KONTEJNER | Curatorial Perspectives on the Body, Science and Technology

Ivana Bago, Olga Majcen Linn, Sunčica Ostoić (eds.)

On 240 pages, the book sums up the ten-year long activities of the curatorial collective KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis, including a richly illustrated catalogue documenting the exhibitions, festivals and artists’ projects. The relations between art, design, body, science and technology in the context of KONTEJNER& rsquo;s work are discussed in texts by Lois Keidan, Kontejner, Jurij Krpan, Davor Mišković, Maroje Mrduljaš, Stahl Stenslie, Miško Šuvaković. The book closes with a glossary that reaches beyond the specificities of projects presented, but is rather aimed to be a reference point for all interested in the intersections of art, body, science and technologies.


translation: Ivana Bago, Graham McMaster
copy editing: Graham McMaster
design: Dejan Dragosavac Ruta
Zagreb, November 2010


This book is published with the support of the Zagreb City Office for Education, Culture and Sports and Ministry of Culture, Croatia. The project is financially supported by the National Foundation for Civil Society Development, Croatia.


Publisher:
KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis
Trg Petra Svačića 1
10000 Zagreb
www.kontejner.org
kontejner@kontejner.org

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Contents:

preface | KONTEJNER

introductions

Miško Šuvaković: “Kontejner: Radical Politics of Curatorial Practices”
Davor Mišković: “Kontejner in the Context of the Independent Cultural Scene”
Maroje Mrduljaš: “Corporate” Design for a Cabinet of Curiosities”


artefacts

a) initiation − old photo album: 26th Youth Salon - reflections: Jurij Krpan, “Generic City”, Nevena Tudor

b) carnal odyssey: Project Hospital, Extravagant Bodies 2007, Extravagant Bodies: Extravagant Minds 2010, Break21, Last East European Show, The Orange Dog and Other Tales (Even Better Than the Real Thing)

- reflections: Lois Keidan: “Extravagant Bodies - an Afterthought”

c) sci&tech magic: Touch Me Project, Touch Me Festival 2005, Touch Me Festival 2008, Out in Open, Device_art 2.004, Device_art 2.006, Device_art 3.009, Device_art 3.010, DIY_ARTLAB

- reflections: Stahl Stenslie: “Art in the Flesh”


d) commissions

e) design

glossary (written by Miško Šuvaković)

timeline

index