Prōtocollum

27/09/2019

PRESS RELEASE

34 visual artists and art collectives from 32 countries: PRŌTOCOLLUM 2019/20 is now available
Contributing artists of PRŌTOCOLLUM 2019/20 are: Georges Adéagbo (Benin), Clay Apenouvon (Togo/France), Ngimbi Bakambana (Congo), Yassine Balbzioui (Morocco), Nú Barreto (Guinea-Bissau), Nomin Bold (Mongolia), Dalila Dalléas Bouzar (Algeria), Carolina Caycedo (Colombia), Yin-Ju Chen (Taiwan), Minerva Cuevas (Mexico), Zhang Ding (China), Viktor Ekpuk (Nigeria), Safaa Erruas (Morocco), Dimitri Fagbohoun (Benin/France), Gluklya (Russia), Dan Halter (Zimbabwe), Nadine Hattom (Iraq), Khaled Jarrar (Palestine), Koo Jeong A (South Korea), Reena Saini Kallat (India), Lebohang Kganye (South Africa), Jems Koko Bi (Ivory Coast), Andreja Kulunčić (Croatia), Katalin Ladik (Serbia/Hungary), Little Warsaw (Hungary), Mohamed Melehi (Morocco), Timur Si-Qin (Germany), Mitra Tabrizian (Iran), Pascale Marthine Tayou (Cameroon), Mariana Vassileva (Bulgaria), Viktor Vorobyev (Kazakhstan), Yelena Vorobyeva (Turkmenistan), Kamel Yahiaoui (Algeria), Tomoko Yoneda (Japan).
PRŌTOCOLLUM 2019/20 (6th issue)
Languages: English and French
Pages: 300
Format: 21 x 26 cm
Release: October 2019
Publisher: DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG
Price: €38 - £35 - $43 - ¥4500
ISBN: 978-3-9816206-7-2
The 6th issue of PRŌTOCOLLUM, the annually published anthology dedicated to non-Western contemporary visual artists, art narratives and art history, has been released by DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG. PRŌTOCOLLUM’s issue for 2019/20 features contributions by 34 visual artists and art collectives from 32 countries.

Next to its focus on non-Western positions in contemporary art, PRŌTOCOLLUM champions artistic autonomy over editorial sovereignty in order to provide authentic encounters with the presented practices. All contributing artists are invited to independently choose and create their content for PRŌTOCOLLUM without editorial supervision or intervention. This intentional restraint on behalf of the editorial team ensures that no intermediary stands between the artist and the reader. Expert comment and third party evaluation only take place if the artists choose to include such texts with their respective contributions.

With its 6th issue, PRŌTOCOLLUM has chronicled non-Western contemporary visual art for more than half a decade. In this period PRŌTOCOLLUM has developed into an annual anthology that serves as a reference work, a source of inspiration and a database for those who want to fully immerse themselves with established and emerging art of non-Western origin.

Its motto ‘Global Perspectives on Visual Vocabulary’ epitomizes the intention to present a visual arts exhibition in the framework of an art journal, letting the visual flow rather than editorial criteria determine the sequence of the artists’ contributions and layout — undisturbed and uninterrupted by commercial ads or sponsored content. PRŌTOCOLLUM transforms the assembled submissions of a diverse group of contemporary visual artists into an “exhibition in a book”, a visual journey on which each reader embarks by opening the pages of the journal, and a journey that encompasses a wide variety of artistic materials, forms and themes, broadening our horizons beyond the well-trodden paths of Western contemporary art and promoting a new openness for true internationality in the art world.

