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The last artistic residency of the European project AFAR has ended

17 July 2024

From June 14 to July 13, Iza Tarasewicz (PL) participated in an artist residency in Zagreb as part of the European project AFAR. During the residency, she became acquainted with the local art scene through visits to studios, exhibitions, and interesting new locations outside the city of Zagreb. She also created a new artwork related to the main themes of the project: ecology, sustainability, heritage, and textile arts, which will be exhibited in the final exhibition in Zagreb, Vienna, and Bucharest. In addition to her artwork, she gave a lecture at the Putolovac gallery on June 25, followed by a discussion with an art historian and theoretician, curator, and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Leonida Kovač (AFAR Talk).

She also participated in a workshop by Nikolina Knežević Hrgović “Weaving Techniques”.

   

 

My residency lasted from June 14 to July 14 in Zagreb, Croatia. During this time, I was developing my own technology for working with hemp fiber. I have developed my own technique of using hemp fibers. Typically, hemp fibers are commonly used to make ropes, but also used to seal plumbing installations. I bought fibers from the manufacturer in bulk and started dyeing them using natural methods. For a long time I didn’t know how to proceed with the prepared material. I started doing a test with paper glue. I decided to try the technique of laying fibers on a piece of plexiglass and covering it with a thin layer of diluted glue. After many attempts, I created the perfect recipe and technique. The prepared sheets are easy to cut with scissors. At the same time, I had a meeting with the audience at Putolovac Gallery led by Leonid Kovač entitled “your type of unity” Art practice as a way to hold yourself up. I participated in weaving workshops led by Nikolina Knezevic. During my stay, I visited many galleries and museums. I met many local artists and became familiar with creative initiatives. My entire stay in Zagreb was very intense and hard-working. I created 9 works that will take part in exhibitions in Vienna, Zagreb and Bucharest.

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Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2022-COOP. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. [Project number: 101100309 ]

The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.

The last “Weaving Techniques” workshop was held as part of the European project AFAR

03 July 2024

On Wednesady, July 3, 2024, the “Weaving Techniques” workshop was held as part of the European project Artists for Artists Residency Network (AFAR).

The workshop was led by prof. Nikolina Knežević Hrgović, mag.art.edu.

The workshop was designed with the goal of collaborating with local artists, establishing international connections, and encouraging their further work. Weaving is the process of interlacing at least two systems of threads at a right angle: the warp and the weft. This process results in flat or three-dimensional textile creations, depending on the weaving techniques we use. The application of hand weaving is very broad, ranging from clothing items, home textiles, decorative elements, spatial installations, etc. In the workshop “Weaving Techniques,” we delved into the secrets of this very old and esteemed craft. We learned about the history of weaving in Croatia, got to know the parts of the loom and weaving frame, and which materials and tools are used in hand weaving. Each participant worked on their own weaving frame and learned the processes of traditional techniques that contemporary weavers strive to maintain. We also mentioned some “newer” weaving techniques and how to connect tradition with contemporary artistic expression through the magic of threads.

   

Helena Habijeanec, Laura Stojkoski and Iza Tarasewicz attended the workshop.

The Artists for Artists Residency Network, a two-year project (2023-2024), aims to improve the mobility of contemporary visual artists and curators, while creating greater opportunities for women in the arts. The project takes place in four European partner countries – Romania, Germany, Croatia and Austria. The project focuses on the development of new international exchanges and transcultural dialogue and provides a number of new opportunities for art practitioners of all ages, in different artistic media, with a special emphasis on women in art and gender equality. The result of the project will be increased awareness of the importance of cultural mobility at local legislative levels, but also in the general public, especially in the current (post)crisis European context, strengthening EU affiliation and connection with contemporary visual art.

The project includes: 12 artist residencies in Zagreb (HR), Mulhouse (FR), Bucharest (RO) and in Săcel, Maramureș (RO), 4 curatorial residencies in Zagreb and Bucharest, 12 conferences in Zagreb, Bucharest and Vienna and 1 traveling international exhibition, which will first be shown to the public in Zagreb (HR), and then in Vienna (AT) and Bucharest (RO).

 

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Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2022-COOP. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

[Project number: 101100309 ]

The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.

