KONTORA MIR PROJECT

http://www.kontoramir.com

A project founded by Vito Pace as part of the 2nd Biennual Festival in Shirjaevo, Tangibility, Russia in 2001, is a place for artistic and multimedial intercommunication, a discussion forum, and a site for archiving and collecting the submitted materials.

The nature of the original project led to a continuation both in the Web, in cooperation with kultur.at / Martin Krusche and rhizome.org, as well as in workshops and collaborations with several universities and art academies.

These real and virtual results represent both the process and the conclusion of Kontora Mir.

In the exhibition DER TRANSFER IST AUS (The transfer has been completed), the artist will a construct an ambiente ex-novo.

The exhibition will be presented in Milan on June 5th and 6th 2006 at Durchblick, in cooperation with Piscina Comunale/arte in copisteria and Casa di Tolleranza.

In using the Durchblick exhibition space, Kontora Mir is, for the first time, utilizing an actual physical space for its activities: The Office of Peace is closing down. This represents one of the possible developments of the project, but also the specificmanner in which the project is brought to a close.

The conclusion of Kontora Mir represents a banquet, during which the 6 years of experience and contributions acquired in the Office of Peace can be relished.

This final experience is an inevitable source of new communication and encounters – experiencing the conclusion excludes a further transfer process, at the same time eliminating the possibility of a tangible conclusion.

Milan 16.05.2006

“der transfer ist aus”

Dieses Projekt, von Vito Pace im Rahmen der zweiten Biennale von Shirjaevo (Tangibility in Russland 2001) gegründet, ist ein Büro und Ort des Austausches künstlerischer und multimedialer Arbeit. Ein Ort der Diskussion sowie der Archivierung und der Sammlung der zugesandten Materialien.

Die Natur des Projektes führte zur Fortsetzung sowohl im Web (in Zusammenarbeit mit kultur.at / Martin Krusche und rhizome.org) als auch innerhalb von Workshops. Es entstand Zusammenarbeit mit mehreren Universitäten und Kunstakademien.

Alle diese reellen und virtuellen Ergebnisse stellen den Weg von „Kontora Mir“ dar. Ebenso dessen Abschluß. In der Ausstellung „DER TRANSFER IST AUS“ („il transfer finito“), die in Mailand am 5. und 6. Juni 2006 bei „Durchblick“ (in Zusammenarbeit mit Piscina Comunale / arte in copisteria und Casa di Tolleranza) stattfindet, baut der Künstler ein ambiente ex-novo auf.

Im „Kulturverein Durchblick“ nimmt „Kontora Mir“ das erste Mal einen tatsächlichen Ort in Anspruch, um seine Tätigkeit durchzuführen: Das „Büro Pace“ schließt.

Dies ist eine der Möglichkeiten des Projektes. Aber auch die Durchführung den Abschlusses ist eine eigene Option. „Kontora Mir“ macht aus seinem Ende ein Bankett, an dem die sechs Jahre Erfahrung und Beiträge genossen werden können. Durch jene, die sich im Rahmen des „Büros Pace“ getroffen haben.

Diese letzte Erfahrung ist unumgänglich Quelle neuen Austausches, neuer Treffen. Die Erfahrung des Endes schließt zwar den Transferprozess ab, verhindert aber zugleich einen konkreten Abschluss.

Margherita Viggiano
16.05.2006

KONTORA MIR (The Office of Peace),

a project founded by Vito Pace as part of the 2nd Biannual Festival in Shirjaevo, Tangibility, Russia in 2001, is a place for artistic and multimedial intercommunication, a discussion forum, and a site for archiving and collecting the submitted materials.

The nature of the original project led to a continuation both in the Web, in cooperation with kultur.at / Martin Krusche and rhizome.org, as well as in workshops and collaborations with several universities and art academies. These real and virtual results represent both the process and the conclusion of Kontora Mir.

In the exhibition DER TRANSFER IST AUS (The transfer has been completed), the artist will a construct an «ambiente ex-novo.» The exhibition will be presented in Milan on June 5th and 6th 2006 at Durchblick, in cooperation with Piscina Comunale/arte in copisteria and Casa di Tolleranza.

In using the Durchblick exhibition space, Kontora Mir is, for the first time, utilizing an actual physical space for its activities: The Office of Peace is closing down. This represents one of the possible developments of the project, but also the specificmanner in which the project is brought to a close. The conclusion of Kontora Mir represents a banquet, during which the 6 years of experience and contributions acquired in the Office of Peace can be relished.

This final experience is an inevitable source of new communication and encounters – experiencing the conclusion excludes a further transfer process, at the same time eliminating the possibility of a tangible conclusion.

