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Geopolitics and Art
LECTURERS
Charles
Harrison
Since 60's he's involved in criticism, history and production of art,
with Art&Language group he cooperates for more then 25 years. He is
the author of the book Essays on Art &Language (1991) and Modernism
(1997), he edited together with Paul Wood antologies Art in Theory
1900-1990 (1992) and Art in Theory 1815-1900 (1998). He is
co-author with Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden of Art and Language
in Practice Vol 1: Illustrated Handbook and editor of Vol 2: Critical
Symposium (both 1999). He curated an exhibition When Attitudes
become Form, ICA, London 1969, Idea Structures, Camden Arts
Center, 1971. He was giving lectures on modern art in England, Europe
and USA. He is professor of history and theory of art at Open University
in England and visiting professor of art history at Universities of Chicago
and of Texas, Austin, ZDA.
Edi
Muka
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana in 1991, where he
also has worked as an assistant professor since 1995. Since 1999 he is
the director of the International Centre of Culture in Tirana. He has
presented himself at numerous group and individual exhibitions, amongst
others also at:
Spring
98, National Gallery, Tirana, 1989; Untitled, one man show,
National Gallery, Tirana, 1996; Riorientim, Porcelain Factory,
Tirana, 1997; Translocation, new/media art, Vienna, Austria, 1999.
He also set up a number of exhibitions, amongst others : Riorientim,
Porcelain Factory, Tirana, 1997; Welcome to Wonderland, National
Gallery, Tirana, 1998; Onufri 98 - Permanent Instability, National
Gallery, Tirana, 1998; Albania Today, Albanian Pavilion in the
48th edition of the Venetian Biennial, 1999; Albanische
Kunst Heute, Haus am Lutzwoplatz, Berlin, Germany, 1999. He lectures
and publishes texts on contemporary art amongst others subjects : Albanian
Contemporary artists (Manifeste 2 catalogue), Albania Today - The
Time for Ironic Optimism (Catalogue of the Albanian pavilion at the
Venice Biennial).
Jaroslav
Andel
Independent
scholar and curator, lives in New York and Prague. Curated numerous exhibitions
including: The Artistic Avant-garde in Czechoslovakia 1918-1938,
IVAM, Valencia, 1993; The Dawn of Magicians: From Mediumistic Drawings
to Cyberspace, National Gallery in Prague, 1996; Painting the Universe:
Franti¹ek Kupka, Pioneer in Abstraction, Dallas Museum of Art, Kunstmuseum
Wolfsburg, National Gallery in Prague, 1997-98. Director of the Centre
for Modern and Contemporary Art, National Gallery in Prague (1996-1998),
currently works on an exhibition of the birth of abstract art.
Du¹an
Rutar
Graduated
from Psychology at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, where he also received
his Ph.D. on the discussion of Freud's concept of the Id. He lead the
section for theoretic psychology at the Faculty of Arts for five years.
At present he is a teacher at the Kamnik secondary school, where he teaches
psychology and psychoanalysis. He founded the Freudian club in which he
lectures in the classics of psychoanalysis. He was the co-ordinator of
the post-graduate programme of Theories and Politics of the Body, which
took place at Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, and presently he co-operates
at the post-graduate study of the Faculty for Post-graduate humanistic
studies in Ljubljana. For a period of time he lectured at the faculty
of Arts on the subjects of psychoanalysis and epistemology as a visiting
professor. He is the editor of the Newspaper for social Studies AWOL.
Apart from other books and publications he is also the author of: Body
and Power: sociology and philosophy of the body in the 19th
and 20th Century, Ljubljana 1995; Freud's Ghosts: a
philosopher versus capitalism, Ljubljana 1996; Three discussions
on the theory of handicap, Ljubljana 1996; Freud Versus the Pope,
Ljubljana 1996; Introduction to Post-modern Psychology, Ljubljana
1997; Freud's Ghosts 2: a philosopher versus capitalism,
Ljubljana 1997, Freud's Ghosts 3, Ljubljana 1999, Theological essays,
Ljubljana 1999.
Borut
Vogelnik
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1983. He is
a founding member of the group Irwin, in which he has worked from 1983.
Cãlin
Dan
He received a M.A. in Art History & Theory. Until 1994 he has
worked as a freelance art critic, curator, editor and teacher of art history.
In 1990 he co-founded SubReal. He has exhibited at numerous exhibitions:
Istanbul Biennial,1992; Venice Biennial/Aperto, 1993; Sao
Paulo Biennial, 1994; OSTranenie, Bauhaus Dessau, 1995; Neuer
Berliner Kunstverein; Manifesta, Kunsthal Rotterdam, 1996; Beyond
Belief, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago/Institute of Contemporary
Art, Philadelphia, 1996/1997; Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen;
SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, 1997; Ars Electronica, Linz; Berlin
Biennial; Dutch Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF 98), Rotterdam,
1998; Synworld, Museumsquartier Vienna; Venice Biennial
(Romanian pavilion), 1999; Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM),
Karlsruhe , 1999. He also received numerous grants: J.P.Getty Fellowship
for research in art history, 1993; Philip Morris Kunstförderung,
1996 and has participated in several Residencies Programs: Künstlerhaus
Bethanien, Berlin, 1995; Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, 1997; V2_Lab
for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam - 1998; Schloss Plüschow/Mecklenburgisches
Kunstverein, Plüschow, 1999; Kulturkontakt, Vienna, 1999.
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