Week 8- Art in Public Space EASTERN EUROPE WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM CONTEMPORARY WORKS THAT WERE CREATED IN A DIFFERENT SOCIAL CONTEXT? ONE OF THE AIMS OF THE SEMINAR IS TO FOSTER A NON-US-CENTRIC VIEW ON ART PRACTICES. THESE ARTISTS WORK IN A MORE REPRESSED ATMOSPHERE AND HAVE THEREFORE A PARTICULARLY POLITICAL APPROACH. Slide Presentation: Dubravka Knezevic, street work in Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Roza El Hassan, "Secured Space", Budapest (Hungary) and Marina Avramovic Reading: "Marked with Red Ink" by Dubravka Knezevic in Jan Cohen Cruz, ed., Radical Street Performances An International Anthology (London, New York: Routledge, 1998) Suggested Reading: Laura J. Hoptman, eds., Contemporary Art from East Central Europe Beyond Belief, (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 1995) Nicola Hodges, ed., New Art from Eastern Europe: Identity and conflict (Art & Design, No 35, 1995) Laura J. Hoptman, Beyond Belief: Contemporary Art from East Central Europe, (1995) Video: Alexander Kluge (and others) "Germany in Autumn" (1978) "East Germany Opens its Borders" (1989) group project We have a discussion with the concerned community about the work. II)