The third artistic residency of the European project AFAR has ended

01 July 2024

From May 24 to June 11, Megan Dominescu (RO), a visual artist based in Bucharest, Romania, with a background in painting and origins from Washington, D.C., engaged with the local art scene through visits to studios, exhibitions, and interesting new locations as part of her residency. She created new artworks related to the main themes of the project: ecology, sustainability, heritage, and textile arts, which will be exhibited in the final exhibitions in Zagreb, Vienna, and Bucharest. In addition to her artistic work, she also gave a lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts on June 3 at 7:00 PM, followed by a conversation with Sven Jozić (AFAR Talk).

     

On June 8, together with Prof. Nikolina Knežević Hrgović, mag.art.edu., she conducted a workshop titled “Weaving Techniques,” where she presented her artistic work and the technique of rug hooking.

 

 

 

„I enjoyed my time in the artist residence in Zagreb. I was very pleased with the studio space and the city has a nice energy. These factors provided a good environment for me to live and work for a few weeks. The focus of my works was ecology and sustainability and I used general environmental topics in my pieces. Although not directly about specific global issues, I use a lot of fantasy and fiction in my work in order to portray a certain idea that illuminates a real-world problem, such as extinction of a species. I sourced materials locally, I used recycled textiles and I also bought textile materials from the store in Zagreb. My time passed very quickly which always means I had a good time. I visited many places, the museums in Zagreb and also met with local young creative people and exchanged ideas and talked about art. I explored the city on my own and found many interesting things. I really enjoyed having the artist lecture at the Academy of Arts which was very well-received by the students, some of which have contacted me since the talk because they enjoyed it. I feel inspired and clear-headed after my time in the Zagreb residency.“

 

 

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Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2022-COOP. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. [Project number: 101100309 ]

The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.

CREART: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE IN ROUEN (FRANCE) / 16 SEP – 16 OCT

28 June 2024

The city of Rouen invites one artist from the CreArt Network to work for a month in Rouen at « La maison pressée » from September, 16th to October, 16th 2024.

The location: « La Maison Pressée »

La ”Maison Pressée” is an artist run space, managed by the association “Polymorphe”. This association aims at implementing artistic, cultural and citizen projects with and for the inhabitants, in public places, and more particularly in abandoned or unoccupied locations. Since 2015, this collective transforms unused places into spaces for meeting, reflexion and collaborative creation.

Since May 2021, Polymorphe is settled in a four-floor-building, located in the heart of Rouen at 9 rue des deux anges, called LA MAISON PRESSÉE. This place includes artists’ studios, an exhibition hall, a recycled material center and 2 apartment-studios with a shared kitchen.

More info :

http://collectifpolymorphe.fr/portfolio/la-maison-pressee/

Facebook : @lamaisonpressee

Instagram : @collectifpolymorphe

AiR Rouen / CreArt program

Within the framework of CreArt 3.0, the city of Rouen and the association “Polymorphe” launch a residency for 2 artists, one from Rouen and one from the Creart network.

The CreArt artist will be settled in a combined work-studio and apartment-studio;

The artist will be guided and shown around by the members of La Maison pressée. They will advise the artist in their work, make him/her discover cultural places and organize events to introduce him/her in the local artist’s community and the neighbourhood (brunch, workshops, openings);

_During the AiR will be defined one open day for visitors;

_A final public presentation of the works created during the residency will take place from at the end of the residency from October, 11th to the 13h;

_ A final report (in English) must be provided after the residency.

 

Conditions and stipend

The organization will cover, for both artists, the material costs (up to 400€), subsistence costs (500€) and will provide 1000€ as artist’s fee.

The city of Rouen also takes in charge travel expenses to Rouen [up to 500€] and accommodation at la Maison Pressée.

 

Who can apply?

The residence is open to professional artists (art and design degree) within the Creart 3.0:

– Artists resident in one of the cities in the project network: Kaunas (Lithuania), Liepaja (Lithuania), Skopje (North Macedonia), Aveiro (Portugal), Valladolid (Spain), Lublin (Poland), Venice (Italy), Clermont-Ferrand (France), České Budějovice (Czech Republic) and Oulu (Finland);

– Artists-members of HDLU (Croatian Asociation of Fine Artists);

– Ukrainian artists through our collaboration with Public Organisation Lviv Artistic Council «Dialogue».

This call is intended to professional visual artists with a wild range of medium: drawing, engraving, illustration, video, installation, collage, new media, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, design, textile, graphics, micro-editing. For logistical reasons, monumental creation cannot be offered.

A particular attention will be paid to artists who interrogate the environmental impact of artistic production in their work.

