November 6, 2009

MUMOK: Gender Check (Vienna)

Gender Check
Femininity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe
13 November 2009 – 14 February 2010 
MUMOK Museum of Modern Art
Ludwig Foundation Vienna
“Gender Check” is the first comprehensive exhibition featuring art from Eastern Europe since the 1960s based on the theme of gender roles. 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the curator Bojana [...]

November 6, 2009

Artspeak: Underground Man (Vancouver, BC)

Underground Man
November 18, 2009 to January 16, 2010
An Artspeak project curated by Renske Janssen

Underground Man is a project that consists of performance, film screenings, conversation, installation, and a publication that takes method acting as a starting point. This way of acting or dealing with form, language, and representation is one of the most discussed methods in [...]

November 6, 2009

“National Unity Day”: Antifascists Beaten by Fascists, Then Arrested by Police

The St. Petersburg Times
Issue #1524 (86), Friday, November 6, 2009
Antifascists Beaten, Then Arrested
By Sergey Chernov
Staff Writer
Four antifascist activists were detained by the police after being beaten by nationalists at a “Russian March” rally in St. Petersburg on People’s Unity Day, a recently introduced public holiday, on Wednesday. They were charged with disorderly conduct and forced [...]