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Ausstellungsinformationen ---- Leonhardi Kulturprojekte e.V. Ausstellung "Unbestimmte Ritualeã 25. September ö 29. Okober 2006 Erffnung: 24. September, 14.00 Vortrag: Beqe Cufaj Lifedebate ab 16.00 mit Sislej Xhafa (Ausklang mit den aktuellen Musikproduktionen aus dem Kosovo) Pressevorbesichtigung: 22. September 2006, 11.00 Uhr Knstler: Florian Agalliu, Alban Muja, Driton Hajredini, Iliros, Zake Prelvukaj, Adrian Williams und Sislej Xhafa map on <http://www.leonhardikulturprojekte.org>www.leonhardikulturprojekte.org Ausstellungsprojekt Kosovo "Unbestimmte Ritualeã Unter dem Titel "Unbestimmte Ritualeã prsentiert Leonhardi Kulturprojekte vom 24. September bis 29. Oktober 2006 Arbeiten von Florian Agalliu, Alban Muja, Driton Hajredini, Iliros, Zake Prelvukaj, Adrian Williams und Sislej Xhafa. Flucht und Vertreibung prgen die Erfahrungen dieser jungen Knstlerinnen, die dies in ihren Arbeiten thematisieren wie zum Beispiel Alban Muja, der in seiner geteilten Heimatstadt ein "Museum for Contemporary Historyã entworfen hat, weil er den Ort seiner Kindheit nicht mehr betreten darf. Driton Hajredini wohnt in Deutschland, aber er malt Amseln auf Koffern, weil Kosovo Amselfeld bedeutet und dies Vertreibung symbolisiert. Florian Agalliu filmt betende Muslime an der Bibliothek in Prishtina, whrend Adrian Williams in Prishtina eine Bibliothek fr zeitgenssische Kunst eingerichtet hat. Zake Prelvukaj bildet nicht nur die ambivalente Haltung im Kosovo zur Demokratie in ihren Bildern ab oder auch ihren eigenen Krper, sie unterrichtet an der Fakultt der Knste in Pristina und wird aktuelle Arbeiten ihrer Studierenden mitbringen. Unbestimmtheit zeigt sich in den Arbeiten der Knstler wie ebenfalls der Status des Kosovo unbestimmt ist. Diese fehlende Staatlichkeit wirkt sich auf kulturelle Ausdrucksformen im Kosovo aus und wird in den knstlerischen Arbeiten przisiert. Whrend der Ausstellungserffnung am 24. September wird Sislej Xhafa eine lifedeabte mit den beteiligten Knstlern fhren. Beqe Cufaj wird einen Einfhrungsvortrag halten ber seinen letzten Besuch in Prishtina: " Was bedeutet es zwei Huser neben dem Haus des Prsidenten zu wohnen?ã In Deutschland ist er durch Bcher wie ãKosova Rckkehrä und ãDer Glanz der Fremdeä bekannt geworden. Adrian Williams wird Fotoarbeiten aus Prishtina prsentieren und die "Contemporary Arts Libraryã vorstellen. Kurzbios: Florian Agalliu * 1970 in Tirana, Kurator und Medienknstler. Alban Muja, *1980 in Mitrovica, Video- Performanceknstler Driton Hajredini, * 1970 in Prishtina, Maler, Videoknstler Zake Prelvukaj, *1961 in Martinaj, Montenegro, Malerin, unterrichtet an der Faculty of fine arts in Prishtina. Iliros, Ilir Osmani, *1971 in Prishtina, HipHop Produzent, Kurator Adrian Williams,*1979 in Portland, Oregon, USA, freie Knstlerin Sislej Xhafa, * 1970 Peja / Kosovo, lebt in New York Leonhardi Kulturprojekte Leonhardi Kulturprojekte zeigt aktuelle knstlerische Positionen aus Krisengebieten und versucht damit demokratisierende Prozesse in Lndern wie zum Beispiel Afghanistan, Kosovo und Iran durch Kulturaustausch anzuregen. Wir mchten diese Lnder nicht nur aus der Perspektive des Konflikts und der Krise verstehen, sondern fr diese Gesellschaften sensibilisieren. Deshalb bezeichnen wir Lnder wie Afghanistan und Kosovo als "verletzte Gesellschaftenã. Weiter geben die Ausstellungen die Mglichkeit sich mit aktuellen Positionen zeitgenssischer Kunst vertraut zu machen. Diese knnten in den ausgewhlten Beispielen Afghanistans und des Kosovo unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Leonhardi Culture Projects: "Indefinite Ritualsã 25 September ö 29 October 2006 Opening: 24 September, 14.00 Live debate with Sislej Xhafa from 16.00 Press preview: 22 September 2006, 11.00 1. A short description of Leonhardi Culture Projects Leonhardi Culture Projects organizes exhibitions which provide the public with insights