The symposium Art, Culture, Memory and Trauma will take place Thursday March 1, 2012 at Goldsmiths, University of London as part of the Thursday Club. The symposium is part of the art initiative Through the Roadblocks, by NeMe. The event is hosted by Prof. Janis Jefferies, Goldsmiths College and is organized in collaboration with Prof. Lanfranco Aceti, Sabanci University, Peter Ride, University of Westminster and
Charles Csuri exhibited a new version of his artwork Random War (1966) on the Media Facade of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. Csuri was one of the artists that I selected and curated for the exhibition titled Dislocations that was part of the Official Parallel Program of the 12th Istanbul Biennial and of ISEA2011 Istanbul.
Mathias Fuchs and Jeff Conefry exhibited at the Media Facade of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. borderline (machinima video) by Mathias Fuchs was one of the artworks that I selected and curated for the exhibition titled Dislocations that was part of the Official Parallel Program of the 12th Istanbul Biennial and of ISEA2011 Istanbul. Senior curators: Lanfranco Aceti and Tihomir Milovac. Within
Danielle Roney and Jeff Conefry exhibited Opposing Views at the Media Facade of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. Opposing Views (2008) by Danielle Roney and Jeff Conefry was one of the artworks that I selected and curated for the exhibition titled Dislocations that was part of the Official Parallel Program of the 12th Istanbul Biennial and of ISEA2011 Istanbul. Senior curators: Lanfranco
David Cotterrell exhibited Theatre (2008) at the Media Facade of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. This is a selection of the images of the exhibition shot by Tomislav Smider. Theatre (2008) by David Cotterrell was one of the artworks that I selected and curated for the exhibition titled Dislocations that was part of the Official Parallel Program of the 12th Istanbul Biennial
Dislocations was an art program of re-contextualization and transmediations that saw the participation of Songul Boyraz, David Cotterrell, Charles Csuri, Mathias Fuchs and Danielle Roney. Their work was exhibited on the Media Facade of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb and was part of the Official Parallel Program of the 12th Istanbul Biennial. Re-interpretations, misinterpretations and un-related contexts create new modalities of perception
THE WAR SHAPED IDENTITIES: DESTRUCTION AS CULTURAL INHERITANCE ABSTRACT The essay will discuss the issues related to a cultural conceptualization defined by the author as ‘sedimented memory construction’ made of visible and invisible loci. The memories of buildings, land, sculptures, war destruction and social collapses are layered through processes of personal recall; thereby creating a culture of remembrance that shapes people’s identities beyond space and
