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, and organized by the curatorial collective BLOK and the Serb National Council (SNV) Culture Department. Our wish was to jointly mark the 80th anniversary of the First Congress of Cultural Workers of Croatia, which took place in Topusko in June 1944, gathering artists and cultural workers who took part in the antifascist struggle.
At the time of the workshop, nine months had passed since the beginning of the Gaza genocide. We held lectures and talks on Palestine, as well as expressed our support during the demonstration organized by Initiative for a Free Palestine. In addition, we agreed that our linocuts would be based on verses by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, and that we would use them to build up on solidarity.
We transposed the graphics and Darwish’s poem into a fanzine and t-shirts, which we will present on September 30th, at 7 PM, and give them away in exchange for solidary donations. The funds raised will be then forwarded to the Initiative for a Free Palestine.
Please, 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.
Graphic portfolio published by: SNV Culture Department and BLOK
Poem Counterpoint by: Mahmoud Darwish
Translated by: Tatjana Botić
Graphic portfolio designed by / Linocut workshop led by: Mirjana Radovanović and Miloš Miletić (KURS)
Graphics by: Andrea Stanić, Aneta Vladimirov, Anna Javoran, Antonela Solenički, Anja Vladisavljević, Branka Šćepanović, Donat Radas, Dunja Kučinac, Igor Drvendžija, Ivana Perić, Jakov Kolak, Karla Crnčević, Krešimir Zovak, Leonard Jurić, Marija Krstanović, Maša Poljanec, Matko Vlahović, Monika Kutri, Paula Tončić, Sanja Rotter, Sofija Lalić, Sonja Pavin, Srđan Kovačević, Tena Bakšaj, Tereza Kelam, Vesna Vuković, Vida Račić
Published by: SMAK press
Photography by: Luka Pešun
The program was held as part of the event that marked the 80th anniversary of the Third Session of Zavnoh in Topusko and the First Congress of Cultural Workers in the liberated territory of Croatia, and was supported by the Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities in Croatia. The publication was published within the program "Political School for Artists 2024", run by BLOK, and financially supported by the Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung Southeast Europe, using the funds provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. The view and opinions expressed in this publication are under exclusive responsibility of the publisher, and do not reflect the views or positions of the Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung Southeast Europe. BLOK’s annual program for 2024 is supported by the Kultura Nova foundation.
