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by Andressa Vianna and Chico Daviña

Place yourself in a spot at an unfamiliar street for you and remain there.
Place yourself on the space and remain.
Observe how the objects and people around you are situated.
Do you represent an obstacle to something? Do you diverge from the rhythm composed in there? Do you feel material or immaterial being there? Is there any embarrassment involved? Being in such position, what in you and in what do you have an affect on?

Read the rest of the article in the Transnational Dialogues Journal 2014 (pp. 56-57, PORTUGUESE, CHINESE and ENGLISH).

Andressa Vianna is a multimedia producer, who loves the intersection between technologies (old and new) in social and civil matters. Chico Daviña is an independent researcher based in São Paulo.

[Cover photo: “Transnational Dialogues 2014: On our way to Flickingforehead!, Beijing, June 2014”; photo by Andressa Vianna]

Toward a Principle of Practice: Mobilities and Responses

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Mika Conradie and Molemo Moiloa of VANSA, the Visual Arts Network of South Africa, tell us about the development of a code or set of principles of practice in the South African artistic and cultural field, which is characterized by the recent development of its post-apartheid infrastructure. This article continues the discussion over cultural policies that has started with Brazil and China in the recently published Transnational Dialogues Journal 2014.

The Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA), through the support of the National Arts Council of South Africa, has commissioned research towards a national code of practice for the Visual Arts. Taking a cue from this international and principally ‘global north’ practice, we looked at various codes that have been developed in parts of Europe, in Australia and North America. Continue reading Toward a Principle of Practice: Mobilities and Responses →

TD 2014: Final events in Rome and Berlin

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Following the two successful Caravans in Brazil (February 2014) and China (May/June 2014), Transnational Dialogues 2014 is staging the final series of events in Europe.

The first part  will take place at MAXXI Museum, Rome, 15-16 November 2014. Artists, curators, intellectuals and many young professionals from the artistic and creative sectors from Europe, China and Brazil will give life to a two-day programme of conferences, video-screenings and art performances. The presence of Transnational Dialogues at MAXXI Museum is part of the exhibition Open Museum, Open City. Full programme and profiles of participants are now available!

The second part will take place at Kreuzberger Pavillon and at SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin, 21-22 November 2014. Again, art performances and discussions will introduce a fresh view on how artists and creatives interact with their surroundings across the three areas. Furthermore, the output originating from the Global Players Residency (Chongqing, June 2014) will be also presented for the first time to the public. Full programme and profiles of participants are now available!

[Cover image: Fogo Cruzado, by Ronald Duarte (2002). Photographer: Wilton Montenegro. Courtesy of the artist]

Carsten Nicolai for Transnational Dialogues Journal 2014

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On the occasion of Electric Campfire 2014 at Villa Massimo, Rome, Transnational Dialogues has interviewed artist and cultural producer Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto).

"If art only becomes a way of attracting more public, then we are stepping into entertainment and I think that the artist is not in the first place an entertainer. I think there is a big misunderstanding, which is maybe triggered by the US culture where entertainment has such a strong power. But for me the artist is always the kid who does everything wrong in the first place." - Carsten Nicolai

The full interview is going to appear in the Transnational Dialogues Journal 2014, which will be presented at MAXXI Museum, Rome on 15th November 2014. More information will follow soon on this website.

[Photo: alva noto © VillaMassimo/Foto Alberto Novelli]

Collaborations within the Global Players Residency Programme in Chongqing

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Within the Global Players Residency (Chongqing, 9-29 June 2014), artist and researcher Seila Fernandez Arconada has developed a series of workshops and seminars in collaboration with other international and Chinese artists alike. A handful of posters are here to witness Seila’s efforts in establishing those transnational dialogues.

The Global Players Residency Programme was born in collaboration with Organhaus Chongqing and has received additional support from Goethe-Institut China and the Artists’ International Fund of the British Council and Arts Council England.

Cover photo: “Seila Fernandez Arconada”, 2013, an artistic project by Seila Fernandez Arconada.

The Caravan Is Ready to Start Its Journey across China

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In a few days, about 25 young artists, curators, designers, architects and researchers from all over China, Europe (and Brazil!) will meet in Beijing to take part in the Second Caravan of Transnational Dialogues 2014.

Under the slogan “ChangeUtopia!”, Transnational Dialogues is reflecting on the failure of existing economic and social models in the Europe, China and Brazil, and the role of artists and cultural production in gesturing towards alternative futures. The process is taking the form of a year-long process of networked-production, a multilayered exchange and mix of virtual collaboration, meetings, seminars and caravans.

The Second Caravan will take place in Beijing (30/05-05/06), and Chongqing and Chengdu (05/06-09/06). The programme will be followed by a three-week long artist residency in Chongqing in collaboration with Organhaus and with the support of Goethe-Institut. More information to follow soon.
TD 2014 Brochure (English/Chinese)

(Cover photo by Matilde Malaspina – Chengdu, 2014)

O espaço, seus acessos e usos / The Space, its Accesses and Uses

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Debates e reflexões a partir da Brazilian Caravan, parte do projeto Transnational Dialogues 2014 / Debates and reflexions from the Brazilian Caravan experience, part of the project Transnational Dialogues 2014 / Raphael Franco

An English version of the article is available here.

O século XX trouxe uma série de processos transformadores para a humanidade. A globalização (ou mundialização) aproximou os continentes, imprimindo na sociedade dinâmicas econômicas e políticas que, naturalmente, tiveram impacto nos âmbitos social e cultural. Alem do acesso a novos meios de produção e mercadorias, a globalização abriu caminho para maior acesso à informação e facilidade de fluxos transitórios. Com isto, processos de reflexão crítica também se tornaram mais freqüentes, através da inter-conexão entre diversos grupos, organizações, instituições e indivíduos.

Continue reading O espaço, seus acessos e usos / The Space, its Accesses and Uses →