15/10/2018

PRESS RELEASE

21 visual artists and art collectives from 22 countries: PRŌTOCOLLUM 2018/19 is now available
Contributing artists of PRŌTOCOLLUM 2017/18 are: Arahmaiani (Indonesia), Zoulikha Bouabdellah (Algeria & France), Isaac Chong Wai (Hong Kong), Paz Errázuriz (Chile), Rafael Ferrer (Puerto Rico), Pélagie Gbaguidi (Benin), Beatriz González (Colombia), Claudia Joskowicz (Bolivia), Ayoung Kim (South Korea), Olga Kisseleva (Russia), Hew Locke (United Kingdom & Guyana), Meng Huang (China), Eko Nugroho (Indonesia), Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (Denmark & Philippines), Anila Rubiku (Albania), Mouna Jemal Siala (Tunisia), Adrián Villar Rojas (Argentina), Wang Qingsong (China), Tintin Wulia (Indonesia), Yao Jui-chung (Taiwan), Zhao Zhao (China)
PRŌTOCOLLUM 2018/19 (5th issue)
Languages: English (Parts in French and Spanish).
Pages: 224
Format: 21 x 26 cm
Publisher: DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG
Release: October 2018
Price: € 28 - £ 25 - $ 34 - ¥ 3800
ISBN: 978-3-9816206-6-5
The fifth issue of PRŌTOCOLLUM, the annually pub­lished anthology dedicated to non-Western contemporary visual artists, art narratives and art history, has been re­leased by DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG. PRŌTO­COLLUM’s issue for 2018/19 features contributions by 21 visual artists and art collectives from 22 countries.
Next to its focus on non-Western positions in contemporary art, PRŌTOCOLLUM champions artistic autonomy over editorial sovereignty in order to provide authentic encoun­ters with the presented practices. All contributing artists are invited to independently choose and create their content for PRŌTOCOLLUM without editorial supervision or inter­vention. This intentional restraint on behalf of the editorial team ensures that no intermediary stands between the artist and the reader. Expert comment and third party evaluation only take place if the artists choose to include such texts with their respective contributions.
To further strengthen regional views and perspectives, PRŌTOCOLLUM has developed its own concept of peer review, by inviting contributors of previous issues to rec­ommend notable artists from their regions. Being able to tap into the knowledge and expertise of such a diverse artistic community puts this journal in a unique position as a plat­form for non-Western contemporary visual art. Its motto ‘Global Perspectives on Visual Vocabulary’ furthermore epitomizes the intention to present a visual arts exhibition in the framework of an art journal, letting the visual flow rather than editorial criteria determine the sequence of the artists’ contributions and layout — undisturbed and uninter­rupted by commercial ads or sponsored content.
Since the inaugural issue, which appeared in October 2014, around 325 artists and artist collectives from over 105 countries have participated in PRŌTOCOLLUM.
The 2018/2019 edition once more brings together emerging talents and established artists from across Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia, lending prominence to art scenes and developments otherwise un­der-represented in the Western art circuit. A must-have for collectors and professionals interested in a cross-section of contemporary visual art on a truly global scale.
PRŌTOCOLLUM with its editions 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 is recipient of the coveted Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2017. The decision was made by a jury of 24 design experts who judged a total of more than 8000 works from 50 countries: http://bit.ly/2ik1OUs
PRŌTOCOLLUM has also been presented with a "Special Award" of the German Design Award 2019, a prize that is awarded by the German Design Council to pioneering contributions to the German and international design landscape.

26/03/2018

Interview with Thai artist Arin Rungjang, he discusses the influence of collective and personal memory in his practice, and his latest multimedia work on the history of Bangkok's famous Democracy Monument, the final destination of a 400,000-person march against the military junta in 1973.

ArtAsiaPacific magazine is the leading English-language periodical covering contemporary art and culture from the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

08/12/2017

PRŌTOCOLLUM 2017/18 is now available

39 visual artists and art collectives from 34 countries

The fourth issue of PRŌTOCOLLUM, the annually published anthology dedicated to non-Western contemporary visual artists, art narratives and art history, has been released by DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG. PRŌTOCOLLUM’s issue for 2017/18 features contributions by 39 visual artists and art collectives from 34 countries.

