[oberlist] Fwd: OPEN CALL >> "politics of the small act" international workshop

[Vladimir US]

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> From: Henrieke Moll <moll at mitost.org>
> Date: Sep 06, 2012 12:09:34 PM EEST
> To: Moll <moll at mitost.org>
> Subject: Fwd: OPEN CALL >> "politics of the small act" international  
> workshop
>
> Dear all,
>
> please find below an open call for participation, open until  
> September 10, 2012.
>
> All my best,
> Henrieke
>
>
> OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
> IN THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP „POLITICS OF THE SMALL ACT“
>
> Thursday 4 October 2012, 5 pm – 8 pm
> Friday 5 Oktober 2012, 10 am – 8 pm
> Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig
>
> The initiative „politics of the small act“ invites international
> actors (activists, artists, curators) to Leipzig for a two-day  
> workshop
> at the intersection of artistic and socio-political discourses.
>
> With presentations, discussions, working groups and dinner debates,  
> the
> event focuses on „small acts“ - micro-strategies of self-empowerment
> and self-organisation - as potential tools to induce social and/or
> political change. It explores different forms of intervention in the
> social fabric and maps artistic and civic strategies in the context of
> small acts.
>
> The workshop takes recent socio-political developments in Hungary as  
> its
> point of departure. It understands the strongly criticised and  
> arguably
> anti-democratic policymaking of the current Hungarian government not  
> as
> an isolated, local phenomenon, but as part of longer-term  
> transformation
> processes, in a broader, regional and European context.
> The workshop in Leipzig creates a temporary platform for strategic
> encounters and exchange between international actors and through its
> focus on Hungary fosters collective and collaborative knowledge
> production, potentially also relevant to other socio-political  
> contexts.
> Drawing on the notion of small acts, the participants explore the
> possibilities of intervening in a complex situation with a variety of
> artistic and civic strategies, renouncing both exclusivity or  
> universal
> approaches.
>
> The workshop coincides with the Festival of Lights in Leipzig. Taking
> place on 9 October 2012, the Festival of Lights is a large-scale event
> that commemorates the peaceful revolution in Autumn 1989. In 2012 the
> festival will host Hungary as its guest country. The workshop aims to
> juxtapose the „official“ discourses with different critical
> perspectives on the current situation in Hungary.
>
> Confirmed participants
> «One Million for the Freedom of the Hungarian Press» Movement (H),
> The City is For All (H), Students’ Network – HaHa (H), tranzit.hu
> (H), Attila Bujdosó – Kitchen Budapest / Hungarian Contemporary
> Architecture Centre (H), Journal of Aesthetics & Protest (D/USA),
> Krytyka Polityczna / Political Critique (PL), Nash Dom / Our House  
> (BY),
> Andreja Kuluncic (HR), platform london (UK), finger group (D) a.o.
>
> Open call for participation
> Alongside confirmed participants, we invite activists, artists,
> curators, etc. from Leipzig, Germany, as well as abroad to actively
> participate in the workshop. Please apply with a short description of
> your activities and a motivation letter (max. 300 words) until 10
> September. We are able to host a maximum of 15 applicants.
>
> Costs
> Travel and accommodation costs are to be covered by the selected
> participants, however we would be pleased to help you find  
> affordable or
> free accommodation in Leipzig. Please indicate in your application if
> you need our assistance. Low-budget catering is provided in  
> cooperation
> with public soup kitchens in Leipzig.
>
> Presentation
> On 4 October between 6 and 8 pm a public presentation round  
> (PechaKucha)
> is planned where participants can present their individual or  
> collective
> practices. The number of presenters is limited, therefore please let  
> us
> know if you wish to present your „small acts“.
>
> Working language: English
> Contact: Katalin Erdödi, erdodi at gfzk-leipzig.de [1]
>
> Initiated and organized by Katalin Erdödi (H, Robert Bosch Fellow) in
> cooperation with Julia Kurz (D) and Radmila Joksimovic (SR)
>
> In cooperation with the Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig and the  
> Saxon
> State Agency for Civic Education / Supported by: Robert Bosch
> Foundation, Polish Institute Berlin – Branch in Leipzig, Heinrich
> Böll Foundation.
>
> Info & Program: www.gfzk.de [2]
> Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße
> 9–11, 04107 Leipzig
>
> Katalin Erdödi
> Robert Bosch Fellow / Assistant Curator
> Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
> Karl-Tauchnitz-Str. 9-11
> D-04107 Leipzig
> www.gfzk.de [3]
> ---
> Cell: +49-163-731 4364
> Fon: +49-341-140 81 28
> Email: erdodi at gfzk-leipzig.de [4]
> ---
> Stiftung Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
> Registrier-Nr. 6/2002
> Direktorin: Franciska Zólyom
> -------------------------
>
>
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1] mailto:erdodi at gfzk-leipzig.de
> [2] http://www.gfzk.de/
> [3] http://www.gfzk.de/
> [4] mailto:erdodi at gfzk-leipzig.de
>
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> Referat Kulturaustausch
>
> Henrieke Moll
> Projektasssistentin Tandem
>
> MitOst e.V.
> Alt-Moabit 90
> 10559 Berlin
> Tel +49 (0)30 31517488
> Fax +49 (0)30 31517471
> Anfahrt: http://www.mitost.org/footernavi/kontakt/anfahrt.html