The online event “From Bad to Worse II: Independent Culture Three Years into the Pandemic” focuses on the qualitative research that was conducted by Kooperativa and Center for the Empirical Cultural Studies of South-East Europe (CESK) during 2022 that aimed to explore and analyse the ramifications that COVID-19 pandemic caused for independent cultural sector in… Continue reading FROM BAD TO WORSE II: Independent Culture Three Years into the Pandemic
Author: Dejan
FROM RESILIENCE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY:
BUILDING CULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH REGIONAL COOPERATION
FROM RESILIENCE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY: BUILDING CULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH REGIONAL COOPERATION FORUM — 10 YEARS OF KOOPERATIVA14 – 16/12/2022 ZAGREB When we claim to view culture as a common good – we need to consider it twofold within the context of the region habitually divided: as a common good belonging to everyone, but also as a… Continue reading FROM RESILIENCE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY:
BUILDING CULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH REGIONAL COOPERATION
KOOPERATIVA ON MARS
Life on Mars 2022 is a 5 months long process organized by four partners — Liv.in.g., Kultura Nova Foundation, Creative Scotland, On the Move who have been working together since the start of the pandemic to create a model to bring professionals together to imagine our future. Life on Mars program gathers independent artists, cultural… Continue reading KOOPERATIVA ON MARS
KOOPERATIVA VISITS SLOVENIA
Representatives of Kooperativa — Polona Torkar (Asociacija, Slovenia), Tihana Pupovac (coordinator of Kooperativa, Croatia) and Peter Cerovšek (Member of Kooperativa’s Board, Slovenia), were in Slovenia to meet with Tjaša Pureber (Acting Director-General, Cultural Policy Development Directorate, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia), Mihael Kelemina (adviser to the Minister of Culture, Ministry of Culture… Continue reading KOOPERATIVA VISITS SLOVENIA
Kaća Dimitrijević
Born 1987. in Mostar. Went to primary school in Užice, graduated as a legal technician in the legal administration high school in Belgrade. Graduated painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in the Belgrade University. In the year 2012., as her undergraduate studies were coming to a conclusion, she joined the collective that was occupying… Continue reading Kaća Dimitrijević
Marie Le Sourd
Marie Le Sourd is since 2012 the Secretary General of On the Move, the cultural mobility information network active in Europe and worldwide. Prior to this position, Marie Le Sourd worked in Singapore for the Asia-Europe Foundation (Cultural Department) from 1999 till 2006 and directed the French Cultural Centre in Yogyakarta-Indonesia from 2006 till 2011. … Continue reading Marie Le Sourd
Branislav Dimitrijević
Branislav Dimitrijević is Professor of History and Theory of Art at the College of Art and Design in Belgrade, Serbia. He teaches and writes internationally on art, cinema and politics of socialist Yugoslavia; on avant-garde art, contemporary art and exhibition histories. His books include: Consumed Socialism – Culture, Consumerism and Social Imagination in Yugoslavia, 1950-1974… Continue reading Branislav Dimitrijević
Tamara Spalajković
Tamara Spalajković (Belgrade, 1996) During my studies of Sculpture, I was active in Ulicna galerija and Institut for Applause collective in Belgrade. In 2019 I started master studies at the studio of Video in FaVU Brno, where I was active in the initiation of the school magazine Bublina. In September I am starting phd studies… Continue reading Tamara Spalajković
Sunčica Pasuljević Kandić
A poetic media explorer and anti-disciplinary practitioner working at the intersection of artists research, curatorship and art pedagogy. She explores intertwined connections of collaboration, communication, identity, language and knowledge production in regards to our interaction with technology and nature. Facilitating „experiential action-thought choreographies“ her practice becomes collaborative, ephemeral and processual in nature. For 6 years… Continue reading Sunčica Pasuljević Kandić
Stefan Stefanović
Stefan Stefanovic (Gornji Milanovac, 1990) is a writer and performer interested in transmedia storytelling and game design. Graduated Serbian literature and language at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade with a master’s studies in Art and Design of video games in Belgrade. He creates in various art fields and genres, and his… Continue reading Stefan Stefanović