Small actions archive

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Small actions Belgrade
The Semiotics of the City
Visual arts
Site specific works exhibition
 Applicant(s)
Maida Gruden, Students’ City Cultural Center		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: September 2009
till: September 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
The project “The Semiotics of The City” is a joint enterprise of USUALLY 4 that would be carried out on several public-space points in Belgrade. The research and results of their work will be presented in the Students’ City Cultural Centre Gallery / New Belgrade.
Backward / Forward
Multidiciplinary
Interactive web site, almanac, exhibition
www.koneznanista.com		 Applicant(s)
Maja Josifovic, Dimitrije Tadic		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: September 2009
till: September 2009		 Grant
CHF 4,000.00
“Backward / Forward” is a versatile project consisting of interactive cyber platform on a web site, special issue of publication/almanac and an exhibition. This exhibition will have the form of presentation and discussion about the previous almanacs and projects. All three parts of the project resume and upgrade five realised projects by these two artists from 2001 to 2008.
POLYGON
Visual arts
Expert conference, exhibition, workshop
 Applicant(s)
Svetlana Mladenov, VISART Association for Visual Arts and Culture		 Time and place
Novi Sad
from: July 2009
till: July 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
Polygon is the place connecting these artists through common subject – existence of contemporary art in non-gallery spaces, that is, alternative and free public and private spaces. This is an experience that all the countries of Southeastern and Central Polygon is the place connecting these artists through common subject – existence of contemporary art in non-gallery spaces, that is, alternative and free public and private spaces. This is an experience that all the countries of South-eastern and Central Europe shared during the 1990s, still the process of art taking place in non specific, alternative spaces is still current. All such experiences will collide in Polygon project through:
1. Expert conference;
2. Presentation of visual and documentary material;
3. Workshop;
4. Publication.
TERRA 2009
Sculpture
International terracotta sculpture symposium
www.terra.co.yu		 Applicant(s)
Slobodan Kojic, Centre for fine and applied art TERRA		 Time and place
Kikinda
from: July 2009
till: July 2009		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
The Symposium will be held at the "TERRA" atelier, a part of the "TERRA" complex in Kikinda. Kikinda’s collection represents the largest collection of large modern terracotta sculptures in the world. For 27 year long duration of the Symposium, the collection has gathered around 1000 pieces, the third of which being large ones. The exhibition will be opened in the "TERRA" gallery, in Kikinda.
IN/VISIBLE CITY 2
Theatre
campaign for tolerance and respect of human and minority rights
 Applicant(s)
Sanja Krsmanovic Tasic, DAH Theatre Research Centre		 Time and place
Pancevo, Ivanjica, Uzice
from: May 2009
till: September 2009		 Grant
CHF 4,000.00
The Project in each town develops through: The theatre performance in the local/city public transport, Round tables about the minority rights and barter - interethnic cultural exchange between performers from different minority groups and our performers, followed by a poster, programme books and documentary film about the project.
Listen in
Site specific sound art
Workshops
 Applicant(s)
Igor Stangliczky, Association of Multimedia Artists AUROPOLIS		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: May 2009
till: May 2009		 Grant
CHF 1,900.00
The project is conceived as a 13-day workshop that aims at providing elementary practical and theoretical knowledge in the area of field recording and site-specific sound art. Particular attention will be given to the work with “piezo” contact microphones.
EXTREME MAKEOVER
Visual arts
Street art
www.inbox.org.yu		 Applicant(s)
Natali Beljanski, INBOX Art Association		 Time and place
Novi Sad
from: April 2009
till: May 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
This extreme makeover project deals with the idea of cultivation and transformation of neglected public urban areas and with the promotion of street art as currently one of the most dynamic fields of contemporary artistic practice. The project includes: 1. Painting murals; 2. Lectures, conferences and panel discussions.
European Atelier for Young Festival Managers 2009
Theatre
Participation in Atelier EFA
 Applicant(s)
Jelena Knezevic, Aleksandra Delic, Bitef theatre		 Time and place
Varna (Bulgaria)
from: April 2009
till: May 2009		 Grant
CHF 3,700.00
The European Festivals Association (EFA) is one of the most important artistic networks whose members are some of the biggest and significant artistic festivals. This year EFA announced Second Edition of the “European Atelier for Young Festival Managers”.
