> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "tranzit.sk" <[email protected]> > Subject: Small /Big World /27.5 - 16.7.2016 / tranzit/sk > Date: May 24, 2016 at 19:48:10 GMT+3 > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > > tranzit/sk > Small _ Big World > exhibitions, projects, events / 27 May – 16 July 2016 / tranzit/sk and > further Bratislava venues > APART, Petra Balíková, Peter Barényi, Dominika Belanská & Nomadic Arts > Festival, Martinka Bobriková & Oscar de Carmen, Daniel Dida, Lucia Gavulová, > Zuzana Gogová, Erik Janeček & Andrej Žabkay, Andrea Kalinová & Martin Zaiček, > Jana Kapelová, Lenka Kuricová, Marína Abramovič po sebe neupratuje, Eliška > Mazalanová, Marianna Mlynárčikova & Nóra Ružičková & Divadlo z Pasáže, Jürgen > Rendl, Zuzana Révészová, Martin Vongrej > > Graphic design: Katarína Balažiková > Curated by: Judit Angel > > tranzit/sk, Beskydská 12, Bratislava > Opening: 27 May 2016 at 6:00 p.m. > Open: Wednesday – Saturday, 2 – 7 p.m. > > Further Bratislava venues: > Café Berlinka, crossroads of Bajkalská and Trnavská streets, Galéria HIT, > Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Karpatská Street and vicinity, Areál zdravia > Zlaté piesky, Fajnorovo nábrežie, Mladosť Cinema > > For further information please visit the project´s website > <http://nl6.sitepackage.de/link/2005_tranzit.org/5b432722f9166c89> > > This project is based on the observation that our society, including the art > world, is made up of small groups of people, close-friend circles where > everybody knows everybody. A few external links connect these groups and > prevent them from being isolated. These are the so-called “weak-ties” (Mark > Granovetter), i.e., links to people who frequent different places, get > information from different sources and function as bridges in the group’s > communication with the outer world. Weak ties connect not only individuals, > but different and distanced worlds, and are essential for holding together > the social network. According to network theory, we actually live in a small > world, where the path-length between two distant nodes of the network is > rather short; as a result, strangers can be linked by a short chain of > acquaintances. However, even if short connections do exist, for most of > people they are hard to find. In order to have many links, a community needs > specific ways and contexts in which people can create them. > > The Small/Big World project aims to offer the Bratislava art scene a > communication and collaboration platform where people can creatively use the > benefits of existing relationships, such as friendships, and open them up > towards new ties and horizons. While being grounded in the art scene, the > project favours interdisciplinary connections and encounters beyond the art > world. Bratislava has been understood as the framework or sample field of the > project, without identifying it with the Slovak art scene as a whole. > Part of the general project consists of an exhibition and events at > tranzit/sk, while other artist projects will take place in other venues > throughout the city. > > Mapping and connecting are key-components of the project. The results of an > online questionnaire regarding the characteristics of the Bratislava art > scene (from socializing, collaboration, ways of getting information to > institutional needs, art financing, the scene’s atmosphere and imagining an > ideal art community) serve as a data-base for the infographics which cover > the walls of the exhibition in tranzit/sk and provide a framework for the > participants’ projects. This quantitative survey is complemented by short > interviews with selected local actors who evaluate the advantages and > challenges of living in a small art scene. > > An initial working group made up of artists, architects, curators and > researchers was invited to add further individuals and groups. Preliminary > concepts such as friendship as a form of co-working, collaboration outside > one’s close circle and the art field, the transformative potential of an > encounter, and sharing as the re-definition of interpersonal relationships > around a collective dimension are built into the structure of the > participants‘ projects. Part of the contributions focus on relationships > within the art scene: testing the group dynamics of the project participants, > searching for personal contacts in the highly canonized art world, inquiring > about visitor categories, mapping connections between actors on the local art > scene, their circles of friends and the wider public. Several other projects > are oriented towards interdisciplinary connections between art, sports, > science, philosophy, history, politics and social geography, life situations, > as well as different publics and contexts, both local and international. > Sharing as a form of interaction and the strengthening of social ties form > part of the projects built around specific topics such as parenthood, > multiculturalism, the neighbourhood of tranzit/sk, and the social status of > artists, while the small library containing a bibliography proposed by the > participants stands for the sharing of knowledge. The individual > contributions create a dense conceptual–structural tissue, with many > overlaps, similar to the nodes of an organically developed network. > > As network scientist Albert – László Barabási argues in the video interview > which functions as an introduction to the project, fragmentation is a normal > feature of the art scenes; the question lies in whether this leads to the > creation of value that can be appreciated by a wider community. As in the art > system value is created by a network. This also means that the practice of > linking and complex thinking can only be beneficial for the bridging of > “small” and “big” worlds. > > SBW events > > May 27, 6pm, tranzit/sk, Beskydská 12 > Small/Big World > exhibition opening > > May 30 – June 3, 11:30am – 1:30pm, Café Berlinka, Námestie Ľudovíta Štúra 4 > Kitchen Dialogues (Martinka Bobrikova and Oscar de Carmen) > free lunch menu > > June 1, 2 - 6pm, tranzit/sk, Beskydská 12 > 32. Exercise: Seeking the Source of Sound /Jana Kapelová > meeting of parents and programme for children > > June 1 - 30, crossroad of Bajkalská and Trnavská Street, direction Polus City > Center > (WGS84 n 48.1622389, WGS84 eo 17.1396000) > Drone Consciousness - Soaking / Martin Vongrej > billboard > > June 9, 7pm, Galéria HIT, Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18 > A Forming of Inevitable Blue / APART > exhibition opening > presented artists: Mehraneh Atashi, Ján Gašparovič, Floris Kaayk, Martin > Kohout, Zbigniew Libera, Tavi Meraud, Pavel Sterec > dates: June 10 – July 14, open: Tuesday - Thursday, 3pm – 6pm > > June 9 - 30, every Thursday 2 - 7pm, tranzit/sk, Beskydská 12 > One table cafe /Daniel Dida > pop-up café > > June 10, 5pm, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18 > performative lecture / Tavi Meraud > event included in the exhibition A Forming of Inevitable Blue by APART > > June 11, 4 - 8pm > Karpatská Street and vicinity > Visits / Dominika Belanská & Nomadic Arts Festival team > walk in the neighbourhood with visits and discussions in selected public and > private places > > June 13 - 19, Areál zdravia Zlaté piesky > Abandoned (re)creation at Zlaté Piesky / Andrea Kalinová & Martin Zaiček > research residency > > June 14, 8am , Fajnorovo nábrežie, near Slovenské národné múzeum > Situation #7 /Erik Janeček & Andrej Žabkay > site-specific intervention > > June 15, 8pm, Mladosť Cinema, Hviezdoslavovo námestie 17 > Zbigniew Libera: Walser, 2015, 78 minutes > film screening included in the exhibition A Forming of Inevitable Blue by > APART > > June 16, 6pm > tranzit/sk, Beskydská 12 > Living Library: Multiculturalism / Lenka Kuricová > informal discussion in cooperation with Amnesty International > > June 29, 6pm, tranzit/sk, Beskydská 12 > Circles and Clouds /Eliška Mazalanová > meeting – presentation and discussion > > July 6, 2 - 6pm, tranzit/sk, Beskydská 12 > 25. Exercise: Kicking the Ball /Jana Kapelová > meeting of parents and programme for children > tranzit/sk > Beskydská 12 > 811 05 Bratislava > Slovakia > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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