Institutions
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Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
[Artists’ House, Stuttgart]
The non-profit association Künstlerhaus Stuttgart Reuchlinstraße e.V. was founded in 1978 on the initiative of visual artists. The house is a Stuttgart institution that has gained international renown through its individual disposition as a place of production for artists and as a platform for art-theoretical discourse. But it has also become an indispensable place of exchange for the local art scene. Its success rests on its independent yet cooperating divisions—artistic direction, free projects, and workshops. The workshops can be used by all house members.
project › Ambassadors – Research Programme
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[Artists’ House, Stuttgart]
The non-profit association Künstlerhaus Stuttgart Reuchlinstraße e.V. was founded in 1978 on the initiative of visual artists. The house is a Stuttgart institution that has gained international renown through its individual disposition as a place of production for artists and as a platform for art-theoretical discourse. But it has also become an indispensable place of exchange for the local art scene. Its success rests on its independent yet cooperating divisions—artistic direction, free projects, and workshops. The workshops can be used by all house members.
project › Ambassadors – Research Programme
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Kronika, Bytom
The aim of Kronika is to explore the interrelations between contemporary art theory and artistic practice as well as those between music, theatre, film, design, and architecture. In addition to exhibitions and projects in public space, the gallery organises and presents concerts, discussions, and workshops, and it issues its own publications. As of spring 2006, the institution also offers an artists-in-residence programme for artists and curators. Kronika cooperates with art institutions in Poland and abroad. It is directed by Sebastain Cichocki.
project › Elektropopklub › PDF / RadioSimulator
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The aim of Kronika is to explore the interrelations between contemporary art theory and artistic practice as well as those between music, theatre, film, design, and architecture. In addition to exhibitions and projects in public space, the gallery organises and presents concerts, discussions, and workshops, and it issues its own publications. As of spring 2006, the institution also offers an artists-in-residence programme for artists and curators. Kronika cooperates with art institutions in Poland and abroad. It is directed by Sebastain Cichocki.
project › Elektropopklub › PDF / RadioSimulator
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Kulturstiftung des Bundes
Kulturstiftung des Bundes (The German Federal Cultural Foundation) was founded in 2002 by the German Government to support art and cultural projects in an international context. Innovative project formats in different cultural sectors are to be developed, and the emphasis of support lies within the field of contemporary cultural production. In addition to providing “General Project Funding”, which is also open to application from abroad, the Federal Cultural Foundation develops its own projects, in particular within the scope of its programmes “Art and the City”, “Cultural Aspects of German Unification”, “Cultural Challenges of 9/11”, “Migration” – and finally the programme “Eastern and Central Europe”, to which Büro Kopernikus belongs. As a successor project to Büro Kopernikus’ German-Polish cultural projects, the Federal Cultural Foundation has started the initiative “bipolar – deutsch-ungarische kulturprojekte”, which in 2006/2007 will fund German-Hungarian cooperations.
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Kulturstiftung des Bundes (The German Federal Cultural Foundation) was founded in 2002 by the German Government to support art and cultural projects in an international context. Innovative project formats in different cultural sectors are to be developed, and the emphasis of support lies within the field of contemporary cultural production. In addition to providing “General Project Funding”, which is also open to application from abroad, the Federal Cultural Foundation develops its own projects, in particular within the scope of its programmes “Art and the City”, “Cultural Aspects of German Unification”, “Cultural Challenges of 9/11”, “Migration” – and finally the programme “Eastern and Central Europe”, to which Büro Kopernikus belongs. As a successor project to Büro Kopernikus’ German-Polish cultural projects, the Federal Cultural Foundation has started the initiative “bipolar – deutsch-ungarische kulturprojekte”, which in 2006/2007 will fund German-Hungarian cooperations.
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Kunstverein Wolfsburg
[Wolfsburg Art Association]
Founded in 1959, the Kunstverein has operated under its own management since 1999. With a new profile, it presents exhibitions and projects of international contemporary art that often give attention to Wolfsburg as a location for industry and commerce. Every year the association develops a thematically unified annual programme of exhibitions and projects, which are supplemented by talks, discussions, film evenings, and concerts.
The Kunstverein is a registered association offering special services for its members, such as members trips to art capitals, annual art gifts, reductions on art catalogues, and free admission to over 200 art associations in Germany. The institution sees itself as a platform for current themes in art.
project › The Futurism of Industrial Cities – 100 Years of Wolfsburg/Nowa Huta › Elektropopklub
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[Wolfsburg Art Association]
Founded in 1959, the Kunstverein has operated under its own management since 1999. With a new profile, it presents exhibitions and projects of international contemporary art that often give attention to Wolfsburg as a location for industry and commerce. Every year the association develops a thematically unified annual programme of exhibitions and projects, which are supplemented by talks, discussions, film evenings, and concerts.
