1. —Research Congresses

1st FORMER WEST Congress

5—7 November 2009
Ottone, Utrecht (NL)

• 14.00–14.15 Welcome, Maria Hlavajova
• 14.15–15.00 Charles Esche and Maria Hlavajova, Introductory Notes

HISTORIES AND NARRATIVES:
BETWEEN THE POST-COMMUNIST AND THE POSTCOLONIAL (1989–2009)

• 15.00–15.45 Sarat Maharaj: Small Change of the Universal, Keynote
• 15.45–16.15 Coffee Break
• 16.15–17.00 Boris Groys: Aesthetic Democracy, Keynote
• 17.00–17.45 Paul Gilroy: Postcolonial Critique and the End of the West, Keynote
• 17.45–18.15 Coffee Break
• 18.15–19.00 Renata Salecl: Death of Money: Anxiety in Late Capitalism, Keynote
• 19.00–20.00 Plenary Session (moderated by Charles Esche and Maria Hlavajova)

ART, ITS DISCOURSES, AND THE WORLD AT LARGE (1989/2001/2008)

• 10.00–12.00 Conversation: Cosmin Costinaş, Tom Holert and Pablo Lafuente
• 12.00–12.30 Coffee Break
• 12.30–13.30 Conversation: Helmut Draxler and Christian Hoeller
• 13.30–14.45 Lunch Break
• 14.45–15.45 Conversation: Marion von Osten and Kerstin Stakemeier
• 15.45–16.45 Conversation: Stefan Heidenreich and Jorinde Seijdel
• 16.45–17.15 Coffee Break
• 17.15–18.15 Conversation: David Riff and Jalal Toufic
• 18.15–19.30 Plenary Session (moderated by Charles Esche and Maria Hlavajova)

REPRESENTATIONS OF ART IN THE FORMER WEST:
EXHIBITIONS, ART INSTITUTIONS, ART MARKET (1989–2009)

• 10.00–11.00 Simon Sheikh: A Conceptual History of Exhibition-making, Keynote
• 11.00–12.00 Conversation: Thomas Boutoux and Okwui Enwezor
• 12.00–12.30 Coffee Break
• 12.30–13.30 Conversation: Mihnea Mircan and Piotr Piotrowski
• 13.30–14.45 Lunch Break
• 14.45–15.45 Conversation: Nuria Enguita Mayo and Ana Longoni
• 15.45–16.45 Conversation: Charles Esche and Douglas Gordon
• 16.45–17.15 Coffee Break
• 17.15–19.00 Plenary Session followed by Closing Remarks (moderated by Charles Esche and Maria Hlavajova)