Whereas as the terms postwar, postcolonial, and postmodern mark the contours of new social realities shaped in the aftermath of certain historical ruptures, postcollapse defines our emergent contemporary since the end of the Cold War.
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MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture is an art and research initiative dedicated to exploring our global contemporary from an eastward-out vantage since the end of the Cold War. Our frames of reference begin with the human experiences from Eastern Europe and Western and Central Asia since 1989, and permeate to every corner of our diasporic world-presence.
Our regional perspective remains underrepresented despite being among the most recent of widespread diasporas resulting from an interconnected network of global wars. Seeing from this vantage, we make the experiences that transpire from this diverse region central to the issues that affect current political life everywhere in the world. Not simply geographic, however, we look outward to define postcollapse as a porous temporal space in which to grapple with the psychic life of normalized instability, the fractured human lives, widespread dispossession, and the myriad of extractions that define our global contemporary.
Whereas the terms postwar, postcolonial, and postmodern mark the contours of new social realities shaped in the aftermath of certain historical ruptures, the term postcollapse offers a new mode of thinking collectively from eastward out. Essentially, postcollapse captures who we are, what we make, and how we think as artists and scholars producing work today.
MPAC is interested in bold and daring ideas that lead to thoughtful art and research-based projects. Our programming includes art exhibitions, artist talks, roundtables, published manuscripts, and other projects. We welcome inquiries from artists, scholars, and cultural workers whose thinking resonates with postcollapse art and theory.
Publications & conference papers:
Panel Presentation at ASAP/14: Arts of Fugitivity. University of Washington, Seattle. WA, USA 2023
Demirkoparan, Ilknur & Katsanis, Vuslat D. “The Postcollapse Manifesto.” Flat Journal, UCLA Department of Design Media Arts and the UCLA Arts Conditional Studio. 2023
url: https://flatjournal.com/work/the-postcollapse-manifesto/
“The Postcollapse Life: A Conversation on Creative Resilience Beyond the Anthropocene,” with Ilknur Demirkoparan, Vuslat D. Katsanis, and Mirela Kulovic. Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture. Special Issue, “Beyond Post-Humanism.” Spring Issue, 2022.
url: https://www.antennae.org.uk/
“Postcollapse Art: Contemporary Art Since 1989,” Collection of Essays by Ilknur Demirkoparan, Vuslat D. Katsanis, Stefka Hristova, and Mariya Tsaneva, compiled for the special issue, “Thinking With,” of ASAP/j. 2021
url: https://asapjournal.com/tag/postcollapse-art/
The MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture: Contemporary Artists and Cultural Workers Networked For Resilience Beyond The Anthropocene. Presentation and roundtable session chaired by Vuslat D. Katsanis. Presentations by Ilknur Demirkoparan, Mirela Kulovic, Mariya Tsaneva, Stefka Hristova. College Art Association 109th Annual Conference. New York, NY. February 2021.
The Postcollapse Manifesto. Ilknur Demirkoparan and Vuslat D. Katsanis. Istanbul. September 2019.
Janisch, Austin. “1989: The Postcollapse in Art and Culture at Cerritos College.” Art and Cake LA. September 20, 2022.
url: artandcakela.com
Mia Morettini. “Mother, Earth, Air: Yulia Pinkusevich And Sakha Aesthesis At MPAC,” Femme Art Review. September 22, 2021.
url: femmeartreview.com
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