> > > On the occasion of the contemporary Austrian art exhibition > > > > ECONOMY CLASS¹ > > > > presenting the works of around 70 interdisciplinary Austrian artists > > > > from 6th to 30th April > > > > at Alliance Française de Nairobi > > > > the artists > > Barbara Husar, Michael Lampert, Alexander Nikolic, Lukas Pusch and Simon > Häfele > > > > invite you to an art presentation/exchange forum > > > > on Friday, 7th April at 11am at Alliance Française. > > > > > > The forum aims to develop intercultural activities, and through direct > contact, dialogue and openness establish long term channels of communication > between Austrian and Kenyan arts and culture activists. > > > > About Economy Class¹ > > > > Economy Class¹ is the initiative of a group of interdisciplinary Austrian > artists, Barbara Husar, Michael Lampert, Alexander Nikolic, Lukas Pusch, who > aim to establish and promote long standing alliances with representatives of > the contemporary Kenyan and African art scene. > > > > In the words of the artists the Economy Class project relies on creating > highly effective networking within the community, in sharp contrast to > institutionalized cultural activities, that will seed a spontaneous organic > social structure which in itself can be considered as a work of art in its own > right.¹ > > > > Economy Class¹ questions the conventional and institutional cultural scene. > The exhibition becomes a performance. Interdisciplinary artists from > Austria, disguised as package holiday tourists, bearers of the European > culture, will exhibit their current positions in Nairobi and promote artistic > dialogue and cooperation in a place where the understanding of art has a > different basis. In an era of digital repeatability, these tourists laden > with originals, repros, prints, installations, sculptures, films and art > talks, suitable as hand luggage with no transit insurance requirements take a > last minute.com to Africa. > > > > http://economyclass.sonance.net <http://economyclass.sonance.net> /
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