Monthly Archives: August 2020
Online presentation: Experience of Božidarac as a Cultural Institution during Covid
A new one in a series of presentation within the online cycle “Cultural Programmes in Digital Space” will present the experience of a cultural institution during the crisis period caused by the pandemic of the coronavirus – how the regular activities took place and how contact with the audience ws maintained.
This topic will be covered by Vladimir Kljajić, Director of the Centre for Education and Culture “Božidarac 1947”. This institution was founded as a national university, and today they are realising numerous courses and seminars through which they continue promoting the concept of life-long learning.
The presentation can be viewed on our YouTube channel.
About the cycle
In the past period marked by the epidemic of Covid-19, the place of realisation of cultural needs of the audience was displaced into the digital sphere, due to temporary closing down of venues used by cultural institutions and organisations and ceasing of their regular programmes. This encouraged designing new ways of presenting archives and collections, concerts and plays, and also the organisation of people they are gathering.
Although the Internet cannot fully replace performing cultural and artistic programmes in a physical space, it can be an opportunity to perceive the importance of one’s own work in a different way and to further contemplate the spots of positioning on the cultural map of the city, region and Europe.
Therefore, the cycle of online presentations “Cultural programmes in digital space” is precisely related to improving the visibility of our institutions and organisations in the digital space by designing new formats of presenting cultural and artistic creativity and communication with the audience.
Results of the Public Call for Participation in the In-House Trainings
Based on the public call for participation in the programme of in-house trainings, fifteen cultural institutions and organisations have been selected with which we will work on strengthening the programmatic-organisational capacities in the ensuing months.
Representatives of the following institutions and organisations will have the opportunity to work directly with the team of the Culture Desk Serbia and representatives of success stories of the Creative Europe programme:
- Centre of Contemporary Art Production “Viva Dance Academy”, Belgrade
2. Creative Alternative Organisation “Parnas”, Novi Sad
3. Civil Association “Klara i Rosa”, Subotica
4. Association RE.KreAKTa, Belgrade
5. Student Cultural Centre Kragujevac, Kragujevac
6. “Inat” Centre, Belgrade
7. Centre for Culture and Education “Božidarac 1947”, Belgrade
8. Association of Fine Artists of Serbia, Belgrade
9. Kid hub, Belgrade
10. Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Art and Design, Novi Sad
11. Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade
12. Trade Union of the Journalists of Serbia, Belgrade
13. Cultural Centre Šabac, Šabac
14. Šabac Library, Šabac
15. National Museum Šabac, Šabac
In the following days, the team of the Culture Desk Serbia will contact representatives of selected institutions and organisations in order for us to jointly define the dates of training realisation. We are thanking everyone for their interest, and we wish successful work to training participants!
Online presentation: Expanded Public Spaces of Education
The second in a series of presentation within the online cycle “Cultural programmes in digital space” is concerned with the topic of utilising different digital service in crisis periods, such as the current state caused by the pandemic of the virus in which organisational possibilities of all cultural workers are limited.
This topic will be covered by Darija Medić, creator and educator, who through language poetics, technology and art is exploring the field of correction/building identity and the labyrinth of contemporary technological practices. Darija works as a coordinator of digital art projects in the international organisation DiploFoundation, whose activities are based on developing capacity in the fields of digital policies and digital diplomacy. Also, she works as a researched in the production of the Centre for new media Кuda.org projects.
You can view the presentation on our YouTube channel.
About the cycle
In the past period marked by the epidemic of Covid-19, the place of realisation of cultural needs of the audience was displaced into the digital sphere, due to temporary closing down of venues used by cultural institutions and organisations and ceasing of their regular programmes. This encouraged designing new ways of presenting archives and collections, concerts and plays, and also the organisation of people they are gathering.
Although the Internet cannot fully replace performing cultural and artistic programmes in a physical space, it can be an opportunity to perceive the importance of one’s own work in a different way and to further contemplate the spots of positioning on the cultural map of the city, region and Europe.
Therefore, the cycle of online presentations “Cultural programmes in digital space” is precisely related to improving the visibility of our institutions and organisations in the digital space by designing new formats of presenting cultural and artistic creativity and communication with the audience..
Online presentation: How to create extraordinary theatre?
Within the online cycle “Cultural programmes in digital space” the first in a series of presentations is dealing with possibilities of adjusting theatrical performance to the digital space. During the time when public gatherings are not possible, this challenge is especially important – both for those creating a play, and for the audience. Bearing in mind that experience in this task has only started being acquired, numerous questions arise: can digital technologies replace physical space in performing a play? What are the advantages and flaws of stepping into the digital sphere and how to achieve a close connection with the audience through the web?
This topic will be dealt with by Tea Puharić, theatre and radio director and member of the founding team of extraordinary theatre – the first Internet theatre in Serbia. Extraordinary theatre was created during the pandemic period of physical isolation and limitations in movement, through spontaneous gathering of drama artists who wanted to find new ways to create theatre.
You can view the presentation on our YouTube channel.
About the cycle
In the past period marked by the epidemic of Covid-19, the place of realisation of cultural needs of the audience was displaced into the digital sphere, due to temporary closing down of venues used by cultural institutions and organisations and ceasing of their regular programmes. This encouraged designing new ways of presenting archives and collections, concerts and plays, and also the organisation of people they are gathering.
Although the Internet cannot fully replace performing cultural and artistic programmes in a physical space, it can be an opportunity to perceive the importance of one’s own work in a different way and to further contemplate the spots of positioning on the cultural map of the city, region and Europe.
Therefore, the cycle of online presentations “Cultural programmes in digital space” is precisely related to improving the visibility of our institutions and organisations in the digital space by designing new formats of presenting cultural and artistic creativity and communication with the audience.