More generally, the artist should be close to the values ​​of the association (sensitivity to ecological values, DIY spirit, recycling and Low Tech) and their lifestyle: the place is vegetarian/vegan and cat friendly.

 

Documents to be submitted in English

  • A CV
  • A portfolio [with technical specifications, representative artworks and pictures. Links can be included];
  • A short written project proposal. This document should also contain a list of technical needs and other relevant technical details, which can help the organization to understand the project.
  • ID or passport (scanned copy);

The applications must be submitted before Thursday, July 25th online via link: https://creart2-eu.org/open-calls/artist-in-residence-in-rouen-16-sep-16-oct 

Only applications with complete information will be accepted. The city of Rouen will inform of the results by the end of July.

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Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.

[Project number: 101128499]

The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.

AFAR TALK: “your type of unity “: Art practice as a way to hold yourself up

26 June 2024

We bring you photos from yesterday’s conversation between Iza Tarasewicz (PL) and Leonida Kovač (HR): AFAR TALK: “your type of unity”: Art practice as a way to hold yourself up, as part of the European project AFAR, which aims to improve the mobility of contemporary visual artists and curators, thereby creating greater opportunities for women in art. The project takes place in four European partner countries – Romania, Germany, Croatia, and Austria. The conversation was held in collaboration with the discursive program of the doctoral studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb.

In conversation with Leonida Kovač, Iza presented her artistic journey, some of the ideas she seeks to convey through her works, as well as her experiences. The discussion covered the position of women in art, particularly in the medium of sculpture, heritage, tradition, and the context in which the works are created.

“I read somewhere in Bacon’s “every researcher of nature is caused to disbelieve what his mind most delights and attracts”… and this reflects my main journey… there is no central message, for me there is no centralization of ideas… everything is parallel and important, there is no device and no faulty elements, it is your type of UNITY, which we usually forget about, because this is our neurological structure, resulting from the evolution of our brain and the history of our ancestors. It was and equivalent to our primitive grandparents who tried at an independent price in a separate environment.”

Iza Tarasewicz

 

 

 

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Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2022-COOP. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

[Project number: 101100309 ]

The views expressed in this announcement are the sole responsibility of HDLU and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs.

FIRST CYCLE OF THE TAKEOVER PROGRAM COMPLETED

25 June 2024

European Month of Creativity
Curators: Kustoski kolektiv Kućća
Artists: Andrej Beštak i Anja Leko, Teuta Gatolin, Robert Fenrich, Gaia Radić i ROSE kolektiv (Bruna Jakupović, Lana Lehpamer i Ivor Tamarut)

The Croatian Association of Fine Artists, for this year’s European Month of Creativity, within the EU project CreART 3.0, has organized a small festival of contemporary art in business premises – TAKEOVER.

Emerging artists (Andrej Beštak and Anja Leko, Teuta Gatolin, Robert Fenrich, Gaia Radić, and the ROSE collective (Bruna Jakupović, Lana Lehpamer, and Ivor Tamarut)), selected by the curatorial collective KUĆĆA, “took over” spaces within recognized companies operating in or related to the fields of cultural and creative industries (404 Agency, Infinum, Leapwise, Studio 3LHD, VMD group).

When selecting the works, the curators, in addition to considering the typologies of the spaces encountered in the project, also examined the production of content for those spaces with the aim of establishing a closely related interaction between the artistic projects they represent and the workers who would encounter these projects daily. The result is excellent collaboration, significant interest from company employees, as well as from owners who have shown interest in retaining certain works in their corporate spaces.

The artists exhibited their works in the companies and presented their work to the employees. Each intervention was also presented to the public through open-door events and conversations with the artist.

Artistic Interventions:

Teuta Gatolin creates digital collages based on archival visuals in the public domain, mostly sourced from old magazines, encyclopedias, or other scientific studies. The archival material is collected based on the keyword search of visuals used to describe the concept of “nature” – whatever that word meant in the context of a particular year, decade, location, or source publication. The collages are created using the scanography method and are layered multiple times. The English and Croatian translations of the book are merged into a single entity that does not have a preferred linear reading order; instead, the audience was invited to browse and connect pages in the VMD company’s space according to their own intuition.

    

The ROSE collective consists of Bruna Jakupović, Lana Lehpamer, and Ivor Tamarut, who are the creators of the digital influencer Rose Velvet – a computer-generated chimeric identity. They explore authenticity and reality in the digital environment through a new entity that appears on social networks, seemingly harmless persona that occupied the space of the company Infinum, specialized in the development of applications and mobile games.

