deBuren

The last episode of ‘Het Gentse Time Festival’ took place in 2009. Curators Els Dietvorst and Dirk Braeckman decided to make a book instead of a festival. A place for thought, not an event. Many artists used their different art practices to participate in the creation of this book. The project is now given an international dimension via Time Travel.

deBuren asked young Romanian artists to respond to the book, first during an evening debate in Bucharest, followed by an artistic reply. Last week we published the manifesto of director David Schwartz and this week we publish an essay on literature, commitment and feminism by Ana Chirițoiu. Next week, cartoonist Matei Branea will take his turn and the final participant is photographer Jean-Lorin Sterian who portrays the artist as the ‘observer of observers’.

These contributions will eventually be made available on www.timetravel.be, where everyone can upload their own contributions.