B.L.A.N.K. presents!
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We kindly invite you to the presentation of the B.L.A.N.K. collective (Johan Gustavsson (SE), Laut Rosenbaum (NL)& Twien Wits (NL).
During the night there will be showing the results of Guest space artist in residency at Labor.
Date: 13 August 2010 7-10 p.m.
Place: Labor (1054 Budapest, Képíró u. 6.)
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Marina Noronha, Eduardo Guerra: Every man (...)
presentation /
Location: Labor (1053 Budapest, Képíró u. 6.)
Date: 27/07/2010, 6 p.m.
Agents & Provocateurs & before & after
presentation of Bea Hock /
guest: Katalin Tímár
Location: Labor, Képíró street 6., district V., 1053 Budapest
Date: 08/06/2010, 7.30 pm
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We Are Not Ducks on a Pond, but Ships at Sea
book launch /
Location: Labor, Képíró street 6., district V., 1053 Budapest
Date: 01/06/2010, 20 pm
All are welcome at the book launch party of
We Are Not Ducks on a Pond, but Ships at Sea – independent art initiatives, Budapest 1989-2009
edited by Impex Contemporary Art Provider.
Péter György discusses the structure of the book, the criteria for topic selection, as well as the editing process and other matters with editors Rita Kálmán and Katarina Sevic.
The event will also be attended by other Impex members and the authors of the book.
Music will be provided by DJ Káosz.
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Tranzitblog offline - round-table talks about Pécs
discussion /
Host: Emese Süvecz
18/05/2010 18.00
Labor (1053 Budapest, Képíró u. 6.)
The discussion with Levente Polyák and Nóra Somlyódi is part of tranzitblog off-line series. The conversation is based on the publications of Levente Polyák and also on the book of Nóra Somlyódi, to be published in September 2010, which examines the circumstances of the realization of Pécs as Cultural Capital of Europe in the year 2010.
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Observation Cases
discussion /
Observation Cases - joint event of the anthropological critical periodical AnBlokk , Balázs Beöthy, Lilla Khoór and Plagium 2000.
Location: Labor, Képíró street 6., district V., 1053 Budapest
Date: 29/04/2010, 19.00
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Könyvtér (Bookspace) – Private Libraries
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Guest: Mária Ambrus
Host: Emese Süvecz
Location: Labor, Képíró street 6., district V., 1053 Budapest
Date: 30/03/2010, 18.00-20.00
Mária Ambrus is a stage designer and architect designs scenery for theatre director Sándor Zsótér, since 1991. As our guest at the first session of Private Library-series, she speaks about the art books, she has been reading recently.
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Tranzitblog off-line open editorial session
discussion /
16/03/2010 Tuesday, LABOR, 18 pm - 20 pm
1053 Budapest, Képíró u. 6.
An open editorial session will take place in Labor with the participation of the current editors of tranzitblog (Eszter Götz, Sándor Hornyik, József Mélyi, Levente Polyák). Besides the screening of a film, the editors will introduce their proposals for further topics. The editors are open to questions and suggestions about their work.
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In the desert of modernity - lecture by Marion von Osten
free school for art theory and practice /
In the framework of the April seminar of the Free School for Art Theory and Practice launched by tranzit. hu
Marion von Osten, artist, curator
In the desert of modernity - Colonial Planning and After
Date: 3rd April, 2009 6 p.m.
Location: Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Art History lecture room (6th district, Budapest Andrássy str. 69-71.)
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The 80s - Public conversation between László Beke and Georg Schöllhammer
public conversation /
What was the art scene like in 1980s in Hungary, when serious conceptual art gave over its place to light, new painting? How did the official and the second publicity relate to each other? Have the artists’ activities foreshadowed the political transition of 1989?
The preceding event was a conversation between László Beke and Georg Schöllhammer in March 2008 in the framework of the Free School for Art Theory and Practice.
Date: January 19, 2009 - 6 p.m.
Location: Labor (Budapest, Képíró u.6.)
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Lecture by Ute Meta Bauer
free school for art theory and practice /
In the framework of the January seminar of the Free School for Art Theory and Practice launched by tranzit. hu
Ute Meta Bauer, curator, director of the MIT Visual Arts Program
Architectures of Discourse –
the exhibition as communicative space
Date of the lecture: 9th January, 2009 6 p.m.
Location: Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Art History lecture room (6th district, Budapest Andrássy str. 69-71.)
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Eszter Lázár in dialogue with Jeremy Millar
curators´ talk /
The Curators´ Talk series, initiated by tranzit. hu and the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London, aims to present internationally working contemporary art curators from Hungary. Acting in various art institutions and representing different approaches and interests the invited curators presents selected projects. At each event a Britain-based art professional is in discussion with the Hungarian colleague.
3/2008
Eszter Lázár curator in dialogue with Jeremy Millar artist
Eszter Lázár and Jeremy Millar will talk about their recent curatorial and art projects which share some concerns about place, history and identity and also about the making of exhibitions.
Date: 11 December 2008, 7 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU
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Thinking about Editing Artists Writings - lecture by Kristine Stiles
art always has its consequences /
Date: December 4, 6 p.m.
