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Found Footage Exhibition The organizer: KSAK-Center for Contemporary Art, Chisinau Location: Exhibition Hall of The Art Coleege A. Plamadeala Opening: Luni-29 of October, ora 18.00 Press conference: 17.00 The exhibition will be open: 29 of October - 7 of November 2007. Curator: Stefan Rusu The exhibition presents the results of the workshop which was focused on in-depth exploration of the use of archival material, the aesthetics of appropriation, sampling and detournement, and the transfer of cinematic language to digital forms. The workshop was consisted in theoretical presentations, film screenings, and assisted hands-on workshops (selection of archival sources, analogue-digital transfers, montage) and it provided an opportunity for cross-cultural exchange between artists and students from Moldova, regional artists from Balkan countries, and the international guests who have been invited to develop the workshop. The exhibition brings to the public attention a number of films produced by the participants that shows critical engagement toward the current condition of post-soviet and post-socialist societies. The artists where especially interested in investigating the re-use of film aesthetics and digital technologies in exploring and commenting upon the gaps/ruptures/continuities between the dismantling of socialism and the current neo-liberal system. Participants: Alina Popa si Olivia Mihaltianu (Bucharest, Romania), Andreea Carnu (Constanta, Romania) Lavinia German (Baia Mare, Romania) Liviu Pop (Cluj Napoca, Romania) Milena Putnik (Belgrade, Serbia) Zoran Djurkovic (Belgrade, Serbia) Maxim Kuzmenko (Chisinau, Moldova) Victor Ciobanu (Chisinau, Moldova) Ghenadie Popescu (Chisinau, Moldova) Alexandru Raevski (Chisinau, Moldova) Fiodorova Tatiana (Chisinau, Moldova) Vadim Tiganas (Chisinau, Moldova) Guest tutors: John Davis (San Francisco, USA) is a media artist exploring the intersections of film, video, photography, experimental sound and social practices. Link: http://www.noiseforlight.com Joanne Richardson (Cluj, Romania) is a cultural theorist, video artist and coordinator of D Media, an NGO producing digital media & engaged art. Link: http://subsol.c3.hu/subsol_2/contributors0/richardsonbio.html Kathrin Becker (Berlin, Germany) is an art historian, curator and the director of NBK (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein) Video Forum. Link: http://www.nbk.org/video-f.html Project partners: D Media Association, Romania Baza - Belgrade Art Initiatives, Serbia NBK Video Forum, Germany Center for Contemporary Art-[KSA:K] is a non-profit, independent institution registered in the year 2000. The new strategy of the Center is the development of cultural forms and art practices, which would reflect the dynamic of the social, political and economic transformations of the society. Center develops and supports the advocacy activities in promotion of cultural policies suitable for the defining and the consolidation of artist position and contemporary art practices in the society. This project is supported by ECF (European Cultural Foundation), Amsterdam; USA Embassy in Rep. of Moldova; Fine Arts College Al. Plamadeala; The Union of Cineastes from Rep. Moldova. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Stefan Rusu – FF project curator Address: Centrul pentru Arta Contemporana, Chisinau -[KSA:K], Str. Independentei, 1, (Colegiul Al. Plamadeala) Postal code: MD-2043, Chisinau, Republica Moldova Phone:GSM+37369312435 Tel. +37322 772507, tel/fax: +37322 573395 ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
