If you are somewhere in the area do not miss exhibition, conference and video archive The Renaming Machine which will take place in the Gallery Miroslav Kraljevic in Zagreb (Croatia), May 20 – July 3.
The Renaming Machine is the ongoing, two-year project by curator Suzana Milevska, and edition in Zagreb is curated in collaboration with Ivana Bago and Antonia Majaca.
It looks at the complex entanglements involved in the political and cultural processes of renaming. Its main concept reflects the crucial need to question the way these processes have influenced the construction and destabilization of the memory of national, cultural and personal identities in the former Yugoslavia and South-Eastern Europe over the past two decades. The project examines various artistic and cultural phenomena and strategies associated with the notion of 'renaming' in order to determine the extent to which renaming affects visual culture and shapes the cultural identities and cultural politics in the region and elsewhere.
The Zagreb exhibition includes new commissions by: Albert Heta, Sanja Ivekovic, Tanja Ostojic/David Rych, Tadej Pogacar, Dejan Spasovik and Alexander Vaindorf.
Here you can read more about the project in general. And do not miss to read the interview with Suzana Milevska which I made few months ago.
PROGRAM, MAY 20, 2009
4.00 - 7.30 pm
Conference / Panel discussions with:
Ivana Bago/Antonia Majaca, Magnus Bartas, Igor Grubic, Dejan Habicht/Tanja Lazetic, Albert Heta, Sasha Huber, Suzana Milevska, Georg Schollhammer, Alexander Vaindorf
8.00 pm
Performance:
Dejan Spasovik, Renaming Paradox, storytelling performance
VIDEO ARCHIVE / 3 SHIFTS:
May 20, 2009 – June 3, 2009
Video archive: Rewriting History
Dan Perjovschi, Dejan Habicht/Tanja Lazetic, Sasha Huber, Lia Perjovschi, Kalle Hamm
June 3, 2009 - June 16, 2009
Video Archive: Renaming Troubles: Gender/Kinship/Culture: Liljana Gjuzelova, Hristina Ivanoska, Tadej Pogacar, Oliver Musovik
June 17, 2009 - July 3, 2009
Video Archive: Renaming the Self: Pseudonyms/ Appropriations/Misnomers
Magnus Bartas, Igor Grubic, Albert Heta, Saso Stanojkovik
The main organiser of the project:P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Partners:
g-mk | Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia
Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Press to exit project space, Skopje, Macedonia
Cultural Centre Tocka/Kontrapunkt, Skopje, Macedonia
Stacion Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina, Kosovo
The project is supported by:Erste Foundation, European Cultural Foundation-ECF, Swiss Cultural Programme Macedonia, Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana, FRAME - Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Majaoja Säätiö (Majaoja Foundation), IASPIS - International Artists Studio Program in Sweden, City of Zagreb - City office for education, culture and sport
http://www.renamingmachine.blogspot.com
Tagged as:
former yugoslavia, identity, memory, renaming, suzana milevska, zagreb
LabforCulture is a partner initiative of the European Cultural Foundation. LabforCulture is grateful for the support provided by its funders.
