[spectre] exh. Kosovo Indefinite Rituals, 24 Sept, Karben/D
Leonhardi Kulturprojekte
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Tue Sep 19 09:35:55 CEST 2006
eng. version below
Ausstellungsinformationen
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Leonhardi Kulturprojekte e.V. Ausstellung "Unbestimmte Ritualeã
25. September ö 29. Okober 2006
Erffnung: 24. September, 14.00
Vortrag: Beqe Cufaj
Lifedebate ab 16.00 mit Sislej Xhafa
(Ausklang mit den aktuellen Musikproduktionen aus dem Kosovo)
Pressevorbesichtigung: 22. September 2006, 11.00 Uhr
Knstler: Florian Agalliu, Alban Muja, Driton Hajredini, Iliros, Zake
Prelvukaj, Adrian Williams und Sislej Xhafa
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Ausstellungsprojekt Kosovo "Unbestimmte Ritualeã
Unter dem Titel "Unbestimmte Ritualeã prsentiert Leonhardi
Kulturprojekte vom 24. September bis 29. Oktober 2006 Arbeiten von
Florian Agalliu, Alban Muja, Driton Hajredini, Iliros, Zake
Prelvukaj, Adrian Williams und Sislej Xhafa.
Flucht und Vertreibung prgen die Erfahrungen dieser jungen
Knstlerinnen, die dies in ihren Arbeiten thematisieren wie zum
Beispiel Alban Muja, der in seiner geteilten Heimatstadt ein "Museum
for Contemporary Historyã entworfen hat, weil er den Ort seiner
Kindheit nicht mehr betreten darf. Driton Hajredini wohnt in
Deutschland, aber er malt Amseln auf Koffern, weil Kosovo Amselfeld
bedeutet und dies Vertreibung symbolisiert. Florian Agalliu filmt
betende Muslime an der Bibliothek in Prishtina, whrend Adrian
Williams in Prishtina eine Bibliothek fr zeitgenssische Kunst
eingerichtet hat. Zake Prelvukaj bildet nicht nur die ambivalente
Haltung im Kosovo zur Demokratie in ihren Bildern ab oder auch ihren
eigenen Krper, sie unterrichtet an der Fakultt der Knste in
Pristina und wird aktuelle Arbeiten ihrer Studierenden mitbringen.
Unbestimmtheit zeigt sich in den Arbeiten der Knstler wie ebenfalls
der Status des Kosovo unbestimmt ist. Diese fehlende Staatlichkeit
wirkt sich auf kulturelle Ausdrucksformen im Kosovo aus und wird in
den knstlerischen Arbeiten przisiert.
Whrend der Ausstellungserffnung am 24. September wird Sislej Xhafa
eine lifedeabte mit den beteiligten Knstlern fhren. Beqe Cufaj wird
einen Einfhrungsvortrag halten ber seinen letzten Besuch in
Prishtina: " Was bedeutet es zwei Huser neben dem Haus des
Prsidenten zu wohnen?ã In Deutschland ist er durch Bcher wie
ãKosova Rckkehrä und ãDer Glanz der Fremdeä bekannt geworden. Adrian
Williams wird Fotoarbeiten aus Prishtina prsentieren und die
"Contemporary Arts Libraryã vorstellen.
Kurzbios:
Florian Agalliu * 1970 in Tirana, Kurator und Medienknstler.
Alban Muja, *1980 in Mitrovica, Video- Performanceknstler
Driton Hajredini, * 1970 in Prishtina, Maler, Videoknstler
Zake Prelvukaj, *1961 in Martinaj, Montenegro,
Malerin, unterrichtet an der Faculty of fine arts in Prishtina.
Iliros, Ilir Osmani, *1971 in Prishtina, HipHop Produzent, Kurator
Adrian Williams,*1979 in Portland, Oregon, USA, freie Knstlerin
Sislej Xhafa, * 1970 Peja / Kosovo, lebt in New York
Leonhardi Kulturprojekte
Leonhardi Kulturprojekte zeigt aktuelle knstlerische Positionen aus
Krisengebieten und versucht damit demokratisierende Prozesse in
Lndern wie zum Beispiel Afghanistan, Kosovo und Iran durch
Kulturaustausch anzuregen. Wir mchten diese Lnder nicht nur aus der
Perspektive des Konflikts und der Krise verstehen, sondern fr diese
Gesellschaften sensibilisieren. Deshalb bezeichnen wir Lnder wie
Afghanistan und Kosovo als "verletzte Gesellschaftenã. Weiter geben
die Ausstellungen die Mglichkeit sich mit aktuellen Positionen
zeitgenssischer Kunst vertraut zu machen. Diese knnten in den
ausgewhlten Beispielen Afghanistans und des Kosovo unterschiedlicher
nicht sein.
