Difference between revisions of "Šum Magazine"

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Šum is a biannual journal for the critical examination of contemporary art. It produces theory and theory-based criticism of art and also reflects, researches and develops the mechanics of artistic production. These strivings are frequently complemented by live events such as seminars, discussions, lectures and live presentations of the published content. By way of such engagements, Šum delves into topics of working conditions, art's discursive systems, the roles of intermediaries in the field (i.e., museum, galleries, curators, etc.), and the related questions of self-organisation and autonomy.

Although predominantly focused on Slovenian-speaking readers, Šum also accepts articles written in English language. Its activities are based on a specific collaboration with various public institutions, NGOs and media organisations. Its editions are also available online.

The publishing model

The journal is rooted in the activities of the Galerija BOKS Society, which started as a formal platform for the student-run autonomous initiative "Projekt Boks" and later evolved into a vehicle for other collaborations between various protagonists of the art field. When one such (EU-funded) project finished with the publication of the texts generated, this led to the establishing of the journal in 2013.

Mostly publishing works by the younger generation of more or less self-employed cultural workers, the journal is financed by way of a co-production network, with the partner institutions (public institutions and some NGOs) financially backing up Šum, and also providing it with the infrastructure for distribution and for various public activities. Some of its partners have included MG+MSUM, the City Art Gallery Ljubljana, the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Aksioma Institute, Kapelica Gallery, Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory, ŠKUC Gallery, the Maribor Art Gallery, the Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts and the Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art.

Writers and topics

The editorial team, members of which also contribute a significant part of the texts, is fluid and features Tjaša Pogačar, Domen Ograjenšek, Andrej Škufca, Kaja Kraner, Izidor Barši, Pia Brezavšček and Tomo Stanič. Alongside writing for Šum, the better part of this group has been writing for the web platform of European art museums, L’Internationale. They are also active in writing for other media and journals, such as Radio Študent (RŠ), the performing arts journal Maska, the magazine Praznine and the Likovne besede.

Some of the texts published up until now have examined the relationship between politics and aesthetics with regards to the theory of Walter Benjamin; the work of the Croatian artist Sanja Iveković; an exploration of contemporary art via the South African band Die Antwoord; translations of works by the likes of Chantal Mouffe and Hito Steyerl; and the possible relationships existing between critic Jacques Rivière, dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and poet Antonin Artaud.

Other activities

Šum's live activities, which continue upon the previous projects of Galerija BOKS Society, are rather broad. They include seminars on the theory, curating and analysing of contemporary art; live presentations of new journal editions; and other lectures, talks and debates that relate to art, theory and politics.

All these programmes deal both with theory as well as with concrete works and artists, especially those of a regional character. Their primary venues are the MGLC, the MSUM, Osmo/za and Škuc Gallery, but they collaborate with other partner institutions from the co-production network as well.

External links

Šum's website
Galerija Boks Society website (in Slovene)
Texts on L’Internationale platform

