Exhibition, SPACE Gallery, Bratislava/Slovak Republic, December 2011 - January 2012.

During many decades art in the Eastern part of Europe developed under censorship of the state in a hostile environment. Until 1989 there hardly existed any self-reference of the art world, no institutionalized art system.

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MISSING ARTIST film launched

- On 14th of November 2011 the MISSING ARTIST film had its official launch. The film was realized by SOLD OUT!!! (Denis Bartenev and Adel Idris) and produced by KSAK Center in the frame of the HEICO network. more»

Residency – Exchange for curators between Armenia and Bulgaria

- The goals of the Residency Exchange Program for artists and curators between Armenia (ACSL) and Bulgaria (Art Today Association) is to counteract the imbalance of artistic exchange through residencies between Eastern and Western European countries but also between the regions of Black Sea, ergo Bulgaria, Moldavia, Georgia and Armenia. more»

Coming soon: Dimensions of cultural identity and post-Soviet ways of modernization in Armenia

- ‘Dimensions of cultural identity and post-Soviet ways of modernization in Armenia’ - a seminar series held by cultural critic Hrach Bayadan in Yerevan/Armenia contains a debate about the Russian-Soviet hegemony and the ways of cultural resistance and the culture of (de)-(re)modernization in Armenia. more»

Coming Soon: DRIFTING IDENTITIES

- Colloquium & Public Program/Exhibition, Chisinau, 2012

DRIFTING IDENTITIES takes place within a series of public events organized by the KSAK Center in Chisinau - such as a colloquium, a production workshop and a public program/exhibition. It will be organized in the frame of HEICO in partnership with the Heinrich-Boell-Foundation Brandenburg/Germany, SPACES/Slovak Republic, Art Today Association Plovdiv/Bulgaria, Art&Cultural Studies Laboratory/Armenia and GeoAIR Association/Georgia.

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Time future in the time past

- One-day project in a public space: art, architecture, concert and more by Nini Palavandishvili, GeoAIR, Former Mosaic café “Fantasy/ Dragon”, Batumi Boulevard, Georgia.

Today, when Batumi gains new life and importance, and when old art pieces and works are re-evaluated and gaining recognition, we wish, just for one day, to bring life back to one building in Batumi, filled with memories and symbols of our childhood.

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XVIII. Rohkunstbau POWER

- As the introduction to a four-year cycle of shows, the XVIII Rohkunstbau is highlighting the subject of power in its 2011 summer exhibition - in a free interpretation taking Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung as its point of reference. The 'Rhine gold' with its seeds of conflict in unrequited love and an overwhelming desire for power defines the context of the topics explored in the first part of the Rohkunstbau Ring. more»

On Thursday, July 21, a group of 13 artists, curators, theoreticians and cultural activists from eight different countries went for four days on board of a cargo ship, connecting the two Black Sea ports of Varna (Bulgaria) and Batumi (Georgia). The program started on July, 20 with a presentation of the project in Varna. On board it included lectures, presentations and discussions, real-time interventions and documentation. more»

"Atlantis 11" at the Venice Biennale 2011

- Hundreds of art enthusiasts were attracted by the exhibition "Atlantis 11" in Venice. The participating partners in the Atlantis network presented their work under the theme "Power and contemporary art" at the Biennale in Venice from 1st to 5th of June 2011. The Atlantis network was situated in the Collegio Armeno, which also housed the Icelandic and Armenian pavilion. more»

A Bulgarian Pavilion in Bulgaria

- As a platform for contemporary art in Bulgaria, Art Today Association Plovdiv supports the initiative www.bulgarianpavilion.org". During it´s stay in Venice Art Today Assosciation Plovdiv presents www. bulgarianpavilion.org" - a project initiated by by Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva and Dessislava Dimova. more»

SPACE Residency Lab | Lado Darakvelidze /Georgia

- Presentation of the artist-resident at the SPACE Residency Lab in the framework of the international project HEICO.

Lado Darakhvelidze is a Georgian multimedia artist living in the Netherlands. In his work he deals primarily with the topic of the media and their social and political impact on the public. His residency stay at SPACE Residency Lab is entitled Citizen Journal: Ideal Newspaper. It is apart of an open series realized in many other European countries in which the artist in co-operation with local volunteers conducts a probe into the Slovak internet in terms of the information media and their self-reflection.

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Residency – Exchange for curators between Armenia and Bulgaria

- The goals of the Residency Exchange Program for artists and curators between Armenia (ACSL) and Bulgaria (Art Today Association) is to counteract the imbalance of artistic exchange through residencies between Eastern and Western European countries but also between the regions of Black Sea, ergo Bulgaria, Moldavia, Georgia and Armenia. more»

HEICO

- Building on an already existing Atlantis Network of European art institutions, the project „Heritage, Identity and Communication in European Contemporary Art Practices“ (HEICO) fosters cross-border cultural  exchange as well as the examination of the own identity in addition to the identity of partner countries and their political and cultural heritage. mehr»