Impex thus remained without a roof, which besides causing some difficulties provided them the possibility to rethink their activities and plans. The result of this process is a planned book on the current state of art – as Impex has observed it.
The project We are not ducks on a pond… deals with different aspects of the notions of informality, chaos vs. order, correction and community. A small, grassroots collective will attempt to discuss and summarise these topics from their point of view within the frame of the circumstances, efforts, experiences and also intangible structures that have appeared during the past 5 years in Hungary.
Impex – Contemporary Art Provider is an independent, flexible initiative for work, research and experiments in the field of art and culture, set at the crossing of alternative and institutional networks.
For the duration of 5 weeks, Impex will use the premises of Trafó Gallery for a combination of different functions: a research base, archive, public discussion platform and visual database. A functional spatial structure, a kind of a ‚notion-design‘, will consist of constantly developing collage of notices, research material, artworks, associative models and reconstructed situations.
A series of public events, together with the research and documentation taking place on a daily basis, will provide the structure for the production of a book dealing with the above mentioned issues.
Until 1 June, 2008: collecting – systemising – documenting – planning – editing – printing
Side Events:
27 May, 2008.: Networked Culture – discussion, DVD and book launch (in English)
31 May, 2008.: Flea market for artists and art
more information: http://www.impex-info.org