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artists & participants
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Arkzin ,
Autonomous Cultural Center – Attack!,
Bojan Bahic,
Maja Bajevic,
Eldina Begic,
Faruk Begolli,
Matjaz Berger,
Goran Bertok,
Iva-Matija Bitanga,
Zoran Bogdanovic,
Marko Brecelj,
Mateja Bucar,
Predrag Cancar,
Center for Cultural Decontamination,
Suzana Ceric,
Le Cheval,
Vuk Cosic,
Ivica Culjak,
Danica Dakic,
Vlasta Delimar,
Iskra Dimitrova,
Dodona Theater,
Eclipse,
Egon March Institute,
Alma Fazlic,
Zlatan Filipovic,
Tomislav Gotovac,
Igor Grubic,
Marina Grzinic,
Kemal Hadzic,
Jusuf Hadzifejzovic,
Anur Hadziomerspahic,
Sanda Hnatjuk,
Emil Hrvatin,
Istvan Ist Huzjan,
Aleksandar Battista Ilic,
Incorrigible Optimists,
Damir Bartol Indos,
IRWIN,
Ljupco Isijanin,
Sanja Ivekovic,
Robert Jankuloski,
Sanjin Jukic,
Ante Juric,
Bozidar Jurjevic,
Kanal 103,
Ivana Keser,
KOHA ,
Zlatko Kopljar,
Marko Kosnik,
Marko A. Kovacic,
Ema Kugler,
Bojana Kunst,
Almir Kurt,
Laibach,
LED Art,
Maja Licul,
Goran Lisnjic,
Magnet ,
Goranka Matic,
Sasa Markovic Mikrob,
Ana Miljanic,
Peter Mlakar,
Montazstroj ,
Museum of the Bicycle Uprising,
Oliver Musovik,
New Collectivism,
Damir Niksic,
NSK ,
Organized Women’s Groups of Slovenia,
Hamdija Pasic,
Nusret Pasic,
Irena Paskali,
Marko Peljhan,
Performing Arts Center Multimedia,
Biljana Petrovska Isijanin,
Alenka Pirman,
Samir Plasto,
Tadej Pogacar & The P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E.,
Ivana Popovic,
Arjan Pregl,
Franc Purg,
Agim Qena,
Radio Student,
Vlado G. Repnik,
Rachel Rossner,
Anela Sabic,
Sarajevo New Primitivs,
Bojan Sarcevic,
Nebojsa Seric Shoba,
Enes Sivac,
SKART ,
Mustafa Skopljak,
Aina Smid,
Maja Smrekar,
Mala Stanica,
Aleksandar Stankoski,
Mladen Stilinovic,
Sven Stilinovic,
Sasa Stojanovic,
Igor Stromajer,
Miha Strukelj,
Alma Suljevic,
Ive Tabar,
Radoslav Tadic,
Dah Teatar,
Schmrtz Teatar,
The Edin Numankadic,
The Metelkova Network,
The Peace Institute,
Slaven Tolj,
Igor Tosevski,
Dejan Vekic,
Srdan Veljovic,
Sonja Vukicevic,
Petar Waldegg,
Irena Woelle,
Women in Black,
Marko Zatler,
Dragan Zivadinov,
Ajna Zlatar,
Dunja Zupancic,
Janja Zvegelj
curators
press release
Realize! Resist! React!
Performance and Politics in the 1990s in the Post-Yugoslav Context
June 24–October 3, 2021
The Realize! Resist! React! exhibition focuses on political performance in the post-Yugoslav context of the 1990s. That decade was an extremely difficult period for the region, marked by war, nationalism, revisionism, corruption, particracy, transition, and a rapidly developing capitalist economy. The period also left a profound mark on all the decades that followed.
Political performance in post-Yugoslavia in the 1990s was a form of resistance against various “war machines” (related to power, institutions, state, identities, language), often emerging under extreme political circumstances and due to the radical political, social, economic, and cultural changes that affected every aspect of society in the previously common state. At the same time, there was a distancing from the “idea” of Yugoslavia, and the discovery of new spaces and alliances. The newly founded states turned either toward Western models, or relied more on their local traditions, emphasizing ethnic elements, or opted for a combination of internationalization and national symbols, politically embracing multiculturalism.
