Transitland Archive Launches with 100 Videos Documenting Post-Socialist Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe
Initiated in late 2009, the Transitland Archive showcases 100 video pieces from Central and Eastern Europe, produced between 1989 and 2009. Accompanying this collection is a 310-page reader featuring scholarly essays, video jukeboxes, and an online platform. The project is spearheaded by Margarita Dorovska, Kathy Rae Huffman, Stephen Kovats, Barnabás Bencsik, Rita Kálmán, and Tijana Stepanovic, with the goal of increasing the exposure of regional video art. A thematic exhibition is scheduled for January 2010 at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest. Edited by Edit András, the publication contains 18 essays from academics such as Svetlana Boym and Boris Groys, alongside five new commissions reflecting on the two-decade transformation period, highlighting global collaboration.
Key facts
- Transitland Archive comprises 100 video works from Central and Eastern Europe (1989-2009)
- A 310-page reader with 18 essays accompanies the archive
- Video jukeboxes are installed in Berlin, Budapest, and Sofia
- Thematic exhibition opens January 2010 at Ludwig Museum in Budapest
- Project partners include InterSpace, ACAX, and transmediale
- Selection jury involved nominators from across the region
- Archive focuses on post-Socialist transition and transformation
- Five newly commissioned videos were added to the collection
Entities
Artists
- Réka Deim
- Margarita Dorovska
- Kathy Rae Huffman
- Stephen Kovats
- Barnabás Bencsik
- Edit András
- Rita Kálmán
- Tijana Stepanovic
- Szabolcs Kisspál
- Péter Forgács
- Svetlana Boym
- Boris Buden
- Boris Groys
- Marina Grzinic
- Zoran Eri?
- Keiko Sei
- Miklós Peternák
- Boryana Dragoeva
- Marina Gržinić
- Goran Dević
- Mihnea Mircan
- Deimantas Narkevičius
- Gintaras Dzidziapetris
- Anri Sala
- Călin Dan
- Klara Kemp-Welch
- Walter Benjamin
- George Soros
- Margarita Doravska
Institutions
- ARTMargins Online
- Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange (ACAX)
- InterSpace Association
- Cult.bg Foundation
- transmediale
- Ludwig Museum–Museum of Contemporary Art
- Research Institute for Art History at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Collegium Hungaricum
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art
- ACAX Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange
- Transmediale Festival for Digital Art and Culture
- Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts
- Clark Institute
- Erste Bank group
- tranzit
Locations
- Budapest
- Hungary
- Sofia
- Bulgaria
- Berlin
- Germany
- USA
- UK
- Canada
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Balkans
- ex-Yugoslavia
- Central Europe
- former Soviet Union
- Baltic States
- Caucasus
- Bucharest
- Romania
- London
- United Kingdom
- Vienna
- Austria
Sources
- ARTMargins —
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