| MoneyNations 2 - for people on their way in Europe |
MoneyNations 2For people on their way in Europemn.Expo | mn.Congress (Fri Sat Sun) | mn.FM | Introduction[intro.TXT: new EUrope | mn.zurich | mn2.vienna | mn2.programm ]
Kunsthalle Exnergasse Wien | WUK
mn2 participants: Mogniss Abdallah (Paris), Dragan Ambrosic (Belgrad), Zeigam Azizov (London), awareness (Wien), Jochen Becker (Berlin), Manuela Bojadzijev (Kanak Attak, Frankfurt/M.), bordercartograph (name diffusion, Paris), B2-92 (Belgrad), Anna Daucíková (Bratislava), dérive (Wien), Die Bunte Zeitung (Wien), Helmut Dietrich (FFF, Berlin), Dana Diminescu (Paris/RU), Deportation Class (kein mensch ist illegal), DocVideo (Turin), Simone Bader, Anna Kowalska, Martin Krenn (Wien), female sequences (Wien), fewor (Wien), Micz Flor (Berlin), Jesko Fezer (Berlin), get to attack (Wien), Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez (Hannover/Frankfurt), Brian Holmes (Paris), Gülsün Karamustafa (Istanbul), LEFÖ (Wien), MAIZ (Wien), malmoe (Wien), Gabriele Marth (Wien), MUND (Wien), nylon (Wien), Marion von Osten (Berlin/Zürich), PEREGRINA (Wien), Susanna Perin (Zürich/Rom), Radio Active (Zagreb), Radio FRO (Linz), Radio Orange (Wien), Roma 2000 / Andreas Lehner/ Emmerich Gärtner-Horvath (Oberwart), Pararadio (Budapest, Jenny Perlin (New York), Jayce Salloum (Vancouver), Jo Schmeiser (Wien), Peter Spillmann (Zürich), Mark Saunders (London), Sava Tatic (Prag), Klub Zwei (Wien), stimme (Wien), TATblatt (Wien), Katalin Timar (Budapest), Urban FM (Prishtina), Vor der Information (Wien), Angie Waller (New York), Anna Wessely (Budapest), Marion West (Hamburg)
Kunsthalle Exnergasse Wien | WUK
Introductionnew EUrope | mn.zurich | mn2.vienna | mn2.programm[ mn.Expo | mn.Congress (Fri Sat Sun) | mn.FM | Introduction | top of page ] new EUropeAs soon as the Czech Republic joins the EU, presumably in 2002, not only will a new state border to Slovakia be drawn through the former CSSR, but the shifting walls of the EUropean fortress will as well. The former "Eastern Block" has become a group of small countries newly configured and reunified under the roof of the "common house of Europe". The constituency of the European Union after 1989, the expansion of the EU borders toward Middle, Central and Southeastern Europe, the introduction of the EURO currency zone and the Schengen-Treaty countries, as well as joining the NATO all reinforce old Europeâs incessant exclusiveness. In this whole process the realities of the former confederation of socialist states and of the countries of the southern hemisphere are left behind. It goes without saying that Rumania, Bulgaria and ex-Yugoslavia or Albania are left out in the cold. New models and identities aimed at creating a common EUropean identity are introduced while simultaneously excluding all others who do not meet the expectations of an economically efficient Europe. The political and media-based production of difference has a direct correlation with transnational activities of multi-national companies, and with the protectionism of the new state constructions within EUrope. The problem here is while this construction of the 'other' is an instable one, in addition it is constantly subjected to continually changing social and cultural negotiations and modes of representation. Significantly, cultural production and the arts visualize these processes of inclusion and exclusion; simultaneously these fields of work frequently involve collaborative cooperation and a network of contacts.The net.art was central in strengthening contacts among Eastern European artists. mn.zurichThe project MoneyNations first took place in 1998 at the Shedhalle in Zurich. The focus of our discussion was Western Europeâs restrictive border politics toward Central and Southeastern Europe, which is debatably the result of both cultural and economical circumstances. The other major emphasis was on the heightened increase in discrimination against non-EUropeans. Over the course of a year we built up a correspondence network, which consisted of theorists, media activists and artists from Central and Southeastern Europe, who specifically challenged the Western-centered European approach to the construction of borders.The exchange process brought about video productions, photographic work, installations, theoretical texts and narrations. The project began with a three-day congress on the economy of the border and a workshop with media producers from ex-Yugoslavia at the