PlatformaSCCA
A series of occasional publications for contemporary arts

Editors: Barbara Borčić, Urška Jurman
bw print, format 20,7 x 24,8 cm
Slovene, English, Croatian, Serbian
ISSN 1580-738X

The publications are focused on the themes that would contribute considerably to the understanding of contemporary art practice and its context. As a rule they are a part of broader research projects conceived and elaborated by SCCA-Ljubljana. Apart from providing the information on the centre’s activities, we publish original texts and translations from the fields of art theory, critical theory and art criticism. With the special section entitled Open Scene we wish to encourage also writers from the younger not yet experienced generation, to offer us their contributions.

PlatformaSCCA, No. 4 (2005)
price: 5,84 EUR

100 pages
Theme: What Is to Be Done with "Balkan Art"?
A thematic number is a part of a broader research project with the same title that was conceived with the initial objective to reflect upon and interpret the reinvention and (re)definition of the Balkans and 'Balkan art'. It is comprised by interviews and commissioned original texts by various authors from the broad region of the Balkans.

PlatformaSCCA, No. 3 (2002)
price: 8,35 EUR (limited edition)

60 pages
Theme: Art - Ideology - Theory
The third number is partially still linked to Manifesta 3 while questioning the role of art theory in relation to artistic practices and critical theory. The authors of texts with very diverse background and professions, discuss the relationship between theory and ideology and art and politics from fairly different perspectives, opening also the question of criteria while validating contemporary art practices and the relevant methods of writing on contemporary visual arts.

PlatformaSCCA, No. 2 (2000)
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64 pages
Theme: Research project Manifesta in Our Backyard II
In the second number, we continue with analysing M3 as an example of representational strategies of contemporary art established within a Western art system. We are also eager to find out whether there are potentials in Slovenia that strive to introduce different - more appropriate to the local situation - models of functioning and connecting. A special emphasis is put on the critical analyses of individual artworks on view at M3 exhibition.

PlatformaSCCA, No. 1 (2000)
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34 pages
Theme: Research project Manifesta in Our Backyard I
In 2000, Manifesta 3(M3) - European Biennial of Contemporary Art was hosted in Ljubljana. As a model of a large international exhibition, it became an object of our research project with a title Manifesta in Our Backyard. In the first number of PlatformaSCCA, we are analysing the M3 self-image and its ideological effects, we are following its reception in Slovenia as well as its relation to the host city Ljubljana and its contemporary art scene.

Information
SCCA-Ljubljana
Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, T + 386 1 431 83 85, F 386 1 430 06 29
Dušan Dovč (info@scca-ljubljana.si)

Where can you find PlatformaSCCA?
Selected bookshops in Slovenia and abroad (Robinson Crusoe Kitabevi, Istanbul, Pro qm, thematische Buchhandlung, Berlin;): 5,84 EUR (No. 4)

C.O.D: 5,84 EUR (No. 4) + postage, 8,35 EUR (No. 3) + postage
At SCCA-Ljubljana office : 4,17 EUR (No. 4); 6,68 EUR (No. 3)

We wish you a pleasant and interesting reading!