VISITING ARTISTS FROM MONTENEGRO: CULTIVATED WILDERNESS
Courtyard Gallery
Thursday, November 30, 2023:
12:00 Exhibition of photographs "Hits of Sonshine, Hits of Goldmine" / Damir Murseljević.
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Monday, December 4, 2023:
18:30 Exhibition: "Connected" / Nada Vojinović
19:00 Short history of subculture in Montenegro / Damir Murseljević, moderated by: Mišo Obradović
20:00 Conversation with the poet "Where are you something something" / Vladan Vuksanović
21:00 Nada/Bizarr.duo – Tantric dancing
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023:
19:00 Sharlov Cinema Diary – short alternative films by Mišo Obradović, with a conversation with the author – "Cinema margin as a space of creative freedom"
20:00 Conversation with the artist: Marija Mitrović
21:00 Performance by mariesoundsystem: Lost in an_other
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Music Background: Damir Murseljević
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Artist Biographies:
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Nada Vojinović (1991. Bar, Montenegro)
She fell in love with photography in early childhood and has been practicing it for over 10 years. In 2020, she launched the project "Normalize Normal Bodies," which celebrates the natural and unique beauty of humans.
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Damir Murseljević (1979. Podgorica, Montenegro)
He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cetinje, Department of Graphic Design. The author of numerous projects and a participant in international and domestic exhibitions. In the past 20 years, he has also dedicated himself to comics, marketing, theater, theory, and history of contemporary music and film, radio production, and even social work through prevention projects in schools against addiction.
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Vladan Vuksanović (1993. Tivat, Montenegro)
He graduated from the Faculty of Contemporary Arts (acting department) in Belgrade. Poetry as what I want to say, acting as what you hear even when it's silent. Sea, forest, embrace.
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Mišo Obradović (1982. Titograd, Montenegro)
He graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, in the class of Prof. Vida Ognjenović and Prof. Ljuboslav Majera, in 2005. Since 2008, he has been a member of the ensemble of the Montenegrin National Theatre. He is involved in film production.
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Marija Mitrović (1994. Bar, Montenegro) aka mariesoundsystem
An interdisciplinary artist and pianist dedicated to performing piano repertoire from the second half of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. She holds a master's degree in contemporary piano and is a permanent member of the Slovenian ensemble Stère, which operates in the field of contemporary classical music. In addition to being a pianist and accompanist, Marija is engaged as a theater and film composer, musicologist, multimedia artist, and educator. In 2021, she was selected as the representative of Montenegro in the OneBeat music residency organized by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to promote innovative music worldwide. Her artistic activities under the alias mariesoundsystem began with the performance of her audio-visual work "Yu.spectrum" in the Alexandrinski Theatre (St. Petersburg) as part of the Noiseroom concert series. Using natural materials, ritualistic traditional and electronic instruments, Marija creates a dynamic system of subtle layered sound textures that auralize feelings, experiences, silences, and affirm a different reality. She will present the audio-visual performance "LOST IN AN_OTHER," initiating a continuous exploration of collective, personal, and cultural identities through intuitive-sensory creative processes.
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ŠkArt Non-Governmental Association: Established in October 2016 and officially registered in January 2017, the mission of the organization is the development and work on creating culture and art, especially contemporary and engaged art, feminist and queer culture, the promotion of knowledge, education, and emancipation, strengthening the independent cultural and intellectual social scene, encouraging social activism and critical engagement, especially among young people in Montenegro. The organization's special focus is on empowering women artists, supporting and increasing the visibility of vulnerable groups in society through art and creative practices.
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The visit of Montenegrin artists is realized at the initiative of the organization Klara and Rosa from Subotica in collaboration with the ŠkArt organization from Tivat. The project is supported by the Regional Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation from Belgrade.
