Much has been written about the new prototypes of institutions and the new kinds of institutionality in recent years. New, more open, and democratic museum models have been discussed. But is it possible to overcome the dichotomy between the inside and the outside of an institution? Bojana Piškur works as curator in Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana. Her work concerns the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav contexts and the Non-Aligned Movement, especially in connection with arts and cultures.
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In this talk I discuss the groundbreaking exhibition Les Immatériaux, co-curated by philosopher Jean François Lyotard in 1985, and the way it has announced the way the curator, today, cares for the world, for the contemporary. Introducing “the exhibition that thinks”, that envisions the world-to-come, and that takes responsibility, it paved the way exhibitions are exploring their political potential today.
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The Interdisciplinary Program of the Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje presents the Berlin-based Center for Political Beauty. The presentation gives an insight into the Center for Political Beauty’s work linked to human rights, migrant crises, and the responsibility that arises from history. Presented by Gabriela Langholf. Introduction by Tihomir Topuzovski
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Lia and Dan Perjovschi’s Gallery Talk is entitled “Permanent Repositioning: Between the Local and the Global.” Lia Perjovschi is a researcher, editor, and conceptual and installation artist working with mind-maps, timelines, and education as mediums. Dan Perjovschi is an artist and journalist. He uses drawing in a multitude of forms, wall drawing, drawing performances, activist drawings, artist books, public space projects, printed media, and independent publishing.
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As a part of the exhibition Landscapes of Disturbance, MSU Skopje presents the lecture of Adam Nocek entitled On the Planetary Architectures of Urban Agroecosystems. The talk is a critical meditation on the various ways in which technologies of urbanization mediate human and nonhuman habitation of the Earth. Adam Nocek is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy of Technology and Science and Technology Studies at the School of Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University. … Read more at: Adam Nocek: On the Planetary Architectures of Urban Agro-Ecosystems
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On the occasion of the exhibition “The Barking of the Clouds Does not Hurt the Dogs”, Kosovar artist Driton Selmani (born 1987 in Uroshevac, Kosovo) talks with the curator Vladimir Janchevski about the process of conceptualization of the exhibition and the themes in the focus of Selmani’s work. The exhibition in MSU-Skopje presents works in different media that establish new relations in the given context, clearly showing how Selmani uses humor to explore and question the everyday, which usually binds itself to absurd traditions and hierarchical structures.
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The presentation “Of Synthetic Skies” is focused on exploring this and other idiosyncrasies shaping the public, aesthetic, and environmental identities of contrails. Vladimir Janković is a Reader in History of Science and Atmospheric Humanities at the University of Manchester’s Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. He is a co-founder of the University’s Centre for Crisis Studies.
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With a walk through the exhibition and a conversation with the audience, the artist Ahmet Öğüt presents his solo show “Jump Up!” at the MSU Skopje. Ahmet Öğüt’s projects mostly focus on collecting local stories and looking for similarities elsewhere. For the exhibition at MoCA Skopje, the artist created a new work entitled “Jump Up!”. The work is inspired by the donations of artworks from artists from around the world after the earthquake in Skopje in 1963. … See more about the exhibition Ahmet Öğüt: JUMP UP!
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The presentation will evolve around Nemanja Cvijanović’s action “The Monument to Red Rijeka – The Self-Defensive Monument”, which was realized in 2020 in Rijeka, Croatia and could be understood as a sharp-minded and reflective gesture of agency that undermines the current rise of nationalist violence. This particular action presents a very precise point where the fascist and anti-fascist legacy confront one another and define Cvijanović’s gesture as relationality between society, politics and art.
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The topic of Hedwig Fijen’s talk is the concept of the Manifesta, with the presentation of the previous editions of this important European biennial exhibition, as well as introducing the concept, program, and development of the forthcoming “Manifesto 14 – Western Balkans”. Hedwig Fijen (Netherlands) is the founder and director of the European Nomad Biennale for Contemporary Art – Manifesta.
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