Syndicate: RE project Moldova

["Soros Center for Contemporary Art" <esanuscca@soros.md> (by way of Andreas Broeckmann)]

*******ANNOUCEMENT AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS*******
MESSAGES FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE (REflections in RE) is the second annual
exhibition sponsored by The Soros Center for Contemporary Art in Chisinau,
Moldova,

September 15 - October 15, 1997.


c  o  n  c  e  p  t. The Romanian noun "tara/tzara" or "country(side)) has
an important function in everyday speech. For example: "Am fost la tara",
"Vin de la tara", "Ma voi duce la tara sa ma REfac/creiez" ("I am going to
the countryside," "I'm coming from the country," "I'm going to the country
to REfresh myself"). "Tara" also can refer to Tristan Tzara (Tara), the
Romanian-born poet and founder of dada. Our event will REference and REflect
upon this term and epoch. The historical context for this movement was marked
by many social disasters, the most horrid being World War I. Currently, we are
going through a period which is marked by similar social afflictions. By
linking this event to dadaism we do not want to propagate the nihilism
sometimes ascribed to it, but to propose is it as an example of creative
intensity. The point where these diverse lines of force, ideas, concepts and
messages meet will provide the focus for the exhibition. RE, a prefix used to
indicate REpetition, will give the proposed manifestations their character.
Our country is passing through a period when the one-time truths are
questioned and things are being REvised. Actions are made to REstructure the
economy, education, etc., to REturn to origins, RE...RE...RE...

m  e  d  i  a. Objects REinstated throughout the entire spectrum of everyday
life (e.g., parks, streets, factories, transportation, etc.); they will take
the form of painting, graphics, sculpture, multi-media (Internet / video /
audio), photography, theater, literature (poetry and prose). Also an (E-) Mail
art exhibition installed as an organic matrix of postcards sent to this Center
from around the world that contain a "message" from the sender's country. This
is an open call to anyone who would like t o participate. "Postcards" should
not exceed 11 X 15 cm. We ask that the images and/or texts extend from one
edge to the other (either vertically or horizontally). E-mailed messages
should be sent to <esanuscca@soros.md> encoded as UUENCODE, or posted to:
Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Strada Bulgara 32, Chisinau 2001, Moldova.
All submissions will be exhibited and people may send as many "postcards" as
they like. Please supply your name and address with all submissions.

s y m p os i u m. "REcycling the Mode(ls)" will take place October 1 - 4,
1997 to accompany the exhibition. Moderated by Anca Oroveanu, the movement of
various "modes" and "models ," East-to-West and West-to-East, used in
contemporary art will be examined by local and international scholars.
Attention will be focused on how the context effects the modes or models used.