The open call for the second Art Module of the Criticize This! project is extended till January 29th for young art critics in the fields of visual and performing arts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia.
More information is available only in BCMS languages.
I hate the Truth, directed by Oliver Frljić and produced by Theatre &TD
Written by Sandro Siljan
That’s Not the Way it Happened! Oliver Frljić Hates the Truth, produced by Theatre &TD, premiered in May 2011 in SEK, a small, claustrophobic space at Zagreb Student Centre. It is a project that deals with the issue of theatrical self-representation of Oliver Frljić’s childhood in the form of a bourgeois tragedy, where he is both the author of the text and the director.
Criticize This! project, dedicated to afirmation of the significance of contemporary art and importance of its critical observation in the process od development a democratic and open society, presents through the portals of the organizers and in a form of a supplement in newspapers Novosti, Danas and Pobjeda, the first art reviews by young critics produced under the supervision of well experianced and renowed art critics from the region.
Six selected art reviews in the fields of literature and performing and visual arts, will be published as the first edition of supplement in weekly Novosti in Croatia and daily newspapers Danas in Serbia and Pobjeda in Montenegro.
Other 16 art reviews will be published on portals of the organizers of the Criticize This! project – Booksa.hr, Elektrobeton.net, Kulturpunkt.hr, Plima.org i SEEcult.org), as well as on this web site.
Selected art reviews will be published in portal Eurozine.com, too.
The first Art Module of the project Criticize this! started with a series of lectures and seminars which took place from September 29 to October 2 in Belgrade.
Public lectures given by Svetlana Slapšak, Nenad Veličković and Peter Klepec, who also participated in the final public discussion on the topic of „What kind of criticism do we need?“ moderated by Saša Ilić.
The first Art Module of the project Criticize this! will begin with a series of lectures and seminars which will take place from September 29 to October 2, 2011 in the Cultural Centre Dom omladine Belgrade. Public lectures will be given by Svetlana Slapšak, Nenad Veličković and Peter Klepec, who will also participate in the final public discussion.
Svetlana Slapšak will give a lecture titled „What do truth and responsibility do in literature?“ (On the situation of literary criticism, inscribed in responsibility and relation to the past) on September 29 at 6 pm.
Peter Klepec will give a lecture titled „It’s time for alternative“ (Crisis of politics and the position of culture) on September 30 at 6 pm.
Nenad Veličković will give a lecture titled „Reading – the thin end of the wedge“ (Abuse of literature in school) on October 1 at 6 pm.
On October 1 at 8 pm the mentioned lecturers will participate in a public discussion on the topic of „What kind of criticism do we need?“ moderated by Saša Ilić.
The public lectures and the discussion will take place in the Panel Hall of the Cultural Centre Dom omladine Belgrade (1st floor).