Urban Violence
A3.Format
Awareness campaign
www.a3format.org		 Applicant(s)
Igor Zarol, A3.Format group		 Time and place
Novi Sad
from: April 2009
till: May 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,500.00
A3.Format exists both on a physical level (exhibitions, publications, performances), and in a virtual world (Internet portal and blog). A3.Format's basic way of functioning is through initiating creativity and the freedom of graphical expression in the 29.7 x 42 cm boundaries of the digital canvas (template). Project subject: Urban Violence. We decided to start an awareness campaign against all aspects of violence, and start up a
series of workshops on a subject which is the closest to our field of activity - the visual violence in an urban environment – A3.Format: "Urban Violence".
series of workshops on the subject which is the closest to our field of activity, and that is visual violence in an urban environment – A3.Format: "Urban Violence".
diSTRUKTURA
Visual arts
Exhibition
www.distruktura.com		 Applicant(s)
Milan Bosnic, ProArtOrg		 Time and place
Celje, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
from: April 2009
till: May 2009		 Grant
CHF 1,700.00
In our efforts we are trying to explore an intimate space which becomes the result of our personal and artistic union. Recently we have been invited to exhibit our works in two Slovenian galleries: Plevnik – Kronkowska Gallery in Celje and Photon Gallery in Ljubljana.
CD of Serbian music for cello and piano
Music
CD production
www.dusanstojanovic.com		 Applicant(s)
Dusan Stojanovic		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: March 2009
till: April 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
Project CD of Serbian music for cello and piano is the project of publishing the CD with the music recorded live at concert at the 5th International Cello Fest in Belgrade, on July 7, 2008. (www.jugokoncert.rs/english/cello.htm). The concept of the concert programme was to represent the most interesting short musical forms composed for cello and piano by Serbian contemporary and 20th century composers.
MIMART 25
25 years jubilee
Exhibition, performance
 Applicant(s)
Nela Antonovic, Theatre MIMART		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: March 2009
till: April 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,700.00
Project MIMART 25 intends to mark 25 years of work with the philosophy of Continuous Process Improvement. In the period of 22-26 April, 2009, many activities that celebrate the years of experience of our theatre will be presented. As a part of the five day long manifestation, we will present our work of 40 performances, the premiere of "Performance in two acts with a pause", video presentation of recent performances, the festival of auto-performance "Spot", Carnival 25, exhibition of photography, costumes, masks, posters, programmes and symbols that are used in Mimart performances.
Ženergija – Burning Out
Multidisciplinary
International multimedia women festival
 Applicant(s)
Milica Gudovic, Women at Work		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: March 2009
till: September 2009		 Grant
CHF 3,600.00
The aim of the Festival: Ženergija – Burning Out is to promote female creativity through the following activities: International photo and video exhibition on the subject “Burning out”; publishing the book of short stories on the subject “Burning out”; promotion of young female artists through art evenings and workshops; maintaining cooperation with artists from abroad in dialogue regarding the subject “In fire of female work – fun or burning out?”
PASSPORT
Literature
Pocket size poetry books
www.trecitrg.org.rs		 Applicant(s)
Dejan Matic, Treci Trg		 Time and place
Belgrade, Indjija, Sremski Karlovci, Novi Sad
from: March 2009
till: September 2009		 Grant
CHF 4,000.00
The project encompasses a selection of 30 poems which will be translated and printed in 9 pocket-sized books of poetry in two languages (Russian-Serbian, Czech-Serbian, English-Serbian, Norwegian-Serbian, Hungarian-Serbian, and Bosnian-English). Every book will have 80 pages, in A6 format, and will be printed in 500 copies. Each of the published books throughout the duration of the project will be promoted in the media and sent to libraries, university libraries, or Slavic centres both in country and abroad, thus making it accessible to public.
Study trip of students to Istanbul
Cultural policy
study trip
 Applicant(s)
Milena Dragicevic Sesic, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management		 Time and place
Bilgi University, Istanbul (Turkey)
from: March 2009
till: March 2009		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
Given that Istanbul will be the European cultural capital in 2009, the seminar in Istanbul will be organised in a multicultural context, with an aim to foster and encourage intercultural dialogue between cultural practitioners from Belgrade, Istanbul, and Lyon. This seminar will take place in March 2009 at the University of Bilgi.
