[artinfo] Eastern Neighbours, The presentation of East European Countries and Russia

[Darko Fritz]

Cultural Aid presents

Eastern Neighbours:
The presentation of East European Countries and Russia

8th September - 29th October 2006
Cultural center Babel, Utrecht, Netherlands

http://www.culturalaid.com/eastern.htm


Eastern Neighbours, is to be seen  in the 
cultural center Babel in Utrecht , The 
Netherlands from 8th September till 29th  October 
. This former social service building is a stage 
where every country participant has been granted 
420 m2 to build its national pavilion.

Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, 
Montenegro, Romania,  Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and 
the host country Holland.

Within 200 artists, 18 curators and more then 450 
artworks, Eastern Neighbours is considered the 
biggest presentation of the East European culture.

ALBANIA
Artist:Eduard Baçe

BELARUS
Curator:Mrs. Elena Sidorenko, independent curator
Artists:Vladimir Klimushko, Sergey Davidovich, 
Dmitry Zenkovich, Sergey Grinevich, Aleksander 
Grishkevich, Aleksander Shomov, Yuri Anushko, 
Viktor Minko, Konstantin Selikhanov, Tatjana 
Radzivilko , Natalia Pinevich, Viktoria 
Kovalenchikova, Katerina Sumareva, Elena Ivanova, 
Vera Osedovskaya, Vasily Peshkun, Anna 
Silivonchik , Roman Sustov , Aliona Volchok , 
Lubov Abramova

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Curator: Ms. Dunja Blazevic
Assistant curators:Ms. Maja Bobar and Ms. Sara Vujkovic
Artsts:Damir Niksic, Maja Bajevic, Danica Dakic, 
Selja Kameric, Kurt & Plasto, Gordana Galic 
Andelic, Dalibor Nikolic, Veso Sovij, Radenko 
Milak, Nenad Malesevic, Milan Miljanovic and 
Vlado Azinovic.

BULGARIA Curator:Mr. Chavdar Ivanov Popov
Assistant curator:Ms. Iskra Trajanova
Artists:Magda Abazova, Svetozara Alexandrova, 
Gredi Assa, Svilen Blazhev, Bozidar Boyadziev, 
Milko Bozhkov, Dimitri Cholakov, Andrey Daniel , 
Krassimir Dobrev Petar Dochev, Aneta Dragusanu, 
Ljuben Genov, Nuscha Goyeva, Yordan 
Kaztzamounski, Ioan Kirilov, Dimitar Kirov, 
Nadezhda KoutevaIlian Lalev, Daniela Oleg 
Lyahova, Marina Marinova, Ivaylo Mirchev, 
Vesselin Nachev, Stanislav Pamoukchiev, Elena 
Panayotova, Atanas Parushev, Yordan Parushev, 
Svetlin Roussev, Rumen Skorchev, Hristo Stefanov, 
Dinko Stoev, Samuil Stoyanov, Simeon Stiolov, 
Vesko Velev, Dimitar Yaranov, Iva Yaranova, 
Ventzislav Zankov and Rumen Zhekov

CROATIA
Curator:Darko Fritz
Artists: Darko Fritz, Andreja Kuluncic, Dalibor 
Martinis, Ivan Marusic Klif, Magdalena Pederin, 
Slaven Tolj, Goran Trbuljak

MACEDONIA
Curator:Zlatko Teodosievski , National Gallery of Macedonia
Assistent curator:Ana Frangovska , art historian
Artists:Aleksandar Stankovski, Zaneta Vangeli, 
Slavica Janeslieva, Atanas Botev, Dijana 
Tomik-Radevska, Robert Jankulovski, Ismet 
Ramicevic, Jasminka Novkovska,Ibarhim bedi, 
Marijeta Sidovski, Angel Korunovski, Macedonian 
Art Video - Anthology 1985-2005.

MOLDOV
Curator:Mr. Tudor Zbarnea - National Art Museum of Moldova
Artists: Igor Svernei, Spring, Ion Morãrescu, 
Passions, Mihai Mireanu, Aurelia Nacu, Elena 
Bontea, Leonardo Guþu, Vladimir Palamarciuc, 
Nicolae Rurac, Floretina Breazu, Vasile Cojocaru, 
Sergiu Cuciuc, Valentin Vârtosu, Mihai Damian, 
Couple, Ghenadie Jalbã, Mihai Brunea, Nicolae 
Coþofan, Gheorghe Postovanu, Sergiu Coþofan, 
Octavian Romanescu, Anatol Ghimpu, Ion Bolocan, 
Marc Verlan, Mihai Þãru, Gheorghe Oprea, Ion 
Zderciuc, Vadim Palamarciuc, Angela Candu, 
Ghenadie Popescu, Eleonora Romanescu, Ioan Grecu, 
Maria Saca-Rãcilã, Dumitru Peicev, Iaroslav 
Streleþ, Lidia Mudrac, Victoria Rocaciuc, Olga 
Guþu, Ala Rusu. Ilie Cojocaru, Elena Karacencev, 
Tudor Fabian, Victor Cuzmenco, Inesa Þâpin, 
Arcadie Antoseac, Mircea Puºcaºu, Vlad Afanasiu, 
Simion Zamºa, Vasile Dohotaru, Tudor Cataraga, 
Genesis, Glebus Sainciuc, Valentina Rusu-Ciobanu, 
Vladimir Melnic, Sergiu Galben, Ludmila Þoncev, 
Dumitru Bolboceanu, Vasile Naºcu, Oleg 
Dobrovolschi, Serghei Golubev, ªtefan Bâlbã, 
Tudor Zbârnea, Mihai Potârniche, Timotei Bãtrânu, 
Victor Guþu, Boris Dubrovin, Iurie Foca, Dumitru 
Verdianu, and Veaceslav Fisticanu.

