Gathering Poland
Curators' Network in Krakow | December 5-8, 2012
The Foundation for Visual Arts will host the fourth meeting of the Curators’ Network
| Where?: | MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków |
| When?: | December 5-8, 2012 |
| Who?: | Artists and art professionals interested in cross-cultural collaborations |
The dovetailing objectives of the Curators’ Network’s are to promote intercultural co-operation between European arts organisations, while simultaneously offering merging artists in these organisations’ home countries a platform for presenting their work abroad.
The Krakow gathering provided a unique opportunity for 20 emergent artists, based in Poland, to introduce their work (and themselves) during a portfolio review to 19 curators from 13 different countries.
On Saturday December 8, an open day to all art professionals and enthusiasts who would like to take part in one-to-one conversations with the invited curators was held.
Open Day: December 8, 2012
11:00–18:00 MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (Lipowa 4)
Showroom – public exhibition, showcasing the work of selected artists
14:00–16:00 BAL (Ślusarska 9)
10-minute tête-à-tête – open to the public for individual meetings with curators
Conversation topics
+ Petra Csizek (HU) Studio of Young Artists' Association, Budapest, Hungary
Through a Glass Darkly - An Attempt to Describe Current Hungarian Cultural Politics through Some Ongoing Issues
+ Vasyl Cherepanyn (UA) Visual Culture Research Center, Kiev
1. Art as a Political Practice
2. Sexuality and Religion in Art Today: Censorship in Action
+ Antonio Grulli (IT) Niezależny kurator / Independent Curator
Why Is the Art World Becoming Boring?
+ Virginija Januškevičiūtė (LT) Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Is There Anything That Doesn’t Resemble a Work of Art These Days, and Does It Matter?
+ Magdalena Kownacka & Gaweł Kownacki (PL) F.A.I.T., Kraków, Poland
Zagrajmy w wojnę / Let's Play War
+ Andrea Löbel (AT) Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
The Perfect Duck a l'Orange
+ Sören Meschede (ES) Hablar en Arte, Madrid
1. The Idea Behind the Curators' Network. Discussion of Current and Future Activities
2. The Secret of a True Spanish Paella
+ Anca Mihulet (RO) The Contemporary Art Gallery of the Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu, Romania
How the Unique Nature of African Hair Generates a Particular Social Awareness
+ Adam Nankervis (AU) Artysta, Niezależny kurator / Artist, Independent Curator
Vacuphobia – Fear of Empty Spaces
+ Dawid Radziszewski (PL) Galeria Pies, Poznań
Polska koszykówka / Polish Basketball
+ Katarzyna Roj (PL) Galeria Dizajn – BWA Wrocław
Rzeczy, ktore mówią. Wstęp do ontologii zorientowanej na obiekt / Things That Talk: Towards to an Object-Oriented Ontology
+ Natalia Sielewicz (PL) Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie
Kinematograficzny zwrot w sztuce czyli kino jako źródło inspiracji dla współczesnych praktyk wizualnych / The Cinematic Turn in Visual Arts: Cinema as a Resource for Contemporary Visual Practices
+ Marko Stamenkovic (RS) University of Ghent, Belgium
PUBLIC SECRET. Dial M 4 B Date: 1-2-1 Experience with ... Marko Stamenkovic
+ Raphaëlle Stopin (FR) Festival d'Hyères | ArtLigue
Photography and the Art Market: an Unnatural Relationship?
+ Jürgen Tabor (AT) Galerie im Taxispalais in Innsbruck
The Desire for Remembrance in Contemporary Art
+ Huib Haye van der Werf (NL) TAAK
Curating Consumption: Art Fairs, Gallery Shows and Shop Settings
