production
ALMA GAČANIN: WORK HARD, PLAY HARD
ALMA GAČANIN: WORK HARD, PLAY HARD
exhibition, 6 – 23 July 2023
Nova BAZA, Nova cesta 66
OPENING: 6 July 2023 at 7 pm
Nikola Tesla Technical Museum, Savska cesta 18
HOW WELL DID YOU PERFORM TODAY, performance
Nova BAZA exhibition opening at 8 pm
Alma Gačanin's works can be read as a journal of sorts, primarily a work log. As she regularly emphasizes in her biography, Alma lives and works as an artist, regardless of the job she is currently performing. Is this a roundabout way of saying that one does not make a living from art, that usually another job is needed? A euphemism? Created over a relatively long period, from 2018 to date, the works reflect her various production positions: from living in her parents' home, where I could indulge in excellent self-care, snug as a bug, to becoming independent; I had to ruin it all and venture into the world of adventures, that is, of the precariat (As my mom would say!), and accepting various odd jobs, such as being a flight attendant, all through taking up a residency in New York, one of the world's art centers. [...]
INVISIBLE PLAYERS: MURAL "FOOTBALL TO THE PEOPLE, FOOTBALL TO WOMEN"
INVISIBLE PLAYERS: WOMEN'S SPORT IN TREŠNJEVKA
MURAL "FOOTBALL TO THE PEOPLE, FOOTBALL TO WOMEN" AT THE STADIUM IN KRANJČEVIĆEVA STREET
ARTIST: Ena Jurov
DESIGNED BY: Ivana Perić, Ena Jurov and [BLOK]
We recently took you on a walk through Trešnjevka dedicated to ''invisible players'' and women's sport in the neighborhood. For that occasion, Ena Jurov created a mural on the ''Matchbox'' sports hall, representing Trešnjevka's forgotten female players and sport workers. The second mural has just been completed in collaboration with the journalist Ivana Perić – women have joined the legendary White Angels fan mural at the Kranjčevićeva stadium! [...]
education
MICROPOLITICS 2023: READING ART (HISTORY) AS A FEMINIST
Guest editor: Petra Šarin
Participants: Iva Čukelj, Sanja Horvatinčić, Agata Jakubowska, Ljiljana Kolešnik, Iva Kovač, Glorija Lizde, Filipa Lowndes Vicente, Leopold Rupnik, Jasmina Tumbas
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Croatian Architects’ Association, Ban Jelačić Square 3/1
Online lectures at 12:15 (Filipa Lowndes Vicente, Agata Jakubowska) and 16:00 (Jasmina Tumbas, Glorija Lizde): LINK
The Micropolitics 2023 program "Reading Art (History) as a Feminist" is a one-day international discursive seminar, which will attempt to shed light on local and international processes and the achievements of feminist strategies in the visual arts, as well as in art history. [...]
ART AND CULTURAL WORKERS CONGRESS 2023
MAY 25 - 27, 2023
BAŠKA, KRK
The Art and Cultural Workers congress is a program that we have run since 2021, alternating it with the Political School for Artists (And All Those Interested). Its objective is self-education and exchange of knowledge on organizing of workers in art, culture, and related fields. This year, the Congress gathers Croatian initiatives, trade unions, independent culture and civil society organizations, professional associations, and art and cultural workers who have been very intent over the past few years on organizing with the goal of achieving improved workers’ rights in the sector. The program has a working, internal character, and its objective is to empower connection between different initiatives, discuss organizing strategies, and find a ground for a joint struggle. [...]