Margherita Viggiano

CONTRIBUTION

• DJ Klaus Altafunk
• Andreas Bär (Stuttgart, Germany)
• Antifa Pforzheim to Kontora Mir
• Rosa Batalla (Barcelona / Spain)
• Helena Biermann (Bogotá / Columbia)
• Noor Bongers (Rotterdam / The Netherlands)
• Byron (Seattle / USA)
• Patrizia Cantisano (Avigliano / Italy)
• Casaluce-Geiger (Vienna / Austria)
• Massimo De Carlo (Aviglianio / Italy)
• Abraham David Christian und Richard Milazzo (NYC)
• Lorenza Colicigno (Potenza / Italy)
• Ludry de Conciliis (Vicchio / Firenze, Italy)
• Simona Coviello & Antonpiero Russo (Siena / Italy)
• Caterina Davinio (Lecco / Italy)
• Divan (St. Petersburg / Russia)
• Divan [2] (St. Petersburg / Russia)
• Dlsan aka Matteo (Verona / Italy)
• Anatoly Dorovskih (Samara / Russia)
• Dreli kuda popalo (St. Petersburg / Russia)
• Enrico Galeran (Venezia / Italy)
• André Gallas (Hessen, Germany)
• Giovanna Genovese / Joseph Kosuth (Napoly / Italy)
• Nicola Genovese (Firenze / Italy)
• Nicola Genovese [2] (Firenze / Italy)
• Damiano Gianturco (Grado / Gorizia / Italy)
• Fabian Giles (Mexico City)
• Klemens Golf (Duesseldorf / Germany) & Tanja Ostojic (Beograd / Serbia)
• Coco Gordon (New York, USA)
• Susan Hefuna (Egypt / Germany)
• Vanessa Henn (Grömnitz / Germany)
• Tracy Hetherington (Halifax / Canada)
• Wilfried Houba (Karlsruhe / Germany)
• Israeli Apartheid Boycott
• Helen Varley Jamieson (New Zealand)
• Petra Jaschke (Tübingen, Germany)
• Francisco Jordons (Brasil)
• Jürgen Kierspel (Stuttgart, Germany)
• Roman Korzhov [1] (Samara / Russia)
• Joseph Kosuth / Giovanna Genovese (Napoly / Italy)
• Peter Kraus und Andreas Ochs (Pforzheim, Germany)
• Sergey Krivchikov (Samara / Russia)
• Martin Krusche (Gleisdorf / Austria)
• Martin Krusche II (Gleisdorf / Austria)
• Martin Leber (Pforzheim / Germany)
• Liza Leyla and Guido Vermeulen (Brussels, Belgium)
• Torsten Licker (Stuttgart / Germany)
• Pia Lindman (Helsinki – New York)
• Lucia Lociale (Bari, Italy)
• Vladimir Logutov & Co (Samara / Russia)
• Laura Malacart (London / Great Britain)
• Patrick Malotki (San Diego, California / USA)
• Samela Marcell (Avigliano / Italy) and Elena Yushkevich, Luba Mouravyeva,
Marina Belousova and Oxana Shuvaeva (Samara / Russia)
• Matjaz J. Matej (Ljubljana / Slovenia)
• Bruno Mayer (Karlsruhe / Germany)
• Isabella Melloni (Bologna / Italy)
• DJ Tanja Mezger (Frankfurt, Germany)
• Nata Morozova (Moscow, Samara / Russia)
• Stefan Müller (Pforzheim / Germany)
• Municipio Autonomo San Manuel Maria Mesch(Milano)• Johannes J. Musolf (Braunfels / Lahn, Germany)
• Andreas Ochs und Peter Kraus (Pforzheim, Germany)
• Natashia Ott (Moscow / Russia)
• Mauro Pace (Avigliano / Italy)
• Paolo Parisi (Firenze / Italy)
• Micah Pastore (Rochester / New York / USA)
• Pavel Permiakow (Almaty, Kasakstan)
• Cordula e Sandro Pinna (Pforzheim, Germany)
• Erwin Posarnig (Graz, Austria)
• Alina Reznik (Karlsruhe / Germany)
• Alina Reznik [2] (Karlsruhe / Germany)
• Angelo Ricciardi (Torre Annunziata, Napoli / Italy)
• Tommaso Rolando (Calomito – Genova / Italy)
• Filomena Rosa (Napoli / Italy)
• Valeria Rosa (Avigliano / Italy)
• Peter Rosvik and Artistgroup ros-ka´s (Vaasa / Finland)
• Rob Roy (New York, USA)
• Plamen Russev (Plovdiv / Bulgaria)
• Antonpiero Russo & Simona Coviello (Siena / Italy)
• Marcel Samela (Avigliano / Italy)
• Joerg Sanzembacher (Stuttgart, Germany)
• Chutiwongpeti Sarawut (Bangkok / Thailand)
• Antonio Sassu (Pordenone / Italy)
• Franziska Schemel (Karlsruhe / Germany)
• Michael Schuetzenberger (Wien / Austria)
• Ma Sha, Elena Yushkevich & Alexander Zhilin (Samara / Russia)
• Larisa Skobkina (St. Petersburg / Russia)
• Claudia Stebler (Basel / Suisse)
• Oksana Stogova and Juergen Kierspel (Samara / Russia)
• Marion Strobel (Berlin / Germany)
• Tagigobaso-ap_arte (Italy)
• Tania Trachouk, Luba Mouravyeva, Marina Belousova and Oxana Shuvaeva (Samara / Russia) and Samela Marcell (Avigliano / Italy)
• Uleshka (Tokyo / Japan)
• Guido Vermeulen and Liza Leyla (Brussels, Belgium)
• Taina Virtanen (Helsinki / Finland)
• Lucia Vogt (Basel, Switzerland)
• Annette Weisser (St. Georgen, Germany / Milano, Italy)
• Anita Wertiprach (Santiago de Compostela / Spain)
• Sylvia Winkler & Stephan Köperl (Guadalupe / Mexico)
• David Wlazlo (Melbourne / Australia)

16.05.2006