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… among the most important works of the Eastern European conceptual art. The third TÓTalJOY call, announced in January 2025, received thirty-seven research-based artistic project proposals. From these, the jury shortlisted the work of four artists whose projects sensitively reflect on contemporary artistic and social issues: Lőrinc Borsos Ferenc Gróf and Zsófia Gyenes Klaudia Januško Dorottya Vékony The 2025 jury members are: René Block (curator, …

… the Artpool Collection From the second half of the 1980s alternative self-published and technically inexpensive publications emerged that (unlike samizdat) were themed around (and for) a particular subculture, scene or fan community. In the 1990s, liberation of social organizing, together with the growing availability of photocopying and Western models, created the ideal conditions for the flourishing of fanzines as a genre. In our display we present publications from 1986 to 2003 …

… undergone a gradual transformation, while the widespread availability of the internet has also radically increased the range of documentation possibilities. Nonetheless, documenting and researching independent art has constituted a complex problem in Central and Eastern Europe for decades.  Retrospectively seeking and organising sources, along with the maintaining and modernising digital platforms, are also often fraught with basic technical, infrastructural, and funding difficulties. What …

From the second half of the 1980s alternative self-published and technically inexpensive publications emerged that (unlike samizdat) were themed around (and for) a particular subculture, scene or fan community. In the 1990s, liberation of social organizing, together with the growing availability of photocopying and Western models, created the ideal conditions for the flourishing of fanzines as a genre. This intense period seems to have come to an end in the 2000s …

… are particularly pressing when viewed from the perspective of Eastern Europe, a region historically shaped by its position at the crossroads of Eastern and Western imperial powers, and where universalist claims have often been difficult to articulate. In this lecture, Joseph Grim Feinberg will present his current research on forms of borderlands internationalism that have emerged in Eastern European history, responding to the region’s imperialisms and nationalisms. With a …