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Martyna Sztaba Ci-joint : 01 Fév 2007	Lundi 12 Février 2007 12:15:14 am National seasons? Finding a new way of promotion. What about national seasons in different countries – is it still a good way to promote our culture? Nowadays it is a little bit old-fashioned, isn’t it? What would you say for making something more common and international. Like “street-art season” or “gay literature season” or “feminism season” or “no logo season” etc. Shouldn’t we find a new way to promote those national great things we are creating without those “national seasons”?
Asia Krawczyk Ci-joint : 06 Fév 2007	Vendredi 23 Février 2007 7:03:00 pm Nova Polska I agree with you Martyna that national seasons are usually old fashioned, both in form and in content. Ministry of Culture and IAM don't form a very in-vogue team, do they? I was interested in Nova Polska - national season in France and I must admit they had some interesting, quite modern parts, athough obvious in choice - Masłowska in literature, Sosnowska in visual arts, Fiszz in music, Warlikowski in theatre etc. At least there was no reason to blush for them. If the trend survives, there may still be a chance for national seasons.
Anna Grajewska Ci-joint : 20 Fév 2007	Lundi 05 Mars 2007 2:19:36 pm Re: Nova Polska In my opinion we should walk away from using word "culture" which is very general concept and says nothing about the problem. Maybe it would be better if not "culture" but just art created by particular artists (writers,singers,musician etc.) would be promoted so the item "national culture" wouldn't be useful any more.
Katarzyna Dorota Kopec Ci-joint : 20 Nov 2006	Mercredi 28 Mars 2007 12:56:59 pm Re:National seasons? Finding a new way of promotion. I totally agree with you, however, I would like to ask you a question concerning culture/arts we know and culture/arts we do not know. In Poland there is a wide range of cultural events presenting culture of a country (which is usually a sketchy presentation). For experts, and people interested in culture of a certain country it is not worth attending such an event. For those who are not that deeply involved in culture of a country it is a great opportunity to get an idea what the culture is like. So I think culture is often recognized as introduction to a country. What do you think?
sanath sana Ci-joint : 23 Juil 2008	Mercredi 23 Juillet 2008 6:56:32 am Re:National seasons? Finding a new way of promotion. In my opinion we should walk away from using word "culture" which is very general concept and says nothing about the problem. Maybe it would be better if not culture but just art created by particular artists would be promoted so the item national culture wouldn't be useful any more. ========================= johnson456 Wide Circles <a hrefl=" http://www.widecircles.ca"> Wide Circles</a> http://www.widecircles.ca baby_carmody_apr07_400.jpg, 128,84 kB
Christopher Gordon Ci-joint : 20 Fév 2006	Mercredi 23 Juillet 2008 12:23:52 pm Re:National seasons? Finding a new way of promotion. Agreed - Raymond Williams is said to have identified over 700 variant contemporary uses of the word 'culture'! You only need to consider the mess the EU gets itself into trying to deal with 'cultural policy' to appreciate how unhelpful the term is, unless it is tied down to some real meaning in properly defined contexts as appropriate. One of the negatives, for me, about so-called 'national seasons' is that they usually reflect either the view of a government or its metropolitan establishment (international curator mafia etc) which is largely unrecognisable to most of the people who actually live in whichever country. Yes, of course, art will usually reflect local or regional roots and characteristics and to some extent that may seem to be contained withi a nation. But remember Massimo d'Azeglio's comment to Victor Emmanuel II after 1860 - "We have made Italy: the real problem now is how to create Italians". The French answer to that question was by suppressing local and regional cultural identities! (I think it was Joan Miro who said something like "no art in any medium can have universal significance unless it is first rooted in local meaning" . That's the problem with a lot of 19th century 'Orientalism' which was used by artists, composers, choreographers, writers as a shallow decorative feature purely for 'exotic' effect.

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Martyna Sztaba

Ci-joint :
01 Fév 2007

Lundi 12 Février 2007 12:15:14 am

National seasons? Finding a new way of promotion.

What about national seasons in different countries – is it still a good way to promote our culture? Nowadays it is a little bit old-fashioned, isn’t it? What would you say for making something more common and international. Like “street-art season” or “gay literature season” or “feminism season” or “no logo season” etc. Shouldn’t we find a new way to promote those national great things we are creating without those “national seasons”?

Asia Krawczyk

Ci-joint :
06 Fév 2007

Vendredi 23 Février 2007 7:03:00 pm

Nova Polska

I agree with you Martyna that national seasons are usually old fashioned, both in form and in content. Ministry of Culture and IAM don't form a very in-vogue team, do they?
I was interested in Nova Polska - national season in France and I must admit they had some interesting, quite modern parts, athough obvious in choice - Masłowska in literature, Sosnowska in visual arts, Fiszz in music, Warlikowski in theatre etc. At least there was no reason to blush for them. If the trend survives, there may still be a chance for national seasons.

Anna Grajewska

Ci-joint :
20 Fév 2007

Lundi 05 Mars 2007 2:19:36 pm

Re: Nova Polska

In my opinion we should walk away from using word "culture" which is very general concept and says nothing about the problem. Maybe it would be better if not "culture" but just art created by particular artists (writers,singers,musician etc.) would be promoted so the item "national culture" wouldn't be useful any more.

Katarzyna Dorota Kopec

Ci-joint :
20 Nov 2006

Mercredi 28 Mars 2007 12:56:59 pm

Re:National seasons? Finding a new way of promotion.

I totally agree with you, however, I would like to ask you a question concerning culture/arts we know and culture/arts we do not know. In Poland there is a wide range of cultural events presenting culture of a country (which is usually a sketchy presentation). For experts, and people interested in culture of a certain country it is not worth attending such an event. For those who are not that deeply involved in culture of a country it is a great opportunity to get an idea what the culture is like. So I think culture is often recognized as introduction to a country. What do you think?

sanath sana

Ci-joint :
23 Juil 2008

Mercredi 23 Juillet 2008 6:56:32 am

Re:National seasons? Finding a new way of promotion.

In my opinion we should walk away from using word "culture" which is very general concept and says nothing about the problem. Maybe it would be better if not culture but just art created by particular artists would be promoted so the item national culture wouldn't be useful any more.
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johnson456
Wide Circles
<a hrefl=" http://www.widecircles.ca">
Wide Circles</a>

http://www.widecircles.ca

baby_carmody_apr07_400.jpg, 128,84 kB

Christopher Gordon

Ci-joint :
20 Fév 2006

Mercredi 23 Juillet 2008 12:23:52 pm

Re:National seasons? Finding a new way of promotion.

Agreed - Raymond Williams is said to have identified over 700 variant contemporary uses of the word 'culture'! You only need to consider the mess the EU gets itself into trying to deal with 'cultural policy' to appreciate how unhelpful the term is, unless it is tied down to some real meaning in properly defined contexts as appropriate.

One of the negatives, for me, about so-called 'national seasons' is that they usually reflect either the view of a government or its metropolitan establishment (international curator mafia etc) which is largely unrecognisable to most of the people who actually live in whichever country. Yes, of course, art will usually reflect local or regional roots and characteristics and to some extent that may seem to be contained withi a nation. But remember Massimo d'Azeglio's comment to Victor Emmanuel II after 1860 - "We have made Italy: the real problem now is how to create Italians". The French answer to that question was by suppressing local and regional cultural identities! (I think it was Joan Miro who said something like "no art in any medium can have universal significance unless it is first rooted in local meaning" . That's the problem with a lot of 19th century 'Orientalism' which was used by artists, composers, choreographers, writers as a shallow decorative feature purely for 'exotic' effect.

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