[spectre] Rencontres utopiennes, Yerevan/Armenia

[Andreas Broeckmann]

[here's news from armenia; utopiana have been doing projects there
for a while, the website is a good entry into their activities; the
link immediately below is for a discussion transcript about
contemporary art and culture in armenia and its relation to europe;
-a]
http://www.utopiana.am/reflections/speech%20in%20dialogue.htm



--- ANNOUNCEMENT ---

In the context of the exhibition "The Body's Environment. Genetically
modifiable",

Utopiana announces its 2nd edition of the Utopian Encounters of Yerevan on
the following topic:

"The body and its needs"

Invited lecturers

Genevieve Azam (Economist, University of Toulouse 2):
     Needs and merchandizing of the bodies. The Body "Beyond any Price"

Renaud Barbaras (Philosopher, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne):
     The Discovery of the Body in the French Philosophy

Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen (Art Historian, Aarhus, Danemark)
     'There's life after birth': Internationale situationniste between
recuperation and appropriation

Simon Lamuniere (Curator and artist, Geneva)
     The Habitable Image. Multiple Versions

Bruno Vayssiere (Historian of architecture, director of the Fondation
Braillard Architectes, Geneva)
     The Relations between art & architecture from 1950 to 1990


Dates: 8-10-12.9.2003
Time: 16h-18h
Place: State University of Yerevan, UNESCO Chair of art history

Information: Nazareth Karoyan
<mailto:nare at arminco.com><nare at arminco.com> / +374 1 264619

Partners: Utopiana, State University of Yerevan, Caucasus Media Institute

Thanks to: City of Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Pro Helvetia, Canton of Bern,
Danish Ministry of Culture, Fondation Braillard Architectes, the members of
the association Utopiana

More information on our website:

<http://www.utopiana.am>http://www.utopiana.am

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--- ANNOUNCMENT ---

In relation with the 2nd edition of the  Utopian encounters,

Utopiana announces the implementation of its 3rd project in 3 years:

- "The Body's Environment. Genetically modifiable", exhibition in and about
the City of Yerevan

Artists:
Peter Aerschmann (Bern)
Karen Andreasian (Yerevan)
Mher Azatian (Yerevan)
Anna Barseghian (Geneva)
Didier Fiuza Faustino (Paris)
Ulrich Fischer (Geneva)
Thierry Fontaine (La Réunion)
Marcos Grigorian (Garni)
Hamlet Hovsepian (Achnak)
Grigor Khachatrian (Yerevan)
Azat Sargsian (Yerevan)
Harutiun Simonian (Yerevan)

Curators: Anna Barseghian, Nazareth Karoyan
Places: Downtown Yerevan, Museum-Institute of Architecture

Dates: 8-12 september 2003
Opening on september 12

Information: Nazareth Karoyan
<mailto:nare at arminco.com><nare at arminco.com> / +374 1 264619

Partners: Museum-Institute of Architecture, Office of the General Architect
of Yerevan, Foundation Braillard Architectes (Geneva)

Thanks to: City of Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Pro Helvetia, Canton of Bern,
Danish Ministry of Culture, Fondation Braillard Architectes, the members of
the association Utopiana

More information on our website:

<http://www.utopiana.am>http://www.utopiana.am


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