‘public space’

… the authorities, and bureaus and archives were the domain of the state. Over time, the artistic spaces created by Galántai, Klaniczay and Partum transformed into a real Archive and a real Bureau full of materials and responsibilities: they corresponded, they filed documents, they received visitors. What were they doing, what were they working on? Let us be aware that the activities involved artists from both sides of the Iron Curtain, which is why their experiences and everyday lives …

… of work and leisure, developing infrastructure, housing shortages and emerging platforms of the public sphere. We invite researchers who explore this interaction between artistic production, emigration and the urban space from aspects including but not limited to: the impact of artists’ access to typical or atypical sources of funding on their artistic production abroad emigration as export/import of cultural and social capital; the role of those who stay behind in the life and …