Location: LABOR (V., Budapest, Képíró u. 6.)
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Periferic Biennial - presentation and screening
free school for art theory and practice /
In the framework of the May seminar of Free School for Art Theory and Practice and supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute:
Peiferic Biennial - Presentation and press conference
Matei Bejenaru, Iasi-based artist, artistic director of Periferic Biennial
Dóra Hegyi, curator of Periferic 8, taking place in October 2008
The presentation will be followed by a screening.
Date: May 30, 2008, 17:00
Place: Romanian Cultural Institute, 1146 Budapest, Izsó u. 5.
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Katalin Timár in dialogue with Sophie Hope
curators´ talk /
The Curators´ Talk series, initiated by tranzit. hu and the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London, aims to present internationally working contemporary art curators from Hungary. Acting in various art institutions and representing different approaches and interests the invited curators presents selected projects. At each event a London art professional is in discussion with the Hungarian colleague.
2008/1
Katalin Timár, curator and theorist, Budapest - Kultur und Freizeit: The Anatomy of a Project
Katalin Timár in dialogue with Sophie Hope, curator.
Date: 27 May 2008, 7:30 pm
Location: Hungarian Cultural Centre London, 10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA
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Screening of the films of Tirdad Zolghadr
free school for art theory and practice /
In the framework of the Free School for Art Theory and Practice launched by tranzit.hu the screening of two films by Tirdad Zolghadr, a Berlin-based curator, artist will take place.
Date: April 18. 6.p.m., 2008
Location: Studio of Young Artists, VII.district, Rottenbiller u.35.
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Mapping art criticism - lecture by Georg Schöllhammer
free school for art theory and practice /
Experiences of the documenta 12 magazine project
In the framework of the March seminar of the Free School for Art Theory and Practice, launched by tranzit.hu a public lecture by Georg Schöllhammer, Vienna-based art critic, head of the documenta 12 magazine project and the project leader of tranzit.at will take place.
Date of the lecture: March 7, 2008 from 6 p.m.
Location: Fészek Artists’ Club (1073 Bp., Kertész u. 36.)
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Lecture by Chus Martínez and Dora García
free school for art theory and practise /
How can an art institution be constructed through curatorial/artistic practices?
Date of the lecture: December 14, 8 p.m.
Location: Impex, 1086 Budapest, Futó u.46.
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The situation of the Russian contemporary art, the potentials of art activism – a lecture by Chto delat? / What is to be done? group and screening in the Stúdió
free school for art theory and practice /
As a joint program of the November seminar of the Free School for Art Theory and Practice lecture of the Chto delat? / What is to be done? group and the screening of the film ‘Protest Match’ will take place on November 2, from 7 p.m. in Stúdió Galéria. (1077 Bp. Rottenbiller u.35.)
Lecturers: Dmitry Vilensky – artist, David Riff – critic, artist
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The Theory of Work – screening of a film by Zbynek Baladrán (Prague)
exhibition series at tranzit.hu office /
As part of the tranzit. hu office exhibition series the screening of the film by Zbynek Baladrán will take place on October 30, 2007 from 6 p.m. in tranzit. hu office. (1024 Bp. Forint u 4.)
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Miriam Bäckström and Anders Kreuger
Free School for Art Theory and Practice /
Miriam Bäckström, artist and Anders Kreuger, curator
An Exercise in Speculation
September 21-23, 2007
We have collaborated, often rather intensely, for the last four or five years. Our collaboration has ranged from the rather conventional division of labour between an artist and a curator to the joint preparation of texts based on in-depth conversations and the complex entanglement of mutual consultation and inspiration.
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Screening and Discussion with Miriam Bäckström
As a joint program of the September seminar of the Free School of Art Theory and Practice the screening of two films by Miriam Bäckström will take place in the 2B Gallery on the 21st of September from 1800 hrs.
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Lecture by Lars Bang Larsen and Soren Andreasen
lecture and discussion /
In the framework of the Free School for Art Theory and Practice
Populism, Synthetic Behaviour and The Echo Show
Lars Bang Larsen and Soren Andreasen present and discuss their curatorial and artistic practices
Date: May 18, 2007 7 p.m.
Place: KÉK_Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre - Budapest, VII. Nefelejcs u.26.
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Public conversation between artist Ulay and curator Maria Hlavajova
lecture & discussion /
Why in Art?
Negotiating Social and Political Urgencies in the Field of Artistic Practice
20 April 2007 7 p.m.
Átrium Restaurant at the ING Office Building
Budapest, XIV. Dózsa György út 54/c
Focus of the Free School for Art Theory and Practic in 2007: cooperation and dialogue
20 April 2007: Closed Seminar with artist Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen) and Maria Hlavajova
21–22 April 2007: Closed Seminar with Maria Hlavajova
Place: Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects Office
Budapest, XIV. Dózsa György út 54/c 5th floor
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Jan Verwoert: Ways to Inaugurate the Pleasurdome
Free School for Art Theory and Practice /
8.3.-11.3.2007
FKSE- Assocation of Studio of Young Artists VII. Budapest, Rottenbiller u.35.
