Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Printed Project Launch in Venice, 5th of June

Printed Project: Issue 11

Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della, Pietà, Castello, 30122
(The Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland Exhibition Venue)
Calle della, Pietà is mid-way between San Marco and Arsenale, via Riva degli Schiavoni
Nearest Vaporetto stop: S. Zaccaria

Sarat Maharaj with friends and colleagues conversing on issues relating to Printed Project : Issue 11 'Farewell to Post-Colonialism – Querying the Guangzhou Triennial 2008'.

Printed Project 11 is a series of reflections, extensions and musings emerging from and around the Guangzhou Triennial 2008. The critical thinking and lines of inquiry explored include the global shifts in political and economic focus; mapping post-western modernity; and how this relates art practice and theory in China and beyond.

'Farewell to Post-Colonialism – Querying the Guangzhou Triennial 2008'
Curator/Editor: Sarat Maharaj. Co-Editor: Dorothee Albrecht. In collaboration with the GT-Curators: Johnson Chang Tsong-Zung and Gao Shiming; with the GT08 Research Curators: Sopawan Boonnimitra, Stina Edblom, Tamar Guimarães, Steven Lam, Khaled D. Ramadan.

Contributors: Avi Alpert, Maria Thereza Alves, Saleh Barakat, Ulrich Beck, Ecke Bonk, Conrad Botes, Zoe Butt, Lyn Carter, Amy Cheng, Amy Cheung, Chen Chieh-Jen, Joseph DeLappe, Johnson Chang Tsong-Zung, Paul Gladston, Khaled Hafez, Huang Xiaopeng , Du Keke, Michael Lee, Simon Leung, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Paul O'Kane, Annie Paul, Hans Hamid Rasmussen, Gertrud Sandqvist, Stuart Sim, Gilane Tawadros, Hu Xiang-cheng, ChenYun, Yi Zhou.

Printed Project is a curated contemporary art journal, published twice a year by Visual Artists Ireland. Printed Project brings comprehensive thought, argument and opinion to bear on contemporary dialogues and debates; and considers the shared consequences for all, as our culture backs into the future.

Information:
Jason Oakley, Administrative Editor, Printed Project.
Visual Artists Ireland, 37 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
T: 00353 1 8722296
E: jason@visualartists.ie
http://www.printedproject.ie