into current positions being taken by artists from crisis regions, and tries by means of cultural exchange to stimulate democratization processes in countries such as Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Iran. We want to contribute to an improved understanding of these societies rather than just to look at them from the perspective of conflicts and crises. For this reason, we speak of countries like Afghanistan and Kosovo as ãwounded societiesä. The exhibitions also give vistors an opportunity to familiarize themselves with positions currently being taken in contemporary art. In the two selected cases of Afghanistan and Kosovo, these are as different as they could possibly be. 2. The exhibition project ãIndefinite Ritualsä Indefinite rituals are visible through a neo-Oriental style and neo-Ottomanism in the public sphere, and in new facades built by individuals. These rituals are recognized by artists when people are praying at a library. This library stands opposite an Orthodox church which was built by Milosevic during the occupation. Albanian artists such as Florian Agalliu are addressing these issues in their work. In his video work ãRitualsä, Agalliu depicts a neo-Ottoman reaction: men gathering to pray at the library in Pristina, opposite the Orthodox church whose construction was ordered by Milosevic but never completed. It stands next to the Faculty of Arts, a concrete monument which not only destroys the unity of the area but also makes it impossible to build on the rest of this otherwise unbuilt-on area of the city centre. From 24 September to 29 October 2006, Leonhardi Culture Projects will be presenting, under the title ãIndefinite Ritualsä, works by Florian Agalliu, Alban Muja, Driton Hajredini, Ilirios, Zake Prelvukaj, Adrian Williams, and Sislej Xhafa (Live debate). These young artists have been profoundly affected by the experience of being driven out and forced to flee their homes. They deal with this experience in their works. One example of this is Alban Muja, who has drawn up a plan for a Museum for Contemporary History in his divided hometown because he is no longer allowed to visit the place where he lived as a child. Driton Hajredini lives in Germany, but he paints blackbirds on suitcases because Kosovo means ãfield of blackbirdsä. His picture ãThe guardiansä makes this clear in a striking way with its depiction of two birds sitting on a suitcase, ready to depart. Adrian Williams has set up a Contemporary Arts Library in Prishtina together with Shannon Bool, and has now developed a collection of photographs in order to promote this project. Zake Prelvukaj is not only an artist who portrays the ambivalent attitude to democracy in Kosovo in her pictures and through her own body; she also teaches in the Faculty of Arts in Pristina, and will present recent works by her students. The indeterminacy of this toponym ö Kosovo, ãbelonging to the blackbirds (and was it not the defeated Serbs who left the notorious battlefield as blackbirds?) ö determines the ability of the Kosovo-Albanian art and culture scene to express itself. Indeterminacy can be seen in the works of these artists, just as the status of Kosovo is indeterminate. This absence of statehood affects forms of cultural expression in Kosovo, and is captured in a precise way in the artworks. During the opening of the exhibition on 24 September, Sislej Xhafa will lead a live debate with the artists exhibiting their works. This debate will start with a radioshow on the 8 September on Radio x in Frankfurt. Beqe Cufaj will give an introductory lecture on his most recent visit to Prishtina, entitled ãWhat does it mean to live two doors down from the president?ä Cufajâs work has become known to a German audience through his books Kosova Rckkehr and Der Glanz der Fremde. Adrian Williams will introduce the work of the Contemporary Arts Library. 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