darko fritz on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:56:56 +0200 (CEST)


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<nettime-ann> gray) (area . Korcula ::: Old and depressive anonymous is looking for a permanent display place in some nice new art museum space


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gray) (area

space of contemporary and media art . Korcula . Croatia

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. Old and depressive anonymous is looking for a permanent display place in some nice new art museum space


. posters in public space and mail-art action

. start 21. 09 . 2007


Final event of 2007 gray) (area program is the public action 'Old and depressive anonymous is looking for a permanent display place in some nice new art museum space'.


gray) (area is going out of the gallery's to pubic space of printed communication, announcing its 2008 program that will expand to the public spaces of Korcula.

For this event a poster was displayed that reads: âOld and depressive anonymous is looking for a permanent display place in some nice new art museum spaceâ. Cutting off words from the text an additional series of seven posters are made that reads: 'OLD IS NICE', 'DEPRESSIVE MUSEUM', 'ANONYMOUS PERMANENT', AND FOR A', 'LOOKING IN ART', 'DISPLAY SOME' and 'PLACE NEW SPACE'. All eight posters were displayed around the city of Korcula, at both at the legal public billboards and illegal advertising places where different kind of posters are usually shown in the public spaces (because of lack of advertising spaces in Korcula). End of the action is when posters will be covered with new ones.

Additional mail-art action is made addressing the printed postcard with mentioned text-design to major art museums and art institutions around the world. Both actions were made anonymously, with no sign of neither author's name or gray) (area. The only glue is knowledge of artists' work or post stamp of Korcula's post office at the level of objects and press release informations that are distributed electronically.

Thanks to Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb for the address database and Ministry of Culture of Croatia for supporting gray) (area 2007 program. No thanks to City of Korcula for not answering and hiding 2007 program application (that was sent in time and never answered).

More info and pictures: http://darkofritz.net/korcula/ Old_and_depressive.pdf

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gray) (area 2007 program realized
_ Slaven Tolj (Dubrovnik, CRO): Globalization + Lighter (performance)
_ Changing Climate [video art from Central Asia] . curator: Stefan Rusu (Moldavia / Romania) . artists: Abilsait Atabekov (Kazakhstan) Veaceslav Ahunov, (Uzbekistan), Ulan Djaparov, Alexandr Ugay (Kazakhstan)
_ PRO.BA production (Center for contemporary art, Sarajevo) video (post)production . selector: Dunja Blazevic . artists: Enes Zlatar i Faruk LonÄarevic
_ Josko Bace (Dubrovnik - Zagreb, CRO): Lighthouse, site-specific installation)
_ Radioqalia (Adam Hyde, Honnor Hager, New Zeland): Radioastronomy, sound installation, radio program, internet audio streaming
_ Gem Sqash (Adam Hyde i Ntsikelelo Ntshingila): Polar Islands, sound performance
_ Alban Muja (Pristina, Kosovo): Free Your Mind, presented by Ana Peraica (Split, CRO)
_ Old and depressive.., intervention in the urban space




gray) (area is an initiative by Darko Fritz . darko@darkofritz.net . tel +385 [0] 91.5800193







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