Next to its focus on non-Western positions in contemporary art, PRŌTOCOLLUM champions artistic autonomy over editorial sovereignty in order to provide authentic encounters with the presented practices. All contributing artists are invited to independently choose and create their content for PRŌTOCOLLUM without editorial supervision or intervention. This intentional restraint on behalf of the editorial team ensures that no intermediary stands between the artist and the reader. Expert comment and third party evaluation only take place if the artists choose to include such texts with their respective contributions.

Since the inaugural issue, which appeared in October 2014, around 300 artists and artist collectives from almost 100 countries have participated in PRŌTOCOLLUM.

The 2017/2018 edition once more brings together emerging talents and established artists from across Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia, lending prominence to art scenes and developments otherwise under-represented in the Western art circuit. A must-have for collectors and professionals interested in a cross-section of contemporary visual art on a truly global scale.

Contributing artists:
Ilit Azoulay (Israel), Baatarzorig Batjargal (Mongolia), Sonia Elizabeth Barrett (Jamaica/Germany), Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin (South Africa/UK), Ali Cherri (Lebanon), Jasmina Cibic (Slovenia), Ndidi Onyemaechi D**e (Nigeria), Cevdet Erek (Turkey), Vadim Fishkin (Russia/Slovenia), Hako Hankson (Cameroon), Pravdoliub Ivanov (Bulgaria), Januario Jano (Angola), Dejan Kaludjerović (Serbia), Khvay Samnang (Cambodia), Nicène Kossentini (Tunisia), Kwan Sheung Chi (Hong Kong), Runo Lagomarsino (Sweden/Argentina), Li Dazhi (China), Liu Ding (China), Lu Yang (China), Evariste Maïga (Togo), Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo (Cuba), Yerbossyn Meldibekov (Kazakhstan), Mladen Miljanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Sabelo Mlangeni (South Africa), Sandra Monterroso(Guatemala), Atsuko Nakamura (Japan), Iván Navarro (Chile), Valerie Piraino (Rwanda), Pilar Quinteros (Chile), Shubigi Rao (India/Singapore), Mithu Sen (India), Buhlebezwe Siwani (South Africa), NaoKo TakaHashi (Japan), Michael Tsegaye (Ethiopia), Adejoke Tugbiyele (Nigeria/USA), Adan Vallecillo (Honduras), Vertical Submarine (Singapore), Yang Mushi (China)

PRŌTOCOLLUM 2017/18 (4th issue)
Languages: English (Portions in Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish).
Pages: 239
Format: 21 x 26 cm
Release: October 2017
Frequency: One issue a year
Price: €28 – £25 – $34 – ¥3800
ISBN: 978-3-9816206-5-8

PRŌTOCOLLUM can be ordered online via www.protocollum.org and the publisher’s DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG website www.dickersbach.net

imprint:
Publisher: Dickersbach Kunstverlag
Editor-in-Chief: Safia Dickersbach
Managing Editor: Lisa Contag
Associate Editor: Ángela Rodríguez Perea
Graphic Design: Anna Bühler, Pit Stenkhoff Stenkhoff, Neue Gestaltung GmbH, Berlin. www.neuegestaltung.de

Authors: (Authors of the texts submitted by the contributing artists) Osei Bonsu, Feng Boyi, Bruno de Almeida, Valeria Ibraeva, Abdellah Karroum, Maria-Gracia Latedjou Guimarães, Blanca Victoria López, Madeline McLean, Joel Mpah Doo, Paula Nascimento, Lena Naumann, Roger Nelson, Walter Seidl, Chris Sharp, Jonathan Touitou, Xin Wang

PRŌTOCOLLUM with its editions 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 is recipient of the coveted Red Dot Award: Communication Design Communication Design 2017. The decision was made by a jury of 24 design experts who judged a total of more than 8000 works from 50 countries: http://bit.ly/2AHv95e

21/10/2017

Are you in Paris for the FIAC art fair? Then do not at all miss this weekend the AABF/ African Art Book Fairat La Colonie!! Today & tomorrow at 10:30 - 18:30

