IDEA arts+society presents a panel discussion on the topic presence(s) of art We are going to talk about our experience of reading and/or of presenting (contemporary) art against the political background in a Romanian and (Eastern) European context.

The panel discussion will take place at Carlsberg Tap E, on October 23 2008 at 8.00pm

Participants
Raluca Voinea (art critic, curator, editor of Idea arts+ society),
Ioana Nemeş (artist)
Corina Iosif (social anthropologist)
Živa Kokolj (political scientist)
Bogdan Ghiu (writer, theorist, translator)
Adrian T. S�rbu (theorist, translator, editor of Idea arts+society)
Ovidiu Ţichindeleanu (theorist, editor of Idea arts+society)
Alexandru Polg�r (theorist, translator, editor of Idea arts+society).

IDEA arts+society is an independent magazine published by IDEA Design & Print and IDEA Foundation in Cluj, Romania. The magazine situates itself at the self-reflective crossroad between two axes of meaning. The first of these axes runs, thematically, from arts to politics, while the second is defined by the performative effects resulted from the gap between text and image (as heterogeneous media/ realms of discourse).

The panel is a part of OPENING HOURS, a co-operation project between five European partners: KW Institute for Contemporary Art / berlin biennial for contemporary art (Berlin), IDEA art + society (Cluj-Napoca), Lunds Konsthall (Lund), Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle Budapest (Budapest) and U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art (Copenhagen).