From: Henrieke Moll <[email protected]>
Date: Sep 06, 2012 12:09:34 PM EEST
To: Moll <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: OPEN CALL >> "politics of the small act" international
workshop
Dear all,
please find below an open call for participation, open until
September 10, 2012.
All my best,
Henrieke
OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
IN THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP „POLITICS OF THE SMALL ACT“
Thursday 4 October 2012, 5 pm – 8 pm
Friday 5 Oktober 2012, 10 am – 8 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig
The initiative „politics of the small act“ invites international
actors (activists, artists, curators) to Leipzig for a two-day
workshop
at the intersection of artistic and socio-political discourses.
With presentations, discussions, working groups and dinner debates,
the
event focuses on „small acts“ - micro-strategies of self-empowerment
and self-organisation - as potential tools to induce social and/or
political change. It explores different forms of intervention in the
social fabric and maps artistic and civic strategies in the context of
small acts.
The workshop takes recent socio-political developments in Hungary as
its
point of departure. It understands the strongly criticised and
arguably
anti-democratic policymaking of the current Hungarian government not
as
an isolated, local phenomenon, but as part of longer-term
transformation
processes, in a broader, regional and European context.
The workshop in Leipzig creates a temporary platform for strategic
encounters and exchange between international actors and through its
focus on Hungary fosters collective and collaborative knowledge
production, potentially also relevant to other socio-political
contexts.
Drawing on the notion of small acts, the participants explore the
possibilities of intervening in a complex situation with a variety of
artistic and civic strategies, renouncing both exclusivity or
universal
approaches.
The workshop coincides with the Festival of Lights in Leipzig. Taking
place on 9 October 2012, the Festival of Lights is a large-scale event
that commemorates the peaceful revolution in Autumn 1989. In 2012 the
festival will host Hungary as its guest country. The workshop aims to
juxtapose the „official“ discourses with different critical
perspectives on the current situation in Hungary.
Confirmed participants
«One Million for the Freedom of the Hungarian Press» Movement (H),
The City is For All (H), Students’ Network – HaHa (H), tranzit.hu
(H), Attila Bujdosó – Kitchen Budapest / Hungarian Contemporary
Architecture Centre (H), Journal of Aesthetics & Protest (D/USA),
Krytyka Polityczna / Political Critique (PL), Nash Dom / Our House
(BY),
Andreja Kuluncic (HR), platform london (UK), finger group (D) a.o.
Open call for participation
Alongside confirmed participants, we invite activists, artists,
curators, etc. from Leipzig, Germany, as well as abroad to actively
participate in the workshop. Please apply with a short description of
your activities and a motivation letter (max. 300 words) until 10
September. We are able to host a maximum of 15 applicants.
Costs
Travel and accommodation costs are to be covered by the selected
participants, however we would be pleased to help you find
affordable or
free accommodation in Leipzig. Please indicate in your application if
you need our assistance. Low-budget catering is provided in
cooperation
with public soup kitchens in Leipzig.
Presentation
On 4 October between 6 and 8 pm a public presentation round
(PechaKucha)
is planned where participants can present their individual or
collective
practices. The number of presenters is limited, therefore please let
us
know if you wish to present your „small acts“.
Working language: English
Contact: Katalin Erdödi, [email protected] [1]
Initiated and organized by Katalin Erdödi (H, Robert Bosch Fellow) in
cooperation with Julia Kurz (D) and Radmila Joksimovic (SR)
In cooperation with the Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig and the
Saxon
State Agency for Civic Education / Supported by: Robert Bosch
Foundation, Polish Institute Berlin – Branch in Leipzig, Heinrich
Böll Foundation.
Info & Program: www.gfzk.de [2]
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße
9–11, 04107 Leipzig
Katalin Erdödi
Robert Bosch Fellow / Assistant Curator
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
Karl-Tauchnitz-Str. 9-11
D-04107 Leipzig
www.gfzk.de [3]
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Cell: +49-163-731 4364
Fon: +49-341-140 81 28
Email: [email protected] [4]
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Stiftung Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
Registrier-Nr. 6/2002
Direktorin: Franciska Zólyom
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Links:
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[1] mailto:[email protected]
[2] http://www.gfzk.de/
[3] http://www.gfzk.de/
[4] mailto:[email protected]
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Henrieke Moll
Projektasssistentin Tandem
MitOst e.V.
Alt-Moabit 90
10559 Berlin
Tel +49 (0)30 31517488
Fax +49 (0)30 31517471
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