Translocal Institute for Contemporary Art

The Translocal Institute for Contemporary Art is a transnational research centre based in Budapest that is focused on East European art and ecology and operates across the fields of art history, contemporary art and ecological thought.

It was founded by Drs. Maja and Reuben Fowkes in 2013, growing out of a long-standing curatorial and research collaboration as translocal.org.

Dedicated to promoting research in the fields of art and ecology and East European art history, Translocal projects involve collaborations with universities and art spaces both in Central Europe and across the continent.

activities

The programs of Translocal Institute include an Experimental Reading Room involving both a series of Anthropocene Response lectures by prominent theorists and Reading Group seminars dealing with Art and the Anthropocene.http://translocal.org/readingroom/index.html

The River School was based on engaging with the Danube as a transforming natural environment through a series of workshops, symposia, exhibitions and excursions to urban and natural wilderness.

publications

Translocal Institute has released the following books and exhibition catalogues:

• River Ecologies: Contemporary Art and Environmental Humanities on the Danube (2015)^[1]
• Loophole to Happiness (2011)^[2]
• Revolutionary Decadence (2009)^[3]
• Revolution I Love You (2008)^[4]
• Revolution is not a Garden Party (2007)^[5]
• Unframed Landscapes (2004)^[6]

library

The Translocal Institute library is specialised on art and ecology, as well as East European art history, and a resource for international researchers working in these fields.

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