Public Preparation – Biennale of Young Artists
Editors: Rael Artel & Airi Triisberg
Graphic Design: Jaan Evart
Published by Public Preparation
www.publicpreparation.org
ISBN: 978-9949-15-615-3
96 pages, in English
EUR 6.- (+ postage fee: EUR 5.- to EU, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey; EUR 7.- to the rest of world)
EEK 95 (+ postage fee: EEK 25.-)
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Public Preparation – Biennale of Young Artists is a project book that is documenting, commenting and contextualising a series of lectures, presentations and discussions which constituted the publicly visible preparation process for the Biennale of Young Artists, Tallinn, 2007. The publication is largely based on the recordings of the presentations, workshops and seminars held in the course of Public Preparation project, but also features a number of articles written by the participants of Public Preparation events. The contributors range over different generations and locations in Europe, with an important focus on the contemporary art in the region of former Eastern Europe.
The publication focuses on a set of questions related to the possibilities of critical art production in late capitalist society, mapping ideas that have been opened up for discussion over the Public Preparation process. Our focus has been on possible ideas of changing the dominant social reality through our activities as art professionals while situating ourselves between local and international contexts. What is the role of the international art community in negotiating the current state of the world we live in? How can we contribute to the making of a different future?
With essays by Rael Artel & Airi Triisberg, Annie Fletcher, Anders Härm, Virginija Januskeviciuté & Dovilé Tumpyté, Anna Lazar & Karol Sienkiewicz, Kamil Malinowski, Flávia Müller Medeiros, Marita Muukkonen, Simon Sheikh, Mara Traumane, and contributions by a number of project participants.
The publication Public Preparation – Biennale of Young Artists was generously supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia.