[Nettime-ro] Fw: Entropa_Pismo podpore

[stefan rusu <suhebator@gmail.com>]

Spoštovani prijatelji in sodelavci,

v vednost vam pošiljamo pismo podpore češkemu umetniku Davifdu Černyju in
češkemu predsedstvu za odpiranje razprave o Evropi s pomočjo sodobne
konceptualne umetnosti. Glede na to, da smo o svobodi umetniškega izražanja
in pomembni vlogi sodobne umetnostiveliko razpravljali nakonferenci "Nove
paradigme, novi modeli - kultura v zunanjih EU odnosih" v Ljubljani maja
lani, ter da je priporočila konference podprl Evropski svet, vam peticijo
pošiljamo v vednost in v razmislek o podpori svobodi umetniškega izražanja
v Evropi.

S prijaznimi pozdravi,

Helena Drnovšek Zorko
Vodja, Sektor za mednarodne odnose v kulturi
Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve
Republika Slovenija


Dear friends and colleagues,

please find bellow the letter of support to the artist David Cerny and the
Czech presidency for opening the discussion about Europe with the work of a
contamporary artist. Since the freedom of expression and the important role
of contemporary art in a nowadays  society were among the issues heavily
discussed and supported also in the form of the political recommendations
and Council conclusions at the conference New Paradigms, New Models -
Culture in the EU External Relations" in Ljubljana last May, we thought you
may consider supporting it or joining into discussion about pros and cons.
Our firm beleif is that open discussion about ourselves is essential for
European society.

With best regards,

stojan pelkoHead, Division for International Cultural Relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Slovenia
T: + 386 1 478 2302
F: + 386 1 478 2393
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ENGLISH VERSION!


Spostovani kolegi in kolegice, dragi prijatelji in prijateljice,

15. januarja 2009 so v preddverju Evropskega Sveta v Bruslju, ob uradnem
zacetku ceskega predsedovanja EU, odprli razstavo >>Entropa<<, ceskega
konceptualnega umetnika Davida Cernyja. Zajetna skulptura-instalacija,
prikazuje drzave Evropske unije, kot razmetane puzzle, igrajoč se obenem s
stereotipi, ki spremljajo vsako med njimi. Vsaka drzava je prikazana na
specificen (ironicen) nacin, vecjo pozornost pa je izzvala Bolgarija, ki je
uradno zahtevala, naj se skulptura umakne, saj je Bolgarija predstavljena v
podobi >>turskega stranisca<<.

Tovrstni posegi uradne politike v svobodo umetniskega izrazanja so
nesprejemljivi, zato odločno protestiramo ter podpiramo umetnika in cesko
predsedstvo EU, ki tovrstnim pritiskom (vsaj zaenkrat) ni podleglo. Na tej
povezavi: http://www.ljudmila.org/~peticija/index.php?page=petition&id=3,
najdete pismo podpore, ki ga na enostaven način lahko podpisete.

Pobudniki peticije:

Mirovni institut - institut za sodobne druzbene in politicne studije,
Ljubljana
Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana
Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana

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Dear colleges and friends,

The artwork "Entropa" by conceptual artist David Cerny has been exhibited
on the premises of the European Council in Brussels since 15 January 2009
to mark the beginning of the Czech Republic's six-month presidency of the
European Union. His installation-work aimed to provoke via an artistic
depiction of the clichés about the various European countries. EU space is
represented as a sculpture - puzzle composed of twenty-seven 3D maps of the
European Union's members, each of them invoking and playing with a
stereotype of the respective nation, answering in an artistic way to the
Czech Republic's EU Presidency's official motto "Europe without Barriers".
In that sense, Bulgaria is depicted as a "Turkish toilet", which major
Bulgarian institutions and media found deeply insulting and Bulgarian
authorities requested that the installation should be removed.

We protest against any ideologically motivated pressures to an artwork.
With this initiative we would like to give support both to the artist David
Cerny, who wanted to find out if Europe is able to laugh at itself and
Czech Republic's EU presidency, as the EU should not be the place for
censorship and political pressures.

On this link:
http://www.ljudmila.org/~peticija/index.php?page=petition&id=3 you can find
a letter of support which you can easily sign.

Initiators of the petition:

The Peace Institute - Institute for contemporary social and political
studies, Ljubljana
Gallery Alkatraz, Ljubljana
Gallery Skuc, Ljubljana
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