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… and data about artworks and events may be incomplete or even completely missing. Since the 1990s, cultural institutions have 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 …

… 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 with the rise of the internet. Subcultural discourse has largely moved online and zines that have become …

… historical, and artistic development. What, then, should replace methodological nationalism—multiculturalism, internationalism, or something else entirely? These questions 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 …

… art market, situating them within the broader historical context of the decade's transformative cultural, political and social landscape. The participants of the book launch: Bence Folyi (PTE BTK) József Havasréti (PTE BTK Kommunikáció- és Médiatudományi Tanszék) Júliusz Huth (KEMKI) Kristóf Nagy (KEMKI) The book was designed by Dániel Kozma. The language of the event is Hungarian.

… In the judging process, preference is given to submissions that respond to changing cultural contexts and contemporary dilemmas. KEMKI will provide curatorial and research consultation to the selected project and organize an exhibition to present it to the public. The total budget of the prize is 10 000 euros, of which 6000 euros are the stipend of the artist and 4000 euros are for the realization of the project and the exhibition.  The winning proposal will be selected …