MJ Manifesta Journal. Journal of contemporary curatorship. 1-2-3

MJ MANIFESTA JOURNAL is an international journal on contemporary art production and curatorial practice, based on the ideas and aims developed in the course of the Manifesta Biennials and its related activities.
The main scope of MJ MANIFESTA JOURNAL is the issues of curatorial work, its strategies, conditions, dilemmas, and contexts. MJ aims for curatorial selfreflection and examination.
MJ MANIFESTA JOURNAL is organising a series of discussions related to topics from the journal. These discussions will take place in Sofia, Vilnius, Ljubljana, Moscow and Kiev in the course of 2004, 2005.
The first issue focuses on a reflexion on the "White Cube", the white and aseptic space often adopted in the curatorial strategies of the eighties and the nineties.
The theme of the 2nd issue is the complex role of biennials of contemporary art and other big art events in a globalising society The third issue investigates the concept of the "dream" connected to contemporary art exhibitions