kunstverein" (art club), more or less at the same
time. The time when "art cologne" grew up, which had also a "Neumarkt der
Kuenste". Bonn is a very small town, not to be compared to anything,
artists were mostly students or old rich ladies and something between, and
it wasnt "professional" but for fun. Old ladies could bake cookies etc, be
interested in artists activities, artists could meet other artists etc...
It was droped, when the leadership of the artclub changed. Other
expectations, they were looking for events, about which the big papers
write, too much work for nothing. Now, they have something like
"Zeitenwende", see www.kah-bonn.de, big money, big names behind it,
famous curators, but it is no success
