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Becoming Former West. One-day Conference
11 March 2010
Studium Generale Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)

  1. Becoming Former West, the project’s articulation in the framework of BECOMING MINORITY, considers the notion of ‘former West’ as an aspirational/desired category. The day includes a number of workshops with international artists through the lens of their own artistic production, including Marion von Osten (artist and writer, Berlin/Vienna), Chto Delat? (artists’ group, Moscow/St. Petersburg), Arnout Mik (artist, Amsterdam), Mona Vătămanu and Florin Tudor (artists, Bucharest).

    For the key-note lecture Becoming Former West team up with Becoming Bitch inviting
    What, How and for Whom / WHW, Zagreb based curatorial collective (the 11th Istanbul Biennial): Ivet Curlin, Ana Devic, Natasa Ilic and Sabina Sabolovic.

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      Becoming Former West, Becoming Minority, Studium Generale, Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 11.03.2010. Photo: Marika Wanders

  3. Program
    Thursday, 11 March 2010

    10.00-17.00 DAY PROGRAMME

    Lectures, Screenings & Workshops by Dmitry Vilensky / Chto delat? (What is to be done?), Aernout Mik, Marion von Osten, Mona Vătămanu and Florin Tudor

    20.00-22.00 EVENING PROGRAMME

    For this key-note lecture Becoming Former West will team up with Becoming Bitch and What, How and for Whom / WHW – Zagreb based curatorial collective (the 11th Istanbul Biennial): Ivet Curlin, Ana Devic, Natasa Ilic and Sabina Sabolovic

  4. Organized by

    Becoming Former West, curated by Cosmin Costinaş and Maria Hlavajova, is a collaboration between the Rietveld Academie and BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, in the framework of the project Former West.

  5. See also

    Blog created by the students of the group “Becoming Former West”
    Studium Generale Rietveld Academie website