On Dance as a Circumstance

Reflection on the Dance vs Circumstances symposium (Tanznacht Berlin, August 2016) by Ana Letunić In the context of rising precariousness in Berlin’s contemporary dance scene, as well as its influences on the production processes, it seemed only sensible to programme a symposium on working methods and production conditions as a part of the 9th Tanznacht …

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SCHEDULE OF THE GATHERING IN SKOPJE, 26 – 31 OCTOBER 2016

Critical practice (made in Yugoslavia): Cycle 3 Gathering in Skopje, at Platform(a), 26 – 31 October 2016   SCHEDULE  October 26 8 pm: Future read in concrete and stone (performance): Bojan Djordjev 9.45 pm: Critical Time: Critical Practice October 27 4 – 6 pm: Working session: Critical Practice (MKC) 8 pm: Empty Voice (performance): Per Art …

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NOW OUT: A Problematic Book by Critical Practice (Made in YU) 2

What does it mean to engage with critical practice within and around the arts? A Problematic Book is a journey throughout one year of gatherings and discussions on art and politics across Eastern and Western Europe. It approaches a critical thinking and art making by taking the notion of “problem” as a point of departure: …

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SCHEDULE OF THE GATHERING IN BELGRADE, 21 – 26 OCTOBER 2016

Critical practice (made in Yugoslavia): Cycle 3 gathering in Belgrade, at Kondenz festival, 21 – 26 October 2016   SCHEDULE   October 21 SPECIES: Jovana Rakić Cultural Centre REX, 7 pm Critical Time: Critical Practice Cultural Centre REX, 8.30pm   October 22 RESIDENCY PRESENTATION: Levi Gonzales & Mariana Valencia (Movement research) Magacin in Kraljevića Marka …

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SCHEDULE OF THE GATHERING IN BERLIN, 26 – 30 AUGUST 2016

Critical Practice_Made in Yugoslavia: Cycle 3 gathering with Critical Practice Berlin: #1/International Notice 26 – 30 August 2016, Berlin   SCHEDULE 26 August, Friday 7.30 p.m. Hanna Hegenscheidt: Don’t Recognize Me @ Uferstudio St 14 8.30 p.m. – 22 p.m. INSTANT WRITING WORKSHOP @ Office Uferstudio (CP_Made in Yu + International Notice) 8.15 p.m. The walk+talk with Sidney Leoni and Sebastian Matthias @ …

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Dictionary of Invisible Work

Note to the reader This dictionary is a tool for sharing cultural workers` experiences of invisible work. We call “invisible” the work that takes up a significant part of our daily routine, however without being acknowledged as “actual” work. This dictionary particularly focuses on activities that are, on the one hand, essential for our “official” …

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Dance to No Ideals

Thinking with Sequel for the Future / a Dance in 2043 / a Dance in 2044 By Shir Hacham and Livia Andrea Piazza In common language, irony and cynicism might be perceived as similar registers. Yet, according to Franco Bifo Berardi, the origin of this equivalence is to be found in late modernity, when the …

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Cultural policies after the crisis, Abstract of the lecture by Robert Alagjiovski

Cultural policies after the crisis lecture by Robert Alagjiovski  6 May 2017, 12 – 2 p.m. Skopje, Youth Cultural Center (Младински Културен Центар Скопје)   Abstract Based on definitions and theoretical approaches from authors like Matarasso, Bianchini, Landry, etc. this presentation would focus on some general dilemma and problems in the goals and understanding of …

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SCHEDULE OF THE GATHERING IN SKOPJE, 2 – 7 MAY 2016

Critical practice (made in Yugoslavia): Cycle 3 Schedule of the gathering in Skopje, 2 – 7 May 2016   2 May: arrival…   3 May: 11 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. intro: presentation of the project by Biljana Tanurovska-Kjulavkovski and Ana Vujanović; discussion about participants’ ideas, questions and wishes 3 – 5 p.m. “An overview of …

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