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ART IN SOCIETY is a project to create a Democratic Internet Journal        for its readers and by its readers. Is art a purely private quest for whatever the artist may have in mind (beauty? serenity? an undefined and maybe undefinable search, without predefined target you can aim for? a kind of non-verbal truth?)? Is it a form of commitment or "engagement"? So that being an artist would mean you are  engagé [committed], whether you want to or not? Can art even play, at times, a didactic, illuminating role in society? Can it enlighten (a) the artist engaged in the process of producing art, or (b) the individual "open"  to a work of art or (c) perhaps both? ART IN SOCIETY is a project that was started because of a believe in the necessity of a democratic culture. Perhaps it can become a platform for debate. A democratic art journal for its readers and by its readers. Contributions and criticism by our readers, as well as suggestions for vital topics are welcome.         Links                                Click (below) on the issues you want to see

* links focusing on  the visual arts (artists,museums, galleries) documenta 11: democracy unrealized kultuRRevolution zeitschrift für diskursanalyse   Angelo Evelyn Ute Haring (London) Leopold Oosterlynck De Witte Raaf Kunst H-Art H8X12 Space for Contemporary Art (Tielt-Winge / Leuven) CIAP Hasselt De Markten, Brussel Galerie Triangle Bleu www.lithos-jura.de Musée d'Art Moderne Brussel / Bruxelles Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand Hornu Centre de la gravure La Louvière Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam Atelierhaus Essen-Steele (in Essen, "cultural capital" 2010) links focusing on  MUSIQUE  / MUSIC Bimbotown Orchestra Konrad Boehmer Earle Brown John Cage Cornelius Cardew Bob Dylan Morton Feldman Gerald Fiebig Peter Kiefer Anthony Moore [or More] more on A.Moore still more on A. Moore Baudouin Oosterlynck Gunter Pasler Carlos Puebla M. Ranta, "Klangzeiten" Michael Ranta F. Rzewski: "Coming Together", "Attica"... F.R.:"Cotton Mill Blues" F.R.: El pueblo unido Frederic Rzewski Ole Schmidt Dieter Schnebel Dimitri Shostakovich more on Dmitry Sh. still more on Dmitry Karlheinz Stockhausen Timo Van Luijk Christian Wolff   www.gerngesehen.de www.scorecologne.net www.lasciedoree.be www.metaphon.be www.noisemakersfifes.be www.ondemusic.be www.halikonlahti.net www.asiansound.de www.normalkoeln.de   Koelner Musiknacht www.klangkunst.de FZML Forum Zeitgenoessische Musik Leipzig SPIZZ-Leipzig Verlag Neue Musik classical music   links focusing on  cinema Massimo Bacigalupo Pavel Branko Sara Driver Stephen Dwoskin DH/JMS Danièle Huillet & Jean- Marie Straub Robert Kramer again R.Kramer Karin Mels Werner Nekes W. Nekes & Dore O. Dore O. Dore O.page, KVG On "Alaska" by Dore O. Paul Sharits Klaus Wiborny   Canyon Cinema, Inc. NY Filmmakers Coop Symposium Press   Send an e-mail to the editor

* Latest issue / laatste cahier / letztes Heft: Issue # 12: an issue focusing on Huang Yu-Shan, a feminist Chinese filmmaker working in Taiwan, and on a film by Werner Nekes...  [In English, auf Deutsch] Issue # 11:  with a short text on a cherished 'bard of the people', Bob Dylan who'll be 70 soon. With articles about contemporary Belgian composers and sound artists, three texts on two works by Dieter Schnebel, and a look at paintings by Luc Coeckelberghs. And, in memory of Pina Bausch: a review of a dance performance of the Pina Bausch dance theatre, seen years ago in Wuppertal. Recent issues: Issue # 10: an issue mainly about sculpture. The Giacometti Retrospective in Rotterdam; Zadkine; Alfred Hrdlicka; Jochen Gerz. Also three Belgian sculptors - Vincent Halflants, Anne-Marie Klenes and Jean Georges Massart Issue # 9: An issue on commodification, fetishization, questions of hegemony and censorship in the arts Issue # 8: 5 Belgian artists: Luc Coeckelberghs, Leen Lybeer, Vincent Halflants, Els Patoor, Luc Piron, Francis Schmetz. Also: Baudouin Oosterlynk, sound artist and experimental composer. Karin Mels, a filmmaker from Ghent. recent paintings by Angelo Evelyn, and a look back at the SPEELHOVEN exhibitions (works by Delphine Coindret, Johann Creten, Lionel Estère, Alain Géronnez, Joris Ghekiere and Jenny Watson). Issue # 7: A Belgian minimalist: Luc Piron. - The "Atelierhaus Essen": a vital place of debate on contemporary art in the Ruhr district. - Happenings and Political Intervention: The Invention of "Clown Armies" Issue # 6: "Calling Indonesia", A special issue on the sculptures of Borobudur, on Wim Umboh, a progressive Indonesian filmmaker; etc. Issue # 5: Focus on Sara Driver's "Sleepwalk", and on paintings and other works by Ute Haring (London, New York, and Leipzig) Issue # 4: Special Figurenfeld issue: How three visual artists from Belgium, Canada and Germany and a poet echoed the large ensemble of sculptures by Alois Wünsche-Mitterecker (an example of anti-war "land art"  avant la lettre in a hidden valley of the Franconian Jura mountains). Issue # 3  A retropective look at Yugoslav cinema, by Pavel Branko and Wolfram Schuette; cinéma engagé in Mexico in the early 1970s; the "Hamburg Filmschau" in the early '70s (films by Malcolm Le Grice, Werner Nekes, Dore O. and Klaus Wiborny). And last not least: Censorship in the U.S.? - The case of Fahrenheit 9/11 Issue # 2 Pavel Branko and Andreas Weiland on documentary film. A Canadian expatriate artist: Angelo Evelyn. Three realists: Gerhard Bettermann, Klaus Boettger, Ernest Spitz Issue # 1 Art in the Middle East: Haddad Maurice, Saad el Girgawi, etc. Issue # Zero Three theoretical interventions by Magdi Youssef: challenging the myth of "European literature", questioning the hegemonial model of theater, and arguing in favor of the democratization of the theater.   c Contributions are welcome. Any criticism? Advice? Suggestions? Write to ART IN SOCIETY! I

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