WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?

Tomorrow evening, Thursday 20th of November at 7pm in Berlinerpool, Hanna Ljungh, Ulrika Sparre and Berlin- based editor - in – chief and artist Andreas Koch will discuss matters of time and work on the art field in relation to the “What Are You Working On” project and the last issue of von hundert magazine, in which mentioned problems have been analyzed through a Berlin-gaze.

These Swedish artists want to highlight a potential problem; how the contemporary mindset affects our outlook and expectations of our own and others’ artistic practices as well as our perception of art as product, production or process. 

After the discussion video interviews made by WAYWO from different art scenes (Stockholm, Art Athina, Lokal 30) will be screened.

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CREATING EUROPE - über Kunst, Krise und Demokratie

Current socio-economic and environmental crises tend to define the near future. As they are unpredictable it becomes more and more important to develop new proactive concepts instead of burying one’s head in the sand. How can increasing populism and extremist political positions, often going hand in hand with social tensions, be prevented? How to empower societies to master crises by reverting to their own available resources? And what opportunities are there to experience and develop self-efficacy to strengthen democracy? How can arts and culture contribute to an advancement of an “European Resilient Society”? Is there something like Creative Crisis Intelligence?

The debate is part of the nationwide project “Gut vertreten – Update für Demokratie” of all Heinrich-Böll-Foundations and will be simultaneously translated from English to German.
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Beirut in Cairo is Seeking an Artistic Director

Position: Artistic Director
Starting: March, 2015
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Engagement: 12 months contract, renewable
Salary: 5.000–8.000 EGP, depending on agreement
Hours: Sun–Thu 10:00–18:00, flexible 40h/week

Beirutis looking for a curator, artist or collective to direct its artistic program. The position starts in February or March 2015. Candidates are expected to carry out scheduled activities until June and envision a new program to launch in fall 2015. The position offers an exceptional opportunity within the region to build and expand on an inspiring program of international magnitude and interest with local impetus.

Key responsibilities:

• Envision and direct Beirut's artistic program including all exhibitions, commissions, events and activities, in Cairo and elsewhere
• Plan and oversee program related budget, expenditure and fundraising
• Supervise program related logistics, communication and production
• Manage visiting artists and research residencies
• Liaise, build and nurture relationships with local and international collaborators, partners and funders
• Provide and coordinate content for digital and print publications, public relations, websites and social media
• Support the team and contributing artists in fundraising, planning, executing and reporting for previous, existing and new projects

Beirut is a not-for-profit art initiative and exhibition space in Cairo. Founded in 2012, its office and gallery spaces, public library, project studios and classrooms are located in a small villa with garden in the neighborhood of Agouza. Beirut offers a year-round public program of exhibitions, discursive and educational activities that voice the importance of independent and critical thinking for political and social imagination. Beirut considers institution building a curatorial act. The institution as practice manifests a set of ideas grounded in the belief that change needs first to be imagined in order to be achieved.

Applications should include:

• Letter of interest
• CV including contact information of two references
• A vision and brief outline for Beirut's future program including potential contributors (max. 800 words). Please note that this is meant for application purposes and may not be necessarily implemented.

Deadline: 13 December, 2014
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