Transitland EUROPA is a collaborative project organized by InterSpace (Sofia), transmediale (Berlin) and the Ludwig Musuem (Budapest). It aims to create a video archive of 100 works spanning 20 years, starting from the fall of the Berlin wall. Since much of the history of the “new” European countries is being represented from the outside, this is an attempt to present a history from within. The archive of 100 works will include works produced in the period 1989-2008 as well as newly commissioned videos (produced in 2009). The works will be selected by a jury of external experts and co-organizers . The output will include archive jukeboxes and thematic compilations that travel to different venues in Europe, a website, and an online version of the archive for international access,  a print publication and DVD compilation of the commissioned videos, and a combination of screenings and discursive events in Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany and associated partners’ locations.

In 2009 the project will have its launch at the Goethe Insitute in Sofia, 18-19 September 2009, organized by InterSpace Association. The next two transitland events will take place on 6-8 November 2009 at Collegium Hungaricum in Berlin, organized by transmediale festival for digital art and culture and on 10-12 November 2009, Budapest, organized by Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange at Ludwig Museum for Contemporary Art. As an addition to the presentations planned for the project, currently the Ludwig Museum for Contemporary Art Budapest is planning an exhibition with works from the archive in the beginning of 2010. Dates and further information will be released soon.

http://transitland.eu/