The Free School for Art Theory and Practice launched by tranzit.hu continues in 2007. The school functions in the form of regular weekend seminars, held by invited curators, theoreticians and artists, allowing for the specificities of the contemporary Hungarian art scene and local discourses.
Seminar with Jan Verwoert, critic and editor, based in Berlin
Application deadline: February 28, 2007
Send applications to: tranzit@enternet.hu
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Anders Kreuger: Art of the Possible. A Case Study of Curatorial Practice
lecture & discussion /
21.02.2007, 6 p.m.
IMPEX - Contemporary Art Provider www.impex-info.org VIII. Budapest Futó u 8. (In the building of West Balkan)
The lecture of Anders Kreuger, curator (Sweden, Lithuania), takes place in the framework of the Free School for Art Theory and Practice.
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Jens Hoffmann: Creativ Curating
lecture & discussion /
7 p.m.
Collegium Budapest I. Budapest Szentháromság u 2.
Jens Hoffmann is a curator and writer based in London where he is the Director of Exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and a faculty member of the Curatorial Studies Program of Goldsmiths College, University of London. From 2007 he is director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts San Francisco. Since 1998 he has curated over three-dozen exhibitions internationally and written over 100 articles on visual art and curatorial practice for art magazines and museum publications
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Branislav Dimitrijevic, Belgrade: Towards the Kunsthistorisches Mausoleum: Work-of-art as an Artefact
lecture & discussion /
7 p.m.
IMPEX, Budapest VIII. Futó 48
The neighbourhood around Brace Radovanovica street in Belgrade consists of old and dilapidated brick-laid small family houses from the 1920s or 1930s pre-socialist and pre-urbanized Belgrade, and, equally dilapidated and grey 1950s apartment building from a period when the socialist administration attempted to provide more modern housing in a wrecked capital with a significantly enlarged population. In such a building, in the cat-piss smelling basement, there is an ordinary white door with a small paper label on which, in typewritten letters, one reads: Kunsthistorisches Mausoleum.
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Prof. John C. Welchman
lecture & discussion /
25.10./26.10.2006
John C. Welchman is Professor of art history in the Visual Arts department at the University of California, San Diego. He will give three lectures:
Actions Against the State: Paul McCarthy’s Pirate Project
October 25 2006, 10 a.m.
University of Fine Arts (Magyar Kepzomuveszeti Egyetem), 1063 Andrassy ut 69-70, Vetitoterem / Lecture Room
Orshi Drozdik: Passion After Appropriation
October 25, 2006, 6 p.m.
Art in Southern California Now AND Institutional Critique and After
October 26, 2006, 6 p.m.
Organized by the Painting Department of the University of Fine Arts Budapest and tranzit.hu
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What, How and for Whom/WHW, Zagreb: To be put up for a public debate
lecture & discussion /
19.10.-22.10.2006
6 p.m.
Eötvös Lóránd Tudományegyetem / Eötvös Lóránd University Művészettörténeti Intézet / Art History Institute 1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 6-8. I em. 112 /I. floor, room 112.
What, How and for Whom/WHW is an independent team (its members are curatorial collective Ivet Ćurlin, Ana Dević, Natasa Ilić, Sabina Sabolović and designer and publicist Dejan Kršić) formed in 1999, that organizes different production, exhibition and publishing projects. Since 2003 WHW has been directing the non-profit gallery called Galerija Nova in Zagreb, Croatia.
WHW will give an overview of curatorial approaches and strategies in Zagreb, starting with the "What, How and for Whom, on the ocasion of 152nd anniversary of Communist manifesto" which was the project from which the group later took its name.
In the frame of the Free School for Art Theory and Practice
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The Aesthetics of Resistance
lecture & discussion /
29.9./30.9.2006
Műcsarnok, XIV. Hősök tere Budapest
On the occasion of Róza El-Hassan’s Retrospective in the Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest (27 July – 1 October 2006)
Participants:
Róza El-Hassan Budapest, Éva Fodor Budapest, Dieter Lesage Brussels-Berlin, Arab Lotfy Cairo, Beral Madra, Istanbul, Gerald Raunig Vienna, Pál Szacsvay, Budapest, Emese Süvecz, Budapest, Milica Tomic- Branimir Stojanovic, Belgrade.
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Barbara Steiner: On the project
lecture & discussion /
6 p.m.
Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem - Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts Budapest, VI. Andrássy út 69-71
Barbara Steiner is curator and director of the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig.
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Who Writes the History of Art?
lecture & discussion /
6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Collegium Budapest, 1014 Budapest, Szentháromság u. 2.
Discussion about the art of the 1960s in Hungary – in connection with the Portable Intelligence Increase Museum.
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Roger M. Buergel: Curatorial subjects and methods. From The Government to documenta 12
lecture and discussion /
6 - 9 p.m.
OSA Archívum / OSA Archive (Goldberger Ház / Goldberger House) 1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 32
Roger M. Buergel, artistic director of documenta 12 comes to Budapest at the invitation of the Curators´ Association Budapest and tranzit. hu.
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