One, point, something
Theatre
Performances in smaller border cities
 Applicant(s)
Sanja Maljkovic, Kroz Prozor Fabrika		 Time and place
Zrenjanin, Sombor, Subotica, Vrsac, Kikinda, Sremska Mitrovica, Pancevo, Becej, Vrbas, Indjija
from: March 2009
till: July 2009		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
The project consists of a gathering of young local artists from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (actors, playwrights, set designers) around a common project: the creation of a theatre performance that would be directed by a foreign stage director, invited by the company, to work on a sensitive but common topic for Serbia and the whole region - the border. The show will be performed for two months (thirty performances) in small towns of Serbia and Bosnia remote from the centres of cultural activity.
Shadows dancing on my shoulder
Theatre
Participation at “Creative Forum of Independent Theatre Groups”
 Applicant(s)
Ivana Askovic, Mudra Theatre		 Time and place
Alexandria (Egypt)
from: February 2009
till: February 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,500.00
“The Creative Forum for Independent Theatre Groups (Europe- Mediterranean) is a platform for contemporary theatre. The dance performance of Mudra Theatre, “Shadows Dancing on My Shoulder” is invited to participate in the coming 6th edition of the “Creative Forum for Independent Theatre Groups”. Among other performances that will be presented in the Creative Forum, some workshops and educative programmes in the field of contemporary dance/theatre will also be organised.
A selection of New Serbian Photography
Photography
Book, web-site, exhibition
 Applicant(s)
Katarina Radovic
Vesna Micovic		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: February 2009
till: August 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
The project consists of three sections:
1. Book;
2. Website;
3. Exhibition of photographs.
These three equally important sections of the project have one and the same goal - the presentation of contemporary Serbian art of photography, both in practice and theory. The planned size of the book is the A4 format and approximately 120 pages (18 artists, 144 photographs, 7 theoretical texts).
Presentation of Serbian Culture in the Netherlands
Music
Festivals
www.pianoduolp.com		 Applicant(s)
Andrija Pavlovic, Sonja Loncar
Center for New Art		 Time and place
Amsterdam, Utrecht (Netherlands)
from: February 2009
till: May 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
“Presentation of Serbian Culture in Netherlands” - premieres of Serbian composers and music for piano duet; Festivals – “Gaudeamus music week” (Amsterdam), “Who’s afraid of minimal music” (Culemborg, Utrecht). Insisting on the highest quality of their performances, from the early beginnings of their work (2004), pianists Sonja Loncar and Andrija Pavlovic are committed to present both classical and contemporary music, exploring the newest tendencies in the field of electro/acoustic music.
USH SYSTEM COMIC BOOK
Comics
Book
www.adsyu.org		 Applicant(s)
Maja Ilic, Association of Students with Disability		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: February 2009
till: April 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
USH SYSTEM is a virtual rock band with a strong attitude, living in a one-page comic - a creation of the members of the Association of Students with Disability.
Using a story about a rock group whose charismatic leader and singer is a wheelchair user, the authorial comic USH SYSTEM promotes equality, creativity, and social involvement of the youth with disability.
Outside project / Belgrade: Another Gaze
Interdisciplinary
On-site lectures; seminars
 Applicant(s)
Dejan Atanackovic, Center for International Studies of Art		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: February 2009
till: May 2009		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
The task of BELGRADE: ANOTHER GAZE is an active and visible involvement of persons with physical and mental disability, as well as
members of excluded ethnic and social groups, in the cultural life of Belgrade. Another important goal of the project is to offer a different way of observing the city. In the process of preparation of the guides, we have employed experts from various fields of contemporary culture, theory and history of art, and architecture. Along with the on-site lectures, we will organise individual and group talks. These talks will be held both as public seminars oriented towards the population with disability and ethnic minorities, as well as individual meetings.
TRAJNIK
Literature
Anthology of poetry of national minorities in Serbia
 Applicant(s)
Risto Vasilevski, Publishing house "Arka"		 Time and place
Smederevo
from: December 2008
till: December 2008		 Grant
CHF 5,000.00
The Poetry Anthology “Trajnik” includes poems by all our national minorities. It is, in fact, a set of 15 separate anthologies compiled by the most prominent experts in literary work of our national minorities. The Anthology “Тrajnik” will also publish poems and bio-bibliographic data of the compilers and authors bilingually – in all the languages and writings of our national minorities and in Serbian. The Anthology “Тrajnik” will include works of around 230 poets with about 1 600 poems (in original and translation). Three volumes will be published in about 1 900 pages.
