seventh continent : attempts towards new internationalism in the arts

Proceedings of the congress that took place in Rotterdam, in September 1995. During four days, artists, curators, art-historians, art-councilors, and philosophers from various intellectual and cultural backgrounds discussed the dilemma's and challenges of art-practices in the `multiverse of culture', an expression coined by Ernst Bloch to enunciate the ontological significance of multiculturalism. The congress had a twofold aim: first, the persisting dominance of western culture was explored and exposed, second, the exploration in true internationalism.