1. FORMER WEST, a contemporary art research, education, publishing, and exhibition project (2008–2016)
    A project by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst

    FORMER WEST

    1. FORMER WEST (2008–2016) 

      This online platform makes publicly accessible the FORMER WEST research trajectory (2008–2016) archive, including an extensive video-archive of lectures, interviews, research gatherings, seminars, and exhibitions.

      FORMER WEST’s culminating phase (2014–2016), led to the major publication Former West: Art and the Contemporary After 1989, edited by Maria Hlavajova and Simon Sheikh (2016), published by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst and MIT Press. The editors’ introduction “Editors’ Note: Formering the West” can be read here.

    2. Out now:

      Publication

      FORMER WEST: Art and the Contemporary after 1989

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    3. This publication includes over 70 texts, visual essays, and conversations by artists, thinkers, and cultural practitioners worldwide, and marks the culmination of an eight-year artistic and curatorial research experiment, FORMER WEST. The publication can be ordered via MIT Press.

    4. From the archive:

        1. Research Interviews
        Interview with Boris Groys
        Charles Esche and Maria Hlavajova
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        1. Research Lectures
        Ideas of Europe: Identity, Civilization, and Constitution
        Etienne Balibar
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