This text was the basis of Olga Shparaga's contribution to the discussion "Being-in-Common – What Can a Community Be Nowadays?" within the framework of the conference "Thinking Europe - Discourses and Models" in January 2012.
The article "Europe: Of Whose Culture Do We Speak?" by Barbara Steiner was published on the online media platform Fair Observer. It revolves around the questions "What defines a community today?" and "Is there such thing as the cohesive national identity provided in the 21st century?"
If we took Europe as a figure of thought this would imply carrying out intellectual and practical exercises regarding the possibilities of community here in Europe today.
Conference programme for "Does Europe Matter?", April 5th, starting 4p.m. at the Pavilion (Vitamin Creative Space) 2503-B- Building 2, Northern District, Pingod Community, No.32 Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022, China
Taipei Contemporary Art Center (TCAC) is an independent initiative founded by a group of artists, curators, scholars and cultural activists.
Oslo is the cultural, economic and governmental centre of Norway. Although not part of the European Union it participates in the EU´s single market.
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Its distance to the EU and to continental Europe is quite legendary.
Łódź is the third-largest city in Poland. It serves as an example for massive transformation from capitalism to communism and back to capitalism.
Donostia-San Sebastián is the capital city of the province of Gipuzkoa, one of three provinces in the Spanish part of Basque Country. In 2016 San Sebastián, along with Wrocław, Poland, will be the European Capital of Culture.
Europe (to the power of) n 17.7. 2012 – 30.4. 2013 Launch and Festival, 6. and 7.7. 2012 Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Announcement for the exhibition "The Europa Triangle", curated by Kit Hammonds. This exhibition is part of Europe (to the power of) n.
Biographic information about the Turkish artist Köken Ergun
Europe (to the power of) n asks about the role of art in creating communities, provides a utopian projection surface for everything that Europe could potentially be and stimulates critical thinking about Europe.
Architect Christian Teckert has been invited to develop architectural scenarios for Europe (to the power of) n.
Europe (to the power of) n project seeks to explore the possibilities of a European identity without transforming it into a substantial and exclusive one.
The scenario by Janek Simon feat. Daniel Rumiancew is the first scenario curated by Jarosław Lubiak and Joanna Sokołowska within the framework of the Scenarios about Europe project.
"The Critical Fundamentals of Europe" by Michaël Aerts is the third scenario curated by Filip Luyckx within the framework of the Scenarios about Europe project.
The scenario by Köken Ergun and CANAN is the third scenario curated by Esra Sarigedik Öktem within the framework of the Scenarios about Europe project.
Biographic information about the British curator, writer and tutor Kit Hammonds
The scenario by Asier Mendizabal is the third scenario curated by Peio Aguirre within the framework of the Scenarios about Europe project.
The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany's cultural institution operational worldwide.
This is the programme of the conference which took place within the framework of the "Thinking Europe" project on January 28, 2012 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig.
Essential to the conceptual approach of Europe (to the power of) n is the idea of a circular Europe without a central core. The venues and institutions involved in the project were chosen accordingly.