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Title

Forget fear : 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art / edited by Artur Ż̊mijewski and Joanna Warsza ; [a publication of KW Institute for Contemporary Art].

Author

Berlin Biennale (7th : 2012 : Berlin, Germany)

Publication

Köln : König, ©2012.

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Additional Authors

• Żmijewski, Artur, 1966-
• Warsza, Joanna.
• Kunst-Werke Berlin.

Description

415 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm +

Summary

Published on the occasion of the 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary art, this publication is a report on the process of arriving at real action within culture, at an artistic pragmatism. What interested us were concrete activities leading to visible effects.

Alternative Title

Barca de oro.

Subjects

• Art and society
• Art and state
• Artists > Political activity
• Art > Political aspects

Note

• On the occasion of the 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (April 27 - July 1, 2012), curated by Artur Żmijewski together with the associate curators Voina and Joanna Warsza.
• Text from label on accompanying CD: La barca de oro. Teresa Margolles had asked a number of music groups from Ciudad Juárez to interpret "La Barca de oro".

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword / Artur Ż̊mijewski -- Basic art. Introduction / Artur Ż̊mijewski -- You-- façade art! / Marcin Śliwa in conversation with Paweł Althamer, Igor Stokfiszewski, and Artur Ż̊mijewski -- Extreme nonviolence. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- ¡Democracia real ya! : manifesto -- We want money for schools and hospitals, not banks / Julián García in conversation with Igor Stokfiszewski -- On a mission of love / Paweł Althamer in conversation with Jakub Banasiak, Marcin Śliwa, Igor Stokfiszewski, and Artur Ż̊mijewski -- The ghost march / Rafał Z̊urek -- A good drug dealer / Galit Eilat in conversation with Artur Ż̊mijewski -- State of Palestine / Alison Ramer -- Extreme nonviolence / Srđa Popović in conversation with Zdravka Bajović and Joanna Warsza -- Beauty and kindness. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- Artists come to create beauty and kindness / Renzo Martens in conversation with Artur Ż̊mijewski -- Bogotá change. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- To the youth of Colombia / speech by Fernando Vallejo -- When I am trapped, I do what an artist would do / Antanas Mockus in conversation with Joanna Warsza -- A better political world : the politics of Antanas Mockus in Bogotá / Lucas Ospina in conversation with Joanna Warsza -- Citizens of culture. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- One hundred thousand people / Joanna Mytkowska in conversation with Artur Ż̊mijewski -- The executive movement / Jerzy Hausner in conversation with Joanna Warsza and Artur Ż̊mijewski -- An alphabet of class struggle. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- The politics of the poor / Sergio Franco, Djan Ivson Silva, and Rafael Pixobomb in conversation with Joanna Warsza -- Russian war. Introduction / Artur Ż̊mijewski -- Yes, the truth is with us / Leo the Fucknut from the group Voina in conversation with Artur Ż̊mijewski -- Hungary the former republic. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- A culture of collective creativity / Gábor Bakos and Péter Juhász in conversation with Artur Ż̊mijewski -- Pogroms are already happening / Tímea Junghaus in conversation with Joanna Warsza and Artur Ż̊mijewski -- Woodcut : (a true story) / Tamás Kaszás -- Don't stay in the dark / Árpád Schilling in conversation with Joanna Warsza and Artur Ż̊mijewski -- The best party. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- The courage to be a lipstick / opening speech by Jón Gnarr, Mayor of Reykjavík, at the second Reykjavík Fashion Festival -- The best party / Einar Örn Benedjktsson in conversation with Joanna Warsza -- Eine deutsche Debatte. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- A topography of identity / Dorota Sajewska in conversation with Artur Ż̊mijewski -- The general reception of "The topos of the ruins" / Joanna Tokarska-Bakir -- The topos of the ruins : redemptive narratives in the modern history of the Germans, the Jews, and the Poles / Joanna Tokarska-Bakir -- Open letter / Jan Tomasz Gross -- The city of toys / Hans-Christian Täubrich in conversation with Jan Tomasz Gross and Zofia Waślicka -- The heritage of mankind / Jan Tomasz Gross and Zofia Waślicka -- Poland is not only a Jewish graveyard. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- Not to be soldiers anymore / Yael Bartana in conversation with Igor Stokfiszewski and Artur Ż̊mijewski -- If you talk about morality, you're a traitor / Gideon Levy in conversation with Artur Ż̊mijewski -- Jews, come back. Wonderful / Jan Tomasz Gross in conversation with Joanna Warsza and Artur Ż̊mijewski -- The ground where your future history can flourish / Daniel Blatman in conversation with Artur Ż̊mijewski -- It's so complicated to have a country / Christian Boltanski in conversation with Joanna Warsza, Zofia Waślicka, and Artur Ż̊mijewski -- The political turn. Introduction / Joanna Warsza -- Political points in art / Igor Stokfiszewski -- Fellowship for politicians / Olafur Eliasson -- Adiós ciudad. Goodbye city / Teresa Margolles.

ISBN

• 9783863351298
• 3863351290

OCLC

• ocn792796134
• 792796134
• SCSB-1644024

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library