Oblast: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2008
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Framework: In Need of Openness Paperback - No. 8 April 2008, The Finnish Art Review
The Finnish Art Review, 2008
136 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

framework 8 takes up the topical theme of openness – glasnost – in the sense it was introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1980′s as a third way for the then Soviet Union to react to the necessity of political transformation and new challenges of meeting the West. The inspiration for this theme was given by the international conference Revisiting Perestroika – Processes and Alternatives that was organized by the Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki in November 2007. The aim of the conference was to reassess twenty years later the epoch that led to dramatic changes both in Russia and in the world politics at large.

The articles of the issue address the need and possibility of openness from different perspectives. The critical potential of the arts gives assets for promoting the need for openness at any given time. The same is true of philosophy and science, by and large. As regards political life, historical experience gives guidelines. The recent Finnish history concerning relationships with Russia offers an example.

The Raw, The Cooked and The Packaged – The Archive of Perestroika Art exhibition co-curated by Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen, which took place at the Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA in parallel to the conference, provides material for the section FOCUS: Paths Not Taken. It poses such questions as are there not realistic and appealing historical precedents for alternatives – paths away from big-power geopolitics, cultural and political bondage and undemocratic economic ideologies? What are realistic prospects for alternative forms of globalisation?

Featured artists are Helena Hietanen, Anu Pennanen, and Kimmo Sarje.