    

We are very pleased to have been part of this initiative and to have supported the interesting concept of the Rose collective. Every day in our work, we witness how artificial intelligence is being integrated into a wide variety of solutions and changing established processes. In the world of technology, innovations happen at an incredible speed, but we don’t often see a revolution like the one caused by artificial intelligence. The work of these young artists is a commentary on the changes we are all witnessing, and whose ultimate implications we have yet to discover.

Zrinka Lepan, Infinum d.o.o.

Andrej Beštak and Anja Leko are an artistic duo who combine audiovisual techniques to create emotive, bizarre, and fantastical environments. These environments carry narratives, one of which was located within the space of the architectural firm 3LHD. The atrium of the office was occupied by sculptural installations made of ceramics, metal, and plastic – meditative shrines dedicated to hybrid goddesses.

    

This is the first time we are participating in the Takeover project. Collaborating with the team from HDLU, the curators, and of course, the artists has been very pleasant and interesting. After the works were exhibited in our green atriums, we eagerly anticipated the conversation with the artists. It was great to have the opportunity to hear their perspectives.

Romana Ilić, 3LHD @Urania

Robert Fenrich, in his work, breaks down traditional dichotomies between the fictional and the real, as well as between technology and nature, through immersive spatial installations whose pronounced narrativity is connected to inexplicable phenomena. Within the space of the communication agency 404, mysterious beings, spaces, and objects from untold pasts were hidden, quietly seeking the attention of those in their vicinity.

    

New media artist Gaia Radić presented a project within the space of the company Leapwise, in which she explored the relationships between virtual, mental, and physical spaces. Through virtual modeling and contemporary printing technologies, she investigates mysterious landscapes and beings inspired by technological advancements and the accompanying fragmentations of contemporary subjects and spaces.

 

    

 

About curators:

KUĆĆA is a curatorial collective and independent organization founded in 2021 with the aim of creating a space for collaboration between artists, curators, theorists, and other individuals and organizations working in the fields of process-oriented, experimental, and research-based artistic practices. Based in Zagreb, Croatia, KUĆĆA currently consists of curators Jurica Mlinarec, Klara Petrović, and Luja Šimunović. “Participation in the project is seen as a continuation of our curatorial practice, which is operationally and conceptually focused on close collaboration with local emerging artists and collectives. These are award-winning participants of the new generation of the local art scene, whose artistic vocabulary is characterized by a certain ease of visual language and the construction of fictional worlds through strong storytelling. Our curatorial engagement in recent years has also considered the historical, socio-political, and spatial topographies of the venues of artistic events we have organized (the 63rd edition of the Poreč Annals, the 36th edition of the Youth Salon titled PARASITES).”

 

About the artists:

Andrej Beštak (1993) and Anja Leko (1991) are an artistic duo born in Zagreb. Their artistic practice includes installations, performances, and video works. They are mostly considered narrators in space, using visual language and sounds rather than words to create an emotional dialogue between the artwork and the audience. Both graduated in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. They have been operating as an artistic duo since 2020, exhibiting in solo and group exhibitions, participating in artistic residencies, and receiving awards for their work, including the Grand Prix at the 36th Youth Salon.

Robert Fenrich (1995) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Zagreb, exploring the boundaries of image, atmosphere, and sound. Using various media, he raises questions about the marginal relationships of traditional dichotomies: fiction and reality, technology and nature, substance and negative space. He graduated in printmaking in 2020 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. In 2018, he founded the informal art collective Medium Movement, conceived as a space for experimentation and a platform for the production of hybrid forms of entertainment, which lasted until mid-2023.

Teuta Gatolin (1993) is an intermedia artist currently interested in narrating ecology, exploring how narratives about nature are constructed, the subversive potential of mythological tricksters, and considering technology as a companion species to humans. She was a participant in the third generation of the WHW Academy. Gatolin has exhibited in four solo exhibitions and numerous group shows. She has participated in festivals such as Improspekcije, Week of Contemporary Dance, Platform HR, Perforations, Museum Night, among others. She was a recipient of the Erste Fragments Award for Young Artists for 2019/2020.

