ACADEMIA NON GRATA

The question of developing adequate forms of education and communication is one of the mist fiercely debated issues in present-day society, not just in the art world. Accepted practices and established institutions are coming under increased pressure anad currently find themselves in the midst of a crisis of definition. Newly founded institutions, however, often follow the example of these traditional models. In a parallel development, a wide range of new forms of organisation and self-organisation, new kinds of artistic and communications work have emerged – above all on a local level. Which of these local initiatives and action spaces are capable of securing the future of advanced, open and autonomous working practices and providing answers to the question of education they themaselves represent?

Kaasaja ühiskonnas, mitte ainult kunstimaailmas, on üks raevukamalt arutatud teemasid adekvaatsete hariduse ja kommunikatsiooni vormide küsimus. Seni kehtinud praktikad ja sissetöötanud institutsioonid satuvad üha suurema surve alla ning leiavad end keset defineerimise kriisi. Uued institutsioonid aga järgivad sageli vanade institutsioonide traditsioonilisi mudeleid. Paralleelse arenguna on esile kerkinud uusi organisatsioonilisi ja iseorganiseerumise vorme, uut liiki kunstilisi ja kommunikatsioonilisi töötamisvorme – eelkõige kohalikul tasandil. Millised neist kohalikest initsiatiividest ja tegutsemisruumidest on suutelised tagama tulevasi kõrgelt arenenud, avatud ja autonoomseid töötamispraktikaid ning tagama vastuseid hariduse küsimustele, mida nad ise esindavad?

ACADEMIA NON GRATA

Around the name NON GRATA there have been different hushes and sushes for a long time. Already from the point of view of death of conventionalization of art it has embodied the horrible and unwanted disembodiment of human person, from which the meaninglessness of nowadays art, is pouring out. For those, whose world of arts starts from the point, where the art world ends, NONGRATA has been a liberator, the orphic gap in the seemingly unalterable course, which however betrays us, it is a cure from insest. The main point of the group is ethical - it is the image of primitivism, unpersonality and experimental creativity. The performances of the group take place according to the logic of avoiding codes. The presenatations are physical texts, whose ways of orthography and reading are kept within limits of real actions by the group members. Aesthetical and provocative challenges are represented in places, where the Art World doesn´t work.

MANIFESTO

MANIFESTO AND MAIN FOUNDATIONS FOR THE ACTIVITY OF NON GRATA

1. The activity of Non Grata is collective.

a. The activities connected to the structure of Non Grata are decided collectively. All the forms of performing be it in performances,... more