Shedhalle. Contributions of the first event in Zurich can be found on the website www.moneynations.ch or in the publication The Correspondent (also available in English). Members of the public who are interested in this project may subscribe to the mailing list at <moneynations@access.ch>. mn2.viennaTopics chosen for MoneyNations2 at the Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna include the fortress of Europe, state architecture and gender, resistance politics, and media tactics; we will also continue to discuss important questions from the preceding project in 1998. New correspondents (artists, media activists and theorists) have been invited to extend our experience focusing on "East/West" as a problem of all of Europe (key words here are: new interior state borders, normalization and regionalization). In addition, the perspective of MoneyNations 1 (Network Southeastern Europe) shifts geographically. The focus for Vienna is, among other things, on EU internal racist policies, inner European forms of resistance and the normalization processes of the countries directly bordering on the EU, such as Central European countries and ex-Yugoslavia. The dynamics of this project take the political and geographic situation of the place chosen for this new exhibition into consideration, because Austria is surrounded by bordering countries that will soon be integrated into the EU, therefore the relationship of the center to the periphery should be reconsidered throughout the entire project. mn2.programmThe abovementioned situation lays the foundation for the second MoneyNations congress in Vienna which will focus on the fact that the binary construction of the West as the center and the East as periphery can no longer coherently explain the existing relations of power. On the contrary, new points of power have apparently been constituted in Central and Eastern Europe restating that racism and sexism are not purely Western phenomena. Beyond this, the current political situation in Austria has strengthened the need for the development of new political concepts. In dealing with the increase in right-wing politics inside and outside the EU this congress will introduce and discuss critical approaches ranging from forms of political activism to cultural strategies. Therefore, this congress takes on more of the charachter of a supra-national meeting among various kinds of producers of culture, theorists and activists, rather than that of a classical academic congress. The exposition in the gallery Exnergasse mainly features media productions originating from the project EuroVision2000 (Prague, Bologna, Brussels, Zurich), or which have been compiled in this process (www.eurovision2000.net). EuroVision2000 is a network of independent video and media producers, theorists and artists interested in working on the topic of transformation and exclusionary processes within EU Europe which began as an project element based on media activism within the project MoneyNationsTV. Additionally, Klub Zwei, Vienna, has been invited to include their film program "State Architechture" at the exhibition. An international radio workshop in cooperation with the local radio station Radio Orange is scheduled as part of the opening of MoneyNations 2. mn.FMRadioworkshop[ mn.Expo | mn.Congress (Fri Sat Sun) | mn.FM | Introduction | top of page ] --------------- Invited on-air and online radio projects work towards a Central European exchange system. Besides strengthening existing peer agreements, mnFM leaps out to develop online audio database and exchange platform which dynamically allows shared radio programmes by local stations. mnFM is co-hosted by Radio Orange (Vienna) and Radio FRO (Linz). Participants:
mn. congressundeep europe / mishap austria[ mn.Expo | mn.Congress (Fri Sat Sun) | mn.FM | Introduction | top of page ] --------------- The congress encompasses a spectrum ranging from post-colonia critique, anti-racist work, network activism and cultural production and is from Friday, October 20, 2000 to Sunday October 22, 2000 at the gallery Kunsthalle ExnergasseThe language of the conference is English. Translation from German to English will be provided. ---------------
mn.expoExhibition[ mn.Expo | mn.Congress (Fri Sat Sun) | mn.FM | Introduction | top of page ] --------------- The exhibition presents video productions which focus on topics such as: new borders, border economies, racism and migration.
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