Venue: Salon du livre d'art des Afriques
Address: 128 rue de LaFayette - 75010 Paris
http://www.lacolonie.paris/agenda/salon-du-livre-dart-des-afriques

07/10/2017

If you are in London this weekend, do not miss out this year's 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House. We are very excited that 9 of PRŌTOCOLLUM's contributing artists exhibit their works during the fair:

Nidhal Chamekh, presented by Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia,

Ernest DÜKÜ, presented by (S)ITOR / Sitor Senghor, Paris, France,

Mounir Fatmi, presented by Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates,

Nadia Kaabi-Linke, presented by qLawrie Shabibi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates,

Peterson Kamwathi, presented by ARTLabAfrica, Nairobi, Kenya,

Vincent Michea, presented by Magnin-A, Paris, France, and Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, presented by Tiwani Contemporary, London, United Kingdom,

Buhlebezwe Siwani, presented by WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, South Africa,

Michael Tsegaye, presented by Addis Fine Art, Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia.

All images in this facebook album are courtesy of the artist, the galleries and 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair.

03/10/2016

The new issue of PRŌTOCOLLUM is out now, with 76 visual artists and art collectives from 50 countries. To find out more, please order your copy of PRŌTOCOLLUM here: www.protocollum.org

PRŌTOCOLLUM is an annually published anthology dedicated to non-Western contemporary visual artists, art narratives and art history.

The third issue of the journal is introduced with Vesna Bukovec’s ironic comment ‘Continue as if everything is right’, alluding to the cognitive dissonance that allows us to continue our life as usual in a world that is not only full of social and political injustice, war, terror, mass flight and migration, but also experiencing political reactions to these developments in the form of populism and neo-nationalistic tendencies, which are at least as disturbing as the events that caused them. This introduction sets the tone for PRŌTOCOLLUM 2016/17, which is somewhat more sombre and sadder than the previous editions.

To further strengthen regional views and perspectives, PRŌTOCOLLUM 2016/17 continues to develop the journal’s concept of peer review, by inviting contributors of previous issues to recommend interesting artists from their regions. So far, more than 160 artists and artist collectives from 77 countries have participated in PRŌTOCOLLUM. Being able to tap into the knowledge and expertise of this diverse community puts PRŌTOCOLLUM in a unique position as a platform for non-Western contemporary visual art.

PRŌTOCOLLUM’s motto ‘Global Perspectives on Visual Vocabulary’ epitomizes its intention to present a visual arts exhibition in the framework of an art journal, letting the visual flow determine the sequence of the artists’ contributions.

