Revisit<strong>in</strong>g Belgradephotography: Boba Mirjana Stojad<strong>in</strong>ovićdez.orgBoba Mirjana Stojad<strong>in</strong>ović (1977), MA F<strong>in</strong>e <strong>Arts</strong> at Belgrade Faculty <strong>of</strong>F<strong>in</strong>e <strong>Arts</strong> and Rotterdam/Plymouth (NL/UK) – Piet Zwart Institute <strong>in</strong>Rotterdam. Her work <strong>in</strong> different media <strong>of</strong>ten explores <strong>the</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> place.DEZ.ORG is a fluctuat<strong>in</strong>g group <strong>of</strong> visual artists based <strong>in</strong> Belgrade, thatfaces problems <strong>of</strong> expression with<strong>in</strong> art frameworks for each opportunityit creates for itself, as well as questions <strong>of</strong> production, distribution and <strong>in</strong>terpretation<strong>of</strong> works, as well as its evaluation. Just as permanently open is<strong>the</strong> question <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> possibility <strong>of</strong> cooperation itself with<strong>in</strong> a group <strong>of</strong> visualartists.Two-day small scale event, space <strong>in</strong>terventionDecember 5-6, 2008.Hotel Kas<strong>in</strong>a, Terazije square, BelgradeThis event is a cont<strong>in</strong>uation <strong>of</strong> an event/project Hotel New York. Inquiry <strong>in</strong> Locationthat had happened <strong>in</strong> Hotel New York <strong>in</strong> Rotterdam <strong>in</strong> July 2007 as a cooperation <strong>of</strong>Gunndís Yr F<strong>in</strong>nbogadóttir, Maja Bekan and Boba Mirjana Stojad<strong>in</strong>ović.Adaptation and realization <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Belgrade event by Boba Mirjana Stojad<strong>in</strong>ović, organization– artist group DEZ.ORGParticipants (authors/performers <strong>in</strong> capital letters, audience <strong>in</strong> regular): AleksandrijaAjduković, Divna Bekan, MAJA BEKAN, D<strong>in</strong>a Belančić, GORDANA BELIĆ, DušicaDražić, Dragan Đorđević, Ivica Geratović, GUNNDIS YR FINNBOGADOTTIR,Nikola Jovanetić, Miroslav Karić, Tijana Knežević, RUTH LEGG, Tanja Marković,Danijela Mršulja, SLAVICA PANIĆ, Milena Pavlović, Žarko Đurić, ANDRIJAPAVLOVIĆ / DRAGAN JOVANOVIĆ, Ljiljana Pavlović, Vesna Perić, PeraPopović, Dragan Protić, Jelena Pušica, Maja Radanović, DRAGAN RAJŠIĆ, MAJARAKOČEVIĆ CVIJANOV, Bojana Romić, Milica Ružičić, SUSAN SCHMIDT,EMILY KYOKO SNOWDEN, BOBA MIRJANA STOJADINOVIĆ, Marija-JoannaStojad<strong>in</strong>ović, Vladimir Stojad<strong>in</strong>ović, BORIS ŠRIBAR, Jelena Šribar, IVANASMILJANIĆ, Spomenka Smiljanić, Slobodan Smiljanić - Bob, Ana Vilenica, NemanjaVišnić, Anica Vučetić, Dejan Vučetić.Revisit<strong>in</strong>g Belgrade was a discrete event that was possible to attend only with ane-mail reservation. Each visitor faced <strong>the</strong> uncerta<strong>in</strong>ty <strong>of</strong> where someth<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>the</strong>ydidn’t know what, is go<strong>in</strong>g to happen. Arriv<strong>in</strong>g at <strong>the</strong> appo<strong>in</strong>ted time <strong>the</strong> visitorswere escorted and left <strong>in</strong> front <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> door on <strong>the</strong> seventh floor <strong>of</strong> Kas<strong>in</strong>a Hotel t<strong>of</strong>ace <strong>the</strong> space mostly on <strong>the</strong>ir own and to explore it. All works have been producedfor this event, and <strong>the</strong>y <strong>in</strong>cluded: performances 1:1, space <strong>in</strong>terventions, photographs,objects, sound, video… (exceptionally, one performance happened on <strong>the</strong>telephone l<strong>in</strong>e Reykjavik-Zagreb) presented no more than three at <strong>the</strong> time. Therelation between <strong>the</strong> visitor, <strong>the</strong> space and <strong>the</strong> author became mutually conditioned.works(Boba Mirjana Stojad<strong>in</strong>ović)2008: My Travels With Barry, TENT. Rotterdam,NL; Perfect Society, Schouwburg, Rotterdam, NL;2007:, Hotel