Rise of woman in culture in Western Balkan

Recognizing from the immediate experience the increasing occurrence of the female – identifying artists and the problem in underrepresentation, the idea from which the concept of curatorial initiative develops brings together the art around the identity of a woman in contemporary creative work, a generation of the XXI century. The synergy between the artist and the curator leads to better visibility and awareness of the presence of the woman’s identity in the artworks and the inclusion of new forms of presentation of improving communication with the audience. In the wider context of observation and artistic adversaries, as well as improving visibility and networking, in addition to the Western Balkans region, a project involving participants from a wider European area.

The selected and planned activities (traveling exhibit, conference, workshops, lectures, residency program, research, VR technologies, publication …) during the project are directed at raising the capacity of women’s identities in culture, which aim to leave a mark for future generations.

We decide to undertake this project in attempt to answer on some of most pressing challenges, needs and problems young female visual artist, female curators and more in general women in culture in Western Balkans confront in their daily work, especially in independent sector. In attempt to secure empirical base for problem we would like to tackle in we will mainly relay on few existing research done by NGO`s in Western Balkans and on experience of people from the field (Croatia: Young women and gender quality in post-Yugoslav societies: research, practice and policy international scientific conference, UNESCO participating program, 2013; How female artists live, Selma Banich i Nina Gojić, 2018; Serbia: Obstacles towards women’s experts in culture, Mira Vidaković and Vesna Šćepanović; The right to culture or the right to develop cultural needs, Dušica Dragin …). Needs of young female artist in Western Balkans are basically grouped around main phases of art generation process: preparation, production, distribution, promotion and selling. All of this phases are characterized by structural weekens which make difficult for young female visual artist to professionally do their work.

Lokar Gallery

(Partner)

All projects of Slovenian producer

Foreign producers in the supported project

Udruzenje Fenomena (leader)

Republic of Serbia
Association for development of culture and ecology sensus - Skopje (partner)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Beoart Contemporary (partner)

Republic of Serbia
NVO SPES (partner)

Montenegro
Udruga za poticanje razvoja ljudskih potencijala i kreativnosti-PRIZMA (partner)

Croatia (EU)

Funded projects

Land of Lace

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ArtElevate – Fostering inclusive cultural expression in Europe

CARE – Culture for Mental Health

Glassmaking Between Tradition and Innovation

WONDERCUT – Collaboratively Exploring the Public Value of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Next Level Cultural Experiences

Heroes Unleashed: Implementing a Sensory Reading Program in European Public Libraries

DATAS – The Data and the Sovereign

TALKING HEADS – Conversation with the art of the past

Libraries of Emotions for Good

GreenHeritage – Nurturing a sustainable future in the gardens of time

G-BOOK 3

PAGE: a Project for Advancing coGnitivE accessibility in publishing

DIGITAL on STAGE – Unleashing the Performing Arts Experience through Digital Innovation

OASis – Open Art Spaces in Synergy

Transport: Sustainable puppet co-creations for European young audiences

Danube Dance Alliance for Development of Contemporary Dance Scene in the Danube Region

Mind the GAP

Beletrina Digital

WOMEN interACT - participatory theatre against the double exclusion of women

TECH(ing) TALES WITH A TWIST for the children of the present

DoSEL – Drama of Smaller European Languages

MUSICVILLE – Green European Opera

Operation Nova

Kino x Games

FASIH - Future Art and Science Industrial Heritage

Cultural BEES

Is this us?

Climate Art Fusion Caravane (CARAVANE)

Moving Balkans

Youth Art for the Earth (YAFE)

Shadow Pandemic: Hidden Voices

Open House Europe (OHEu)

Third Stage

VERSOPOLIS – WHERE POETRY LIVES

December: Uncomfortable Beings, Azra, Best Imaginary Friends Forever

LINA - Learn, Interact, and Network in Architecture

Reactivating unused urban spaces through architecture and arts (ReCITYing)

Art Nouveau: a new EUtopia

Creative Industries Development Centre (KUL)

Web 3.0 Accelerator for Sustainable Cultural Tourism (Web3Tour)

Studiotopia: Enter the Symbiocene with Arts and Science (Studiotopia 2)

Bio Awakening - developing bio-art practices in Western Balkan

TestArt

GREENSTAGE

Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA)

Transmedia stories of insularity (TRAST)

Female Digital Creativity (FLUX)

Planet Hope (New European Fiction) (PH)

More than a Book (MTaS)

Our Little Library: Through literary bridges to reading adventures (OLLLB)

Connected with Books (CWB)

Exploring Expanded Publishing: EX-Pub

Thinking Publishing (ThinkPub)

Novel Europe (NovelEU)

REVIVE

Temporama: Mini Slate 2023

Studi Virc: Mini Slate 2023

The 10th and 11th edition of FeKK - Ljubljana Short Film Festival

The 20th and 21st Kino Otok - Isola Cinema International Film Festival

20. and 21. ANIMATEKA International animated film festival

Film in Hospital 2.0

EU Youth Cinema: Green Deal 2024-2026

Cinema without barriers (CWB)

Literary Agent Platform: Capacity building (LAP CB)

Tramal Films Mini Slate 22 (TFMini22)

Vertigo Slate 2022: Chestnuts, Memory of Autumn Mists, OHO, Splashing around

Staragara slate 22

Our Little Library: Literary exchanges (OLL LE)

Testing Ground (TestG)

Better Live

Variola - Dark Spring TV series

SEMA

Paradiso

Leave the door open

The Big Green

The Long Way Down

New approaches for local media (NEWLOCAL)

Life Long Burning – Futures Lost and Found (LLB3)