KOOPERACIJA participates in BALKAN(S) NOW
BALKAN(S) NOW, Status seminar and artistic survey
Venue: Mestna Galerija
Ljubljana, Sovenia, 25-26 October 2013
From the seminar’s announcement:
“BALKAN (S) NOW curated by Gülsen Bal and Marlene Rigler in cooperation with Open Systems (Vienna), Mestna galerija (Ljubljana) and Remont (Belgrade) aims to actively engage with the current artistic practice in the former Yugoslavia because we believe that a much-needed political artistic practice is being shaped in countries such as Serbia, Macedonia, the Kosovo or Slovenia: a practice that relies on self-empowerment, strong networking across the region and a pro-European, yet critical attitude.Therefore, looking at the artistic landscape anywhere south of the Austrian border, one discovers a vivid, particularly interconnected art scene.”
Public panels:
25 October (Friday), 18.00 – 19.30
Art and the realm of politics: contemporary artistic practice and politisation of civil society
Albert Heta (Artist and co-founder of Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Pristina, Pristina)
Igor Toshevski (Artist and member of Kooperacija, Skopje)
IRWIN (Artist collective, Ljubljana)
Lana Zdravkovic (Researcher, publicist, political activist and artist – Mirovni Institut and Institute KITCH Ljubljana)
Moderation: Dieter Hammer
26 October (Saturday), 11.00 – 12.30
Cross-border artistic and institutional networking; the ex-Yugoslav context as a model for Europe
Barbara Borčić (Director and head of video programs, SCCA – Center for Contemporary Arts Ljubljana)
Miroslav Karic (Art critic and curator, Remont Independant Artists association, Belgrade)
Zoran Pantelić (Member of New Media Art Centre – kuda, Novi Sad)
Moderation: Dieter Hammer
26 October, 12.30 – 14.00
Film and Video screening:
Yane Calovski, Nemanja Cvijanović, Ibro Hasanović, Astrit Ismaili, Alban Muja, Vladan Jeremić and Rena Rädle, Milica Tomić
26 October
Artists’ Public Laboratory/ Performance:
Lana Čmajčanin (Artist, Sarajevo)