Re-Enacting Moments: Culture and Art in Kosovo and Serbia
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Kosovo and Serbia are in a difficult position, because they have not come to terms with the past and the present political situation is uncertain. Both governments, together with Europe, need to find a solution that will not give rise to new conflicts. Curators, activists, and artists in Belgrade and Prishtina are already participating in joint projects and attempting to reach a better understanding of each others’ viewpoints.
The working meeting “Re-enacting Moments: Culture and Art in Kosovo and Serbia” was held from May 4 – 6 at The Kosova Art Gallery and “Stacion” Center for Contemporary Art in Prishtina. Artists from two sides and from Germany are thus taking the first steps on a new path of understanding and cooperation, and supporting the peace process in civil society. This could be understood as a reappropriation of culture by means of reflection on a new, shared culture. In the working meeting in Prishtina, organizers have been asking a number of questions: What could a shared cultural experience consist of? How can this be effective in a new way? How do artists approach the question of memory in their works? Could this contribute to the clarification of a situation that is currently described as confused and unclear? How have artistic forms of expression changed as a result of the war, and now as a result of possible reconciliation? How can regions be appropriated and activated by cultural actors? What historical, economic, sociopolitical, and cultural questions are raised by the discussion about the reappropriation of culture? Curating as reenacting? Do curators possibly activate the reappropriation of a shared culture in a post conflict area like Kosova and Serbia? Supported and in cooperation with the Goethe Institute in Belgrade, in collaboration with KONTEKST galerija, Belgrade; Kosova Art Gallery, Prishtina; urban fm, Prishtina; Stacion Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina. |
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