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Potentialities beyond Political Sadnees. Case Chto Delat?/ What is to be done? in a time of reaction.

Dmitry Vilensky, artist, David Riff, curator

02 November 2007 - 04 November 2007 In our block seminar, we would like to discuss how global processes of political, economic, and social normalization play out in contemporary Russia, and how these processes affect both the institutional framing of contemporary art, its practical production, and its venues for political engagement in a post-socialist situation, as a defunct centrally planned art system and a "hothouse" non-conformism are replaced by a late capitalist nexus of local and global institutions and events, increasingly geared toward a new hyperbourgeoisie and emerging middle class audiences.

The Free School for Art Theory and Practice considers as the basis of its philosophy the concept that contemporary art and culture produce an excess of knowledge and experience, which can be recycled and used in broader social discourse, beyond their own primary context. The aim of the Free School is to increase the theoretical and practical arsenal of the local art scene based on active participation and dialogue in seminars, and also by analyzing artistic positions, critical aspects and the institutional system. With its name, the school marks community gatherings for people to meet with a view to exchange
knowledge and learn from one another.    
Location:
Free School for Art Theory and Practice
Collegium Budapest
tranzit@enternet.hu
Szentháromság u.2.
1014 - Budapest, Hungary
http://tranzithu.media7.sk/
Organizers:
Tranzit
Vit Havránek
kiki@mybox.cz
Phone: +420 777 154 864
Fričova 11
120 00 - Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.tranzit.org
Sponsors:
Erste Bank Group
Austria
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