ROMANIA
Curators: Sorina Ianovici Jecza and  Kees Schrevel
Artists:  Stefan Calarasanu, Remus Irimescu, 
Peter Jecza, Rudolf Kocsis, Linda Menczel , 
Cosmin Moldovan, Gheorghe V. Muresan, Bodgan 
Rata, Dumitru Serban, Nada Stojici, Joseph Tasi, 
Luigi Varga, Rudolf Varna, Ana Adam, Ilie Boca , 
Zoe D. Cochia, Gheorghe Dican, Willem van Hest, 
Mircea Nechita, Elena Pogan, Margareta Popescu, 
Daniel Predut, Angela Tomaselli

RUSSIA
Curators:Mr. Yevgeny Umansky and Ms.Irina Tchesnokova
Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Russia
Artists:Yury Vasiliev, Elena Tsvetaeva, group 
"Karpenko&Karpenko", Yevgeny Umansky, Dmitry 
Bulatov, Danil Akimov, Yevgeny Palamarchuk, 
Alexey Chebykin, Elena Gladkova, group "Common 
Wince".

TURKEY
Curator:Levent Çalýkoðlu - independent curator
Artist:Irfan Önurmen, Temur Koran, Mustafa Rasit 
Horasan, GulIlgaz , Denizhan Özer and Ali Mahmut 
Demirel

UKRAINA
Curator:Dr . Lyudmyla Bereznytska
Artist:Victor Sydorenko

NETHERLANDS
Curator:Mr. Bart Rutten - Stedelijk Museum 's Hertogenbosch
Artists:Ulay, Julika Rudelius, Raymond Taudin 
Chabot , William Speakman, Jasper van den Brink, 
Hieke Pars, Helmut Smits

Special Guest on Eastern Neighbours VIDEO ART FROM SERBIA
Curator:Branislav Dimitrijevic
Artists:APSOLUTNO, Miodrag Krkobabic, Era 
Milivojevic, Vladimir Nikolic, Tanja Ostojic, 
Vesna Pavlovic, Nikola Pilipovic, Marija Vauda, 
SKART, Zoran Todorovic And Milica Tomic

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Seminar Profound Relations

During the two days seminar on 8th and 9th 
September the speakers from prominent Dutch 
institutions such as: Ms. Nathalie Zonnenberg - 
curator in Kröller Müller Museum, Mr. Heiner 
Holtappels - director Dutch Media Art Institute 
Montevideo, Ms. Esra Sarigedik - research curator 
Van Abbe Museum, are going to present the 
projects initiatives for the mutual cooperation 
with the participants of the other countries.

The session begins with the presentation of the 
international projects from the countries 
participants:
Ms. Elena Tsvetaeva - Director Kaliningrad Branch 
of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Ms. 
L. I. Bereznytska - curator Modern Art Research 
Institute of Academy of Arts of Ukraine , Ms. 
Mirjana Dabovic - curator Contemporary Art Museum 
,Podgorica, Montenegro , Mr. Tudor Zbarnea - 
director National Art Museum of Moldova, curator, 
Ms. Ana Frangovska - National Gallery of 
Macedonia, Mr. Darko Fritz - independent curator, 
Croatia / Netherlands, Ms. Iskra Trajanova- 
curator, Bulgarian Art Academy, Sofia Bulgaria, 
Ms. Dunja Blazevic - curator National Art Gallery 
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ms. Sorina Ianovici 
Jecza - curator Foundation Interart Triade, 
Timisoara, Romania,  Mr. Zoran Pantelic - 
Association Apsolutno (art Collective) Novi Sad, 
Serbia.
Moderator of the seminar is Mr. Bart Rutten - 
curator Stedelijk Mueum 's-Hertogenbosch.

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Eastern Neighbours Film Festival

The Film Festival runs parallel with the 
exhibition. The movie's selection has been done 
by Ms. Rada Sesic, selector for International 
Rotterdam Film Festival, IDFA and Sarajevo Film 
festival. Movies selected are typical East 
European movies - dark, personal and full of 
irony.
In the movie selection are the following; "Go 
West" from Ahmed Imamovic from Bosnia, "Whos Is 
that Song" from Adela Peeva from Bulgaria, "What 
is a Man Without a Moustache?" from  Hrvoje 
Hribar from Croatia, Bubacki from Igor Ivanov 
from Macedonia,  "Great communist Bank Robbery" 
from Alexandru Solomon, Romania, "Tirana Yaer 
Zero", from Farmir Koci Albania , "The play" from 
Elin Esmer, Turkey, Pretty Dyana from Boris Mitic 
from Serbia and many others.


contact:
Cultural Aid, Mr. Aleksandar Velinovski 
office at culturalaid.com and  Stassen Communicatie,
Ms. Jente van Haeften, tel: 0031 30) 693 06 64 
and 0031 6 129 982 62, e-mail: 
jente at stassencommunicatie.nl

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