Salon

BELGRADE: NONPLACES. Art in public space
Opening of the exhibition: Friday, 31st of July 2009, at 7PM
The exhibition is open until September 6, 2009.
Artists: diSTRUKTURA, Wojciech Gilewicz, Irena Kelečević, Verica Kovačevska, Vanessa Mayoraz, Milorad Mladenović, Erin Obradovic i Marija Đorđević, Milena Putnik, Maja Radanović, Boba Mirjana Stojadinović, Marija Šujica, Predrag Terzić, Reijiro Wada.

Partner of the exhibition: KULTURKLAMMER - centre for cultural interactions (Artists Aleksandra Petković and Aleksandar Slivnjak with participants of the workshop - Mural conceptualisation and painting within the project CONCRETE SPACES)
All information about the works are available at www.belgradenonplaces09.wordpress.com
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Take part in the work of Vanessa Mayoraz: bring a light-bulb from your home!
On the day of the opening, 31st of July, between 7:30PM and 8:30PM you are invited to control and follow the movement of Verica Kovačevska on a Google Earth view of New Belgrade in real-time.
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While the main building of the Museum of Contemporary Art is under reconstruction, the focus of curatorial practice has been shifted towards art in public space. As a result, the museum was relocated into the city and the public was consequently redefined – in fact the whole community became both the creator and the consumer. The public symbolizes a crucial element of this exhibition – either consciously or unconsciously, they are now an active participant directly involved in realization of certain artworks.
Artists have been invited to react to the city by their own site-specific works. While exploring the city of Belgrade, artists have discovered many public spaces that are flexible, have an open identity and great potential – nonplaces.
Salon represents an information and a meeting point in which the contents will be changed during the exhibition, while following the progress of each work within the city. The gallery becomes a mediator between the visitor/passer-by and the city. When the visitor enters the Salon, he/she is invited to re-enter the city in order to see the original artworks.
The exhibition BELGRADE:NONPLACES is a story about the city and its urban, social and personal dilemmas.