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BOOK FAIR 2012 – westwärts - leipzig.liest.im.leipziger.westen part I

AUTHORS FROM SWITZERLAND IN LIA

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Saturday, 17th March, 4 pm

LIA: Spinnereistr. 7

hall 18, 2nd floor

 

Because of the Leipzig Book Fair LIA is hosting a reading of Swiss authors. 

The event is opened by the author and artist Katalin Jakob, who introduces

her book “Duldsame Rebellin”. Being fifty years old Katalin Jakob has

realized her dream and become an artist. In her book she tells us her

fascinating life story. In LIA she also presents  her paintings. Three

Swips-Authors Sandrine Fabbri („Dieses endlose Schweigen’)

                    Pedro Lenz („Der Keeper bin ich") and

                    Jens Nielsen („Das Ganze aber kürzer") continue the reading.

 

After the reading, the perfomance “Write Wrote Written - Read Read Read"

of Sarina Scheidegger, awerdee of Christoph Merian Stiftung Basel,

takes place in the main hall of LIA.

 

Open Studios after the reading:

 

Tiziano Martini (Italy)

Brooke Tomiello (Shool of Visual Arts New York)

Jay Ahn (South Corea/Canada)

Sifa Girinci (Turkey)

 

We would be delighted to welcome you.

Organizer: SWIPS - Swiss Independent Publishers, LIA Leipzig International Art Programme

We thank the LIA main partner BWM, the Christoph Merian Foundation Basel, the School of Visual Arts New York, for their kind support.

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BOOK FAIR 2012 – westwärts - leipzig.liest.im.leipziger.westen part II

ORIENT-EXPRESS RELOADED: Literary raising to Turkey

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Saturday, 17th March, 8 pm

LIA: Spinnereistr. 7

hall 18, 2nd floor

 

On this evening LIA and the publishing house binooki presents works

of Turkish authors. Monika Demirel reads Alper Canigüzs’ „Söhne und

siechende Seelen", the musician Gemma Pallarés and the actor Recai

Hallaç compact „Geschichtenerzähler der Eisenbahn – ein Traum" to

a scenic literary adventure.

 

After the reading you are welcome to visit the Studio of Turkish LIA Awardee - Sifa Girinci.

and other Open Studios:

 

Tiziano Martini (Italy)

Brooke Tomiello (Shool of Visual Arts New York)

Jay Ahn (South Corea/Canada)

Sifa Girinci (Turkey)

 

We would be delighted to welcome you.


Organizer: binooki,  LIA Leipzig International Art Programme

We thank the LIA main partner BWM, the Christoph Merian Foundation Basel, the School of Visual Arts New York, for their kind support.

 

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Opening of the Korean Pavillon Kunsthalle Gwangju in Leipzig - September 15th
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Gwangju Pavillon / LIA
Spinnereistr. 7
04179 Leipzig
Hall 18, 2nd floor, left


The project is initiated by the city of Gwangju "Hub City of Asian Culture"

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Opening of the Korean Pavillon Kunsthalle Gwangju in Leipzig - September 15th
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Gwangju Pavillon / LIA
Spinnereistr. 7
04179 Leipzig
Hall 18, 2nd floor, left


The project is initiated by the city of Gwangju
and is organized by the Office for Hub City of Asian Culture, Ministry of Culture, Sports
& Tourism.

LIA partner is the Kunsthalle Gwangju, a role model for the "Asian Culture
Complex", opening 2014 in Gwangju City Korea. www.kunsthalle-gwangju.com

The Kunsthalle jury has selected the first two residents for the programme, Yeonsook Lee and Jaebum Kim.

The cooperation will run for at least two years.

 
We cordially thank the Korean Miniistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism;
the Office for Hub City of Asian Culture, Ministry of Culture, Sports &
Tourism Korea; the Kunsthalle Gwangju, Korea-Consult, the Spinnerei
Leipzig and LIA main sponsor BMW-Plant Leipzig for their kind support.