Contributing artists of PRŌTOCOLLUM 2016/17 are:
Pio Abad & Maria Taniguchi (Philippines), AES+F (Russia), African Art Book Fair, Song-Ming Ang (Singapore), Orawan Arunrak (Thailand), Blažej Baláž (Slovakia), Bianca Baldi (South Africa), Moridja Kitenge Banza (Congo), José Bedia (Cuba), Bili Bidjocka (Cameroon), David Böhm & Jiří Franta (Czech Republic), Vesna Bukovec (Slovenia), Ergin Çavuşoğlu (Bulgaria/Turkey), Alejandro Cesarco (Uruguay), Leung Chi Wo (Hong Kong), Lana Čmajčanin (Bosnia and Herzegowina), István Csákány (Romania/Hungary), Tatiana Danilevskaya (Russia), Diana de Solares (Guatemala), Desire Machine Collective (India), Ernest Dükü (Ivory Coast), Fakhri El Ghezal (Tunisia), Andreas Fogarasi (Austria), Foundland (South Africa/Syria), Mekhitar Garabedian (Syria), Euridice Getulio Kala (Mozambique), Alimjan Jorobaev (Kyrgyzstan), Adela Jušić (Bosnia and Herzegowina), Zhanna Kadyrova (Ukraine), Raja'a Khalid (Saudi-Arabia), Tsang Kin-Wah (Hong Kong), Kapwani Kiwanga (Canada), Leon Krige (South Africa), Michael Lee (Singapore), Youssef Limoud (Egypt), Carlos Martiel (Cuba), Olivia McGilchrist (Jamaica), Aurelia Mihai (Romania), Trinh T. Minh-ha (Vietnam), MMMoCa (Nigeria), Naeem Mohaiemen (Bangladesh), Joel Mpah Dooh (Cameroon), Cheikh Ndiaye (Senegal), Abraham Oghobase (Nigeria), Okin Collective (South Korea), Füsun Onur (Turkey), Raquel Paiewonsky (Dominican Republic), Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (Botswana), Alexander Povzner (Russia), Jhafis Quintero González (Panama), José Alejandro Restrepo (Colombia), Roee Rosen (Israel), Miti Ruangkritya (Thailand), Graciela Sacco (Argentina), Nomwindé Vivien Sawadogo (Burkina Faso), Massinissa Selmani (Algeria), Sandra Sterle (Croatia), Mariam Suhail (Pakistan), Sutthirat Supaparinya (Thailand), Ana Maria Tavares (Brazil), Tercerunquinto (Mexico), Güneş Terkol (Turkey), The Bureau of Melodramatic Research (Romania), Charwei Tsai (Taiwan), Francisco Ugarte (Mexico), Where Dogs Run (Russia), Miao Xiaochun (China), Lantian Xie (Bahrain), Sun Xun (China), Sharon Ya’ari (Israel), Yang Yongliang (China), Ala Younis (Kuwait), Jakub Julian Ziółkowski (Poland).

PRŌTOCOLLUM 2016/17
Languages: English (Portions in French, Spanish, Turkish and Russian).
Pages: 324
Format: 21 x 26 cm
Release: October 2016
Frequency: One issue a year
Price: €35 - £30 - $40 - ¥4100
ISBN: 978-3-9816206-4-1

Editor-in-Chief: Safia Dickersbach

Managing Editor: Lisa Contag

Graphic Design: Anna Bühler, Peter Stenkhoff / Neue Gestaltung GmbH, Berlin. www.neuegestaltung.de

Authors: (Authors of the texts submitted by the contributing artists) Nergis Abıyeva, Chloë Bass, Margrit Brehm, David Elliott, Oliver Enwonwu, Ahmet Ergenç, Roman Gajdoš, Elsa Guily, Sergey Guskov, Orlando Hernández, Meadow Hilley, Dr. Baudelio Lara, Kristian Madsen, Nicole O’Rourke, Jelena Petrović, Melanie Pocock, Magda Radu, Dr. Joshua Simon, Marina Sokolovskaya

Translations and Proofreading: Ángela Rodríguez Perea, Vera Gagarina

Research & Production Assistance: Eda Aden, Carlota Dolben

Printing: Brandenburgische Universitätsdruckerei und Verlagsgesellschaft Potsdam mbH. Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25. 14476 Potsdam-Golm

PRŌTOCOLLUM is published by
DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG
Clara-Wieck-Str. 3
10785 Berlin
Germany

ISBN: 978-3-9816206-4-1

09/05/2016

The second issue of PRŌTOCOLLUM art journal (www.protocollum.org), the international survey of contemporary non-Western visual art, art narratives and art history, was presented during an international launch event that was held in Dakar, Senegal, on May 8th in connection with the Dakar Biennale of Contemporary Art. As a number of artists who contributed to PRŌTOCOLLUM have also participated in the Dakar Biennale, it was important for us to use this opportunity and arrange a lunch event for PRŌTOCOLLUM here in Dakar. Inspirational conversations and interesting exchanges took place among our guests, not only about the various exhibitions and talks of the Biennale, but also about the topics and issues that are the focus points of our project and research like the growing role of non-Western contemporary art in the international art discourse and how to further strengthen the global awareness of contemporary art from regions like Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe.

