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Thu 4-Sat 7 Nov 2010
3 live internet broadcasts, from Taskisla Campus 80191,
Technical University, Architecture Faculty, Taksim- Istanbul (TUR)

2nd Former West Research Congress
On Horizons: Art And Political Imagination.

The Congress revolves around the theoretical notion of the “horizon” and its place within artistic production and political imagination today.
Organized by:
The Congress is developed by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and SKOR, Foundation Art and Public Space, Amsterdam.
co-curator, Simon Sheikh, FORMER WEST Researcher. The Congress is realized in collaboration with Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul.
Hosted by Istanbul Technical University.

Thu 4 Nov 2010
Positing the Horizon in Art, Philosophy, and Politics.

Moderator: Boris Buden (cultural critic and writer, Berlin).
Welcome by Maria Hlavajova (artistic director, BAK, Utrecht and FORMER WEST) and Fulya Erdemci (director, SKOR, Amsterdam).
Opening Remarks by Maria Hlavajova.
Introduction to the day by Boris Buden.
Lectures:
Peter Osborne (philosopher and writer, London). Çaglar Keyder (sociologist, Istanbul/Binghamton, NY) Julie Ault (artist and writer, New York). Simon Sheikh (curator and critic, Copenhagen/Berlin).
Discussion.
Reviewer: Erden Kosova (art critic, Istanbul).

Fri 5 Nov 2010
Horizontality Enacted.

Moderator: Vivian Rehberg (art historian and critic, FORMER WEST research curator, Paris/Utrecht).
Introduction to the day by Fulya Erdemci (director SKOR, Amsterdam).
Lectures:
Beatriz Colomina (architecture historian and theorist, New York).
Shuddhabrata Sengupta (artist and writer, member of Raqs Media Collective, Delhi).
Jodi Dean (political theorist and writer, Geneva, NY).
Conversation:
Bülent Diken (social theorist, Lancaster).
Wouter Vanstiphout (architectural historian, Rotterdam).
Conversation:
Vasif Kortun (curator and writer, director of Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul).
Lisette Lagnado (curator and writer, São Paulo).
Reviewer: Övül Durmusoglu (curator and writer, Istanbul/Berlin).

Sat 6 Nov 2010
Reclaiming a Horizon—Art as Political Imagination.

Moderator: TJ Demos (art historian and critic, London)
Introduction to the day by TJ Demos.
Lectures:
Hito Steyerl (filmmaker and writer, Berlin). Ernesto Laclau (political theorist, Buenos Aires/London).
Discussion:
Ernesto Laclau, Hito Steyerl.
Conversation:
Robert Sember (artist and activist, member of Ultra-red, New York). Dmitry Vilensky (artist and activist, member of Chto Delat?/What is to be done?, St. Petersburg).
Wrap up and Conclusions by Maria Hlavajova and Simon Sheikh.
Closing Reception. Congress concludes.
Reviewer: Pelin Tan (sociologist and art historian, Istanbul).
More Info

Info http://www.itu.edu.tr

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Sa 10 Nov 2009
3 live internet broadcasts, from Ottone Utrecht.
1st Former West Congress

Thu 05 - Za 7 Nov 2009
1st Former West Congress

Organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Venue: Ottone, Kromme Nieuwegracht 62, Utrecht

In the days leading up to the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 2009, BAK, Utrecht hosts the 1st Former West Congress, which gathers some of the most influential curators, artists, theorists, and thinkers of the past two decades from the field of art. This is the first major public program of the long-term, multifaceted international research, education, publishing, and exhibition project Former West (2008–2013).

5 Nov 2009
14:00-20:30
- Position paper delivered by the Former West curators: Charles Esche (director Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven) and Maria Hlavajova (artistic director BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht).
-Histories and Narratives: Keynotes by Sarat Maharaj (art historian, Lund), Renata Salecl (philosopher, Ljubljana/London), Boris Groys (theorist, New York), and Paul Gilroy (sociologist, London).
-Session review by Jeroen Boomgaard (art historian, Amsterdam).

6 Nov 2009
10:00-19:00
- Art, its Discourses, and the World at Large
-Opening by Cosmin Costinas (curator BAK, Utrecht) and Georg Schöllhammer (theorist, Vienna) who jointly deliver the keynote.
-conversations with David Riff (art critic, Moscow), Jalal Toufic (artist, Istanbul), Pablo Lafuente (managing editor Afterall, London), Catherine David (curator, Paris), Kerstin Stakemeier (curator, Berlin), Marion von Osten (artist, Berlin/Vienna), Stefan Heidenreich (writer, Berlin), Jorinde Seijdel (art historian, Amsterdam), Christian Hoeller (editor, Vienna), and Helmuth Draxler (curator, Stuttgart/Vienna),
-plenary session.

7 Nov 2009
10:00-19:00
-concluding
Art in the Former West: Exhibitions, Art Institutions, Art Market (1989—2009) is opened by a keynote from Simon Sheikh (curator, Berlin).
-Further conversations . Claire Bishop (art critic, London/New York) and Douglas Gordon (artist, Berlin); Mihnea Mircan (curator, Bucharest) and Piotr Piotrowski (art historian, Poznan/Warsaw); Thomas Boutoux (curator, Paris) and Okwui Enwezor (curator, New York/San Francisco); Nuria Enguita-Mayo (curator, Valencia) and Ana Longoni (art historian, Buenos Aires); Sven Lütticken (art critic, Utrecht) and Tom Holert (art historian, Berlin/Vienna).
-plenary session
-concluding remarks of the Former West curators.

more info
http://www.bak-utrecht.nl/
basis voor actuele kunst.
www.formerwest.org
Live internet broadcast from Ottone, Kromme Nieuwegracht 62, Utrecht .

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