Monday, 12 May 2008, 15.00 – 19:00h at Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana

Imagine 10 years from now - year 2018. You are still a cultural practitioner, or maybe not. What are you busy with? Where are you located, does your organization still have the same address as in 2008? What is your network?  Where do your resources come from (what is your economy) and in what kind of cultural climate is your country/city? How local is your scene and with whom are you (not) cooperating? Are you busy with these issues at all?

Lost Highway Exhibition - cover: Cover by Ajdin BasicThe exhibition at Škuc Gallery, a link in the long chain of narratives weaving together the Europe Lost and Found project, seeks to present works which do not re-interpret the forgotten stories of the former Yugoslavia and Albania, but look towards (semi)-fictitious stories of the future.

Through video, installations, photography, posters and paintings, the exhibition puts forward 12 different positions, all developed on the theme of the Western Balkans.

Artists

Here's an email from Maya Balle who kindly attended the conference - which was great, thanks to all involved.
"
> Some quick thoughts and feedback and I am sorry I could not come for the
> archive talks today.
>
> 1. leadership as a new paradigm....want to lead but don't he said...You
> must lead and you are. It is very important that the new society have a new
> paradigm of what leadership can be. Do not back away from this. You are all
> being called and it is important world work.
>
> 2. was it Ivan or Marc who created the values game?Engage the values game
> and see what your core values as a group are!
> the 8 of you do the game and then grow from there. This is a very valuable
> process and could be something that corporations and non-profits hire you/
> and or your folks on the Highway. Look at other ways that you already have

Before we leave, before we arrive, we should ask where we are going.

We cannot assume to travel innocently, to explore, without leaving a trace.

Every map we even just desire to draw implodes upon the lost highways of our desire, yet another way is taken in this implosion, what is your way?

We face the space of foreignness. The future.

What do you see? How should you respond?

What is a realizable future for Europe? Please take a moment to write a 400 word (or so) utopia. A utopia that could become the future.

These will become the basis of my project, so please send away: kzcarrol@fas.harvard.edu