PRŌTOCOLLUM art journal convenes the relevant voices from diverse countries and regions around the world by directly connecting to the artists in their home regions. Counteracting the opinion-shaping influence of art institutions in Europe or North America, PRŌTOCOLLUM provides a forum for the ideas, perspectives, visions and perceptions of artists and art scenes located outside of the Western hemisphere, striving to achieve a multi-faceted and balanced picture of contemporary global artistic practice, art narratives and art history. The inaugural issue of PRŌTOCOLLUM was launched in November 2014, with contributions from 72 visual artists and art collectives from 54 countries. The second issue for 2015/16 that took centre stage during the lunch event in Dakar contains contributions by 92 visual artists and artist collectives from 53 countries.

Many thanks to all of you who joined us for PRŌTOCOLLUM's event in Dakar! I am especially proud that my home continent Africa has hosted both such a successful Biennale for Contemporary Art and our meeting with dedicated talks and motivating discussions among a very interesting circle of artists, art professionals and art scholars.

Date: 8 May 2016
Venue: Restaurant L'Avenue (Radisson Blu Hotel Dakar, Senegal)

12/12/2015

PRŌTOCOLLUM 2015/16, the second issue of the artist journal exclusively dedicated to contemporary non-Western visual art, art narratives and art history, is now available!

Get a sneak peek at some of the artists' contributions to PRŌTOCOLLUM's newest issue here below.

The new issue features contributions by 92 visual artists and art collectives from 53 countries across Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.

Starting with this new second issue, some of the artists of the previous issue 2014/15 were involved in the selection process and recommended artists from their regions, because PRŌTOCOLLUM emphasizes the perspectives of the contributing artists and their local/regional viewpoints.

PRŌTOCOLLUM 2015/16
Languages: English (Portions in French, Chinese, Spanish, Romanian).
Pages: 352
Format: 21 x 26 cm
Release: October 2015
Frequency: One issue a year
Price: € 36 – £ 26 – $ 40 – ¥ 4800
ISBN: 978-3-9816206-3-4

Contributing artists of PRŌTOCOLLUM 2015/16 are: Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme (Palestine), Vyacheslav Akhunov (Uzbekistan), Karo Akpokiere (Nigeria), Ammar Al-Beik (Syria), Yuri Albert (Russia), Halil Altindere (Turkey), Jude Anogwih (Nigeria), Alexander Apóstol (Venezuela), Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuba), Cheikhou Bâ (Senegal), Fayçal Baghriche (Algeria), Ali Banisadr (Iran), Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon), Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan (Romania), Irina Botea (Romania), Luis Camnitzer (Uruguay), Nidhal Chamekh (Tunisia), Chen Chieh-jen (Taiwan), Chto Delat (Russia), Tiffany Chung (Vietnam), Carlos Cruz-Diez (Venezuela), Blue Curry (Bahamas), Danica Dakić (Bosnia), Gohar Dashti (Iran), Jose Dávila (Mexico), Gilles Elie-Dit-Cosaque (France), Patricia Esquivias (Venezuela), Etcetera (Argentina/Chile), İnci Eviner (Turkey), Rita Fischer (Uruguay), Fokus Grupa (Croatia), Jeanno Gaussi (Afghanistan), Kendell Geers (South Africa), Gil & Moti (Israel), Marina Gržinić & Aina Šmid (Slovenia), Rula Halawani (Palestine), Hoang Duong Cam (Vietnam), HowDoYouSayYaminAfrican?, IRWIN Group (Slovenia), Délio Jasse (Angola), Hiwa K (Iraq), Šejla Kamerić (Bosnia), Krištof Kintera (Czech Republic), Barbora Kleinhamplová (Czech Republic), Katarzyna Kozyra (Poland), Wiz Kudowor (Ghana), Nedim Kufi (Iraq), Miriam Syowia Kyambi (Kenya), Lee Yongbaek (Korea), Zbigniew Libera (Poland), Lucía Madriz (Costa Rica), MAP Office (Morocco/France), Misheck Masamvu (Zimbabwe), Vincent Michéa (France/Senegal), Ivan Moudov (Bulgaria), Lada Nakonechna (Ukraine), Moataz Nasr (Egypt), Aimé Ntakiyica (Burundi), Mahmoud Obaidi (Iraq), OPAVIVARÁ! (Brazil), Open Group (Ukraine), Luis González Palma (Guatemala), Jorge Pardo (Cuba), Pratchaya Phinthong (Thailand), Cameron Platter (South Africa), Shahpour Pouyan (Iran), Ana Prvački (Serbia), Pors & Rao (India/Denmark), Mykola Ridnyi (Ukraine), Luciana Rondolini (Argentina), Steve Sabella (Palestine), Georges Senga (Congo), Sheng Qi (China), Regina Silveira (Brazil), Dimitar Solakov (Bulgaria), Sun Yuan & Peng Yu (China), Teppei Kaneuji (Japan), Barthélémy Toguo (Cameroon), Tromarama (Indonesia), Rodrigo Valenzuela (Chile), Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor (Romania/Switzerland), Ryszard Waśko (Poland), Pavel Wolberg (Russia), Nil Yalter (Turkey), Héctor Zamora (Mexico), Arseny Zhilyaev (Russia).

