Another
Expo - Beyond the Nation-State -
Shinya Watanabe: Curator of Spiky Art
Exhibition Schedule in Japan:
Sejla Kameric's artist in residence project in Kyoto
Start from May 20th to June 16th
Sejla Kameric
and Milica Simonovic's exhibition in Kitakyushu: From Saturday, June 18th to
Friday, July 1st
Sejla's exhibition of her new artist in residence work: Gallery
SOAP
About the Platforms in Tokyo and Kyoto: Art
Space level1
Sejla and Milica's exhibition of their old works: Gallery
Former 130 Bank Gallery
Main
Exhibition in New York:
Non-Profit Art Gallery "White
Box" in Chelsea, New York
From Monday, August 15, 2005 (60th anniversary of the day to commemorate the
end of WWII)
to September 10, 2005
Go to Press Release
Opening
Reception: August 15th 6-8pm
Closing Reception: Thursday, September 8th 6-8pm
Opening Performance:
August 15th at 7:30PM
Ryoga Katsuma Kamishibai (Japanese traditional storytelling with slides)
"Invitation Letter from My Dad"
Closing Event:September
8,9,10th
Sejla Kameric Signing Event for "Sejla-san
/ セイラ 夢 / Sejla Dream"
Signing Event by Sejla Kameric's artwork "Sejla-san / セイラ 夢 / Sejla Dream": September 8th, 9th and 10th
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Wouldn't it be nice to have such Expo?
"Another Expo" is not a 20th century style Expo. It denies violence, and declares coexistence. There is no outside and inside. There is no foreign country. There is no enemy and ally. This is an open system.
Aichi Expo which declares the 21st century style Expo ended up as a 20th century style Expo. Sadly, it contained the problems of 20th century, such as environmental destruction, developmentalism, colonialism and war.
However, when we tries to go further positive way, what will happen?
20th century was a century of war which comes from the conflict of the states. If so, our ideal 21st century should become the century of coexistence which slough off war.
So, let's
use our imagination, and tries to create "Another Expo" for 21st century!
Shinya Watanabe (Curator of Spiky Art)
Read more:
Expo
and the Nation-State: For the exhibition “Another Expo - Beyond the Nation-State”
(The article which I wrote for Japanese architecture magazine called "10+1")
Artists:
Marina
Abramovic (Belgrade)
Genpei
Akasegawa (Tokyo)
Sejla Kameric (Sarajevo)
Ryoga Katsuma (Kochi)
Ines Pais (Lisbon)
Jun Shibata (Yokohama)
Nebojsa Seric-Shoba
(Sarajevo)
Yuken Teruya (Okinawa)
Another
Expo Exhibition in Kitakyushu Installation View
Another
Expo related lectures in Kyoto
Another Expo
Platform in Tokyo
Another Expo Platform
in Nagoya
Another Expo Platform
in Okinawa
Anothe Expo Platform in New York
(C) Copyright Shinya Watanabe