Küba : journey against the current ; [on occasion of the project: "Küba: Journey Against the Current", May 1 - June 21, 2006, and the exhibition of the same title, June 25 - September 9, 2006, Nestroyhof, Vienna, and T-B A21, Vienna

During May and June 2006, artist Kutlug Ataman’s award-winning film installation Küba is travelling aboard the Negrelli, a converted container barge, up the Danube River from the Black Sea to Vienna. Slowly, against the current, Küba will navigate Europe’s oldest trade route and cultural artery through Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovakia to its heart in Austria. At each stop, in each country, a new work specifically commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary is presented in dialogue with Ataman’s installation. Matei Bejenaru, Nedko Solakov, Zelimir Zilnik, Renata Poljak, László Csáki and Szabolcs Pálfi, Anetta Mona Chisa and Lucia Tkácová, Emanuel Danesch and David Rych speak in different tongues through their individual artistic projects about minorities, invisible communities, their migrations, histories and memories, and the survival skills learnt to protect their identity and self-representation. Küba: Journey Against the Current is a local and international project intended to provide an artistic response to the complex challenges presented by recent socio-political developments In Europe. Küba: Journey Against the Current....Pages 8-13 Aesthetics as Travel....Pages 14-17 Küba....Pages 18-19 What is Küba?....Pages 20-25 Life as a Metaphor....Pages 26-33 “I Was Happy When I was a Virgin”....Pages 34-37 Travelling Guide....Pages 38-51 How Rough May a “Rough Guide” Be?....Pages 52-55 A BG Bar....Pages 56-61 Welcome to “A BG Bar”!....Pages 62-67 Soap in Danube Opera....Pages 68-75 Danube Soap Opera....Pages 76-79 A Force Moving Movies....Pages 80-85 Media Ontology....Pages 86-89 All One Knows....Pages 90-95 All One Knows....Pages 96-101 Boris Buden’s Silent Albanians....Pages 102-107 From Stari Trg to Stari Aerodrom and Back: Answer to Sezgin Boynik....Pages 108-113 Agár — The Hungarian Greyhound Project....Pages 114-119 Greyhound Country....Pages 120-125 “My” Danube....Pages 126-131 After the Order....Pages 132-137 Playing with Modernity....Pages 138-143 In the Air Between....Pages 144-147 Minority Logbox multiple degrees of representation logged 0106-0506: TR-RO-BG-YU-HR-H-SK-A....Pages 148-151 Multiple Degrees of Representation....Pages 152-153 Minorities and the Other within (the New) Europe....Pages 154-159 Danube Imaginary....Pages 160-169 During May And June 2006, Artist Kutlug Ataman's Award-winning Film Installation Kuba Is Travelling Aboard The Negrelli, A Converted Container Barge, Up The Danube River From The Black Sea To Vienna. Slowly, Against The Current, Kuba Will Navigate Europe's Oldest Trade Route And Cultural Artery Through Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia And Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, And Slovakia To Its Heart In Austria. At Each Stop, In Each Country, A New Work Specifically Commissioned By Thyssen-bornemisza Art Contemporary Is Presented In Dialogue With Ataman's Installation. Matei Bejenaru, Nedko Solakov, Zelimir Zilnik, Renata Poljak, Laszlo Csaki And Szabolcs Palfi, Anetta Mona Chisa And Lucia Tkacova, Emanuel Danesch And David Rych Speak In Different Tongues Through Their Individual Artistic Projects About Minorities, Invisible Communities, Their Migrations, Histories And Memories, And The Survival Skills Learnt To Protect Their Identity And Self-representation. Kuba: Journey Against The Current Is A Local And International Project Intended To Provide An Artistic Response To The Complex Challenges Presented By Recent Socio-political Developments In Europe. Presents a project intended to provide an artistic response to the complex challenges presented by socio-political developments in Europe. This book presents the story of Kuba, travelling aboard the Negrelli - a converted container barge - up the Danube River from the Black Sea to Vienna, navigating Europe's oldest trade route and cultural artery.