Orders can be placed through the website www.protocollum.org

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PRŌTOCOLLUM is design by Pit Stenkhoff & Anna Bühler from Neue Gestaltung GmbH, Berlin: http://neuegestaltung.de/

30/10/2015

PRESS RELEASE

92 visual artists and art collectives from 53 countries: PRŌTOCOLLUM 2015/16 now available

Berlin-based DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG presents the second issue of PRŌTOCOLLUM, an annually published artists’ journal dedicated to non-Western contemporary visual artists, art narratives and art history. Honouring its motto Global Perspectives on Visual Vocabulary, PRŌTOCOLLUM’s issue for 2015/16 features contributions by 92 visual artists and art collectives from 53 countries across Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.

PRŌTOCOLLUM dedicates itself to the participating artists’ thoughts, visions and ideas, and offers its readership an unfiltered and unmediated encounter with contemporary global artistic practice. The artists independently select the content they would like to have published in their respective sections and are free to determine their contributions and the way in which they would like to communicate with the journal’s readers, including their language of preference. PRŌTOCOLLUM does not want to reflect what art experts, critics and curators think. The concept follows a strict philosophy of artistic autonomy over editorial authority, with no adverts and no editorial or curatorial interference.

For 2015/16 PRŌTOCOLLUM has invited a selection of artists from the inaugural issue to propose contributors, thus ensuring that the perspectives of local art scenes are duly represented. Featuring visual artists, art collectives and artistic practices across a wide range of media on more than 350 pages, the journal’s 2nd issue once more provides unique access to truly global contemporary art scenes.

PRŌTOCOLLUM can be ordered online via www.protocollum.org and the publisher’s DICKERSBACH KUNSTVERLAG website www.dickersbach.net

PRŌTOCOLLUM 2015/16
Languages: English (Portions in French, Chinese, Spanish, Romanian).
Pages: 352
Format: 21 x 26 cm
Release: October 2015
Frequency: One issue a year
Price: € 36 / £ 26 / $ 40 / ¥ 4800
ISBN: 978-3-9816206-3-4

