«WeAreTheArtists is a longterm network project, the idea of which is to create a worldwide platform for open discourse about art.The first release of WeAreTheArtists is a free newspaper with a collection of updates, in which local artists write about the art scene in their city or country. Constituting members of WeAreTheArtists are former guests of the artist in re- sidence programme of the Foundation Künstlerhaus Boswil in Switzerland; they became correspondents of the network after their residency. WeAreTheArtists is a logical consequence of needs and possibilities of ar- tist exchange.The newspaper's contents are updates about things happening in different local art scenes, mail exchanges or internet chats. Artists can write about anything they want, be it a story, a gallery trip, gossip, back- ground information, denunciation, a review, an opinion, a drawing, or just the name of the person they hate most in the art biz.The idea is to create a platform for real and uncensored communication and for another sort of art discourse. Being simple, open and authentic is more important than ever, especially in nowadays' art business that sometimes seems professionalised to death.The authors can stay anonymous if they want, but an email address gives the chance to get in touch with them.
Except from the first number, the last page will be reserved for ads, not only commerical ads are welcome, but also small messages from artists who are not members of WeAreTheArtists (yet). ThenewspaperisinEnglishonly,asthisistheacknowledgedglobalartlan- guage.As WeAreTheArtists renounces all unnecessary flourishes in favour of real information,all updates are printed as they arrive on the editor's desk without any lecturing or correction.The reason is on the one hand the costs, on the other the charm of the authentic mother language's influence As it is an artist project, it will change according to proposals and contri- butions of the artists.The first issue of the newspaper is only a start; what direction the project will take and how this network will develop is in the hands of the artists.They are invited to let the network grow and to mo- dify and transform it.
WeAreTheArtists newspaper can be picked up in the following instituti- ons:Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart,The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art Oslo,ATA Centre for Contemporary Art Sofia, Boymans van Beuningen Rotterdam, Center for Contemporary Arts Praha, Centre for Contemporary Art Warzawa, Contemporary Art Center Istanbul, Con- temporary Art Centre Vilnius, De Appel Amsterdam, De Fabriek Eindhoven, DESDE Centre for Contemporary Art Athens, Deichtorhallen Ham- burg, Dia: Beacon New York , Dia: Chelsea New York, Fondazione Prada Milano, Fri-Art Fribourg, The Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh, Galeria e Arteve Figurative Tirana, Glassbox Paris, Hedah Maastricht, Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, ICA London, ICCA Bucarest, Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin, Kiasma Helsinki, Kunsthalle Bern, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Kunsthalle Wien, loop - raum für aktuelle kunst Berlin, Kunstfabrik Ber- lin, Kunst-Werke Berlin, Magasin 3 Konsthall Stockholm, Matt's Gallery London, Mercer Union Contemporary Visual Art Toronto, Migros Mu- seum Zürich, Moca at the Geffen Contemporary Los Angeles, Moderna Museet Stockholm, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Madrid, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Museo Arte Contemporanea Roma, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, National Gallery of Art Tirana, National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, New Museum of ContemporaryArts NewYork,Palais deTokyo Paris,Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art Malmö, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Secession Wien, SEMCA Sydney, Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts Skopje, Soros Foun- dation Riga, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,Total Museum of Contempor- ary Art Seoul,Transmission Gallery Glasgow,Viafarini Milano, Walker Art Centre Minneapolis,Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco.
More institutions may follow, there is no direct mailing list nor subscription.»Quelle: www.wearetheartists.net/download/page_download/..., Zugriff vom 23.05.2018