Realize! Resist! React! includes more than 120 artworks, archival materials, and video documents from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia, and is structured around the following topics: war, nationalism, the body, new spaces, demonstrations, states, territories, new borders, the Other, feminism, and media. The exhibition explores different trajectories of political performance, especially what it brought to, meant, or changed in the broader field of art of the 1990s post-Yugoslavia, as well as the connections between performances and political and ideological structures from which these performances emerged. At the same time the exhibition is an attempt to uncover the emancipatory power of political performance of that difficult decade and a search for links with the present, a time no less trying than the 1990s.
Exhibition curators
Bojana Piškur with Linda Gusia, Jasna Jakšić, Vida Knežević, Nita Luci, Asja Mandić, Biljana Tanurovska-Kjulavkovski, Ivana Vaseva, Rok Vevar, and Jasmina Založnik
Exhibition design
Siniša Ilić
Participants
Arkzin, Art Publishing group (Bojan Bahić & Sanda Hnatjuk), Autonomous Cultural Center – Attack!, Maja Bajević, Damir Bartol Indoš, Aleksandar Battista Ilić, Ivana Keser, Tomislav Gotovac, Faruk Begolli, Matjaž Berger, Goran Bertok, Iva-Matija Bitanga & Bijesne gliste, Zoran Bogdanović, Marko Brecelj, Mateja Bučar, Performing Arts Center Multimedia, Center for Cultural Decontamination, Suzana Cerić & Anela Šabić, Predrag Čančar, Ivica Čuljak (Satan Panonski), Dah Teatar, Danica Dakić, Vlasta Delimar, Iskra Dimitrova, Dodona Theater, Eclipse, Feral Tribune, Tomislav Gotovac, Igor Grubić, Grupa Elementi (Biljana Petrovska Isijanin, Ljupčo Isijanin), Marina Gržinić & Aina Šmid, Kemal Hadžić, Jusuf Hadžifejzović, Emil Hrvatin (Janez Janša), Ištvan Išt Huzjan, Irwin, Sanja Iveković, Sanjin Jukić, Robert Jankuloski, Ante Jurić, Božidar Jurjević, Kanal 103, KOHA, Zlatko Kopljar, Marko Košnik, Bojana Kunst & Igor Štromajer, Egon March Institute, Marko A. Kovačič, Ema Kugler, Laibach, Le Cheval, Led art, Maja Licul, Goran Lišnjić (LEBENSFORMER), Magnet, Mala Stanica, Saša Marković Mikrob, Goranka Matić, MAXUMIM (Eldina Begić, Suzana Cerić, Alma Fazlić, Zlatan Filipović, Anur Hadžiomerspahić, Almir Kurt, Damir Nikšić, Hamdija Pašić, Samir Plasto, Rachel Rossner, Anela Šabić, Nebojša Šerić Shoba, Dejan Vekić, Ajna Zlatar), Ana Miljanić, The Peace Institute, Mladina, Peter Mlakar, Montažstroj, The Metelkova Network, Oliver Musovik, Museum of the Bicycle Uprising, The Incorrigible Optimists, New Collectivism, NSK, Edin Numankadić, Organized Women’s Groups of Slovenia, Irena Paskali, Nusret Pašić, Marko Peljhan, Alenka Pirman, Vuk Ćosić, Irena Woelle, Tadej Pogačar, Ivana Popović, Arjan Pregl, Miha Štrukelj, Marko Zatler, Franc Purg, Agim Qena, Radio Študent, Vlado G. Repnik, Sarajevo New Primitivs, Schmrtz Teatar, Enes Sivac, Mustafa Skopljak, Maja Smrekar, Soros Center for Contemporary Arts Skopje, Aleksandar Stankoski et al., Mladen Stilinović, Sven Stilinović, Saša Stojanović, Alma Suljević, Bojan Šarčević, Nebojša Šerić Shoba, Škart, Ive Tabar, Radoslav Tadić, Slaven Tolj, Igor Toševski, Srđan Veljović, Vreme, Sonja Vukićević, Petar Waldegg, Women in Black, Dunja Zupančič::Dragan Živadinov, Janja Žvegelj
Organized in the framework of Our Many Europes, a four-year program by the museum confederation L’Internationale and its partners, and co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.