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20.12.2011.

THE PROBLEM OF CONTEXT

2050 – A Day in November by Lorenz Hippe, directed by Ninoslav Šćepanović, Mostar Theatre of Youth (guest performance in Bitef Theatre in Belgrade, November 19, 2011)

By: Nikola Skočajić

It is well known to the cultural public of Bosnia and Herzegovina what is happening at the Mostarski teatar mladih (MTM, Mostar Youth Theatre), which, after being renamed from an independent to a public institution, has obviously become a burden for the city budget. As an outside observation, it is difficult to understand the bureaucracy regarding the way in which the City government handles the its staff collective, which has been fired, with suitable demonstrations of power which can be seen in employing the already employed City employees, as well as in less sophisticated methods –changing locks on theatre doors. While the Initiative of the Committee for Restoration of the Independent Theatre of Mostarski teatar mladih, with the ex-director of MTM Sead Đulić, has to work covertly on the street, the newly formed MTM is visiting Belgrade’s Bitef Theatre with Lorenz Hippe’s piece 2050 – A Day in November.

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19.12.2011.

TIME TO GET SERIOUS?

52nd October Salon | Time we met each other

October 20 – December 4, 2011, Museum of Yugoslavian History, Belgrade

By Ana Bogdanović

The October Salon is certainly one of the most important events of a scarcely populated exhhibition season for contemporary art in Belgrade and Serbia. The concept came about several years ago as an opportunity to present international artistic tendencies, whose topical limitations and selection of artwork are determined by a guest curator who is in turn delegated by the October Salon Council. The event marks a rare possibility for the domestic audience to get introduced to the latest contemporary output on the art scene, both locally and globally. Therefore, the organisers, as well as the curators, have big responsibility to carefully and professionally fulfill their obligations to the public and set up an exhibition that would allow the audience to interact, explore and contemplate the artistic interpretations of various contemporary aspects.

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