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-[[Šum Magazine]] is a biannual journal that se ukvarja with contemporary art, placing a special emphasis on producing theory and theory based criticism. It is also a platform for organizing seminars, discussions and lectures. All these activites revolve around the need to to develop a different discourse and way of thinking about art, with some of the topics revolvijng around the problems related to working conditions in contemporary art, the role of cultural actors of the younger generation, self-organization, autonomy and the relation of autonomous groups to their host (mostly public) institutions
+[[Šum Magazine|''Šum'']] is a biannual journal for the critical examination of contemporary art. It produces theory and theory-based criticism of art and also reflects, researches and develops the mechanics of artistic production. These strivings are frequently complemented by live events such as seminars, discussions, lectures and live presentations of the published content. By way of such engagements, ''Šum'' delves into topics of working conditions, art's discursive systems, the roles of intermediaries in the field (i.e., museum, galleries, curators, etc.), and the related questions of self-organisation and autonomy.
-It publishes articles which are the result of an authors professional inquiry or in-depth study research. Although ŠUM is (for now) focused on Slovenian speaking readers, it accepts articles written in English language as well.  .
+Although predominantly focused on Slovenian-speaking readers, ''Šum'' also accepts articles written in English language. Its activities are based on a specific collaboration with various public institutions, NGOs and media organisations. Its editions are also available online.
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-To establishing the necessary conditions for production of critical thought in contemporary art, ŠUM created a network of partner institutions (public and NGOs). The co-production network provides a financial source for continuous publication of the journal and also encourages mutual support/alliance between self-organized (that is, also, self-employed) cultural workers (artists and writers) and public institutions of contemporary art. Current institutions that financially back Šum include Moderna galerija and the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, The Municipal Gallery of Ljubljana, Art Gallery of Maribor, The International Center of Graphic Arts Ljubljana, ŠKUC Gallery, Art Gallery Slovenj Gradec and the Center for Contemporary Art Celje.
+==The publishing model==
-==Goals, editorial team===
-Namen publikacije ŠUM je vzpostaviti tiskano platformo za  analizo sodobne umetniške produkcije, ki bo pomagala vzpostaviti in krepiti odgovoren odnos do umetnosti kot produkcije z družbeno-transformativnim potencialom.
-ŠUM ni  tematska publikacija, prispevki pa niso naročeni. Cilj je  namreč omogočiti objavo tistih tekstov, ki so posledica študijskega ali strokovnega interesa posameznega pisca.
-Besides being active on this content-level of production, Šum also became an experiment in forming alternative financial and organizational support strategies, and
-==Background==
-The magazine set of in [[established::2013]]. Its start goes back further, to 2009, when skupina študentov Akademije za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje skupaj s študentoma Fakultete za Arhitekturo izoblikovala projekt avtonomne študentske platforme za vzpostavljanje kritičnega dialoga in refleksije študijskega sistema, umetniškega sistema in družbe. The gallery space did not turn put due to differences with aluo, but društvo boks was created and niciativa je v sodelovanju z DPU (Delavsko punkersko univerzo) pripravila Simpozij Kako misliti avtonomne sturkture znotraj univerze v Ljubljani, s katerim je poskušala analizirati odpor inštitucije do ideje študentske avtonomije.
-Bralni večeri so se odvijali tekom leta 2012 v prostorih Muzeja za sodobno umentost Metelkova. Namenjeni so bili  prebiranju in razmišljanju o besedilih z različnimi vsebinami relevantnimi za razumevanje sodobne umetnosti, s poudarkom na refleksiji in problematizaciji pojma umetniške dokumentacije kot prevladujoče forme reprezentacije sodobne umetnosti v institucionalnem kontekstu.
-Bralni večeri so bili del projekta Živi Depo, ki ga organizirata društvo Galerija BOKS in MSUM. Projekt Živi Depo se odvija kot program Knjigarne Depo v Muzeju sodobne umetnosti Metelkova, in se posveča aktualnim vprašanjem odnosa med dokumentom in umetniškim delom. Projekt je osredotočen na vprašanje pomena dokumenta v konstrukciji zgodovinskega spomina in njegove zveze z umetniškim delom in gledalcem.
-Another unrealised project was the politics of exhibtion, which would conclude with an exhibition of student works, which is also its main event. The purpose of the project is to present problems of exhibiting on both practical and theoretical level, and  highlight the role of the artist in relation to other colleagues in the art system, as well as his status of cultural worker in the context of production processes. Besides a workshop, where participants will gain basic skills of proffesional presentation of their work, the project will also include lectures about the politics of display in the historical and contemporary social context. Lectures will be held on a monthly basis. Concept of the exhibition and selection of student’s works will be done by a curator. A publication  that will bring together the exhibition catalog and theoretical contributions of the lecturers will be issued at the end of the project.
