CONVERSATION ABOUT NEW ARTISTIC PRACTICES OF THE 70s IN SERBIA, 2015

In a series of video interviews Raša Todosijević, Era Milivojević, Dunja Blažević, Ješa Denegri and Jasna Tijardović reflected on the period of the 70’s in Belgrade. This was the period when a new artistic scene, defined by Ješa Denegri as ‘New Artistic Practices’, was emerging.  The focus of the interviews was work within the Student Cultural Centre of Belgrade when some of the most important art projects in the second half of the 20th century in this region were developed.

The following topics were initiated and discussed: classical education at the Fine Arts Academy; the liberation movement of ’68; youth rebellion and awareness of their role in cultural change; the concept and foundation of the Student Cultural Centre (SKC); the influence of the Student Cultural Centre in Zagreb and its gallery programme; the influences of Italian and USA curators; the profile and structure of the SKC gallery, the first performances and site specific works; art and life; art theory and art practice; plurality of art scenes in the SKC; the art scene in the SKC; the art community outside of the SKC; life on the streets; curatorial work as applied critique; liberation of artwork and its dematerialization; revalorization of historical avant-gardes; continuity and discontinuity; the social character of conceptual art; the relationship between conceptual art and museums; the relationship between conceptual art and the art market; institutional recognition and institutional ignorance; the tacit generation; artists’ struggle with ideology; concepts which come to an end.

Dunja Blažević
Era Milivojević
Jasna Tijardović
Ješa Denegri
Raša Todosijević

Through conversations with artists and curators who actively contributed to the development of the new artistic climate after the students’ protests of 1968 these interviews aim to enable new insights into artistic developments of this period. This is just the first phase of the project and many more dialogues are planned with artists both from Belgrade and Novi Sad.

The Project was created by Milica Pekić and Stevan Vuković in collaboration with Ana Adamović (editor), Srđan Bajski (sound design) and Vladimir Slijepčević (DP).

Filmforum Student cultural center, Tuesday, December 15th,  6pm and 8pm
New artistic practices in Serbia during seventies  

at 6pm / New space, Student cultural center
projection of video interviews with artists and curators

at 8pm / New space, Student cultural center
public talk with interviewed artists and curators about Student cultural center and scene around it in the seventies

Participants: Raša Todosijević, Era Milivojević, Dunja Blažević, Ješa Denegri, Jasna Tijardović, Milica Pekić and Stevan Vuković

Supported by: Ministry of culture and information of Republic of Serbia