FOREIGN BODY

Exhibition of Kooperacija

Location: Greta Gallery, Ilica 92, Zagreb, Croatia
Opening: 11. 11. 2013, / 8 p.m.
The exhibition will be open until 17th of November 

Simon Uzunovski, Velimir Zernovski, Oliver Musovik, Gjorgje Jovanovik, Ines Efremova, Nikola Uzunovski, Hristina Ivanoska, Yane Calovski, OPA, Harald Schenker, Igor Toshevski, Aleksandar Spasoski, Vladimir Lukas, Filip Jovanovski, Vladimir Janchevski 

KOOPERACIJA is an initiative whose purpose is artistic activity outside the inert institutional frameworks, thus suggesting an exceptional approach to the creation and experience of contemporary art. KOOPERACIJA stands for shifting and redefining the borders between public and personal space. Its objective is to unlock questions concerning the dynamic role of art in the context of centralized cultural politics and social discourse. KOOPERACIJA strives to encourage the interaction between artist and audience. 

This is KOOPERACIJA’s first exhibition outside Republic of Macedonia. While the showcase includes works which have previously been presented or correlate with events initiated by KOOPERACIJA, this compilation points to the presence of the body within a specific social and local context treating it as a political space. “Although these works do not refer literally to the corporeal manifestation in Performance Art, all of them indicate the abuse and the reluctant surrender of the Body to the masses or rather its absence witnessed through traces of past occurrences, textual footnotes or documented interventions in public space”, says Vladimir Janchevski in the foreword of the exhibition.

KOOPERACIJA’s basic strategy is the occupation of temporarily free space dispersed throughout the urban landscape and exhibiting via a chain of blitzkrieg events. The desired effect is a constructive dialogue regarding the re-questioning of the critical positions in art and producing a favorable environment for a free exchange of ideas, experience and freedom of expression.

KOOPERACIJA wishes to thank Krunislav Stojanovski, David Lušičić, Smiljan Tolj and Zvonimir Marčić for their cooperation as well as „Greta“ Gallery in Zagreb for lending their space.