Aizliegtā māksla :: Diskusija par cenzūru Latvijas mākslā
18. augustā plkst. 18.00 ISSP Galerijā norisināsies diskusija “Aizliegtā māksla”, kurā kultūras un citu nozaru eksperti pievērsīsies ne tikai nesenajam cenzūras gadījumam mākslinieces Annemarijas Gulbes personālizstādē “Love Re-search”, bet arī plašāk runās par cenzūru mākslā, institūciju atbildību un sabiedrības aizspriedumiem.
Jūlija beigās, dažas dienas pēc Annemarijas Gulbes personālizstādes “Love Re-search” atklāšanas, ISSP Galerija saņēma sūdzības, ka kāds no Berga Bazāra īrniekiem tajā redzamos darbus uzskata par “pornogrāfiskiem” un “nepiemērotiem bērniem”. Pēc ISSP īres līguma nosacījumiem, telpu izīrētājam ir tiesības pieprasīt atsevišķus mākslas darbus padarīt nesaskatāmus no ielas, ja par tiem saņemtas būtiskas sūdzības no kaimiņiem. Atsaucoties uz Mikelandželo darbu cenzūru 16. gadsimtā Siksta kapelā, kur kailie ķermeņi tika apgleznoti ar drapērijām, māksliniece nolēma sešas Berga bazāra īpašnieku norādītās fotogrāfijas piesegt. Uzsverot pašu cenzūras aktu, izstāde uzdod jautājumus arī par atkailināta ķermeņa un seksualitātes stigmatizāciju mūsdienu sabiedrībā.
Šis gadījums un tā izraisītā aktīva viedokļu apmaiņa sociālajos tīklos pamudinājis ISSP rīkot publisku diskusiju, lai runātu ne tikai par Gulbes izstādes gadījumu, bet par cenzūru mākslā un sabiedrības aizspriedumiem kopumā. Tēmas kontekstā vērtīgi vērot varas mehānismus, kādiem ir pakļautas nelielas kultūras organizācijas Latvijā. Lūkojoties uz politisko situāciju ne tikai šeit, bet arī citviet Eiropā, piemēram, Polijā un ASV, pasākuma organizatori uzskata, ka šo jautājumu ir būtiski aktualizēt vietējā sabiedrībā.
Diskusijā piedalīsies: māksliniece Annemarija Gulbe, fotogrāfs, žurnāla "FK Magazine" redaktors un Rīgas Fotomēneša direktors Arnis Balčus, Latvijas Laikmetīgās mākslas centra direktore, Laikmetīgās kultūras nevalstisko organizāciju asociācijas valdes priekšsēdētāja Solvita Krese, tēlnieks, pasniedzējs, publicists, Latvijas Republikas Kultūras ministrijas vizuālās mākslas padomes loceklis Ivars Drulle, "BDO Latvia" juriste Inese Rendeniece un Latvijas Psihoterapeitu biedrības prezidents, eksistenciālās psihoterapijas speciālists Rolands Bortaščenoks. Diskusiju vadīs Lolita Tomsone, Žaņa Lipkes memoriāla direktore.
Diskusija notiek sadarbībā ar mākslas fondu “VV Foundation”. Dalība diskusijā bez maksas. Vietu skaits ierobežots, iepriekšēja reģistrēšanās obligāta, rakstot uz e-pastu office@issp.lv. Diskusija tiks pārraidīta Facebook tiešraidē, ko nodrošina “No Limits!”. Pēcāk atšifrēta teksta formātā tā būs lasāma interneta žurnālā “Satori”.
The terrific and dangerously fruitful mixture of talent and youth, creativity and professionalism,responsibility and integrity, curiosity and persistence, joy and freedom- makes the ISSP summer school truly unforgettable. I miss it a lot!
Enthusiasm, energy and creative craziness seldom materialize in such progressive and altruistic form as in case of ISSP. It is the way of working of the organizers as well as the surroundings that they have chosen that set the atmosphere of the summer school. And the atmosphere is one of joyful creation; brotherhood of attempt, sisterhood of success.
The ISSP 2010 Exhibition was festively opened on 7 August 2010. Visitors are welcome to view the entire collection of artistic projects of 65 participants in Ludza till 2 October 2010.
The ISSP Evening Programme at Ezersala boarding school (Ludza district) from 1st till 7th August will be traditionally open for interested visitors and guests! Detailed programme in English here.
From 5th till ~11 July a considerable part of ISSP team will be in sunny Arles in France, for the Rencontres d’Arles festival! Any photography education establishments who wish to think about joint cooperation projects, or simply to get to know ISSP and enjoy our company and a glass of french vine together are welcome to contact us. You can write to office@issp.lv. À très bientôt! :)
Already a bit old news, but great nevertheless - the Nordic-Baltic Culture Mobility Programme has supported our project application and we are starting to implement a short-term networking project called “Nordic-Baltic Photography Education Exchange”. From now on, closer links with the Union of Photography Artists in Estonia, Fine Arts department (Photography) of Estonian Arts Academy in Tallinn, and Fine Arts Department (Photography) of Turku Arts Academy in Finland will be build. The aim of the project is to increase the quality of photography education through synergies and information exchange among the partner institutions. You will also have a chance to meet our project partners’ representatives at ISSP in August!
Here is the list of selected ISSP participants by workshop - an amazing group from 24 countries! covering 4 continents! :)
Special thanks to our evaluation committee - Arnis Balčus and Iveta Vaivode - for the difficult job of evaluating applications, since there were so many excellent ones…
A notification of the selection results has been sent to every applicant by email.
We are looking forward for participants’ confirmations and to seeing this colorful company come to Ludza!
Dear all, we have completed the selection process and are getting ready to announce the results. The list of ISSP selected participants will be announced to applicants by email and on this site today - tomorrow.
Dear all, the ISSP Application period is now closed. We have received 182 applications from a total of 41 countries. The runners-up after Latvia (54) are Germany (15), Italy/Russia (11), UK (10), and Finland/Turkey (7). The furthest ones are Canada/US, South Africa, and Hong Kong. We seem to have gone global this year. This is truly exciting, thank you all!
We are looking forward for evaluating the applications! The results of participants’ selection will be known by the end of the month - everyone who applied will hear from us. Have a great month of May! :)
Just a reminder: the deadline for the ISSP 2010 Applications is 10 May 2010 as announced and will not be prolonged. We will be accepting applications till 24:00 Monday, 10th of May. Any applications arriving later will only be considered for the Waiting list, if at all.
Ps. We are already very excited about the amazing collection of applications that have already arrived (by now from 28 countries, 4 continents)! We wish you all good luck and are looking forward for the selection process!
We all try again and are looking forward to host Aaron Shuman in Riga this weekend, provided no more volcano surprises coming up. The lecture “Whatever Was Splendid: New American Photographs” will take place at kim? at 19:00 on Saturday 1 May 2010.
The workshop Aesthetics of nostalgiawill run this weekend, 1-2 May. You are welcome to apply for several vacant places till this Friday, 30 April!
THE APPLICATIONS TO ISSP 2010 ARE WELCOME TILL 10TH MAY WITHOUT CHANGES.