BOOK-ART OBJECT
Visual arts
exhibition
 Applicant(s)
Snezana Skoko, Punctum for Art Experiment		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: December 2008
till: January 2009		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
Project BOOK-ART OBJECT, Belgrade 2008 was created in order to promote and support every unconventional approach to the specific artistic topic addressing books-objects, books – installations, authorial artistic and experimental books. The result of this project is international exhibition of works submitted to the open competition, as well as of the works of the invited artist.
Belgrade with Budapest
Visual arts
exhibition, panel discussion
 Applicant(s)
Mara Prohaska Markovic
Maida Gruden		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: November 2008
till: November 2008		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
Activities within the scope of the project are as follows:
1. Production and realisation of the exhibition “Belgrade with Budapest”;
2. Organisation of panel discussion. Curators Maida Gruden and Mara Prohaska will invite Belgrade artists, whereas curator from Budapest, Aron Fenyvesi, has made a selection of Hungarian artists. The project will analyze the perception of art based on eroticism.
TENSIONS
Digital arts
Academic conference on theory and practice of digital performance
 Applicant(s)
Aleksandar Djeric, executive director, ACADEMICA Group		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: October 2008
till: October 2008		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
Academic Conference - TENSIONS, Theory and Practice of Digital Performance. In cooperation with the Belgrade University of Arts and Brunel University from London, an academic conference dedicated entirely to digital performance, will be organised. Workshops for students and professionals in audio and video processing in cyber theatre will be organised during the conference.
Looping
Magazine
Magazine for human rights, disability, society, culture
www.adsyu.org		 Applicant(s)
Maja Ilic, Association of students with disability		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: October 2008
till: December 2008		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
The project of Looping magazine is an alternative cultural project based on conjoint work of youth with disability and their peers without disability in the areas of journalism, visual art, and essay writing. The Looping magazine handles issues connected to the area of human rights, disability, society, alternative culture and contemporary arts. Magazine is available as a printed edition (24 colour pages, circulation of 500 copies), internet presentation (accessible at www.adsyu.org), and a CD edition (50 copies for persons with sight impairment).
Great Passions
Visual arts
Exhibitions, presentation/debate, book and almanac
 Applicant(s)
Maja Josifovic
Dimitrije Tadic		 Time and place
Belgrade, Novi Sad
from: September 2008
till: October 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,500.00
The project “Great Passions” is a multimedia project conceived by Maja Josifovic and Dimitrije Tadic. The concept of the project relies on the vision of society as Utopian construct. The project consists of five segments: exhibitions; presentation/debate; exhibition in public space; book; and almanac (with anniversary special edition).
BALKAN FIBER ART
Textile art
Artistic workshop and exhibition
 Applicant(s)
Goranka Vukadinovic, ATELJE 61		 Time and place
Petrovaradin fortress, Novi Sad
from: September 2008
till: September 2008		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
“BFA – Balkan Fiber Art” will be held from 12th to 22nd September 2008, at the Petrovaradin fortress. Its aim is to enable production and to exhibit works of guests-artists from different countries, as well as to motivate the countries in our region to take part in further organisation of this biannual manifestation. It is consisted of workshops, exhibitions and seminars related to textile art.
STRATEGIES OF EVENT - Art in the Epoch of New Media
Visual arts
Exhibition; publication
 Applicant(s)
Predrag Miladinovic, Center for professional development and consulting		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: September 2008
till: September 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,600.00
STRATEGIES OF EVENT- Art in the Epoch of New Media – Generation 2007/2008: call, exhibition, publication. Exhibition should raise public awareness of the students’ works, as well as raise quality of presentation. Publication STRATEGIES OF EVENT- Art in the Epoch of New Media will help promotion and dissemination of project’s results, and eventually the promotion of interdisciplinary studies, and students’ pieces.
Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images by Terry Barrett
Photography
Book
 Applicant(s)
Vesna Danilovic, Cultural Centre of Belgrade		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: September 2008
till: October 2008		 Grant
CHF 5,000.00
The book "Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images" by Terry Barrett could be considered as a precious "tool" designed to help both novice and advanced students, as well as scholars of photography, to better develop and articulate thoughtful criticism and theory courses throughout the United States. Organised around the major activities of criticism - describing, interpreting, evaluating and theorizing, "Criticizing Photographs" provides a clear framework and vocabulary for students' and scholars' critical skills development.
