Changing role of art institutionsConference in the frame of TrajectoriesGoethe Institut, Tornu Street 1, Riga23 March, 11.00 - 16.30The conference
will be organised in three panel discussions outlining several aspects
of institutional critique and interaction between artists and
institutions. Artists and curators involved in the "Trajectories", as
well as the invited speakers will participate in the discussions. How to deal with instrumentalization of art? Transformation of art institutions into leisure centres or theme parks. Collaborative or interventionist praxis inside art institutions. Participants: Raimundas Malasauskas (Lithuania), Stella Rollig (Austria), Nina Montmann (Germany) 2. Art deals: Art and art industry How to distinguish private/commercial and public/non- commercial sector? What about creative praxis being swallowed up and incorporated in art market system? Have art fairs or commercial galleries taken over several aspects of public art institutions? Participants: Maria Lind (Sweden), Gregor Podnar (Slovenia) 3. Art stars: How to be Mainstream and margins. Strategies of success and successful strategies Participants: IRWIN group (Slovenia), Chicks on Speed (USA, Germany), Hayley Newman (UK), Tanja Ostojic (Serbia, Germany) http://www.lcca.lv/projects/trajectories_confer/ |