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<nettime> report SUPPORT: EXCEPTION: Contemporary art scene from Prishtina (Modified by Geert Lovink) |
Dear friends, Your signature in support of the statement in favor of the exhibition EXCEPTION: Contemporary art scene from Prishtina, is online, Kontekst gallery: www.kontekstgalerija.org The statement was send to Serbian government City council Media (journals, TV, Radio) in Serbia. The statement is delivered at the press conference organized by the curators in Belgrade. Thanks for your support, Marina Grzinic and Rosa Reitsamer -- PRESS RELEASE/PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Exhibition "Exception / Contemporary art scene of Prishtine", that was planed to be exhibited in Kontekst Gallery in Cultural Centre "Stari Grad" in Belgrade from 7th of February until 15th of February, was closed because of police valuation that safety of visitors and organizers was jeopardized. Therefore exhibition will not be opened in planned terms. During the opening of the exhibition organized group stopped opening of the exhibition by violent means and also destroyed artistic work "Face to face" by artist Dren Maliqi. Exhibition "Exception / Contemporary arts scene of Prishtine" was exhibited in Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina in Novi Sad, from 22 nd of January until 5th of February without incidents. Organizers of exhibition are organizations "Kontekst" from Belgrade and Institute for Flexible Cultures and Technologies - Napon from Novi Sad. We invite Ministry of Culture of Republic of Serbia and Secretariat for Culture of City of Belgrade to react and publicly condemn this violent act and allow exhibition "Exception" to be exhibited in this moment when democracy, tolerance and openness of Belgrade and Serbia are most needed. Curators: Vida Knezevic, Kristian Lukic, Ivana Marjanovic and Gordana Nikolic www.kontekstgalerija.org www.napon.org PETITION FOR REOPENING OF THE EXHIBITION We are forwarding petition initiated by interested citizens, cultural workers and artists. On the following link you can sign the petition for opening of the exhibition Petition for opening of the exhibition "Exception/Contemporary Art Scene From Pristina" that was planned to be exhibited in Kontekst Gallery in Centre for Culture Old Town in Belgrade from 7th until 15th of February, and was censored through closing of the event even before it was opened. This happened due to violence expressed by nazi-clerical organisations. Petition is directed to Ministry of Culture of Republic of Serbia, Secretariat for Culture of City of Belgrade, as a demand for express and direct support to the organizers for opening of this exhibition. http://www.petitiononline.com/odstupi/petition.html This petition is the initiative of interested citizens, cultural workers and artists that consider that state institutions cannot allow nazi-clerical organizations to lead cultural politics of one state. VIDEO CLIPS OF THE VIOLATION OF THE EXHIBITION OPENING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRSzUSwcVcQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVC25afxpkU PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE EXHIBITION REOPENING: Koalicija protiv diskriminacije: Anti Trafiking Centar Centar za unapre??ivanje pravnih studija Gayten-LGBT Gej strejt alijansa Inicijativa mladih za ljudska prava Inicijativa za inkluziju VelikiMali Labris - organizacija za lezbejska ljudska prava Mre??a Odbora za ljudska prava u Srbiji ??vedski helsin??ki komitet za ljudska prava Udru??enje studenata sa hendikepom ??ene u crnom, Beograd Komitet pravnika za ljudska prava , Beograd Centar za kulturnu dekontaminaciju, Beograd Fond za humanitarno pravo, Beograd Incest trauma centar, Beograd Glas razlike, Beograd Rekonstrukcija ??enski fond, Beograd Inicijativa mladih za ljudska prava, Beograd Helsin??ki odbor za ljudska prava, Beograd ??kart, Beograd Mre??a ??ena u crnom Srbije : Boljevac, Bor, Vranje, Vrbas, Vlasotince, Velika Plana, Zaje??ar, Kikinda, Kraljevo, Kru??evac, Leskovac, Novi Sad, Novi Be??ej, Novi Pazar, Ni??, Pan??evo, Pre??evo. Druga scena Dru??tvo istori??ara umetnosti Srbije (DIUS) Kulturni centar REX i # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org