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Contesting the Contemporary is a three-day symposium that locates certain artistic and curatorial practices in Slovenia, Croatia, Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Participants from these different milieus come together to present how criticality locates positions in art histories and its manifestation on alternative organizational infrastructures. A talk on video and film archiving and screening from the archives of SCCA Lubljana and Mowelfund institute will also be presented.
Contesting the Contemporary is a three-day symposium that locates certain artistic and curatorial practices in Slovenia, Croatia, Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Participants from these different milieus come together to present how criticality locates positions in art histories and its manifestation on alternative organizational infrastructures. A talk on video and film archiving and screening from the archives of SCCA Lubljana and Mowelfund institute will also be presented.
*** Symposium Day 1 ***
3 August | Monday | 1-4.30PM
Venue Blackbox, 6F School of Design and Arts, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde
2544 Taft Ave. Malate, Manila 1004
Rehistoricization: Criticality in linear art histories/
1PM /// Antonija Letinić (Croatia), What is The Future of Criticism?
1.30PM /// Renan Laru-an (Philippines), Being Subtracted From
2.30PM /// Lian Ladia (Philippines), Anachronism of Southeast Asian Modernism: Raden Saleh.
3PM /// Simon Soon (Malaysia), Bodies that Matter - Art and the Cultural Left
3.30PM /// Q&A
*** Symposium Day 2 ***
4 August Tuesday | 1-5PM
Venue Blackbox, 6F School of Design and Arts, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde
2544 Taft Ave. Malate, Manila 1004
Alternative organizational infrastructures/
1PM /// Dušan Dovč (Slovenia), The same word different meaning: a brief introduction to the cultural art production in Slovenia.
1.30PM /// Angel Velasco Shaw (Philippines/USA), Markets of Resistance: Baguio/Manila.
2PM /// Miha Kelemina (Slovenia), The Liminale, modes of working, production and networking.
3PM /// Kyo Pathomvat (The Reading Room, Thailand)
3.30PM /// Simona Žvanut (Slovenia), World of Arts, School for Critics and Curators of Contemporary Art.
4PM /// Q&A
*** Symposium Day 3 ***
5 August Wednesday | 1-6PM
Venue Blackbox, 6F School of Design and Arts, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde
2544 Taft Ave. Malate, Manila 1004
*** Symposium Day 1 ***
3 August | Monday | 1-4.30PM
Venue Blackbox, 6F School of Design and Arts, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde
2544 Taft Ave. Malate, Manila 1004
Rehistoricization: Criticality in linear art histories/
1PM /// Antonija Letinić (Croatia), What is The Future of Criticism?
1.30PM /// Renan Laru-an (Philippines), Being Subtracted From
2.30PM /// Lian Ladia (Philippines), Anachronism of Southeast Asian Modernism: Raden Saleh.
3PM /// Simon Soon (Malaysia), Bodies that Matter - Art and the Cultural Left
3.30PM /// Q&A
*** Symposium Day 2 ***
4 August Tuesday | 1-5PM
Venue Blackbox, 6F School of Design and Arts, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde
2544 Taft Ave. Malate, Manila 1004
Alternative organizational infrastructures/
1PM /// Dušan Dovč (Slovenia), The same word different meaning: a brief introduction to the cultural art production in Slovenia.
1.30PM /// Angel Velasco Shaw (Philippines/USA), Markets of Resistance: Baguio/Manila.
2PM /// Miha Kelemina (Slovenia), The Liminale, modes of working, production and networking.
3PM /// Kyo Pathomvat (The Reading Room, Thailand), One independent spaces in Thailand
3.30PM /// Simona Žvanut (Slovenia), World of Arts, School for Critics and Curators of Contemporary Art.
4PM /// Q&A
*** Symposium Day 3 ***
5 August Wednesday | 1-6PM
Venue Blackbox, 6F School of Design and Arts, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde
2544 Taft Ave. Malate, Manila 1004
Problematising experimental and archival practices in video and film
1PM /// Barbara Borčić (Slovenia), Video As a Tool and Strategy of Artistic Expression. Selected Examples From DIVA Station Archival Practices in Video.
3PM /// Ricky Orellana (Philippines), The Mowelfund Audio-Visual Archive. Talk and Selected Examples from the Archive.
17.30 Q & A
Planting Rice and SCCA Center for Contemporary Art Ljubljana, with Asia-Europe Foundation and local partner De La Salle De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde with support from Lopez Museum and Library, will be presenting the second part of CURATING-IN-DEPTH in Manila from 28 July - 7 August 2015.
1PM /// Barbara Borčić (Slovenia), Video As a Tool and Strategy of Artistic Expression. Selected Examples From DIVA Station Archival Practices in Video.
3PM /// Ricky Orellana (Philippines), The Mowelfund Audio-Visual Archive. Talk and Selected Examples from the Archive.
17.30 Q & A
Planting Rice and SCCA Center for Contemporary Art Ljubljana, with Asia-Europe Foundation and local partner De La Salle De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde with support from Lopez Museum and Library, will be presenting the second part of CURATING-IN-DEPTH in Manila from 28 July - 7 August 2015.