[spectre] how to do things

[Geert Lovink]

> From: "Center for Contemporary Art" <art at cca.kiev.ua>
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> Center for Contemporary Art at NaUKMA
> uqbar e.V.
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> present
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> How to Do Things? =A8C In the Middle of (No)where=A1=AD
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> Artists: Bik Van der Pol (NL) Roman Dziadkiewicz (PL) Sean Snyder=20
> (USA) Soci=A7=DBt=A7=DB R=A7=DBaliste (HU/F) Florian Zeyfang (DE)
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> Curated by Dorothee Bienert and Antje Weitzel
> 11 March =A8C 9 April 2006
> Press-conference 10 March, Friday, 17:30 p.m.
> Opening 10 March, Friday, 19:00 p.m.
> Center for Contemporary Art, vul. Skovorody, 2
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> The project How to Do Things? =A8C In the Middle of (No)where=A1=AD =
involves=20
> artists, curators and institutions from fourteen countries of an=20
> imaginary =A1=B0Central Europe=A1=B1 derived by randomly tracing an =
arbitrary=20
> circle in the centre of a map. This circle includes the old EU, the=20
> new EU, the not-yet EU and perhaps even never-to-be-EU states:=20
> Austria, Belorussia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary,=20
> Lithuania, Moldavia, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,=20
> Slovenia, and Ukraine.
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> How to Do Things? =A8C In the Middle of (No)where=A1=AD aims to cross =
over=20
> geographic and psychological borders playfully. The project raises=20
> questions linked to the entity and identity of Europe today. What=20
> meaning is attached to concepts such as =A1=B0Central Europe,=A1=B1 =
=A1=B0Eastern=20
> Europe,=A1=B1 =A1=B0The Balkans,=A1=B1 =A1=B0The Baltic=A1=B1 or even =
=A1=B0Europe=A1=B1 herself? Why is=20
> the economic sphere of the European Union often equated with Europe?=20=

> Where does Europe begin and where does it end? The thematic emphasis=20=

> of the project is put on the idea of =A1=B0Social Utopias.=A1=B1 The =
concept of=20
> =A1=B0Social Utopias=A1=B1 functions as a kind of =A1=B0trigger,=A1=B1 =
as an impulse to=20
> stimulate thoughts and exchange. It raises questions about common=20
> visions and goals and about agency and participation.
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> How to Do Things? =A8C In the Middle of (No)where=A1=AD has a =
process-based,=20
> dialectical structure. The project features artistic practices that -=20=

> being less object-oriented - position themselves socially. The=20
> starting point and working material for the selected artists is the=20
> world, in which they live, move and act upon. The twenty-eight artists=20=

> involved are invited on a residency grant to spend one month in a new,=20=

> unfamiliar environment, to research and develop new projects that=20
> potentially refer to the different realities and contexts of a Europe=20=

> that is, as yet, still very heterogeneous. The residencies take place=20=

> in the European capitals of Budapest, Bucharest, Kiev, Copenhagen and=20=

> Berlin, and are linked to exhibitions held at the local partner=20
> institutions and in public spaces.
> With the support of: Culture 2000, European Cultural Foundation,=20
> Hauptstadt Kulturfonds, Allianz Kulturstiftung, IFA,
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> Goethe-Institut Kiew, Polish Institute in Kiev.
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> CCA partnrers: International Renaissance Foundation, Euroformat,=20
> Publishing House =A1=B0Kommersant=A1=B1
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> CCA inernet-partner: =A1=B0ColoCall=A1=B1
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> e-mail: art at cca.kiev.ua=