 

See the photo documentation of the opening of the Gwangju Pavillon:

http://www.in-output.de/gwangju/gwangju-pavillon.zip

by Peter Groth

 

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LEIPZIG TV: VIDEO OF THE OPENING OF GWANGJU PAVILION:

 
http://www.leipzig-fernsehen.de/default.aspx?ID=5846&showNews=1026825

 

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Program of Gwangju Pavilion October - December 2011 (>>> klick)

Further information on www.gwangju-pavilion.tumblr.com and www.kunsthalle-gwangju.com/en/  

 

 

 

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LIA Summer Reads: The awardees of the NY Academy of Art about their experiences in Leipzig

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Blog of the NY Academy of Art:

http://newyorkacademyofart.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=50

 

 

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Mephisto 97,6 -Radio Interview with Dragan Zrdavković

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"From cotton to culture" - Radio report on mephisto976.uni-leipzig.de:

http://mephisto976.uni-leipzig.de/themen/kultur/beitrag/artikel/from-cotton-to-culture.html

 

Visualized:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4qY1Yfo9Q

 

More information about Dragan Zdravković:

http://draganzdravkovic.com/

 

 

 

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Slovenian Contemporary Art at ECB Frankfurt

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Former LIA resident Mitja Ficko will participate in a group show of Slovenian contemporary art, opening 21st June 2011 in Frankfurt at the European Central Bank.



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KATIE ARMSTRONG

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Katie Armstrong, a former LIA resident, is going to show at Gallery Eigen + Art in Berlin:

"Labor"

Opening 22nd June, 5 - 9 pm

June 23rd - August 20th, 2011

Auguststraße 26
Berlin Mitte

TV-Interview on ARTE:

http://videos.arte.tv/de/videos/katie_armstrong_die_von_den_internet_usern_unterstuetzte_kuenstlerin-3581660.html

Animation film "Once more once more" and Interview with Katie Armstrong

http://www.telegraph21.com//video/once-more-once-more

 

 

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"The city of the youth" - The italian Newspaper Corriere della Sera about the

cultural city of Leipzig and Lucia Lamberti

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article online:

http://viaggi.corriere.it/viaggi/weekend/2011/lipsia/lipsia.shtml

 

 

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PERSPEKTIVE - LADA NAKONECHNA IN THE FAZ:

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

2010 IMPRESSIONS

FLASHBACK 2010 NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART 

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KATIE ARMSTRONG

Breitband Interview Deutschlandradio Kultur and arte Journal

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LADA NAKONECHNA PERSPECTIVE
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Is a humanist wall drawing of about 100 sq metres at the main wall of the main reading room of the University Library Leipzig, executed in a three month period.

Perspective on the website of the University Library Leipzig:

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SPINNEREI GALLERY TOURS IN 2011
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Spinnerei Sommer Show

July 29. 2011

Fellows of the New York Academy of Art at LIA

Spinnerei Autumn Gallery Tour

September 17/18, 2011

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LIA IN NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/travel/04Next.html?emc=eta1

SHONAH TRESCOTT AT EIGEN & ART

Former LIA artist Shonah Trescott is shown as young guest artist
at Gallery Eigen & Art.

TALK

Anna-Louise Kratzsch, programme director of the LIA, MA Art History (Courtauld

Institute of Art London) offers a talk on the topic of "Realism - painting traditions

between communism and post-communism case study Leipzig". The Lecture

can be held in either English or German. Bookings under art@liap.eu.

Video of the given talk at the School of Visual Arts NYC February 2010 (-->)

MORE ABOUT ARTISTS AT LIA

You can find out more about LIA in our ARCHIVE.

"Atmosphären" - An insight in the work of LIA resident Mitja Ficko:

PDF

Lada Nakonechna "Perspektive": a describtion of her work and the project at the University Library in Leipzig:

PDF

Transrelation - International Symposium of Contemporary Art Tbilisi 2010:

PDF

The short documentation about the LIA programme by Heinrich Lenhart can be seen
under the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr8lStkFzA4

Also by Heinrich Lenhart a documentation about Shonah Trescott and her residency at the LIA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoO5Pc8Jb-E

LIA thanks Osvaldo Budet for his photo-taking efforts. The LIA excursion to the Klinger Vineyards, the visit of the Museum für Bildende Kunst, as well as his impressions of the city of Leipzig are documented under the following link:

http://gallery.me.com/osvaldobudet

LVZ online Video Center - Ateliersurfing in der Spinnerei Leipzig:

http://www.lvz-online.de/video/?bcpid=24263938001&bclid=22378892001&bctid=89530689001

Drehscheibe Leipzig - Sendungsarchiv - September 2, 2010

www.leipzig-fernsehen.de

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Accomondation and Location Information (PDF)
LIA Report 2010 (PDF)

LIA Press Review 2010 (PDF )

The main sponsor of LIA programme is BMW Werk Leipzig.