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In positioning Budapest within the framework of the Balkan Konsulat, this
exhibition deliberately tries to avoid any singular or essentialist image
which could stand for the city of Budapest, the Hungarian nation and contemporary
Hungarian art. It rather relates to the concept of the "consulate",
understood as an institution that fulfils its representative function
through acts of mediation between people, cities, countries and cultures.
The exhibition's relation with the Balkans is also thought in non-illustrative
terms and it deals with questions of identity, otherness, social and cultural
prejudice and communication. For the same reason, the selection of artists
goes beyond the national framework. Alongside with participants from Hungary
there are artists from Vienna and Bucharest - cities with which Budapest
has deep historical connections - as well as artists from Berlin and Hamburg
who have collaborated for years with their colleagues from Budapest. Apart
from thematic diversity and the use of various media, the artists and
artist groups from this exhibition are linked by their constant interest
in things happening outside their studios, in relating art and society
by the very act of mediation. Undertaking the role of mediation, they
act as "consuls" of the Balkan Konsulat, try to establish communication
between different categories of public and the art field, between Budapest
and Graz and the other cities involved. Finally, by adopting an open structure
this exhibition wishes to respond to the openness of the host institution,
the "rotor", which has promoted alternative thinking and practice
for a long time. J.A.
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Program on Saturday, July 12
08.00 pm CET OPENING
Location: Balkan Konsulat c/o < rotor >, Belgiergasse 8/ I
22.00 CET VJ/DJ party
Location: vipers im thienfeld, Mariahilferstrasse 2
DJ Naga (Chi recordings), "Ablak a Dubra Special"
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Special
Location: celery’s_the juice bar, Dreihackengasse 42
Intervention: from monday, July 14 to Friday, September 5, 2003
János Sugár (H), „Takeaway Thoughts“, 2003
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12.7.2003 - 6.9.2003
museum in progress at Schauspielhaus Graz
Memed Erdener, Hatice Guleryuz
Location: Schauspielhaus Graz, Freiheitsplatz
www.theater-graz.com
www.mip.at
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