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Respected colleagues and friends,
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I have the particular honour to address you as a host and as president of the
International Mosaic Congress of AIMC. As you already know, at the previous,
ninth consecutive, Congress of AIMC that was held in Melbourne, Australia (27-31
October 2004), the Republic of Macedonia was chosen as host to the Tenth Annual
Congress.
Bearing in mind the rich tradition of my country and its great cultural heritage
and tradition in the field of mosaic art, we have decided that the topic of this
Congress be ‘MOSAIC WORKSHOPS: east - west relations from ancient times to the
present.’
The Congress will last five days. The Museum of Contemporary Art, as one of the
institutions of highest repute in the region, will be hosting all participants
during their five-day stay.
The members of this year’s Congress will present papers on the following subtopics:
1. Ancient times;
2. The Early Christian period;
3. Modern mosaics in sacred buildings;
4. Mosaics and Architecture;
5. Mosaics and Art.
It is planned that the first part of the Congress will take the form of lectures
and presentations by eminent professors which will promote the Macedonian cultural
heritage and the development of mosaic as an art technique in the Republic of
Macedonia throughout the centuries. The second and third parts will be devoted
to individual presentations and achievements in this field.
During the Congress there will be an exhibition of posters showing the works
of the participating artists. A catalogue containing the presented papers and
reproductions will be published. A collaborative mosaic of appropriate proportions,
consisting of the pieces of work you bring with you, will be mounted during the
Congress.
So, please allow me to give you a warm welcome once again and to invite you to
participate in the Tenth Annual Congress of AIMC in Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia.
I cordially hope that your stay in Macedonia will justify your confidence and
live up to the expectations of all my respected colleagues, the organisers, the
members of AIMC, and the patrons of the Congress - the Ministry of Culture of
the Republic of Macedonia and UNESCO.
Gazanfer Bajram
President of the 10th Congress of AIMC.
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X. AIMC Congress in Macedonia
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At the last congress in Australia the AIMC general assembly
was very pleased with the announcement of Gazanfer Bajram that Macedonia
is willing to carry out the next congress in 200, in a country with
an important and long tradition of mosaic.
On last October in Ravenna Gazanfer, as the president of
the congress to come, has made a wonderful presentation of the different
preparation phases to the board of directors in showing the numerous
contacts with the macedonian cultural and state authorities in order
to organise this symposium in Skopje best possible.
In this connection the AIMC directory want to express its
gratitude towards the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the IKON-Association
for Culture of Macedonia for the enormous aid to Gazanfer Bajram in
the upcoming preparation works to make this event possible. Now in
February all detailed dates necessary will be together in order to
inform all AIMC members and other interested people in our web site
and in a special bulletin .
As president of the AIMC I'm looking forward to this event
from 12-17 September 2006 in Skopje, in the hope that many of you
might make it possible to join this congress with curious interest
full of expectations, but also to become acquainted with a wonderful,
small country in Europe by a following planed sightseeing tour of
several days duration.
Manfred Hoehn
President.
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