Gaia Radić (2001) is a new media artist. In her projects, she explores the correlation between virtual, mental, and physical spaces through the combined use of computer graphics and spatial installations. She graduated in sculpture from the Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka, Croatia, and currently resides in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where she is studying architecture at the Faculty of Architecture and video, animation, and new media at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design.

The ROSE collective is a group of three artists who specialize in performances and audiovisual installations. It was formed in 2017 by Bruna Jakupović (1998), Lana Lehpamer (1997), and Ivor Tamarut (1998). At the final exhibition of the New Media department in 2019, they performed their first collaborative piece, which involved improvisation and interaction between live sound and image within a closed loop. Since then, the collective has continued to explore ideas of communication, collaboration, and improvisation through collective artistic expression. In 2021, the collective exhibited a site-specific work titled “Working Spaces” at the CEKAO gallery and performed “Speaking Spaces” at the VN gallery in the same year. In 2023, they began a research project and residency as part of GMK, where they developed the concept and conducted research on Rose Velvet – a virtual persona designed as a starting point for further exploration of artificial intelligence, algorithms, and the infrastructure upon which the entire online sphere relies.

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The Takeover program provides art with the opportunity to “coexist” with the bustling everyday life of workspaces. In doing so, artistic works become active participants in the non-artistic world, blurring the sharp boundaries between the corporate and artistic sectors, while retaining their ever-present power to reshape our reality.

More about Takeover at: www.takeover.hdlu.hr

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CreArt is a network of 13 medium-sized European cities aimed at exchanging experiences and best practices to promote contemporary art through a continuous transnational mobility program for emerging artists, curators, and cultural workers, in order to maximize the economic, social, and cultural contributions that creativity can bring to local communities. At the same time, CreArt 3.0 pushes boundaries beyond visual arts, empowering other artistic practices such as performing arts or music, and has also initiated a new collaboration with a non-governmental organization based in Lviv to support Ukrainian artists. The participating cities are: Kaunas, Liepaja, Skopje, Aveiro, Valladolid, Lublin, Venice, Clermont-Ferrand, Rouen, České Budějovice, Oulu, and Regensburg. The project includes 45 residency programs in 15 European cities, over 39 public events to celebrate the European Month of Creativity in 13 network cities, 13 educational programs to strengthen creativity and knowledge of contemporary art, 18 Street Art festivals, 10 annual festivals in galleries in 9 cities, and 6 European conferences and study visits.

 

 

Melinda Šefčić – Fragmentation in Karas Gallery

25 June 2024

MELINDA ŠEFČIĆ
FRAGMENTATION
2.7.-23.7.2024.
KARAS GALLERY

On Tuesday, 2.7.2024. Melinda Šefčić opens her solo exhibition entitled Fragmentation, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).

In their foreword, Tena Razumović Žmara emphasize:

In her new work, Melinda Šefčić addresses the issue of identity — me in my own body, and the assimilation of the individual within a new living environment — my body in the world. The universal perception of a woman who is no longer young but not yet old, who often finds herself in a kind of limbo. The light-heartedness and fun of youth are gone, and wisdom is only beginning to emerge. What to do then? Which direction to turn to, where to go, which principles to follow?

PREFACE

Biography
Doc. Melinda Šefčić, DFA, was born in 1986. In 2006, she enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, majoring in painting, and in 2012, she graduated with a master’s degree in painting in the class of Prof. Zoltan Novak. In May 2018, she earned her doctorate in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in the artistic-scientific field on the topic “The Rehumanization and Re-Aestheticization of Hospital Space – An Example of the Artistic Solution for a Hospital Ward”, under the mentorship of Prof. Svjetlan Junaković and Prof. Vera Turković.
She has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, both in Croatia and around the world, including Italy, Portugal, Greece, Serbia, Macedonia, India, Poland, Germany, France, and the USA. She has participated in numerous art festivals and residency programs, during which she has carried out many artistic interventions in public spaces. She is the author of over 20 art projects focusing on the aestheticization of hospital and prison spaces, and around 40 murals. She has also authored numerous research papers on the aestheticization of prison and hospital spaces in Croatia.
She has been a member of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists (HDLU) since 2011 and the Croatian Freelance Artists’ Association (HZSU) since 2014.

The exhibition will be open during the period from 2. to 23.7.2024.
Working hours of Gallery Karas
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm – 8pm
Tuesday, Saturday 10am – 1pm
On Sundays and Mondays closed.

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http://karasarthub.eu
Organizer: HDLU
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb

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