ART STAYS 2011

The ninth yearly edition of the Art Stays International Festival of Contemporary Art will be taking place this summer, the third time in the context of Art Ptuj Summer Festivals. This year's festival is entitled CONNECT, as it will connect over 100 artists in Ptuj, Slovenia. 80 of them will be presented for the first time in Slovenia, almost 60 are younger than 35 years, 20 are Slovenian, 6 of them newcomers. 16 curators will prepare 54 events between 22nd July and 5th September.
Art Stays is one of the most interesting contemporary art organizations and festivals in Slovenia. Since 2003, it has been reviving Slovenia's art scene with an international vibe. Several important names from the world of contemporary art were presented for the first time in Slovenia as a part of Art Stays: Leo Ferdinand Demetz, Elisa Rossi, Kensuke Koike, Raphael Di Luzio, Andrea Contin, Laszlo Laszlo Revesz, Florian Langemaack, Tim Roeloffs, Lucio Perone, Peppe Perone, Zulkifle Mahmod, Lynn Book, Marek Schovanek, Sissa Micheli, Peter Wehinger, Olga Schigal, Marotta&Russo, Cesare Pietroiusti. Over 300 artists have participated in the festival during its 9 years.

Art Stays promotes art and culture and supports young and mid-career contemporary artists, photographers, designers and architects. The festival focuses on various media: painting, video, installations, photography and performance. Due to a strong support system and successful cooperation with curators and organizations from Europe and other continents, Art Stays is able to serve its audience and participating artists as a living laboratory of young contemporary art.

Ptuj's strategic position in the heart of Europe provides us with the unique opportunity of becoming an international center of contemporary art, a meeting place for professional and non-professional artists, cultural workers, collectors, organizations and art lovers, who have the chance to come together through events and new projects. In a time when our society's fundamental values are compromised, art can be that one thing to connect people and offer a new purpose.

This year's festival has a lot to offer: 16 days of an artist in residence program, a 9-day-long summer academy, numerous exhibitions, over 100 artists from Croatia, Italy, Korea, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Switzerland, Germany, Dominican Rep, Argentina, Austria, Hungary, Bulgary, Burkina Faso, Benin, USA and other countries (all together 20) and 42 new projects. Some especially noteworthy projects include: HOLE – a multimedia show by a group of American artists, video project There must be an exit! from Budapest, presentation of four European Academies of Fine Arts, exhibition Photography Today, the project IN/EX/CHANGE, which will connect US, Slovenian and European artists, Light Art Glow in collaboration with Light Art Biennial from Austria, discussions with 16 artists, professors, curators and critics, 6 interactive workshops (including the new project Drawing with an artist on Art Stays Beach) and an extensive representation of performance art with artists including Zulkifle Mahmod, Lynn Book, Eva Petrič, Zoran Popovski, Lucio Perone, Peppe Perone, Laszlo Laszlo Revesz, Nemanja Cvijanović and Jaša.

And all this is only a prelude to the even richer array of events, which will take place in 2012 – when the festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary and Ptuj will assume its role of a partner city in the European Capital of Culture.

