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Vector> activities, from exhibitional and educational programmes to research and publishing activities, are analyzing the relationships between the art and visual culture practices and the socio-political context. The cultural actions of Vector> Association are questioning the status of artist and art institutions in a post-communist society which is introducing aggressively the rules of a new socio-political and economical order and also are reflecting how art can function in a context without having a cultural infrastructure.  As a consequence of questioning and reflecting, Vector> is supporting those artistic practices related to the social re-articulation, political awareness and economical re-structuration that require a reflexive and critical analysis which could offer the coordinates of an attitudinal and behavioral re-orientation from the perspective of the cultural action.
The most important current projects of Vector are:

1. Periferic – International Biennial for Contemporary Art (platform for promotion, production and cultural exchange in the contemporary art field)
2. Vector - art and culture in context – Publication (theoretical, critical and informal platform)
3. Studio for art practices and debates (educational platform for research, production and mediation run in partnership with the “George Enescu” Arts University of Iasi)