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“Not in the sky and not on the earth”, Contemporary Art Museum, Skopje/Macedonia 2004 “Not in the sky and not on the earth”, Museum für Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Skopje/Makedonien 2004
Signs and Seraphims, 10 ostrich eggs, acrylic and glass, 2004 Zeichen und Seraphime, 10 Strauß Eier, Acryl und Glass, 2004
"Artis est artem tegere" or "Artists", digital fotoprint, 38x60cm, 2004 "Artis est artem tegere" oder "Künstler", digital fotoprint, 38x60cm, 2004
"NOT IN THE SKY & NOT ON THE EARTH", Group Exhibitions in Contemporary Art Museum, Skopje R. Macedonia
"NOT IN THE SKY & NOT ON THE EARTH" JOVAN BALOV, SHAHRAM ENTEKHABI, OCTOBER 2003 (catalogue)
BERLIN IS ONE OF MANY CITIES WITH A MULTINATIONAL POPULATION. IT IS ALSO THE SCENE OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE REALLY EXISTING SOCIALISM, THE MARGIN OF TWO GERMAN STATES AND A HOME FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD GENERATIONS OF EMIGRANTS. THE ART SCENE IS PRESENT LIKEWISE INTERNATIONAL AND MULTINATIONAL.
IN THE TENSION FIELD BETWEEN COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN AND VISITOR COUNTRY, BETWEEN TRADITION AND MODERN AGE, RELIGION AND IDEOLOGY, THE CULTURAL ROOM IS CHANGED. ON THE ONE HAND CULTURAL VALUES ARE DISPLACED FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND CODED THE ONES FROM THE VISITOR COUNTRY, SO THE HYBRID FORMS ARISE. ON THE OTHER H繽ND, ENTIRELY NEW DICTION THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN BACK EITHER ONTO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OR ONTO THE VISITOR COUNTRY, DEVELOPS. THIS PROCESS OF THE DEFINITION OF PAST AND FUTURE, HERE AND THERE, OR HOME AND UNHOME, LEADS WITHIN THE ARTISTIC WORKS TO ALLIED STRATEGIES. EVEN IF THE WORKS AIM-FULLY DO NOT ALWAYS FOCUS THE SOCIOPOLITICAL SITUATION OF THE CULTURAL ROOM AS CENTRAL TOPIC, THIS SHINES IN THEM IN DIFFERENT WAY, BECAUSE TO ACT AS "EXOTIC" OR NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, FUNCTIONS ONLY IN CASE OF SHORT STAYS ELSEWHERE. A LONGER VOLUNTARY OR COMPULSORY STAY REQUIRES A HYPER COMMUNICATIVE EVERYDAY LIFE. NOT ONLY THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES HAVE TO BE PROCESSED, ALSO THE DIALOG MUST BE SEARCHED IN ORDER TO INDUCE A FEEDBACK OF THE NEW SOCIETY. WHEN THE GEOPOLITICAL BOUNDARIES TAKE FROM THE CENTER INTO THE OFFSIDE, THEN INDIVIDUAL BOUNDARIES STEP ONTO THEIR PLACE.
ACCORDING THE SELECTION OF THE PROJECT "NOT IN THE SKY & NOT ON THE EARTH", INVOLVED ARTISTS OCCURRED NOT BY SCIENTIFIC OR CURATORS PRINCIPLES, BUT RATHER ARE AN EXPRESSION OF THE SLOWLY INCREASING NET. SO, THE SELECTION IS NEITHER REPRESENTATIVELY FOR THE BERLIN ART SCENE NOR IS ACCIDENTAL, BUT CORRESPONDS TO THIS MOMENT BETWEEN SKY AND EARTH.
JOVAN BALOV, SHAHRAM ENTEKHABI, OCTOBER 2003
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