production
FROM MIDDLE-CLASS CONFORMITY TO CLASS SOLIDARITY: a lecture by Katja Praznik and a public panel on labor in culture
UHA/DAZ, Ban Jelačić Square 3/1
Wednesday, 29 January 6 PM
organizers: BLOK i SPID
The program begins with a lecture by Slovenian sociologist and theoretician Katja Praznik, associate professor at the Department of Media Study and the Department of Global Gender and Sexualities Studies, University at Buffalo. After the lecture, producer Romana Brajša, film worker and dramaturg Karla Crnčević, and dance artist Lana Hosni will join Katja Praznik for a public panel, moderated by dramaturg and one of the co-organizers of the programme Nina Gojić. [...]
SREDNJACI, JARUN, KNEŽIJA: EXPANDING THE TREŠNJEVKA NEIGHBORHOOD MUSEUM VIRTUAL COLLECTION
GAJEVO COMMUNITY CENTER (Koprivnička 47)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2024
10 AM – 1 PM, 4 PM – 8 PM
Dear neighbors,
If you live in tall buildings in Braće Domany Street and in the broader area comprising Srednjaci, Jarun, and Knežija, we kindly invite you to share with us memories from your neighborhood! If you want your memories to be recorded as part of the virtual collection, we invite you to bring them and help us further build the neighborhood museum that will give value to stories that are not part of the official history. If you do not own a tangible item, but you live (or you used to live) in one of the tall buildings in Braće Domany Street and you wish to share with us your experience of living there, we kindly invite you to visit us and talk about it! Together with artist Maja Marković, we are closely examining those buildings and the way in which people lived there before, compared to nowadays. [...]
HEALTH CENTER, EXHIBITION BY MARKO ERCEGOVIĆ AND IGOR LASIĆ
HEALTH CENTER
Marko Ercegović and Igor Lasić
October 17 – November 16, 2024
Nova cesta 66
OPEN: Tuesday – Friday: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m., Saturday: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
FREE ENTRANCE!
Health centers were conceived as key places for prevention and unburdening of hospitals, and intended to offer a wide spectrum of health services. To what extent is such a system sustainable in today’s context of capitalist economy and cutting of social services? Marko Ercegović and Igor Lasić, using photography and reportage respectively, tried to find an answer in the multi-year research this exhibition resulted from. [...]
PREESENTATION OF THE LINOCUT PORTFOLIO OF THE POLITICAL SCHOOL FOR ARTISTS AND BENEFIT SOCIAL GATHERING
Monday, September 30, at 7 PM
KLET, Ilica 73
You are welcome to the presentation of the linocut portfolio of the Political School for Artists, inspired by the motifs of the poem "Counterpoint" by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, after which you are invited to stay for a benefit gathering!
This portfolio was created during the linocut workshop that took place last June in Topusko, within the seventh edition of the Political School for Artists (and all interested). The workshop was led by artists Mirjana Radovanović and Miloš Miletić from Belgrade association KURS. Fanzines and T-shirts inspired by Darwish's verses will be distributed for donations, and the funds collected will be forwarded to the Initiative for a Free Palestine.
JOIN US!
The event is organized by: Serb National Council (SNV) Culture Department, BLOK - Lokalna baza za osvježavanje kulture, SMAK Press, and Initiative for a Free Palestine. [...]
TREŠNJA CINEMA
This year, The Trešnjevka market cinema is expanding to two more locations! Three Fridays in a row we will be watching: Cinema on Rails (at Munjarski put, which used to be on the Samoborček train route), the good old Trešnjevka market cinema, and ''Mladost'' Cinema – a special summer refreshing treat by the outdoor pool at Sava.
Films selected by: Dina Pokrajac
Join us on June 28, July 5, and July 12! [...]
education
(SANI)SINT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD – ANALOG SYNTHESIZERS IN TREŠNJEVKA
LECTURE by Hrvoje Nikšić on analog synthesizers and Sanisint, the first Yugoslav synthesizer, made in Trešnjevka, open to all
February 3, 2025, at 7 PM (MONDAY)
Venue: Radiona Association, Nova cesta 186
WOKRSHOP aimed at playing synthesizers and creative research of the musical heritage of Saniboj Žugić, mandatory signup (more information below)
Februray 6, 2025, 4 – 8 PM (THURSDAY)
Venue: Trešnjevka Cultural Centre, Park stara Trešnjevka 1
"Sani)Sint in the Neighborhood – Analog Synthesizers in Trešnjevka" is a program that explores and revives the legacy of Trešnjevka musician, composer, and electrician-inventor Saniboj Žugić (1951–2002). [...]
MICROPOLITICS 2024: SEMINAR ON SOCIALLY ENGAGED MUSEUMS
MICROPOLITICS 2024: SEMINAR ON SOCIALLY ENGAGED MUSEUMS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2024
5 – 8 PM
UHA / DAZ, TRG BANA JELAČIĆA 3/1
We invite you to an international seminar on socially engaged museum practices, in which we will, through three international case studies, initiate a discussion on neighborhood museums, the relationship between heritage and colonialism, and preservation of workers’ housing heritage. The following institutions will present themselves in the seminar: MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART from Belgrade, ORGANIZATION FOR A MUSEUM OF WORKING-CLASS HOUSING OF THE PARIS METROPOLITAN AREA, and the MUBIG COMMUNITY MUSEUM from Milan. [...]
APPLAUSE DOESN’T PAY THE RENT: WORKSHOPS ON WORKERS’ RIGHTS FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND CULTURAL WORKERS
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
November / December 2024
ZAGREB
APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 22
Are you about to complete your academic studies, or working in arts and culture, and are under the impression that you’re trapped in a vicious circle of low-paying temporary jobs? Do you write, do photography, dance, or design for free, in order to ''gain experience'', and you don’t see the end of it? Have you had enough of playing for tepid beer and travel allowance? Do you often hear that you are in the arts field because pursuing your ''passion'', and therefore it is not that important if you are poorly paid? Are you uncomfortable when you have to ask how much or when you will be paid?
Sign up for a free education on workers’ rights intended for young people who work in arts and culture! [...]
WORKSHOP ON SOCIALLY ENGAGED APPROACH TO HERITAGE
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
October / November 2024
ZAGREB
Sign up for a free education on socially engaged and critical approach to museums and heritage. Starting from a long work practice in the local community and recording of neighborhood history from below as part of our Trešnjevka Neighborhood Museum program, through discussions, workshops and field work, we will open topics related to neighborhood museums, colonialism, housing question and museums, antifascist heritage, and revisionism. [...]
