[Microsound-announce] Fwd: Translocal Express. Jubilee edition @ Feb 21-23, 2008, Tallinn, Estonia

[Kim Cascone]

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> TRANSLOCAL EXPRESS. JUBILEE EDITION
> Date: Feb 21-23, 2008
> Venue: Museum of Occupations, Toompea 8, Tallinn
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> An international seminar in the series of Public Preparation events
> addressing the growing tendencies of nationalism on Eastern borders of
> Europe (from Helsinki to Istanbul) and its relation to contemporary  
> art.
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> Whereas in the former socialist block national resistance to the  
> socialist
> system is remembered in a positive way, the current re-emergence of
> nationalist sentiments in Europe more generally is an alarming  
> tendency
> which is often accompanied by growing phenomena of xenophobia and  
> racism.
> The critique of nationalism becomes especially urgent in the light  
> of the
> growing reality of migration which is now under debate extensively.  
> Since
> the production of culture is often expected to support the ideas and
> values connected to the idea of nation, a critical response from the
> cultural field is an urgency of our time.
> Translocal Express. Jubilee Edition takes place in parallel with the
> celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia,  
> aiming to
> turn attention to alternative ways how to think about society in  
> the era
> of global democracy as a counterperspective to the narrow nationalist
> mindsets that are dominant in contemporary Estonia.
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> Speakers: Sezgin Boynik (Istanbul), Charles Esche (Eindhoven), Annie
> Fletcher (Amsterdam/Eindhoven), Minna Henriksson (Helsinki/ 
> Istanbul), Flo
> Kasearu (Tallinn), Karolis Klimka (Vilnius), Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen
> (Helsinki), Eleonore de Montesquiou (Berlin/Tallinn), Joanna Rajkowska
> (Warsaw), Petri Saarikko (Helsinki), Maria- Kristiina Soomre  
> (Tallinn),
> Marko Stamenkovic (Amsterdam/Belgrade), Tomas Tomilinas (Vilnius).
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> The seminar language is English.
> Please register at info [at] publicpreparation.org
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> More information about the seminar and Public Preparation project from
> www.publicpreparation.org
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> Organiser: Public Preparation
> Rael Artel
> moskva80 [at] moskva80.com
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> Airi Triisberg
> airi_triisberg [at] yahoo.com
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> International partner: Translocal Express. Jubilee Edition happens in
> collaboration with Van AbbeMuseum (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) as a
> parallel project to Be[com]ing Dutch.
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> Translocal Express. Jubilee Edition is supported by Cultural  
> Endowment of
> Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Culture and the EU Culture Programme.
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> Programme:
> Thursday, Feb 21
> 18.00 Welcome words by Rael Artel & Airi Triisberg
> 18.15 Short introduction to Be[com]ing Dutch project by Charles  
> Esche &
> Annie Fletcher
> 18.30 MARIA-KRISTIINA SOOMRE Lost in Integration? Estonian  
> Contemporary Art
> and Missing Attitudes towards (Sneaking) Nationalism
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> Friday, Feb 22
> 12.30 Registration and coffee
> 13.00 SEZGIN BOYNIK & MINNA HENRIKSSON Critical Reflections on
> Contemporary Art from the Point of View of Nationalism
> 14.00 JOANNA RAJKOWSKA Under the Palm Tree
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> 15.00 Coffee break
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> 15.30 MARKO STAMENKOVIC Private Dancers
> 16.30 ELÉONORE DE MONTESQUIOU The Travellers
> 17.15 Book presentations
> "Contemporary Art and Nationalism" by Sezgin Boynik & Minna Henriksson
> "Public Preparation - Biennale of Young Artists" by Rael Artel & Airi
> Triisberg
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> Saturday, Feb 23
> 12.30 Registration and coffee
> 13.00 CHARLES ESCHE Imagine Resistance
> 14.00 OLIVER KOCHTA-KALLEINEN & PETRI SAARIKKO Summit of Micronations
> project presentation
> 14.45 KAROLIS KLIMKA Irresistible Sentiment? Money-Making in the  
> Name of the
> Nation
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> 15.45 Coffee break
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> 16.15 TOMAS TOMILINAS Nationalism in the Baltic States and Societies
> 17.15 FLO KASEARU Keep in Touch
> 17.45 ANNIE FLETCHER Be[com]ing Dutch - Past, Present and Future
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> Forever Yours,
> Rael Artel
> gsm: + 372 56 229 213
> email: moskva80 at moskva80.com
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