NON-CLASSICAL WORK ON CLASSICAL TEXT - Henrik Ibsen
Theatre
Theatre performance
 Applicant(s)
Bojana Ivanov Djordjevic, Edu-teatar		 Time and place
Vrsac
from: August 2008
till: December 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,500.00
Edu-theatre team would like to assemble a team of theatre experts, and to create, in cooperation with this team and a local theatre, a non-classical performance of the piece(s) of Henrik Ibsen.
Sex in Transition
Interdisciplinary
International interdisciplinary artists' workshop
 Applicant(s)
Noa Treister, project manager, K.U.D. Art Kub
Kattenbak artists’ association, Amsterdam		 Time and place
Kucevo, Belgrade
from: August 2008
till: September 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,500.00
The project consists of an international interdisciplinary artists’ workshop that will focus on gender relations, intimacy, love, and sex in a situation of transition and its effect on social life. A four-day seminar will be followed by a two-week artists’ workshop and a three-week exhibition. Twenty artists will be invited, both local, from a wider art scene of Serbia, and international artists.
Festival of Alternative Culture ZALET
Festival
workshop program
 Applicant(s)
NGO ZALET (Zajecar), NGO KULTURMOBIL (Belgrade), Youth Centar Zajecar		 Time and place
Zajecar
from: August 2008
till: August 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,500.00
ZALET is a festival of alternative culture, grew out of an urgent need to do something on our own, and then offer it to the young audience in the region. Main programme of the festival presents the newest art tendency in the following areas: comic strip and photography; New Circus theatre; multimedia performances; wall-painting; experimental film and music. Besides a workshop of New Circus, comic strip and wall-painting workshops will be organised, as well as an experimental film workshop.
ROMART
Festival
International festival of Roma culture
 Applicant(s)
Goran Nikolic, POLIS FEST		 Time and place
Subotica, Palic
from: July 2008
till: July 2008		 Grant
CHF 3,700.00
"POLIS FEST" together with its partner organisations shall organise ROMART INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ROMA CULTURE at the lake of Palic. The Project contains elements of a festival, workshop, debate, and impact at political level. The festival-type programme will last for three days and will provide space for three different cultural segments: music, film, and theatre.
Fast Fermentation
Summer school
Courses, lectures, seminars and workshops
 Applicant(s)
Bojana Karajovic, International Relations Coordinator, University of Arts in Belgrade		 Time and place
Negotin
from: July 2008
till: July 2008		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
The International Summer Art School of the University of Arts in the year 2008 will be organised in Negotin. Programme has an interdisciplinary character which should enable students, both local and international, to meet cultural heritage of city of Negotin and use it as a material for their own artistic interventions. The topic of this year’s Summer Art School is the fast fermentation that will be analyzed through various courses, lectures, seminars and workshops.
Greetings from a Despised City
Film/video
Documentary film
 Applicant(s)
Natasa Lazic, producer and organizer, One Night Production		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: July 2008
till: June 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,500.00
A contemporary postcard from Belgrade. The short documentary reflects the city in the unusual angle of selected personalities – artists, actors and heroes of the daily life. They all try to show positive aspects of this city in an artistic way and try to convince a foreigner (the author) to stay in Belgrade. The "heroes" will choose the place and surroundings of their “performance” and they will have to explain their choice.
Body Frame
Theatre
Workshops and theatre performance with/for people with disbilities
 Applicant(s)
Marko Pejovic, Manager of intercultural sector, Group Let's (Grupa "Hajde da...")		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: July 2008
till: December 2008		 Grant
CHF 12,000.00
The aim of this project is to realise a theatre performance by people with disabilities together with professional contemporary dance performers. Working side by side, the people with disabilities and the professional performers will not only offer a unique cultural event to the audience, but it will also reach out to the community, raising society's awareness and understanding of the problems the people with disabilities deal with and, at the same time, realising the creative capacities of this “minority group”.
