On Dance as a Circumstance

Reflection on the Dance vs Circumstances symposium (Tanznacht Berlin, August 2016) by Ana Letunić In the context of rising precariousness in Berlin’s contemporary dance scene, as well as its influences on the production processes, it seemed only sensible to programme a symposium on working methods and production conditions as a part of the 9th Tanznacht …

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SCHEDULE OF THE GATHERING IN SKOPJE, 2 – 7 MAY 2016

Critical practice (made in Yugoslavia): Cycle 3 Schedule of the gathering in Skopje, 2 – 7 May 2016   2 May: arrival…   3 May: 11 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. intro: presentation of the project by Biljana Tanurovska-Kjulavkovski and Ana Vujanović; discussion about participants’ ideas, questions and wishes 3 – 5 p.m. “An overview of …

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CP3_READER

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CP3_Reader (2016): Contents Agamben, Giorgio (2011). “Toward a Theory of Destituent Potential“. in The Use of Bodies. Stanford Uni Press: Stanford CA. Badiou, Alain (2004). “Dance as a metaphor for thought“, in Handbook of Inaesthetics. Stanford Uni Press: Stanford CA. Bohm, David (1989). “Meaning and Information“. in Pylkkanen, Paavo (ed.), The Search for Meaning – …

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Critique and Exhibition Practice; abstract of the lecture by Jelena Vesić

This lecture will deal with the “critical writing” in the exhibition space, assuming that each exhibition presents a kind of “scripted space” generated through communication and socialization, sometimes a joint action – as the space of both the stage and the everyday life, or their mutual interconnection. We will look at the examples of experimental and alternative forms of exhibition practice, focusing on several “cases” of artistic and curatorial critical interventions performed in (post) Yugoslav space of the 1970s and now.

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CP1_Reader

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Critical Practice (Made in Yugoslavia): Cycle 1 (2014-15) A GENERAL READER 1. Is this art at all? Arthur Danto, “The Artworld,“ Journal of Philosophy LXI, 1964 (PDF) George Dickie, “What is Art?; An Institutional Analysis“, in Art and Philosophy, W. E. Kennick (ed), New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1979 2. On the (new) politicality of …

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