2010.09.25：Forum Biennial lecture: Paying for the past, or, the price of the future?_Simon Rees | 論壇雙年展演講活動 – 講題：東歐國家新興的美術館 / 主講者：Simon Rees

09.25 論壇雙年展演講活動 7pm

題目：「過去的補償，或未來的代價？ — 東歐國家新興的美術館」
主講者：Simon Rees (立陶宛維爾紐斯當代藝術中心首席策展人)

09.25 Forum Biennial lecture 7pm

lecture：「Paying for the past, or, the price of the future?」
Host：Simon Rees (Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius.).

簡介：

自從 80 年代後期，東歐共產國家逐漸瓦解之後，政治上發生了民主化，經濟走上資本主義的全球化路線，社會也發生巨大的變化。在「後共產主義」的二十年之間，當代藝術經歷了數次的轉變，尤其最近幾年，各國紛紛成立新的美術館，以因應時代轉變的需要。這次演講將介紹 Tallinn、Vilnius、Warsaw、Lodz、Zagreb 等地的美術館，以及他們的策略與方向。

英語演講，有中文翻譯

自2006年在塔林(Tallinn)庫穆愛沙尼亞藝術館(KUMU Estonian Museum of Art)開幕之後，兩個新的現代與當代美術館便也在位於歐洲的前華沙公約領地上前後成立了：這兩座城市包含了在立陶宛（前蘇聯）的維爾紐斯和克羅埃西亞（前南斯拉夫）的薩格勒布。與此同時，在俄羅斯(前蘇聯)的聖彼得堡與塞爾維亞（前南斯拉夫）的貝爾格萊德、斯洛文尼亞（前南斯拉夫）的盧布爾雅那與波蘭的羅茲這幾座城市裡，現存的大型博物館也都經過了翻新或擴展。另外，在波蘭的華沙、克拉科夫、卡托維茲和在拉脫維亞的里加、白俄羅斯的明斯克等，美術館建築競圖、類似的藝術機構也紛紛開始創立。加上在捷克共和國的布拉格與烏克蘭的基輔，許多原已成立或正要開幕的私人博物館建也被建造成如同上述國家機構那般的規模。上述機構的出現是相當不容易的，而對藝術與文化史家在描述這個現象的意義與機構運作，也是一個艱鉅的挑戰。

Since 2006 and the opening of KUMU Estonian Musum of Art in Tallinn two new museums of modern and contemporary art have opened in the former-Warsaw Pact territory of Europe: in Vilnius, Lithuania (former-USSR) and Zagreb, Croatia (former-Yugoslavia). Meanwhile, existing major museums have been refurbished or extended in St Petersburg, Russia (former-USSR) and Belgrade, Serbia (former-Yugoslavia), Ljubljana, Slovenia (former-Yugoslavia) and Lodz, Poland. And architectural competitions and/or construction started for similar institutions in Warsaw, Krakow, Katowice and Torun (all Poland); Riga, Latvia; and Minsk, Belarus, plus private museums to be built on a similar scale to the aforementioned national institutions have opened or are opening in Prague, Czech Republic, and Kiev, Ukraine. It is a formidable list and sets art and cultural historians an equally formidable challenge to decribe what it means and how these institutions operate.

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Simon Rees

Simon Rees曾任立陶宛維爾紐斯(Vilnius)當代藝術中心（CAC）首席策展人，於此任內，他擔任當代藝術中心所創辦”CAC INTERVIU”雜誌的共同主編，此雜誌以季刊形式開啟藝術對話，其重點聚焦關注歐洲的當代藝術，同時，自2005至2010，Simon Rees也是”CAC Café Talks”每月國際講座系列召集人，為立陶宛帶來了許多國際知名的文化專業人士。

2007年，Rees是藝術家Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas在52屆威尼斯立陶宛館的展覽總監，該展獲威尼斯雙年展國家館評審特別獎。他目前正為愛沙尼亞的庫木(KUMU)美術館籌畫2011年的” For Love Not Money:第十二屆塔林版畫三年展”，最近也在奧地利的薩爾茨堡藝術協會為立陶宛新崛起的藝術家舉辦了一個展覽。2009年，他策畫”代碼共享：5大洲，10個雙年展，20名藝術家” 計畫(其中包含2008台北雙年展)，是2009年維爾紐斯(Vilnius)歐洲文化之都音樂節的當代視覺藝術項目其中之一。他的駐村經歷包括，斯德哥爾摩的IASPIS，2008年紐約” apex art”進駐計畫。Rees經常為國際媒體與出版物書寫關於東歐藝術的文章，包括Frieze雜誌等。部分文章被收錄在立陶宛、德國，波蘭和美國的書籍，由大學及藝術類的專門出版社發行。

Simon Rees was formerly Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius. In that role Rees was co-editor of the journal “CAC INTERVIU the quarterly conversation about art” and convenor of the monthly international lecture series the “CAC Café Talks” that brought internationally renowned culture professionals to Vilnius from 2005 to 2010. In 2007 Rees was Commissioner for artists Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas at the Lithuanian Pavilion at the 52nd La Biennale di Venezia ? that was recipient of a special biennale jury award for National Pavilion. He is currently preparing “For Love Not Money: the 12th Tallinn Print Triennial” for KUMU Estonian Art Museum opening in January 2011 and has recently opened an exhibition of emerging Lithuanian artists at the Salzburger Kunstverein in Austria. In 2009 his project (that included a collaboration with the 2008 Taipei Biennale) “CODE SHARE: 5 continents, 10 biennales, 20 artists” opened the contemporary visual arts program of the Vilnius European Capital of Culture 2009 festival. A past curator-in-residence at IASPIS (Stockholm), in summer 2008 Rees participated in the residency program at ?apex art? in New York.

Rees writes regularly about art from Eastern Europe for international press and publication, including Frieze magazine, and has recently had chapters in books published by art and University presses in Lithuania, Germany, Poland, and the United States.