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<P class=EC_EC_EC_style3 align=left><FONT color=#808080>Vladimir Us</FONT></P>
<P class=EC_EC_EC_style3 align=left><FONT color=#808080>artist & curator</FONT></P>
<P class=EC_EC_EC_style3 align=left><FONT color=#808080><A href="http://www.oberliht.org.md/" target=_blank>http://www.oberliht.org.md</A></FONT></P><BR><BR>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:37:44 +0200<BR>> Subject: BOOK LAUNCH: Public Preparation -- Biennale of Young Artists is out now!<BR>> From: moskva80@moskva80.com<BR>> To: info@moskva80.com<BR>> <BR>> Public Preparation -- Biennale of Young Artists<BR>> Book launch: January 24, 6 pm at TAZ Tallinn (Pärnu mnt 27-13)<BR>> <BR>> Public Preparation -- Biennale of Young Artists is a project book that is<BR>> documenting, commenting and contextualising a series of lectures,<BR>> presentations and discussions which constituted the publicly visible<BR>> preparation process for the Biennale of Young Artists, Tallinn, 2007. The<BR>> publication is largely based on the recordings of the presentations,<BR>> workshops and seminars held in the course of Public Preparation project,<BR>> but also features a number of articles written by the participants of<BR>> Public Preparation events. The contributors range over different<BR>> generations and locations in Europe, with an important focus on the<BR>> contemporary art in the region of former Eastern Europe.<BR>> <BR>> The publication focuses on a set of questions related to the possibilities<BR>> of critical art production in late capitalist society, mapping ideas that<BR>> have been opened up for discussion over the Public Preparation process.<BR>> Our focus has been on possible ideas of changing the dominant social<BR>> reality through our activities as art professionals while situating<BR>> ourselves between local and international contexts. What is the role of<BR>> the international art community in negotiating the current state of the<BR>> world we live in? How can we contribute to the making of a different<BR>> future?<BR>> <BR>> With essays by Rael Artel & Airi Triisberg, Annie Fletcher, Anders Härm,<BR>> Virginija Januskeviciute & Dovile Tumpyte, Anna Lazar & Karol Sienkiewicz,<BR>> Kamil Malinowski, Flavia Müller Medeiros, Marita Muukkonen, Simon Sheikh,<BR>> Mara Traumane, and contributions by a number of project participants.<BR>> <BR>> Editors: Rael Artel & Airi Triisberg<BR>> Graphic Design: Jaan Evart<BR>> Published by Public Preparation<BR>> www.publicpreparation.org<BR>> <BR>> ISBN: 978-9949-15-615-3<BR>> 96 pages, in English<BR>> EUR 6.- (+ postage fee)<BR>> Purchase inquiries: info(at)publicpreparation.org<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Public Preparation started in February 2007 as a sequence of informal<BR>> encounters which at the same time constituted the publicly visible<BR>> preparation process of the Biennale of Young Artists (Oct 2007, Tallinn)<BR>> as well as the course of preparing and educating the public for the<BR>> Biennale. After the Biennale of Young Artists is over, Public Preparation<BR>> continues as an international platform for knowledge-production and<BR>> network-based communication in the field of contemporary art.<BR>> <BR>> The publication Public Preparation -- Biennale of Young Artists was<BR>> generously supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia.<BR>> <BR>> Public Preparation project has been supported by Center for Contemporary<BR>> Arts, Estonia; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius; Contemporary Art<BR>> Information Centre of Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius; Cultural Endowment<BR>> of Estonia; Pärnu City Government; Pärnu Sütevaka Private High School of<BR>> Humanities.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------<BR>> Forever Yours,<BR>> Rael Artel<BR>> gsm: + 372 56 229 213<BR>> email: moskva80@moskva80.com<BR>> msn: moskva80@hotmail.com<BR><br /><hr />Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/' target='_new'>MSN Messenger</a></body>
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