The Trial
Theatre performance
Project based on ideas and work of Franz Kafka
 Applicant(s)
Nenad Colic, Theatre Laboratory Plavo pozoriste		 Time and place
Belgrade, Bielefeld, Germany
from: July 2008
till: October 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,800.00
Kafka’s “Trial” is important project for the theatre laboratory “Plavo pozoriste”, because the complete destiny of Josef K. and the idea of creation of an inner law, through a certain trial to himself had a powerful base in a personal life process of Franz Kafka, and at the same time, the idea has been deeply woven in the basic goals of the laboratory for over a decade.
Beogradski.trg_008
Literature
International poetry festival
www.trecitrg.org.yu		 Applicant(s)
Dejan matic, NGO Treci Trg		 Time and place
Belgrade, Indjija
from: July 2008
till: September 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,400.00
The Festival stands for promotion of new tendencies in poetical and arts expressions, young artists, interest in culture of others, human attitude toward a man and a city, freedom of thought, speech and artistic expression, and multi-cultural dialogue of poets and artists who live and work in south-east Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, etc.).
CROSSING THE LINE - WOMEN BUILDING PEACE
Book promotion
Book promotion and theatre performance
 Applicant(s)
Natalija Vuskovic, project coordinator, Women in Black		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: June 2008
till: August 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,600.00
The project is based on the book "Women’s Side of War”, and was published by Women in Black (2007). The book "Women’s Side of War is a collection of 120 authentic testimonies, reports, letters and memories of women about the wars fought on the territory of the former Yugoslavia from 1991–1999. The project Crossing the Line: WOMEN BUILDING PEACE is specific form of a book promotion, consisted of the performance Women’s Side of War and an open dialogue with audience following after the performance.
Once upon a time...and again from the beginning
Dance performance
International research laboratory
 Applicant(s)
Dragana Bulut		 Time and place
Warsaw, Poland
from: June 2008
till: July 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,000.00
Once upon a time... and again from the beginning is a work in progress debuted during an interdisciplinary and international research laboratory Resonance in Belgrade (October 2007) and Poznan (March 2008). The aim of the project is to begin relating to the movement and dance field.
DREAMS COME HOME
Film/video
Documentary film
 Applicant(s)
Mladen Mitrovic, Dream Factory
Balkan Art Centar		 Time and place
Belgrade, Senta
from: June 2008
till: February 2009		 Grant
CHF 5,000.00
Back in 1987, group of 11 boys of different nationalities attending primary school "Bratstvo i jedinstvo" in Sarajevo, acted in the TV Movie "Haustorce" produced by TV Sarajevo and Zagreb Film Academy. Few years after the movie was made, the war in Bosnia interrupted their childhood dreams and separated them. Some 20 years later, the director of the movie (who moved to Belgrade during the war) decides to find those kids and make a documentary film about their lives.
Kamen-o-lom (Quarry)
Workshops, exhibition
Art work in small community environment
 Applicant(s)
Jelena Spaic
artists and art groups from Belgrade		 Time and place
villages around Belgrade
from: May 2008
till: October 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
The participants are artists and art groups from Belgrade and the people from several villages from the vicinity of Ljig, quarry workers of Ba and Slavkovica, whose work will be presented for the first time to the public. The “Kamen – o – lom” project is a continuing action of art-work in a small community environment (quarry) spreading to the cities throughout Serbia. The activities planned within this project are the following: group exhibition of the artists from Belgrade in the quarries and other alternative spaces of the villages Ba and Slavkovica; art workshop in quarries of Ba and Slavkovica; group exhibition of the artists of Belgrade and quarry workers that will be held in Belgrade.
Outside Project / Belgrade 08
Education and Culture
Program of educational and cultural exchange between Belgrade and Florence
www.outsideproject.org		 Applicant(s)
Dejan Atanackovic, Center for International Studies of Art		 Time and place
Belgrade, Pancevo, Kikinda
from: May 2008
till: May 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
The Outside Project is an annual program of educational and cultural exchange currently taking place between Belgrade and Florence. In Belgrade the program involves local and international students of art and it is oriented towards exploring local identities and urban cultural potential. Guest artists / lecturers, international and local, take part by holding lectures / workshops, and exhibiting their work, as well as by realizing projects of social solidarity or public communication. The project has been realized since 2005, according to a Protocol signed by educational and political instances of the two cities.
The realization of the Outside program Belgrade 08 is planned for the period May 4-20. The program will include several workshops and public events dedicated to the observation of urban space, marginalization, material culture and environment. The program will take place in several locations that, beside Belgrade, will include other urban realities, such as Pancevo and Kikinda. Events are open to general public.
