[Nettime-ro] Public Preparation call for participation - international seminar/workshop

[alina popa <alinutza_p@yahoo.com>]

Dear All,

Please find below the information about next Public Preparation event in

Muzeum Sztuki Lódz and forward it to the ones who would possibly be

interested in it!

Best regards,

Rael and Magdalena







CALL FOR PARTICIPATION



International Seminar/Workshop for Contemporary Art Professionals:

"Nations in the Age of Global Economic Meltdown"

November 10--11, 2009, Muzeum Sztuki, Lódz, Poland



Guest speakers: Marina Grzinic and Jens Haaning.





Muzeum Sztuki in Lódz, in collaboration with Public Preparation, an

international platform for knowledge-production and networking, is calling

for applications to participate in a two-day seminar/workshop dedicated to

the critical exploration of interconnections between nationalist ideology

and the capitalist economic system.



Amongst other groups, the contemporary art community is witnessing growing

tendencies toward nationalism, which in the most radical cases take the form

of violent intolerance, racism and xenophobia. With the very recent

appearance of the global financial crises, protectionist policies have

emerged, re-gained in popularity and started to play a central role in the

emergency plans for economies directed by national governments. Capitalism

forms a fundamental part of modern economies and, having developed hand in

hand with modern nation state apparatuses, recent changes in the global

economy and the revival of nationalism force us to recognise, discuss and

examine, the changes in relations between these two super-forces which drive

the world. In focusing on the symbiotic link between nationalist ideology

and the neoliberal capitalist order, we would like to invite art

professionals, especially curators, theoreticians and artists, who have been

dealing with this issue and related topics in their prior practice to

participate, to share their knowledge, experience and ideas during "Nations

in the Age of Global Economic Meltdown".



The questions that might be addressed during the two-day seminar/workshop

could be articulated as follows: How are national values and traditions used

as an excuse for economic activities and corporate politics? How is capital

used as a tool of power to fulfill nationalist-imperialist policies in

particular regions? How might the return to protectionist politics influence

nationalist movements in contemporary Europe during this crises of global

capitalism? How do they deal with migration and transnational identity? Why

do nation-states behave like companies and companies act like nation-states?

What is behind states branding themselves and using marketing tools and

companies becoming multinational empires with their own rules and

regulations? How is art and culture  instrumentalised for the sake of

strengthening national identity and promoting the nation?



The seminar/workshop consists of a seminar and a screening open to the

public plus discussion on November 10, 2009 continuing with closed

workshops on November 11, 2009. The workshops will be held by Marina

Grzinic and Jens Haaning.



We greatly regret that Muzeum Sztuki and the Public Preparation teams

cannot provide accommodation and travel grants, but  we are able to provide

supporting letters for funding organisations and assist with individual

fund-raising.  And of course we are happy to advise on budgeting options

such as good value accommodation.



The seminar language will be English.



If you are interested in taking part in the workshop/seminar, please fill

in the attached form and send it to: opencall@publicpreparation.org

The deadline for the application is 1 October 2009.



For further information, please, contact the Public Preparation team via

rael@publicpreparation.org



About the Public Preparation platform:

"Nations in the Age of Global Economic Meltdown" will take place within the

framework of Public Preparation events. Public Preparation is an

international platform for knowledge- production and networking. First and

foremost it is a space for international collaboration focusing on the

current practices of critical thinking and production in the field of

contemporary art. The main agenda of Public Preparation is to concentrate on

questions linked to the concept of an artist as a citizen. Contemporary art

is a crucial part of the public realm, exhibition spaces are places for open

discussion and artists have the power and responsibility to be actively

engaged in the process of examining, imagining and changing social reality.

The current phase of Public Preparation activities deals critically with the

growing tendencies of nationalism in contemporary Europe, aiming to envision

alternative ways to think about the global community. More information about

Public Preparation project can be found at www.publicpreparation.org



Looking forward to see you in Lódz!



Rael Artel, curator, Public Preparation

Magdalena Ziólkowska, host, Muzeum Sztuki







------------------------

Forever Yours,

Rael Artel

gsm: + 372 56 229 213

email: rael@publicpreparation.org

msn: moskva80@hotmail.com

skype: raelartel

www.publicpreparation.org










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