Leonhardi Culture Projects: "Indefinite Ritualsã
25 September ö 29 October 2006
Opening: 24 September, 14.00
Live debate with Sislej Xhafa from 16.00
Press preview: 22 September 2006, 11.00
1. A short description of Leonhardi Culture Projects
Leonhardi Culture Projects organizes exhibitions which provide the
public with insights into current positions being taken by artists
from crisis regions, and tries by means of cultural exchange to
stimulate democratization processes in countries such as Afghanistan,
Kosovo, and Iran. We want to contribute to an improved understanding
of these societies rather than just to look at them from the
perspective of conflicts and crises. For this reason, we speak of
countries like Afghanistan and Kosovo as ãwounded societiesä. The
exhibitions also give vistors an opportunity to familiarize
themselves with positions currently being taken in contemporary art.
In the two selected cases of Afghanistan and Kosovo, these are as
different as they could possibly be.
2. The exhibition project ãIndefinite Ritualsä
Indefinite rituals are visible through a neo-Oriental style and
neo-Ottomanism in the public sphere, and in new facades built by
individuals.
These rituals are recognized by artists when people are praying at a
library. This library stands opposite an Orthodox church which was
built by Milosevic during the occupation. Albanian artists such as
Florian Agalliu are addressing these issues in their work. In his
video work ãRitualsä, Agalliu depicts a neo-Ottoman reaction: men
gathering to pray at the library in Pristina, opposite the Orthodox
church whose construction was ordered by Milosevic but never
completed. It stands next to the Faculty of Arts, a concrete monument
which not only destroys the unity of the area but also makes it
impossible to build on the rest of this otherwise unbuilt-on area of
the city centre.
From 24 September to 29 October 2006, Leonhardi Culture Projects will
be presenting, under the title ãIndefinite Ritualsä, works by Florian
Agalliu, Alban Muja, Driton Hajredini, Ilirios, Zake Prelvukaj,
Adrian Williams, and Sislej Xhafa (Live debate).
These young artists have been profoundly affected by the experience
of being driven out and forced to flee their homes. They deal with
this experience in their works. One example of this is Alban Muja,
who has drawn up a plan for a Museum for Contemporary History in his
divided hometown because he is no longer allowed to visit the place
where he lived as a child. Driton Hajredini lives in Germany, but he
paints blackbirds on suitcases because Kosovo means ãfield of
blackbirdsä. His picture ãThe guardiansä makes this clear in a
striking way with its depiction of two birds sitting on a suitcase,
ready to depart. Adrian Williams has set up a Contemporary Arts
Library in Prishtina together with Shannon Bool, and has now
developed a collection of photographs in order to promote this
project. Zake Prelvukaj is not only an artist who portrays the
ambivalent attitude to democracy in Kosovo in her pictures and
through her own body; she also teaches in the Faculty of Arts in
Pristina, and will present recent works by her students.
The indeterminacy of this toponym ö Kosovo, ãbelonging to the
blackbirds (and was it not the defeated Serbs who left the notorious
battlefield as blackbirds?) ö determines the ability of the
Kosovo-Albanian art and culture scene to express itself.
Indeterminacy can be seen in the works of these artists, just as the
status of Kosovo is indeterminate. This absence of statehood affects
forms of cultural expression in Kosovo, and is captured in a precise
way in the artworks.
During the opening of the exhibition on 24 September, Sislej Xhafa
will lead a live debate with the artists exhibiting their works. This
debate will start with a radioshow on the 8 September on Radio x in
Frankfurt. Beqe Cufaj will give an introductory lecture on his most
recent visit to Prishtina, entitled ãWhat does it mean to live two
doors down from the president?ä Cufajâs work has become known to a
German audience through his books Kosova Rckkehr and Der Glanz der
Fremde. Adrian Williams will introduce the work of the Contemporary
Arts Library.
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