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 will provide 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 will be 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
Anyone interested in having a 10-minute tête-à-tête with the Polish or foreign curators are invited to:
1. Check the list below which presents conversation topics chosen by the invited curators.
2. Send us a submission with the name of the selected curator to curatorsnetwork@sztukawizualna.org (please include your name and telephone number).
Each person can book up to three conversations with three different curators. Submissions are accepted until Friday, December 7. Only confirmed (by phone or e-mail) submissions with an appointed meeting will be valid.
More information on the Curators’ Network, the invited curators and artists, and the accompanying events can be found at: www.curators-network.eu and: www.sztukawizualna.org
10-minute tête-à-tête / 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
Johan Lundh (SE)
Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Collaborative and Process-Driven Forms of Curation
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