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<p><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Periferic 8 – Art as Gift</strong><br><strong>Biennial for Contemporary Art</strong><br><strong>Iasi</strong><strong>, Romania</strong><strong> </strong><br>
<strong>3-18 October 2008</strong></font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Curated by Dora Hegyi (project leader of tranzit. hu/ Budapest, Hungary)</strong><br><strong>Organized by the Vector Association (Iasi/Romania)</strong></font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Opening: </strong><br><strong>3 October 2008, 4pm </strong><br><strong>National Theatre </strong><strong>"</strong><strong>Vasile Alecsandri</strong><strong>"</strong><strong> Iasi</strong></font></font></p>
<p><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Periferic 8</strong><br>The 8th edition of Periferic Biennial for Contemporary Art attempts to re-address the question regarding the conditions and possibilities for producing art events in Romania, in the new situation created by the recent economical developments. The event proposes self-repositioning and the involvement of different layers of public in order to grant a dynamic and democratic access to contemporary art events.</font></font></p>
<div><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Concept - Art as Gift</strong><br>The concept of the biennial proposes an alternative model of exchange and raises the question "can art be regarded as a gift?". While Periferic Biennials have always challenged the market-based mechanisms of contemporary art, Periferic 8 directly analyzes the speculative methods that influence the realization and social value of art. </font></font></div>
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<td valign="top"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> Within the framework of biennial will be has shown the project </font>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"The people-animals" by Fiodorova Tatiana(MD). It is a reflection about the vital existence of people in Post Soviet time in Post Soviet space. The photo for this project was made at one of the railway stations in Byelorussia. The inhabitants of this district, UNTIL NOW, receive a salary of children`s soft toys.........</font></font></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Informatii detaliate despre programul evenimentelor puteti gasi la adresa:</font></font></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.periferic.org/"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">www.periferic.org</font></a></span></td>
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