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 Peripherie 3000 Together with the Ruhr Region, Essen is bidding to be named European Capital of Culture for 2010. But why? The essential things, so the project “Periphery 3000 - Strategic Platform for Networked Centers,” no longer take place in the national capitals but, for some time now, wherever peripheral positions facilitate a perspective on social and cultural foundations. > more  ACADEMY REMIX Städelschule, Frankfurt meets Missing Identity, Prishtina Confrontation, co-operation: Two art academies discover unknown territory. Students from the “Missing Identity” alternative art academy, the Contemporary Art Institute EXIT in Prishtina, and the Frankfurt Städelschule are to come together to develop individual art projects. Exhibitions in the Museum of Kosovo, Prishtina (September 2005), and in Portikus, Frankfurt (November 18 - 23, 2005), show the results. > more  Missing Identity, Kosovo When attention turns to Kosovo, everyone talks about national identity. “Missing Identity” seeks to find out what is really missing. The project wants to create an artistic reality of what is experienced as absent in Kosovo: cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity. > more  displaced, Berlin Who decides what we should remember? In response to the themes addressed in “De/construction of Monument” artists are currently developing works for display in public spaces in Berlin. These works relate the state of postwar society in Sarajevo and the function of public memory to the German capital. The works will be presented in Berlin, starting on October 20, 2005. > more  Mind the Map! - History Is Not Given, Leipzig History is being made. Urgent moves to (re-)construct European art history. "Mind the Map!" is taking up the accents set by the "East Art Map," originally stemming from the Slovenian artist collective IRWIN. "Mind the Map!" is striving to open up a space of exchange between different forms of artistic praxis, initiate concrete research projects and stimulate debate in the critical public. The ideas of young theoreticians and artists will be discussed at an international symposium to be held in Leipzig, October 13 - 16, 2005. > more  WILD CAPITAL / WILDES KAPITAL, Dresden Look, it's capitalism! Post-socialist transformations in focus. "Wild Capital / Wildes Kapital" is the result of meetings and discussion rounds between partners in Sofia and Dresden which focus on developments in the utilization of urban space in the two cities. An international symposium and an exhibition in spring 2006 examine the different manifestations of capitalism in these post-socialist cityscapes. > more  ALTE ARTE, Moldova Culture on television as a window to the world: where could this ever work? The internationally renowned artist Pavel Braila, supported by a homegrown team and relations, has developed "ALTE ARTE", a TV art and culture magazine. Launched in January 2005, the magazine is broadcast fortnightly on the state-run station TV Moldova. > more |
 Leap into the City Chişinău, Sofia, Pristina, Sarajevo, Warsaw, Zagreb, Ljubljana Cultural Positions, Political Conditions. Seven Scenes from Europe The book by "relations:" In essays and reportages, in literary texts and artistic contributions, 52 authors take positions on current issues, pose new questions, and so portray a subjective tableau of their cities, the cultural scenes, and the public realms. > more  Zagreb – Cultural Kapital of Europe 3000, Croatia What is the culture of civil society? "Zagreb - Cultural Kapital of Europe 3000" is seeking to strengthen collaboration between independent initiatives who understand cultural engagement as social action and social activities as critical culture. > more  De/construction of Monument, Bosnia-Herzegovina Public space is being disputed. Monuments are cleared away, monuments are erected. "De/construction of Monument" counters this manipulation with deconstruction. > more  East Art Map, IRWIN, Ljubljana The art project "East Art Map" is seeking to plot and make accessible previously unknown areas of postwar art in eastern Europe. The goal is to create an orientation aid that plots connections extending beyond national borders and enables comparative analysis. > more  Visual Seminar, Sofia What happens when capitalism enters the city. The "Visual Seminar" devotes its attention to the culture of the visual in the so-called transformation societies. Art actions in public space and discussion forums offer the broad public strategies for dealing with and deciphering the images. > more  Re:form, Poland Poland is opening up to globalization, Poland is modernizing. Re:form is undertaking the attempt to re-read Polish (art) history from the perspective of the present. > more  Lost and Found - a film project Six filmmakers from six countries tell six stories on common features, differences, and new forms of self-understanding. The opening film of the 35th Internatioanl Forum of New Cinema at the Berlin International Film Festival, 2005. > more |
 
Since 2003, the association relations e.V. carries out exchange projects between Germany and eastern European countries: "relations" (2003-2006), "Büro Kopernikus" (2004-2006), "Bipolar" (2005-2007) and, since 2007, "Zipp, German-Czech cultural projects."
relations - a project initiated by the German Federal Cultural Foundation (2003-2006)
Ostsee oder Westmeer? (To the East or the West?)
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Every present has its own background and antecedent history: listen to those from the relations partner countries.
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