A Prior #20
Entirely dedicated to research in the arts
Launch and 10th birthday-party of A Prior:
Wednesday 19 May 2010 @ KIOSK, 6-9pm
Louis Pasteurlaan 2
9000 Gent, Belgium

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Featuring special projects by:
Ruth Buchanan
Victor Burgin
Mekhitar Garabedian
Ian Kiaer
Vincent Meessen

A Prior Magazine
A series of publications on contemporary art

A Prior selected five artists, each of whom in their own way write
about and present their research. Mekhitar Garabedian and Ruth
Buchanan do this in an associative, poetic manner that is also
beautifully present in the visual images that they create. They offer
a wealth of source material, which bears witness to great generosity
and which allows visitors to cast a different eye on artistic
production. Victor Burgin and Vincent Meessen decided on a dialogue.
In conversation with Hilde Van Gelder and Katrin Mundt, they
illuminate the fundamental concerns in their work and clarify the many
theoretical influences and references that have helped shape their
oeuvre. Finally, Ian Kiaer gives us insight into an art historical
research produced within the strict rules of academic research. These
three models of research are only a few variations in the ways that
research in the arts is conducted today, by visual artists. It is an
exceptional, enriching honour for us to be able to offer the artists
this forum and indeed, to see how differently they approach its formal
aspects.

For four years now, A Prior Magazine has operated in association with
the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) of the University College at
Ghent. The privileged position of the magazine, based on autonomy and
firmly anchored within the non-academic circuit in which it has its
roots and currently also able to operate within an academic context,
has for A Prior been a very special enrichment. The dialogue between
the two hitherto largely divided academic and non-academic worlds
gives not only artists, but also the magazine, new insights and
possibilities that can function free from all formality or fear of
constrictions or uniformity. We have set ourselves the goal in the
next few years to publish regularly on research in the arts, without
further exacerbating the divisions, but on the contrary, by giving the
research a place within the wider context of artistic production. A
Prior #20 is a first attempt in this direction.

A Prior is a not for profit arts organisation offering a fresh
approach to art, artistic projects, collaborations and research in
book format.

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