International New Music Festival RING RING
Music
International new music festival
 Applicant(s)
Bojan Djordjevic, artistic director of RING RING festival		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: May 2008
till: May 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,000.00
Ring Ring is internationally acclaimed festival, which is hold in Belgrade since 1996, presenting innovative music from all regions of the world. In May 2008 there will be 12 concerts in Cultural Centre Rex and other venues in Belgrade, as well as one three-day workshop which will happen at High School of Jazz „Stankovic“ in Belgrade, at their facilities. Guest artists will give lectures to young musicians exploring possibilities of innovative future in Serbia.
Artbajter
Alternative comics and music
Workshops
 Applicant(s)
Nedim Hadziahmetovic, president of ULSN (Association of visual artists of Negotin)		 Time and place
Negotin
from: April 2008
till: May 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
Workshop of alternative or authors comics and music ’’Artbajter’’ will get together names from 10 Serbian comics authors who will be included in the workshop. The workshop will be organised in City Gallery in Negotin, and it will be open for public. During workshop 3 public lectures will be organised.
Every second day two concerts will be organised.
Differentiated Neighbourhoods of New Belgrade
Publication and DVD
Annual research-artistic project in the local urban structures
 Applicant(s)
Zoran Eric, curator of Centre for Visual Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: March 2008
till: March 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
Differentiated Neighbourhoods of New Belgrade is annual socio-spatial research and artistic intervention into the local urban structures. The project explores different connotations of the term neighbourhood, in the vocabulary or its urban, architectural and social context, as well as analyzes the historical development and actual dynamics of urban transformations of New Belgrade neighbourhoods. The special focus of the project would be to investigate the blocks where these marginalized social groups like
refugees, Roma people that were not accepted to the certain blocks in New Belgrade, and the Chinese community, are all fighting to achieve their “spatial justice” (Edward Soja).
Contemporary Art Projects
Exhibition
Series of multimedia exhibitions
 Applicant(s)
Nenad Bogdanovic, curator, Multimedial Studio		 Time and place
MAS Gallery, Odzaci
from: February 2008
till: November 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,000.00
The Contemporary Art Projects, a dynamic and experimental laboratory of contemporary art, moves between various forms of art action, including: frontal performances in a variety of heterogeneous spaces of MAS Gallery; simultaneous performances and video projections; art installations, conceptual art research, video installations, digital art and computer poetry, experimental paintings and workshops for students and for the general public. Three Serbian artists and nine artists from Italy, Poland, Israel, France, and Netherlands will participate in this art project.
Minorities, migration and readmission - Opening day le Courrier de la Serbie
Debate and music concert
A panel discussion about “Minorities, migration and readmission”, Roma hip hop concert
lecourrierdelaserbie.com		 Applicant(s)
Philippe Bertinchamps, Le Courrier de la Serbie
Le Courrier des Balkans
R-Point
Beta RFI		 Time and place
Centar za Kulturnu Dekontaminacjiu, Belgrade
from: February 2008
till: February 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
A panel discussion about “Minorities, migration and readmission” will be organized by Le Courrier de la Serbie for its official opening day. The debate will be followed by a slide show, a Roma poetic lecture, a Roma Hip Hop performance and a cocktail. The performance will be led in partnership with the British NGO R-Point.
STREET ART part I
Street art
Artistic interventions in public spaces
www.inbox.org.yu		 Applicant(s)
Natali Beljanski, INBOX Art Association		 Time and place
Novi Sad
from: February 2008
till: April 2008		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
Basic idea is to allocate to the artists certain locations, such as old facades, unused parts of walls, trash bins, benches… so that they can create, express themselves and communicate…and to enable the exhibition of sculptures and objects on green areas as well as to enable the cultivation of ruins. Apart from the artists specialised in this type of expression, some well-known academic artists of younger generation, will also take part in this project.
King of Mirrors
Film
3D animated pupppet movie
 Applicant(s)
Mirela Srebric		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: February 2008
till: December 2008		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
The film serves as a reminder that nothing is what it seems to be. A puppet that Srebric uses as the main character
is dressed in a rich costume of a King, but his garments look untimely as well as the set designs. By such stylisation, Srebric wishes to create an impression of alien and imaginary characters and spaces. The set design (the space through which King of Mirrors moves around) would look like a labyrinth of halls and hallways with a strangely twisted perspective, unexpected props and objects.
