The Substation, Sunday, 22 January 2006 Time: 1.00pm to 5.30pm Guinness Theatre Admission is free Founded in 1955, documenta is one of the world’s most significant international exhibitions of contemporary visual art. It takes place every five years in the German town of Kassel; for the 12th edition, opening in 2007, the artistic director is Roger Martin Buergel. One of its major projects is the documenta 12 magazine, which will bring together more than 70 print and online periodicals throughout the world. The aim is to engage these diverse artwriting initiatives, to dialogue and discuss the main themes and theories behind documenta 12, with an emphasis on reflecting upon specific local interests, contexts and knowledge from around the world. On January 22nd, Georg Schöllhammer, who heads the magazine project, and Ruth Noack, a Curator for documenta 12, will give presentations at The Substation. Schöllhammer and Noack are in Singapore to conduct research about the region, and to meet with artists, curators, writers, and editors of art magazines and publications from Southeast Asia. Schöllhammer’s and Noack’s presentations will be followed by a panel on “Artwriting and the Public: Perspectives from Malaysia and Singapore”, and a discussion with several visiting art magazine editors from the region, including: Nirwan Dewanto, Senior Editor of Kalam and General Manager of Komunitas Utan Kayu, Indonesia; Eileen Lagaspi-Ramirez, Managing Editor, Pananaw, the Philippines; Kathy Rowland, Director, Kakiseni.com, Malaysia; and Giang Dang, Editor, Talawas, Vietnam. The Substation Ltd 45 Armenian Street Singapore 179936 www.substation.org tel: +65 6337 7535 fax: +65 6337 2729