45th October Art Salon/Continental Breakfast, Belgrade
International exhibition for the first time
Belgrade, 10. September - 31. October 2004

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE


CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - SYMBOLIC AND PERSONAL GEOGRAPHIES OF CONTEMPORARY ART


11-12 SEPTEMBER 2004


BELGRADE, "MUSEUM 25th May", Museum of Yugoslav history, Boticeva 6

PROGRAM
Saturday, 11th September 2004

11:00
OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION 45TH OCTOBER SALON, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - BELGRADE

12:00
FILM PROJECTION, VLATKO GILIC'S FILMS (11min. +11min. +29min.)

14:00
OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE

WELCOME SPEECHES

15:00
FIRST SESSION
Moderator: Anda Rottenberg, art director of the 45th October Art Salon, Poland

Keynote speakers:
1. Ješa Denegri, art historian and art critic, Belgrade, S&M, The Art of the Global World as the Art of Total Pluralism
2. Gerald Matt, director of Kunsthalle Wien, Austria, Cultures in Motion, Thoughts on the Liberalization of Art in an Epoch of Global Coloration
3. Genco Gülan, artist, writer and director of Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey, I am Ashamed of Speaking in English
4. Jovan Čekić, philosopher, artist, Belgrade, S&M, Creating a network or how to control a multitude
5. Branislav Dimitrijevic, art historian, curator, Belgrade, S&M, The Salon and Its Messages

16:30-17:00
DISCUSSION

17:30-18:00
Coffee break

Sunday, 12th September 2004

09:30
ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS

10:00
SECOND SESSION
Moderator: Nebojša Vilic (Macedonia)

Keynote speakers:
1.Magda Carneci, art critic, curator, professor, INALCO - National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, president of the International Centre for Contemporary Art, Romania, The Balkan Eye: Strategies of a Curator
2. Giuliana Carbi, art historian and president of the association "Trieste Contemporanea", Italy, Provisional notes with reference to the current expectation of future
3. Sava Stepanov, art historian and director of Centre for Visual Culture, "Zlatno oko" Novi Sad, S&M, Balkan Crossroads - Art at the Turn of the Century
4. Nebojsa Vilić, PhD art historian, associate professor, Faculty of Dramatic Arts - University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia, Peninsular Breakfast
5. Dunja Blažević, art historian and director of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, What Do We Have in Common?

12:00-12:30
DISCUSSION

12:30-13:00
Breakfast and coffee break

13:00
THIRD SESSION
Moderator: Jovan Čekić (Serbia and Montenegro)

Keynote speakers:
1. Igor Zabel, curator, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Like to Like: IRWIN and OHO
2. Svetlana Racanović, art historian and director of "Nansen Dialogue Centre", Podgorica, S&M, The Contemporary Montenegrin Scene - Far From Tradition, Far From Cliche
3. Ivana Udovičić, art historian and curator, Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Why Don't Artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina Have Breakfast at Home?
4. Darka Radosavljević, art historian and director of the independent artistic association "Remont", Belgrade, S&M, The 1980s - No Problem! The 1990s - How Are We Going To Do It? The 2000s - What Are We Going To Do?

14:30 -15:00
DISCUSSION

15:00-15:30
COFFEE BREAK

15:30
CASE STUDIES
1. Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Deste foundation, Greece, Deste Foundation - Centre for Contemporary Art
2. Eric Corne, artist, curator, founder and former director of "Le Plateau", Centre for Contemporary Art, chairman of the French Association of Directors of Art Centres, France, Democracy of the Neighbourhood
3. Cristiana Bottigella, program director, Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy, Cittadellarte UNIDEE
4. Tomas Ivan Träskman, senior lecturer in arts management, Sydväst Polytechnic, Finland, How to End a Message

17:00-18:30
CLOSING SESSION