+The journal is rooted in the activities of the [[Galerija BOKS Society]], which started as a formal platform for the student-run autonomous initiative "Projekt Boks" and later evolved into a vehicle for other collaborations between various protagonists of the art field. When one such (EU-funded) project finished with the publication of the texts generated, this led to the establishing of the journal in [[established::2013]].
-Osrednje dogajanje projekta “Mladi na stičišču med umetnostjo in družbo” predstavlja 12 srečanj/pogovorov (od tega 6 javnih) o relevantnih umetniških delih iz zbirk nacionalnih muzejev in galerij. Tekom projekta bo obravnavanih 6 izbranih umetniških del.
+Mostly publishing works by the younger generation of more or less self-employed cultural workers, the journal is financed by way of a co-production network, with the partner institutions (public institutions and some NGOs) financially backing up ''Šum'', and also providing it with the infrastructure for distribution and for various public activities. Some of its partners have included [[Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova|MG+MSUM]], the [[City Art Gallery Ljubljana]], the [[International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana|International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC)]], [[Aksioma Institute]], [[Kapelica Gallery]], [[Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory]], [[ŠKUC Gallery]], the [[Maribor Art Gallery]], the [[Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts]] and the [[Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art]].
-Pogovori so zastavljeni kot kritično premišljevanje o umetnosti, na podlagi katerega je mogoče stopnjevati analizo posameznih del. Kritičen in refleksiven pristop je ključen za resno ustvarjanje umetnosti kot tudi za odpiranje vprašanj o sodobnosti. Reaktualizacija umetnosti in izjav iz preteklosti skozi precizno analizo je tisto kar to umetnost iztrga iz primeža ideologije in ponovno umešča v polje političnega.
+==Writers and topics==
-Besedila, ki bodo nastala kot posledica aktivne participacije udeležencev bodo zbrana v publikaciji, izdaja katere je eden od predvidenih rezultatov projekta.
-Out of this grew sumn magazine.-
-==Articles==
+The editorial team, members of which also contribute a significant part of the texts, is fluid and features [[Tjaša Pogačar]], [[Domen Ograjenšek]], [[Andrej Škufca,]] [[Kaja Kraner]], [[Izidor Barši]], [[Pia Brezavšček]] and [[Tomo Stanič]]. Alongside writing for ''Šum'', the better part of this group has been writing for the web platform of European art museums, ''L’Internationale''. They are also active in writing for other media and journals, such as [[Radio Študent (RŠ)]], the performing arts journal [[Maska, Performing Arts Journal|''Maska'']], the magazine [[Praznine magazine|''Praznine'']] and the [[Likovne besede Magazine|''Likovne besede'']].
+Some of the texts published up until now have examined the relationship between politics and aesthetics with regards to the theory of Walter Benjamin; the work of the Croatian artist Sanja Iveković; an exploration of contemporary art via the South African band Die Antwoord; translations of works by the likes of Chantal Mouffe and Hito Steyerl; and the possible relationships existing between critic Jacques Rivière, dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and poet Antonin Artaud.
 ==Other activities==
-SEMINARJI:
+''Šum'''s live activities, which continue upon the previous projects of [[Galerija BOKS Society]], are rather broad. They include seminars on the theory, curating and analysing of contemporary art; live presentations of new journal editions; and other lectures, talks and debates that relate to art, theory and politics.
-– TEORIJE SODOBNE UMETNOSTI (TSU)
+All these programmes deal both with theory as well as with concrete works and artists, especially those of a regional character. Their primary venues are the [[International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana|MGLC]], the [[Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM)|MSUM]], [[Osmo/za]] and [[Škuc Gallery]], but they collaborate with other partner institutions from the co-production network as well.
-– KURIRANJE SODOBNE UMETNOSTI (KSU)
-– ANALIZA SODOBNE UMETNOSTI (ASU)
-https://sumrevija.wordpress.com/arhiv-seminarjev/
-https://sumrevija.wordpress.com/kuriranje-sodobne-umetnosti/
-https://sumrevija.wordpress.com/analiza-sodobne-umetnosti/
-pogovori in rpedavanja, bralni workshopi: v navezi z radip študsent, različni producenti
 ==See also==
-*
+* [[Galerija BOKS Society]]
-* [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]]
 * [[Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM)]]
+* [[International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana]]
 ==External links==
-* [https://sumrevija.wordpress.com/category/english/ The English-content part of the ''Šum'' website]
+* [http://sumrevija.si/en/ Šum's website]
- [Politics of Exhibiting The Politics of Exhibiting project website]
+* [https://drustvoboks.wordpress.com/ Galerija Boks Society website] (in Slovene)
-* [https://drustvoboks.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/boks_publikacija.pdf The conceptualisation of the (unrealised) Project BOKS] (pdf)
+* [http://kajatjasaizidorandrej.tumblr.com/archive Texts on L’Internationale platform]
 [[Category:Periodicals]]
 [[Category:Media]]
+[[Category:Workshop organisers]]
+[[Category:Updated 2020]]
+[[Category:Visual arts periodicals]]
+[[Category:New media art periodicals]]

Difference between revisions of "Šum Magazine"

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Contents

The publishing model

Writers and topics

Other activities

See also

External links

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