New York. Inquiry <strong>in</strong> Location, HotelNew York Rotterdam, NL; 2006: Entrance, Faculty<strong>of</strong> F<strong>in</strong>e <strong>Arts</strong> Gallery; Autoplay, Kontekst Gallery,Belgrade, organized by DEZ ORG, project participantsODA PROJESI, Turkey; H.arta, Romania;Vizionarsko društvo, B&H; 2005: Gallery, BelgradeYouth Centre Gallery.cONTAcTBoba Mirjana Stojad<strong>in</strong>ović(DEZ.ORG)address: Ravanička 3611000 Belgradetelephone/fax: +381 11 24 11 489telephone: +381 63 34 64 62e-mail: bobaart@gmail.com,dezorg@gmail.comweb: www.dezorg.nethttp://bobaart.wordpress.comr a s [53]t e r
CURVE FOR GAUSSphotography: www.hajdeda.org.rs/okvirtela/hajde da... groupBODY FRAME PROJECTThe Body Frame Project is search for answers to <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g question: dodiversities always <strong>in</strong>duce misunderstand<strong>in</strong>gs and <strong>in</strong>crease distance betweenpeople, or <strong>the</strong>y can also <strong>in</strong>spire development and creation <strong>of</strong> a new quality.Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, <strong>the</strong> Project also promotes social dialogue, as a way to understandlife context that differs from our own. Body Frame tends to connectsub-cultures that usually function apart from each o<strong>the</strong>r: persons withdisabilities and contemporary dance pr<strong>of</strong>essionals. With<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Body FrameProject, we have organized three sets <strong>of</strong> workshops <strong>in</strong> Belgrade, and one<strong>in</strong> Parać<strong>in</strong>. All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se were attended by dancers and contemporary dancechoreographers, persons with disabilities (wheel-chair users, bl<strong>in</strong>d andhard-<strong>of</strong>-see<strong>in</strong>g persons, deaf and hard-<strong>of</strong>-hear<strong>in</strong>g persons), as well as all <strong>the</strong>o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>dividuals who were <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> experienc<strong>in</strong>g someth<strong>in</strong>g like this.In September <strong>of</strong> 2008. Five persons with disabilities and four contemporarydancers started work<strong>in</strong>g on a pr<strong>of</strong>essional dance piece.Choreography: Boris Čakširan and Sanja Krsmanović Tasić; Dancers: Ana Živković,Andrijana Lub<strong>in</strong>a, Danijel Todorović, Jelena Stojiljković, Jovana Rakić, Senad Sopnić,Stojan Simić, Svetlana Gogić; Music: Aleksandra Đokić; Voice: Svetlana Gogić;Dramaturgy: Marko Pejović; Costume design: Boris Čakširan; Light design: PaunPavlović; Dance pedagogue: Dejana Budiška; Photography: Nenad MiloševićPremiere December 10, 2008, Belgrade Dance CentreCurve for Gauss is a title based on model <strong>of</strong> Gaussian ‘bell shape curve’ widely used<strong>in</strong> statistics (and o<strong>the</strong>r discipl<strong>in</strong>es, as well) to describe normal distributions. Basicassumption is that measur<strong>in</strong>g results <strong>of</strong> certa<strong>in</strong> trait will be grouped around meanvalue <strong>in</strong> majority <strong>of</strong> population. Everyone out <strong>of</strong> that central distribution area is amember <strong>of</strong> ‘uncontrollable’ m<strong>in</strong>ority (that is, everyone show<strong>in</strong>g ei<strong>the</strong>r extremelyhigh or extremely low results for measured trait). Our piece is br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g out <strong>the</strong>question <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g ‘disturbance <strong>of</strong> average’, that is to say <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> lifeitself, by <strong>the</strong>se m<strong>in</strong>ority groups <strong>of</strong> society.Marko Pejović* source: www.hajdeda.org.rs/okvirtela/cONTAcTGrupa “Hajde da...”address: Knez Danilova 12/8411000 Belgradetelephone/fax: +381 11 3240 425e-mail: hajdeda@eunet.yuweb: www.hajdeda.org.rs/bodyframe/r a s [55]t e r