Contributing artists are: Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme (Palestine), Vyacheslav Akhunov (Uzbekistan), Karo Akpokiere (Nigeria), Ammar Al-Beik (Syria), Yuri Albert (Russia), Halil Altindere (Turkey), Jude Anogwih (Nigeria), Alexander Apóstol (Venezuela), Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuba), Cheikhou Bâ (Senegal), Fayçal Baghriche (Algeria), Ali Banisadr (Iran), Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon), Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan (Romania), Irina Botea (Romania), Luis Camnitzer (Uruguay), Nidhal Chamekh (Tunisia), Chen Chieh-jen (Taiwan), Chto Delat (Russia), Tiffany Chung (Vietnam), Carlos Cruz-Diez (Venezuela), Blue Curry (Bahamas), Danica Dakić (Bos-nia), Gohar Dashti (Iran), Jose Dávila (Mexico), Gilles Elie-Dit-Cosaque (France), Patricia Esquivias (Venezuela), Etcetera (Argentina/Chile), İnci Eviner (Turkey), Rita Fischer (Uruguay), Fokus Grupa (Croatia), Jeanno Gaussi (Afghanistan), Kendell Geers (South Africa), Gil & Moti (Israel), Marina Gržinić & Aina Šmid (Slovenia), Rula Halawani (Palestine), Hoang Duong Cam (Vietnam), HowDoYouSayYaminAfrican?, IRWIN Group (Slovenia), Délio Jasse (Angola), Hiwa K (Iraq), Šejla Kamerić (Bosnia), Krištof Kintera (Czech Republic), Barbora Kleinhamplová (Czech Republic), Katarzyna Kozyra (Poland), Wiz Kudowor (Ghana), Nedim Kufi (Iraq), Miriam Syowia Kyambi (Kenya), Lee Yongbaek (Korea), Zbigniew Libera (Poland), Lucía Madriz (Costa Rica), MAP Office (Morocco/France), Misheck Masamvu (Zimbabwe), Vincent Michéa (France/Senegal), Ivan Moudov (Bulgaria), Lada Nakonechna (Ukraine), Moataz Nasr (Egypt), Aimé Ntakiyica (Burundi), Mahmoud Obaidi (Iraq), OPAVIVARÁ! (Brazil), Open Group (Ukraine), Luis González Palma (Guatemala), Jorge Pardo (Cuba), Pratchaya Phinthong (Thailand), Cameron Platter (South Africa), Shahpour Pouyan (Iran), Ana Prvački (Serbia), Pors & Rao (India/Denmark), Mykola Ridnyi (Ukraine), Luciana Rondolini (Argentina), Steve Sabella (Palestine), Georges Senga (Congo), Sheng Qi (China), Regina Silveira (Brazil), Dimitar Solakov (Bulgaria), Sun Yuan & Peng Yu (China), Teppei Kaneuji (Japan), Barthélémy Toguo (Cameroon), Tromarama (Indonesia), Rodrigo Valenzuela (Chile), Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor (Romania/Switzerland), Ryszard Waśko (Poland), Pavel Wolberg (Russia), Nil Yalter (Turkey), Héctor Zamora (Mexico), Arseny Zhilyaev (Russia).

For additional information, please get in touch with us at Dickersbach Kunstverlag, Clara-Wieck-Strasse 3, 10785 Berlin, Germany Email: [email protected] PRŌTOCOLLUM website: www.protocollum.org

PRŌTOCOLLUM is designed by Pit Stenkhoff / Neue Gestaltung, Berlin: www.neuegestaltung.de

04/07/2015

If you are in Hamburg today, please join us for a symposium on the role of art in intercultural communication:

"Was ist ein Dialog auf Augenhöhe? - Die Rolle der Kunst im interkulturellen Austausch".

Alexander Koch, Frank Alva Buecheler, Mallence Bart-Williams and Safia Dickersbach will be discussing with moderator Kolja Reichert.

It is starting today at 3 pm at Millerntor-Stadion auf St. Pauli (Haupttribüne und Südkurve), Harald-Stender-Platz 1, 20359 Hamburg.

For more information, check out here: https://calendar.boell.de/en/node/103557

Ein einzelnes Ereignis kann tausende unterschiedliche Erzählungen hervorrufen. Wir alle haben kulturell geprägte Perspektiven und stereotype Vorstellungen fremder Lebenswelten. Echte Begegnungen auf Augenhöhe sind daher selten und nicht immer selbstverständlich.