Art in Bloki/ Eastern Style
Presentation of different art projects in Bloki districts in Eastern Europe
26.6.2014, 8 pm, Kolonnadenstraße 6, Leipzig
Art in Bloki (Platten), Eastern Style presentation of diverse art projects in Bloki districts in Eastern Europe
in English, free entry
27.6.2014, 5 – 8.30 pm, Auditorium/Villa, GfZK
Panel discussion and presentations focused on themes related to Bloki in Eastern Europe
in English, free entry
27.6.2014, 5 – 8.30 pm, Auditorium/Villa, GfZK
17 – 18.30 h
Speakers: Vytautas Buinevičius (LT), Blazej Filanowski (PL), Hanna Nowak-Radziejowska (PL), Vitalie Sprinceana (MD), Vladimir Us (MD)
7 – 8.30 pm
Social Urban Green, Self-sustainability and Community Art as a New Utopia
All through history, gardens have been places for artistic and social imagination, an utopistic place where a better future was often hoped to be planted. The promise of mental, social and psychological liberation was and is widely associated with the garden, just think of historical examples as the Garden City Movement, the allotment garden (or Schreber Garten) success
and political struggles around parks and public green places – which continues today as well, (in for instance the famous Ghezi Park conflict), sustainable city idea, community garden and self-sustaining community projects, to garden art pieces. This discussion focuses on these new modalities of urbanist and artistic action around the garden and green in the urban tissue, especially in degraded urban areas as for instance the BLOKI districts. What are the characteristics and promises of these generally community-based, participatory initiatives and public art projects, and what new hopeful utopia can be nurtured on their ground? Can this utopia be brought up and realized?
Speakers: Hanna Nowak-Radziejowska (PL), Virág Major (HU), Andreja Džakušič (SI), Simon Macuh (SI), Mojca Puncer (SI)