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UNIVERSES IN UNIVERSE - Worlds of Art
Visual arts of Africa, Asia, Latin America within the context of international art processes
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Newsletter, - New articles, Contemporary Art from the Islamic World - Photo Tour: Politics of Fun, Berlin

*** Contemporary Art from the Islamic World ***
The online magazine is currently being restructured. From now on the contributions will appear on a continuous basis, and not in quarterly issues, as before. http://universes-in-universe.de/islam/eng/index.html

New articles, as usual, with numerous photos:

* Shirin Neshat
Two new film installations by the Iranian artist in an exhibition in Berlin and Salzburg (Austria). Text by Britta Schmitz.
http://universes-in-universe.de/islam/eng/2005/026/index.html

* Languages of the Desert
20 artists from countries on the Persian Gulf at the Kunstmuseum Bonn. Critical notes on the curatorial approach. By Gerhard Haupt.
http://universes-in-universe.de/islam/eng/2005/023/index.html

* Reem Al Faisal: El Hajj
Extensive photo project about the pilgrimage to Mecca. Statement of the artist from Saudi Arabia and 24 photo pages.
http://universes-in-universe.de/islam/eng/2005/028/index.html

* ruangrupa
Artists' group and alternative art space in Jakarta. Interview with the director Ade Darmawan, by Hendro Wiyanto.
http://universes-in-universe.de/islam/eng/2005/024/index.html

* Layers of Time and Space
Works by 6 artists from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan at the ifa-Galleries in Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany.
http://universes-in-universe.de/islam/eng/2005/027/index.html

*** Politics of Fun - Photo Tour ***
Extensive Photo Tour through the exhibition of contemporary Art from Southeast Asia at the House of World Cultures, Berlin: http://universes-in-universe.de/specials/2005/politics-of-fun/english.htm