Melentie Pandilovski on Fri, 13 Jun 1997 12:23:02 +0200 (MET DST) |
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ART CITY a story for the new city The Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje invites you to the promotion of the project ARTCITY on Friday, 13. June, which will take place in H'vzi Pashini Konaci (Havzi Pasha Palace), Skopje, Macedonia. - 25 Macedonian painters, sculptors, installation artists and performance artists will take place in the promotion of the project. - Rock Concert by String Forces - GOA Techno Party The Palace has been built around 1840 by the Turkish nobleman Havzi Pasha as his private residence. It is found in the village Bardovci - 6 kilometers from the center of Skopje. The walls of the Palace, which have the shape and function of a fortress, are with an area of 25.000 square meters. The complex is divided in three parts. 1. The Residence of Havzi Pasha (or "Selamluk" - the mens Palace) in the right 2. In the Western part of the complex is the womens residental part (Haremluk). 3. The commercial part is in the Eastern part of the complex The Residences of the Pasha as well as most of the objects in the commercial part of the complex have been totally destroyed in the Second World War. The Army has been using the complex as a garage for trucks up to the independence of Macedonia. This action will signify the conquering of this space by the artists and the begining of the practical process of opening of 20 ateliers for the artists. Besides these ateliers the complex will consist of : - Workshops in which domestic and foreign artists are invited - Gallery - Library - Lecture Hall - Cafe - a smaller and a larger scene for theatrical and musical performances - Appartments for the guests of Art City - A Computer & Internet Center Several of the aletiers will be offered for rent to the International Art Community. This will enable , on one hand, investment in the building of the space, and on the other hand, a permanent exchange of artists. For further information please contact Zoran Petrovski Director of Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje Samoilova BB, PO BOX. 482, 91000 SKOPJE tel: 117.734; 117.735 e-mail: moca@soros.org.mk zpet@soros.org.mk Melentie Pandilovski assistant director Soros Center for Contemporary Arts - Skopje Ruzveltova 34 91000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Tel/Fax: 389.91.361.855 e-mail: mpandil@soros.org.mk scca@soros.org.mk http://www.soros.org.mk --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@icf.de and "info nettime" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@icf.de