For an idea - against the current status
Research
Cultural and multidisciplinary project dedicated to Zelimir Zilnik's work
 Applicant(s)
Sarita Matijevic, director, Playground produkcija
Centar za nove medije Kuda.org, Novi Sad		 Time and place
Novi Sad
from: February 2008
till: May 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
FOR AN IDEA – AGAINST THE CURRENT STATUS is a research, cultural and multidisciplinary project dedicated to unbiased contextualization of the relationship between Zilnik's artistic work and the political and social background of his work since his beginnings in 1967 until today. The goal of the project is to analyse, value and systematize Zilnik's extensive, diverse cinematographic style, with democratic views and emancipated character, through a research process resulting in the production of an interactive DVD ROM containing a range of research essays of international and domestic experts and an important and rare archive.
In / Visible CITY
Theatre
Campaign for tolerance and respect of human and minority rights
 Applicant(s)
Dijana Milosevic, DAH Theatre research Centre		 Time and place
Vranje, Subotica, Indjija
from: February 2008
till: May 2008		 Grant
CHF 3,000.00
The project in each town (Vranje, Subotica, Indjija) develops through theatre performance in the local/city public transport, round tables about the minority rights and Barters - inter-ethnic cultural exchange between performers from different minority groups and our performers, followed by the poster, program books and documentary film about the project.
The State of Exception Proves the Rule
Film/video
Documentary video work
 Applicant(s)
Mirjana Stojadinovic, DEZ ORG,
Kraja - Association for the Advancement of Art, Culture and Communication		 Time and place
Belgrade, Vienna
from: February 2008
till: September 2008		 Grant
CHF 1,500.00
The State of Exception Proves the Rule is a documentary video work that deals with the violation of the exhibition “Odstupanje – Contemporary Art Scene from Prishtina” in Kontekst Galerija, Belgrade, and the incidents accompanying it.
Musical picture-book
Music therapy
Music workshops for persons with Down syndrome
 Applicant(s)
Stana Krstajic, Duo "Floral"
Art workhouse "Pohvala ruci"		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: January 2008
till: May 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
Duo “Floral” has been performing for the art workhouse “Pohvala ruci” in several occasions, playing and talking about music and our instruments to these persons who have Down syndrome. We have chosen a number of pieces, musical miniatures implicating certain picture (like Fountain, Two goats, Dance of Fairies, Moonlight, Nightingale, Hen etc.) that we would like to play to them each several times while they would make their paintings inspired by music. Another part of this project is audio recording in a studio of all of these pieces, which would be compiled in a CD together with a picture-booklet with the drawings of the participants that were inspired by the music.
Balkan Literary Herald
Literature
electronic magazine for literature and culture for Balkans
www.balkanwriters.com		 Applicant(s)
Dusan Gojkov, Editor-In-Chief of Balkan Literary Herald		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: January 2008
till: May 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
Balkan Literary Herald (Balkanski književni glasnik) is the region’s foremost literary periodical for new writing. Balkan Literary Herald is published on-line, and covers five sections: prose, poetry, drama / essay and Transversal (new world writing in translation). In the course of the year 2008, we will continue with our electronic publishing, but also be ready to publish quality selections from the past issues of BLH in printed form and distribute it to all the countries of the Balkans, to retail points as well as the library and University centres. 12 books by prominent Balkan authors are also ready for publication in 2008, in a series we have imagined as BLH Poetry Series, BLH Prose Series and BLH Essay Series.
Knowledge Smuggling!
Workshops, lectures, trainings and presentations
Digital technologies, free software, dramaturgy and theory of dance
 Applicant(s)
Marta Popivoda, program coordinator, TkH-centre for performing arts theory and practice		 Time and place
Belgrade
from: January 2008
till: February 2008		 Grant
CHF 2,000.00
Knowledge Smuggling! is a new long-term project with which we want to intervene in existing dominant system of knowledge production and exchange, which is usually regulated by educational institutions. With this project we work on creation of space for direct and free exchange of knowledge without intermediary and proprietary relations. Basic procedure of the work within the project is based on peer to peer principle, which means that everybody who offers something will be able to get some other knowledge in return.
by moxi