Monday Night in New York & Weimar 07.28.2003
-- Languages and Power –- Selected Readings & Discussion led by Deidre Hoguet and Peter Walsh -– in collaboration with Gallery P74, Lubljana, Slovenia
Monday Night in New York & Weimar -- Languages and Power –- Selected Readings & Discussion led by Deidre Hoguet and Peter Walsh -– in collaboration with Gallery P74, Lubljana, Slovenia -- 07.28.2003
Contents:
1. About this Monday
2. Text: “Imagined Communities,” Benedict Anderson, Chapters 5 and 6
3. About Gallery P74
4. About ACC in Weimar + Context ('Get Rid of Yourself') + Directions
5. Stay tuned for September discussion in Lublijana, Vilnius, New York!
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1. About this Monday, 07.28.03
When: 7pm
Where: 16 Beaver Street, 5th Floor
Who: Open to all
The Bush Administration’s “Coalition of the Willing” for the invasion of
Iraq was in many ways a “Coalition of the English-Speaking.” Are we
witnessing the re-emergence of a kind of Anglophone pan-nationalism? Were
the American, British and Australian governments - “the willing” - really
defining their joint interests by the following phrase: “Where
English-speaking armies go, English goes, and where English goes,
English-speaking business people go”? With the current climate in mind, we
want to discuss two chapters relating to languages and the origins of
nationalisms from Benedict Anderson’s well-known book “Imagined
Communities.”
Envisioned as the first of a series of discussions about the relationships
between various languages to each other and to power, this Monday night’s
reading and discussion will be hosted by artists/16 Beaver participants
Deidre Hoguet and Peter Walsh. The two English-speaking, New York-based,
US-American artists will be traveling to Ljubljana, Slovenia in September
2003 to perform “Tongue:Jezik,” a series of street actions created for
Ljubljana’s Gallery P74. As such, Monday night’s discussion is co-sponsored
by P74. A related discussion, co-sponsored by 16 Beaver, will take place in
Ljubljana in September (also in Vilnius, Lithuania as part of 16
Beaver’s participation in the “24/7” exhibition, also in New York in 16Beaver's participation in 16Beaver Monday Nights).
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2. Text: “Imagined Communities,” Benedict Anderson
“Imagined Communities” is a classic text on nationalism originally written
in 1983 and updated in 1991. It’s well worth reading in its entirety. We
highly recommend purchasing it if you’re interested in these topics. The
links below are for Monday Night’s discussion.
Chapters 5 “Old Languages, New Models”
http://www.16beavergroup.org/pdf/imaginedcommunities1.pdf
Chapters 6 “Official Nationalism and Imperialism”
http://www.16beavergroup.org/pdf/imaginedcommunities2.pdf
http://www.16beavergroup.org/pdf/imaginedcommunities3.pdf
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3. About Gallery P74
Centre and Gallery P74 is the newest non-profit art space in Ljubljana,
Slovenia. For the past five years it has promoted diverse programs of
contemporary art and culture, supporting young and innovative artists and
curators. Founded by artist, scholar and curator Tadej Pogacar, Gallery
P74's programming is focused on the presentation, study and promotion of
contemporary visual arts, performance and time related arts (new media,
music). The mission of the Centre and Gallery P74 is to foster knowledge,
exchange new ideas and promote innovative and challenging models in current
art and culture. Centre and Gallery P74 supports non-profit programs and
collaboration between artists, art centers and galleries locally and
internationally.
Center and Gallery P74
Prusnikova 74
1210 Ljubljana
http://www.parasite-pogacar.si/P74/index.htm
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4. About ACC in Weimar + Context ('Get Rid of Yourself') + Directions
16Beaver is also in Germany (Weimar & Leipzig) for 'Get Rid of Yourself' a show curated by Frank Motz dealing with artist groups and artists working collaboratively in the US (more details forthcoming). A few of us will be organizing activities here, among them some walks, discussions, and well, this Monday's discussion. Hope you can make it either here or in New York.
The ACC-Galerie Weimar, a non-profit space which has maintained an international exhibition and studio program for 15 years.
http://www.acc-weimar.de/
Hall 14 …a recently opened art space in Leipzig in a former Industrial Complex of a Cotton Spinning Mill.
Address in Weimar: Burgplatz 1+2, 99423 Weimar
Tel. 03643/851262, Fax 851263
for questions contact: rauch@acc-weimar.de or info@16beavergroup.org
Directions from Brooklyn:
Take Northside Car Service to Newark (Liberty? uggghhh) Airport -- $60
Take any airline in this case Continental to Frankfurt -- $720
Take any train to the main train station (3 stops from airport) -- did not pay
Take train to Weimar from Central Station (preferably ICE1653 Train) -- $50
Walk south from central station, til you hit a building, go to the street heading south on the right side, start veering left once you hit, Fried something Strauss, then head south again and start asking people for Burgplatz, make sure not to say Burgerplatz!!! See you there for what should be an interesting evening.
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