[spectre] (fwd) book OMITTED HISTORY

[Andreas Broeckmann]

(the event is over, but the publication sounds very interesting; ab)


Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 15:38:33 -0800
From: office at kuda.org
Subject: Presentation of the book OMITTED HISTORY in Novi Sad, Serbia


Friday, 8. December 2006, 19:00
Cinema room, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Dunavska 37, Novi Sad
(former Museum of Socialists Revolution)

Invitation to
Promotion of the publication: OMITTED HISTORY
Promotion of the project Political Practices of (Post-) Yugoslav Art

Participants of the public discussion are members of collectives:
What, How & for Whom - WHW, Zagreb
SCCA/pro.ba, Sarajevo
Prelom Kolektiv, Belgrade
New Media Center_kuda.org, Novi Sad

OMITTED HISTORY - How ready are we to learn from our mistakes from 
the past? How important is it to position positive historical 
elements as a model for the future, especially when we speak about 
the freedom and progressive cultural and social practices? These are 
just some of the questions initiated during the open discussion 
"Omitted History" held in November 2005 in Novi Sad, at the opening 
of the exhibition "The Continuous Art Class, Novi Sad Neo-avant-garde 
of the 1960s and 1970s". Speakers of the debate were Zelimir Zilnik, 
movie director from Novi Sad, Prof. Misko Suvakovic, art theorist 
from Belgrade, Latinka Perovic, historian from Belgrade, Balint 
Szombathy, multimedia artist from Budapest and Lazar Stojanovic, 
movie director from Belgrade.

This discussion was intended to throw light on crucial events on the 
political and artistic scenes at the beginning of the seventies of 
the twentieth century in former Yugoslavia, yet on the other hand, to 
offer the proposals for a model on how to critically read and write 
new history of the Yugoslav socialist times, connecting it to the 
present situation. One year after the exibition "The Continuous Art 
Class" and the discussion "Omitted History" in Novi Sad, this 
valuable document, the transcript of the discussion is published in 
new, bilingual publication in publishing project of the 
Center_kuda.org, as a part of long-term research entitled "The 
Continuous Art Class".

Publication "Omitted History" is bilingual edition (Serbian and 
English language) and it has been published by "Revolver", Frankfurt, 
Germany. Details about the book "Omitted History" and its free 
download (PDF fail) could be found at 
http://www.kuda.org/?q=en/node/795

"Political Practices in (Post-) Yugoslav Art" is concieved as a 
long-term process in which four independent cultural organization are 
collaborating in multidisciplinary researching, mapping and analyzing 
of the historical, socio-political and economic conditions that led 
to current constellation of art practices or intellectual and 
cultural production in post-Socialist space of “Southeast Europe" or, 
more preciselly, of “Western Balcans", eg. former Yugoslavia.  It is 
a research that stands against the understanding of cultural domain 
based on the notion of identity, particularly on national identity, 
this research would like to make a shift from the paradigm of 
art-as-something that represents to art-as-a-political practice.

The project "Political Practices of (Post-) Yugoslav Art" takes place 
in the framework of ALMOSTREAL. ALMOSTREAL (www.almostreal.org) is a 
project initiated by the European Cultural Foundation and it is an 
integral part of its arts programme. Details about the project 
"Political Practices of (Post-) Yugoslav Art" could be found at 
http://www.kuda.org/?q=en/node/555

More about participants of the public discussion:
What, How & for Whom - WHW, Zagreb, www.mi2.hr/whw
SCCA/pro.ba, Sarajevo, www.pro.ba
Prelom Kolektiv, Belgrade, www.prelomkolektiv.org/
New Media Center_kuda.org, Novi Sad, www.kuda.org

Publication "Omitted History" has been realised with the support of 
European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam and Daniel print, Novi Sad 
and the public discussion has been realised with the support of 
Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina and Student Cultural Center 
Novi Sad.

Important further links:
Publication "Omitted History": http://www.kuda.org/?q=sr/node/795
The project "Political Practices of (Post-) Yugoslav Art": 
http://www.kuda.org/?q=sr/node/555
Project "The Continuous Art Class", publication and the exhibition 
"The Continuous Art Class, Novi Sad Neo-avant-garde of the 1960s and 
1970s": http://www.kuda.org/?q=node/541, 
http://www.kuda.org/?q=en/node/645


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