N\osztalgia #1 / September 2007

$N\osztalgia #1 / September 2007$

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Nostalgia, the romantic longing for the past has recently had a major significance in the Central and Eastern European landscapes after a number of peaceful revolutions around 1989 caused radical political and social shifts. …

Nostalgia knows many forms of expression: from Lenin t-shirts to the remaking of Tisza trainers to the affection for decaying dachas in deserted sceneries. The current publication N\osztalgia is the result of an intense workshop at lake Balaton in May 2007 organised by the magazines Plotki and Anthropolis. A group of young writers, artists and academics from Hungary, Germany, Russia, Poland, Belarus, Serbia, Macedonia, Austria, Romania, and Bulgaria set out to tackle the multi layered phenomenon ‘nostalgia’ from various directions. Come on a journey with us trough the hills and valleys of nostalgic landscapes in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe.

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Mission Statement: N\osztalgia is a joint project of two magazines, Plotki (Berlin) and Anthropolis (Budapest). Established within the framework of “bipolar”, the German-Hungarian cultural year 2007, the aim of n\osztalgia is to reflect how post-socialist societies remember the times until 1989 - questioning who remembers, what is remembered and how it is remembered. Young artists, photographers, scholars and writers from both sides of the “Iron Curtain” jointly investigated and critically questioned the wave of (n)ostalgia in different (South and Central) Eastern European countries from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. The results of the research made by a generation “in-between”, are presented in visual artworks, sound installations and essays.
Founded: in 2007 by Plotki (Berlin) and Anthropolis (Budapest)
Based in: Berlin, Germany and Budapest, Hungary
Editors / Designers: Isabella Willinger (Editor in chief); Stephanie Endter, Carmen von Kende (picture editors); Carsten Aermes, Hanna Zeckau (editorial designers), Jarek Sierpinski / Apfelzet (webdesigner).
Periodicity: Irregular
Language: English
Format: 26×20cm, colour print, 104 pages
Circulation: 1000
Price: SONDERANGEBOT / SPECIAL OFFER 3 €
Web: Nosztalgia.net
Contact: info (at) nosztalgia.net