Chto delat / What is to be done?, 38+ nos. (2003-) [Russian, English]
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“Chto delat/What is to be done? was founded in early 2003 in Petersburg by a workgroup of artists, critics, philosophers, and writers from Petersburg, Moscow, and Nizhny Novgorod (see full list of participants on the web site) with the goal of merging political theory, art, and activism.
Since then, Chto delat has been publishing an English-Russian newspaper on issues central to engaged culture, with a special focus on the relationship between a repoliticization of Russian intellectual culture and its broader international context. These newspapers are usually produced in the context of collective initiatives such as art projects or conferences.”
Issue 1, August 2003
Realised in the framework of the festival of contemporary art “Artkliazma”, 29.08 – 07.09.2003
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Autonomous Zones
Issue 2, September 2003
Realised in the framework of “Rohto” project /28.10-14.09.2003, at Central Exhibition Hall/
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Emancipation from/of Labour
Issue 3, 2004
Realised as a part of an art project by Dmitry Vilensky “Negation of Negation” in a frame of the exhibition “Faster than History”, The Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, 2004
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The International Now-here
Issue 4, April 2004
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Love & Politics
Issue 5, May 2004
Realized in the framework of the exhibition “Watch Out! Art from Moscow and St. Petersburg”, Oslo, 27.05-05.09.2004
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Revolution or Resistance?
Issue 6, August 2004
Realized in the framework of the festivals: Nordic & Russian Poetry, Art & Film Event “Swinging With Neighbours” in Stockholm 17-23rd of August, 2004, and “Art Kljazma” festival, Moscow
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Drift. Narvskaja Zastava
Issue 7, September 2004
Realized in the framework of the festival Contemporary Art in Traditional Museums, St Petersburg, 25.09.-25.10.2004
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State of Emergency
Issue 8, January 2005
Realized in the framework of conference “Klartext! The Status of Political in Contemporary Art and Culture”, January 14-16, 2005, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien and Volksbuhne, Berlin
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What Do We Have in Common?
Issue 9, May 2005
This publication is part of the exhibition project “The Builders” realized on the occasion of the exhibition Collective Creativity, at Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, from May 1 – July 17, 2005
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How Do Politics Begin?
Issue 10, September 2005
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Why Brecht?
Issue 11, January 2006
Realized in the framework of exhibition “Capital” (It Fails Us Now) /07.01.-15.02.2006/, Kunstihoone, Tallinn, Estonia with the generous support of the NIFCA.
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(Im)possible Spaces
Issue 12, March 2006
Realized in a frame of the exhibition “Contested Spaces in Post-Soviet Art” at Sidney Mishkin Gallery, New York / 24.03. 2006 – 26.04.2006/
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Culture and Protest. Another Power is Possible
Issue 13, July 2006
Realized in the framework of the 2nd Russian Social Forum during the G-8 Summit in Petersburg.
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Self-Education
Issue 14, September 2006
Realized in the framework of the exhibition “Self-Education” at the State Center for Contemporary art, 06.09.-30.09.2006
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Reactionary Times
Issue 15, February 2007
Appeared in the framework of documenta 12 magazines, a collective editorial project linking worldwide over 80 print and on-line periodicals, as well as other media.
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Potentialities Beyond Political Sadness
Issue 16, March 2007
Realized in collaboration with and funded in part by the “Space for Actualisation”, Hamburg and with the support of the Iaspis International Artists’ Studio Program in Sweden
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Debates on the Avant-Garde
Issue 17, August 2007
Co-produced by WorkMethod, Paris, with the support of American Center Foundation, and Frac Ile-de-France/Le Plateau, Paris in the context of the project “Société Anonyme”.
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Becoming a Mother. The work of care in contemporary capitalism
Special issue, November 2007
Realised in framework of the exhibition “Becoming a mother” that took place at Botkyrka Konsthall from 24 November 2007 till 1 March 2008 with the support from Labyrint Press and Swedish Institute.
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Basta!
Special issue, February 2008
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Critique and Truth
Issue 18, March 2008
Published on the occasion of the exhibition “Have the Cake and Eat It, Too. Institutionskritik als instituierende Praxis”, March 13-April 19, 2008, Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna (http://www.wuk.at/kunsthalle). from 24 November 2007 till 1 March 2008 with the support from Labyrint Press and Swedish Institute
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Knowledge in Action
Special issue, September 2008
Published in collaboration with Street University on the occasion of the European Social Forum 2008 in Malmö, September 17-21, 2008, (http://www.esf2008.org/).
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What Does it Mean to Lose? The Experience of Perestroika
Issue 19, September 2008
Produced on collaboration with U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union and Kulturkontakt Nord.
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When Artists Struggle Together
Special issue, November 2008
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What is the Use of Art?
Issue 25, March 2009
Published on the occasion of the exhibition project realised by Chto delat workgroup ‘Plug In #51: Activist Club’ at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
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Another Commons: Living / Knowledge / Act
Issue 26, 2009
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The Great Method
Issue 27, September 2009
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Make Film Politically. Contemporary Filmmaking and the Soviet Avant-Garde
Special issue (later as Issue 28), September 2007
Published in framework of the exhibition “Electrification of the brains” that took place from 21 September to 3 November 2007 in Dresden.
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Transitional Justice
Special issue, November 2009
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Whose City Is This?
Issue 29, August 2010
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Chto delat? What is to be Done? In Dialogue [reader]
Special issue, September 2010
Published on occasion of the exhibition project What is to be done? … the urgent need to struggle at ICA, London (9 Sep-24 Oct 2010).
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Living, Thinking, Acting politically
Issue 30, 2010
A brief analysis of the 48-Hour Communal Life Seminars
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Tragedy or Farce?
Issue 31, December 2010
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Theater of Accomplices
Issue 32, June 2011
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Against Slavery
Issue 33, October 2011
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In Defence of Representation
Issue 34, March 2012
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Language at/of the Border
Issue 35, February 2013
“The idea for this issue arose when we begin working on our film A Border Musical, whose screenplay is also printed here. This film is based on a study of the situation on both sides of the Russian-Norwegian border: we were interested in how a range of differences, which inevitably serve as sources of conflict in border areas, shape the subjectivity of people in daily contact with each other.” (from the Editorial)
Published on the occasion of the Barents Spectacle 2013 in collaboration with Border Aesthetics.
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The Sublime is Now?
Issue 36, August 2013
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Face to Face with the Monument
Issue 37, May 2014
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Time Capsule: Artistic Report on Catastrophe and Utopia
Issue 38, Nov 2014
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On the sources and currents of Chto Delat
Issue 39, Mar 2015
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Back to School: Reader on Performative Education
Jul 2015
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Houses of Culture
Issue 38, Aug 2016
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Canary Archives
Emergency issue, Mar 2022
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