The Kunstverein is a registered association offering special services for its members, such as members trips to art capitals, annual art gifts, reductions on art catalogues, and free admission to over 200 art associations in Germany. The institution sees itself as a platform for current themes in art.
project › The Futurism of Industrial Cities – 100 Years of Wolfsburg/Nowa Huta › Elektropopklub
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Laźnia Nowa, Cracow/Nowa Huta
Łaźnia Nowa is the youngest cultural institution of the City of Kraków and it works on the terrain of the post-industrial district Nowa Huta. Its programme is realised in cooperation with European partners, in coproductions and authors’ projects, as well as in interaction with the local public. Łaźnia Nowa’s projects combine artistic with social activity – performances, festivals, concerts, exhibitions, film screenings and multimedia presentations, encounters and workshops take place in a large area of former factory buildings. In addition, the theatre publishes the free monthly “Lodołamacz – pismo ludzi walczących” (“Icebreaker”). The projects are also realised outside of Łaźnia Nowa’s premises. Thus the revitalisation of Nowa Huta through artistic activities takes place in its streets, backyards, and concrete tower blocks.
project › The Futurism of Industrial Cities – 100 Years of Wolfsburg/Nowa Huta
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Łaźnia Nowa is the youngest cultural institution of the City of Kraków and it works on the terrain of the post-industrial district Nowa Huta. Its programme is realised in cooperation with European partners, in coproductions and authors’ projects, as well as in interaction with the local public. Łaźnia Nowa’s projects combine artistic with social activity – performances, festivals, concerts, exhibitions, film screenings and multimedia presentations, encounters and workshops take place in a large area of former factory buildings. In addition, the theatre publishes the free monthly “Lodołamacz – pismo ludzi walczących” (“Icebreaker”). The projects are also realised outside of Łaźnia Nowa’s premises. Thus the revitalisation of Nowa Huta through artistic activities takes place in its streets, backyards, and concrete tower blocks.
project › The Futurism of Industrial Cities – 100 Years of Wolfsburg/Nowa Huta
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Mobile Academy, Berlin
The Mobile Academy is a temporary learning unit that keeps changing its location and offers an interdisciplinary intensive programme on varying themes. Under the guidance of international artists and experts, the participants develop projects, studies, and presentations in different courses, which are complemented by theory classes and field trips relating to the Academy’s current theme.
The Mobile Academy Warsaw takes place from 25 August to 10 September 2006; the theme is “Ghosts, Spectres, Phantoms, and the Places Where They Live.” The Mobile Academy is a project by Hannah Hurtzig with changing partners.
project › Mobile Academy in Warsaw: “Ghosts, Spectres, Phantoms, and the Places Where They Live”
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The Mobile Academy is a temporary learning unit that keeps changing its location and offers an interdisciplinary intensive programme on varying themes. Under the guidance of international artists and experts, the participants develop projects, studies, and presentations in different courses, which are complemented by theory classes and field trips relating to the Academy’s current theme.
The Mobile Academy Warsaw takes place from 25 August to 10 September 2006; the theme is “Ghosts, Spectres, Phantoms, and the Places Where They Live.” The Mobile Academy is a project by Hannah Hurtzig with changing partners.
project › Mobile Academy in Warsaw: “Ghosts, Spectres, Phantoms, and the Places Where They Live”
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Motorenhalle – Project Centre for Contemporary Art, Dresden
Motorenhalle Project Centre, a former factory hall, is a venue for experimentation in artistic work relating to the community. The focus is on projects with artists that are not yet established, which are often realised by guest curators. Accompanying programmes illuminate the respective political, social, cultural, or scholarly contexts of the projects and the persons involved. The project centre has special relations to informal art groups in the Central and Eastern European countries. While project periods are flexible, regular series of talks or events hold a firm place in the project centre. Documentation of the projects and its publication on the Web are carried out step by step. An artistic advisory committee supervises the work of the project centre.
project › The Mechanics of Oblivion. A German-Polish Conference › Ambassadors – Research Programme
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Motorenhalle Project Centre, a former factory hall, is a venue for experimentation in artistic work relating to the community. The focus is on projects with artists that are not yet established, which are often realised by guest curators. Accompanying programmes illuminate the respective political, social, cultural, or scholarly contexts of the projects and the persons involved. The project centre has special relations to informal art groups in the Central and Eastern European countries. While project periods are flexible, regular series of talks or events hold a firm place in the project centre. Documentation of the projects and its publication on the Web are carried out step by step. An artistic advisory committee supervises the work of the project centre.
project › The Mechanics of Oblivion. A German-Polish Conference › Ambassadors – Research Programme
› visit website
