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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Paris and art
-> Paris and artParis pétillante! Paris is a sparkling city as far as contemporary art is concerned these days. Besides, the very cold weather pushes people to enjoy the warmth of the museums. The longest queues in town can be found outside the Musee d'Art Moderne that hosts an amazing retrospective of Basquiat, the talented Puerto Rican/Haitian/American supersta...
continue..“Their” Africa
Magazine -> #13 Conscious projectBurgeoning China and India are very much in the political and economic limelight lately. This once again means that Africa and its tragic conditions are put to shade, being considered little more than a source of natural riches ready for the pickings. This interview with the anthropologist Marco Aime, who spends long periods in Africa for his studi...
continue..Real presence
Magazine -> #13 Conscious projectnKA | ICA Indipendent Centre of Art Beograd Director: Biljana Tomic Art director and workshop manager: Dobrila Denegri In 2001, straight after the arrival of democracy in Serbia, the idea took off for a great meeting of young REAL PRESENCE artists. Biljana Tomic and I asked young emerging artists from all over Europe to come to Belgrade an...
continue..School of Graphic Design at the London College of Communication
Magazine -> #25 InnovageThe School of Graphic Design at the London College of Communication is a part of the University of the Arts, London, Europe’s largest university for art, design, fashion, communication and the performing arts. It is a collegiate university comprising the six London Art Colleges; Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art and...
continue..1000 strokes
Magazine -> #6 Orientationilly offers its support to Scritture Giovani and the Festivaletteratura Mantova with the aim of providing opportunities, stimulating discussion and encouraging dialogue. “Do you think one is willing to cross conventional boundary lines when their objectives that lies beyond is clear?” Border crossing is actually easier tackled when what lie...
continue..Mittel&europa
Magazine -> #13 Conscious projectPredrag Matvejevic' 's [http://www.giardini.sm/matvejevic] personal history, his critical spirit, his intellectual career, and his commitment to defending civil rights and liberties have qualified him as one of the most intense and courageous speakers that may currently be listened to, and his words as genuine food for thought. It's a voice that ta...
continue..The contrary art
Magazine -> #22 KaizenWhat meaning do you give to the word kaizen? Is there any link between your artistic work and this concept? Kaizen means improvement, but as an artist I don’t pay much heed to this word, because of its industrial connotations. In this context, the word kaizen can be explained in terms of a succession of small changes, designed to simplify and i...
continue..City: a history book
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisObviously, the imagination feeds on knowledge. You need to know things before you can imagine them. This is where it comes in handy to read books about that concentrated mass of human history: cities. In Europe, large cities are usually unsuitable, even to accommodate modernity. Even in a metropolis like London or Paris, where large avenues were ...
continue..Estonian Academy of Arts Tallinn
Magazine -> #24 Self PortraitHistory of Estonian Academy of Arts goes back to 1914, founded as Tallinn Industrial Art School. After Estonia’s re-independence from USSR, in 1994 Estonia became European Union member state, and in 1996 the institute was renamed as Estonian Academy of Arts and certified as a sole public-low Art University in Estonia. Our institute is member of ...
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