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November 26, Monday, 7pm
Művelődési Szint, Blaha Lujza tér, Corvin Áruház (Somogyi Béla utca), 3rd floor
Entrance fee: 500 HUF. In English.

Vladimir Us: Forming pubic space through cultural action

In his Budapest lecture, Vladimir Us will talk about the post-soviet urban space of Chisinau and its transformation processes after 1991. In the course of the last two decades many spaces of public use have been demolished, abandoned, some of them privatized or converted to commercial spaces. Having as background these dominating processes, new initiatives that claim the right to use the city in a different way make themselves more and more visible. They open the possibility of creating a new public space responding to the needs of the local community. This process is equally led by artists, architects and researchers, making use of the city as a studio and space where to meet and interact with the publics. Taking as example the KIOSK project (http://chiosc.oberliht.org), Vladimir will present artistic actions and strategies to initiate new uses of available spaces in the city.

Vladimir Us is an artist and curator based in Chisinau, Moldova, founder member of Oberliht Young Artists Association (http://oberliht.com). He studied art, curating and cultural policy in Chisinau, Belgrade and Grenoble. Through his recent works and projects he examines the processes of formation and transformation of the public space in post-soviet cities and other territories in transition.