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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">PRESS-ANNOUNCE</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="UK"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Eidos Arts
Development Foundation </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="UK"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">MSBrand
Corporation Agency</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">"UNIAN</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">" News
Agency</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="UK"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">On</span></u></b><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></u></b><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">May</span></u></b><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></u></b><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="UK">13, 2009, </span></u></b><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">at </span></u></b><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="UK">16:30</span></u></b><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="UK"> </span></u></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">a</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">press</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="UK">-</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">conference</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">dedicated</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">to the</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="UK"> “</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">Art</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">a</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">priori</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="UK">: </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">contemporary</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">stories</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="UK">” </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">International</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">Curator</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">Projects</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">Contest projects-finalists
presentation will take place at the </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="UK">"UNIAN" </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">news agency.</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="UK"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Last</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">year</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">EIDOS</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Arts</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Development</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Foundation</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">announced</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">a</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">curator</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">contest</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">aimed</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">to</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">bring</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">contemporary</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">and</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Ukrainian</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">traditional</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">art</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">closer</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="UK">. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Participants</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="UK">’ </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">projects</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">offer</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">new</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">perspectives</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">on</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">the</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">history</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">of</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Ukrainian</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">art</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">and</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">represent</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">contemporary</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">art</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">practices</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">next</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">to</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">the</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">masterpieces</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">of</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">traditional</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">art</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">from
the collections of national art museums of different Ukrainian cities. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">More than 50
applications from different parts of Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Moldova, Poland
and Russia were submitted to the contest. International judges with the Head
Judge, Yara Bubnova, selected 12 projects for further realization. <span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Presentation
of the first three projects will take place on the International Museum Day: May
16 in Odessa, May 18 and 21 in Kharkiv. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">During the
press-conference detailed information on all the projects to be realized in
summer and autumn 2009 in Odessa, Kharkiv, Sevastopol, Poltava and Ternopil
will be provided. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Questions
will be posed to EIDOS Arts Development Foundation President <b style="">Ludmila Bereznitsky</b>, “Art a priori: contemporary
stories” Contest Head Judge <b style="">Yara Bubnova</b>,
Kyiv Museum of Russian Art Director <b style="">Yuri
Vakulenko</b>, one’s of the contest projects curators <b style="">Mykola Ridny</b> and the Head of Analysis<b> </b><span style="">and Prognosis of the Museum Affairs
department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine <b>Mykola Skyba</b></span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">Fragments of the video-art by the participants of the
“New History” project (SOSka: curator group Mykola Ridny, Hanna Kryventsova and
Halyna Kuklenko) that is going to be opened in the National Art Museum of
Kharkiv will be demonstrated to the journalists. <span style=""> </span><br>
</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Accredited journalists will receive an information CD with text and
visual materials about the projects.</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> <br>
<br>
Accreditation till <b style=""><u>May 12, (18.00)</u></b></span><b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="UK">:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="UK"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Maria
Mytsenko</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="UK"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:maria@eidosfund.org" target="_blank">maria@eidosfund.org</a>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="UK"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.eidosfund.org/">www.eidosfund.org</a> </span></p>
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