Urban transformations and cultural transitions

The changes since 1989 are characterized by deregulation of economic structures, privatization of public spaces and the introduction of the principles of free market into social and cultural fields. This process is most evident in countries which are in the position to enter EU soon, impacting on the urban and natural environment and on social conditions. On a more personal level the need to assimilate specific behaviours and lifestyle introduce new dimensions of competition into social relations. Reports from different cities, about past or ongoing actions, personal experiences and observations will reflect the various ongoing, social and economic transformations and frame there real and symbolical effects.


14-17
Informal meeting, project and video presentations:
Urban Visuality after socialism (Vesselina Penevska, Sofia), Micro dynamics of transition (Doina Petrescu, Paris), Presentation Innenstadtaktionen (Berlin), Broumov Region Website (Jakub Deml, Irena Seznísková), Houba (presented by Vit Janecek), Ecohistory (presented by Tomas Skrdlant),hotel svet / 4 okamziky ticha - 4 moments of silence (presented by Tomas Cisarovsky)Some Trainrides and Walks in a Forgein Country (presented by John Tylo) and others


18-19.30
Screening program: A-Clips (presented by Innenstadtaktion, Berlin), Smontare Bagnoli (colletivo politico Napoli), Nonstop (Jan Gogola.jr), Praha Mizerna (Ave Branik presented by Jan Gogola jr., Prague), Eichsfeld: Landscape, Ideology and Boredome (Jenny Perlin and Trebor Scholz)


20-22:
Discussion about urban transformations, new social environment, ecological crisis and consequences for personal experiences. Participants: Richard Jung (Kutná Hora), Zeigam Azizov (London), Vít Janecek (Praha), Ludvik Hlavacek (Prague), Innenstadtaktion (Berlin), Jochen Becker (Berlin), Doina Petrescu (Paris), John Tylo (Linz), Vesselina Penevska (Sofia), Tomás Skrdlant (Praha), Jan Pinos (Broumov), Mirek and Iva Vodrazka (Prague), Marie Haisova (Prague), Alena Wagnerova (Saarbrücken), Tereza Podlesakova (Prague), Jan Gogola jr. (Prague) and others , Moderation: Marion von Osten