Umetniki / Artists 2011: *
Zulkifle Mahmod (Singapur/ Singapor)
Jaša (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Matej Sitar (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Resi Girardello (Italija/ Italy)
Jeongmoon Choi, (Koreja/ Corea)
Valentino Menghi (Italija/ Italy)
Eike Berg, (Nemčija/ Germany – Madžarska/ Hungary)
Eva Petrič (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Dia Bögi (Madžarska/ Hungary)
András Zalavári (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Tamás Fehérváry (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Adrien Dorsánszki (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Krisztián Szőke (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Dominika Trapp (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Dia Zékány (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Benjamin Nagy (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Kiss Gábor Attila (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Vera Romhány (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Mariantonietta Bagliato (Italija/ Italy)
Lynn Book (ZDA/ USA)
Robin Starbuck (ZDA/ USA)
Katharina Klement (Avstrija/ Austria)
Doris Schmid (Švica/ Switzerland)
Sujin Lee (ZDA/ USA - Koreja/ Corea)
Lou Mallozzi (ZDA/ USA)
Nicolás Dumit Estévez (ZDA/ USA - Dominkanska republika/ Domenican Republic)
Knoll+Cella (Avstrija/ Austria - ZDA/ USA)
Mary Ting (ZDA/ USA)
Kristin Mariani (ZDA/ USA)
Jean Marie Casbarian (ZDA/ USA)
Shawn Decker (ZDA/ USA)
Johannes Knesl (ZDA/ USA - Avstrija/ Austria)
Alice Andreoli (Italija/ Italy)
Igor Molin (Italija/ Italy)
Massimo Premuda (Italija/ Italy)
Zoran Popovski (Makedonija/ Macedonia)
Marika Vicari (Italija/ Italy)
Dušan Fišer (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Jernej Forbici (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Aleksander Velišček (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Elisa Bertaglia (Italija/ Italy)
Chiara Sorgato (Italija/ Italy)
Gabriele Grones (Italija/ Italy)
Thomas Braida (Italija/ Italy)
Nemanja Cvijanović (Hrvaška/ Croatia)
Miljana Babić (Hrvaška/ Croatia)
Bosse Sudenburg (Nemčija/ Germany)
Peppe Perone (Italija/ Italy)
Lucio Perone (Italija/ Italy)
Máté Csató (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Katarina Sevic (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Endre Koronczi (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Szacsva y Pál (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Beöthy Balázs (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Eszter Szabó (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Marianne Csáky (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Csongor G. Szigeti (Madžarska/ Hungary)
László László Révész (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Miklós ErhardtRita Varga (Madžarska/ Hungary)
Monika Grycko (Poljska/ Poljska)
Olga Schigal, Rusija/ Russia (Nemčija/ Germany)
Suzana Brborović (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Jon Derganc (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Tina Dobrajc (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Mito Gegič (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Urška Mazej (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Dušan Fišer (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Manfred Kielnhofer (Avstrija/ Austria)
Christoph Luckeneder (Avstrija/ Austria)
Tanja Verlak (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Alexander Hengl (Avstrija/ Austria)
Daniela Auer (Avstrija/ Austria)
Theresa Eipldauer (Avstrija/ Austria)
Maria Luz Olivares Capelle (Argentina/ Argentina – Avstrija/ Austria)
Matthias Bernhard (Avstrija/ Austria)
Mark Fridvalski (Avstrija/ Austria)
Vinz Schwarzbauer (Avstrija/ Austria)
Matthias Peyker (Avstrija/ Austria)
Sebastian Koch (Avstrija/ Austria)
Christine Katscher (Avstrija/ Austria)
Christian Bazant Hegemark (Avstrija/ Austria)
Nika Autor (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Jurij Meden (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Borjana Venzislavova (Bolgarija/ Bulgary)
Miroslav Ničić (Srbija/ Serbia)
Staš Kleindienst (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Sebastjan Leben (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Karoe Goldt (Nemčija/ Germany)
Martha Rosler (ZDA/ USA)
Nina Sobell (ZDA/USA)
Lemeh42 (Italija/ Italy)
Vesna Bukovec (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Evelin Stermitz (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
son:DA (Slovenija/ Slovenia)
Ivica Buljan (Hrvaška/ Croatia)


Kustosi / Curators 2011: *
Jernej Forbici, Slovenija, Galerija FO.VI
Marika Vicari, Italija, KUD ART STAYS
Laszlo Laszlo Revesz, Madžarska, Akademija za likovno umetnost v Budimpešti
Eike Berg, Nemčija/ Madžarska, Video Space, Budapest
Gunter Damisch, Avstrija, Akademija za likovno umetnost na Dunaju v sodelovanju s Kro Art Contemporary
Dušan Fišer, Slovenija, Tovarna umetnosti, Majšperk
Lindy Poh, Singapur
Lynn Book, ZDA, Wake Forest University & Transart Institute
Giovanni Sasso, Italija, Galerija Nuvole Arte Contemporanea
Bianca Maria Rizzi, Italija, Galerija Bianca Maria Rizzi
Matthias Ritter, Nemčija, Galerija Bianca Maria Rizzi
Ksenija Orelj, Hrvaška, Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti Rijeka
Emanuele Beluffi, Italija, Kritika, Milano
Vladimir Forbici, Slovenija, Galerija Tenzor
Mitja Gegič, Slovenija, za Akademijo za likovno umetnost v Ljubljani
miha(son:DA), Slovenija, EX-garaža, Kino Udarnik & ArtFemTV