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          1st FORMER WEST Congress

          5–7 November 2009

          Ottone, Utrecht (NL)

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      2. Thursday 5 November 2009

        14.00–14.15
        Welcome
        Maria Hlavajova

        14.15–15.00 
        Introductory Notes
        Charles Esche and Maria Hlavajova

        HISTORIES AND NARRATIVES: BETWEEN THE POST-COMMUNIST AND THE POSTCOLONIAL (1989–2009)

        15.00–15.45
        Keynote
        Small Change of the Universal
        Sarat Maharaj 

        16.15–17.00
        Keynote
        Aesthetic Democracy
        Boris Groys

        17.00–17.45 
        Keynote
        Postcolonial Critique and the End of the West
        Paul Gilroy

        18.15–19.00 
        Keynote
        Death of Money: Anxiety in Late Capitalism
        Renata Salecl

        19.00–20.00
        Plenary Session
        moderated by Charles Esche and Maria Hlavajova

      3. Friday 6 November 2009

        ART, ITS DISCOURSES, AND THE WORLD AT LARGE (1989/2001/2008)

        10.00–12.00
        Conversation
        Cosmin Costinaş, Tom Holert and Pablo Lafuente

        12.30–13.30
        Conversation
        Helmut Draxler and Christian Höller

        14.45–15.45
        Conversation
        Marion von Osten and Kerstin Stakemeier

        15.45–16.45 
        Conversation
        Stefan Heidenreich and Jorinde Seijdel

        17.15–18.15
        Conversation
        David Riff and Jalal Toufic

        18.15–19.30 
        Plenary Session
        moderated by Charles Esche and Maria Hlavajova

      4. Saturday 7 November 2009

        REPRESENTATIONS OF ART IN THE FORMER WEST: EXHIBITIONS, ART INSTITUTIONS, ART MARKET (1989–2009)

        10.00–11.00
        Keynote
        A Conceptual History of Exhibition-making
        Simon Sheikh

        11.00–12.00
        Conversation
        Thomas Boutoux and Okwui Enwezor

        12.30–13.30
        Conversation
        Mihnea Mircan and Piotr Piotrowski

        14.45–15.45
        Conversation
        Nuria Enguita Mayo and Ana Longoni

        15.45–16.45
        Conversation
        Charles Esche and Douglas Gordon

        17.15–19.00
        Plenary Session
        followed by Closing Remarks
        moderated by Charles Esche and Maria Hlavajova
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