TATJANA Artkosmika

DEMOCRACY AND OTHER FAIRY TALES

In Democracy and Other Fairy Tales Tatjana Macic is deconstructing publications, brochures and books that have originally been published by the art funds, museums, artist's initiatives and various institutions and networks.
Selected publications address political and social theme's such as political engagement of the artists, institutional (mission) statements and reports, EAST/WEST debates, gender politics, cultural or national identity and art funding. By manipulating and deconstructing the form and the content of the publications, for example by inserting collages and drawings, changing the existing text and imagery, and subtracting or adding substitute content, the artist performs subversive artistic intervention. Some interventions involve chemical processes. The first limited edition is based on 20 original publications, each in a series of 5 to 25 artist's books. In the first edition Tatjana Macic is focusing on the Dutch publications including those of the Mondriaan Foundation, European Cultural Foundation, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, de Overslag, Prince Claus Award, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Van Abbemuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and others. Tthe second edition is based on the international publications.

	S-moe-zen, an intervention in Het Smoezenboekje, by Tatjana Macic, 2009. Het Smoezenboekje (The Little Book of Excuses), is a pulication by Atana, Instituut Publiek en Politiek, Kunsten '92, Kunst & Zaken, Ministerie van OCW en Netwerk CS; April, 2006.

	DEMOCRACY AND OTHER FAIRY TALES In Democracy and Other Fairy Tales Tatjana Macic is deconstructing publications, brochures and books that have originally been published by the art funds, museums, artist's initiatives and various institutions and networks. Selected publications address political and social theme's such as political engagement of the artists, institutional (mission) statements and reports, EAST/WEST debates, gender politics, cultural or national identity and art funding. By manipulating and deconstructing the form and the content of the publications, for example by inserting collages and drawings, changing the existing text and imagery, and subtracting or adding substitute content, the artist performs subversive artistic intervention. Some interventions involve chemical processes. The first limited edition is based on 20 original publications, each in a series of 5 to 25 artist's books. In the first edition Tatjana Macic is focusing on the Dutch publications including those of the Mondriaan Foundation, European Cultural Foundation, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, de Overslag, Prince Claus Award, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Van Abbemuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and others. Tthe second edition is based on the international publications.