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BPM 2019: ENTER. Foto-knjige sa Baltika. kustos Evita Goze

9. April, 19h
Dom kulture Studentski grad
Bulevar Zorana Djindjica 179, 11070 Novi Beograd

Izlozba od 9/4/2019. do 25/4/2019.

U poslednjoj deceniji, foto-knjiga je postala važno oruđe umetnika da predstave svoj rad. Umesto da bude jednostavno kompilacija slika, ona podstiče razmišljanje u sekvencama i kreira narative u kojima ne samo slike same, već i tekst i dizajn takođe, igraju važnu ulogu u razvijanju priče.

Kao i u mnogim drugim post-sovjetskim regijama, i na Baltiku je dugo vremena foto-knjiga uglavnom značila obimnu umetničku monografiju, kompilaciju slika posvećenih određenoj temi ili katalog izložbe.

Međutim, nedavno su scenu uzburkali mladi umetnici, dizajneri i izdavači, približivši se međunarodnom tržištu foto-knjiga uzimajući formu knjige kao novi izazov za predstavljanje svojih ideja. Umetničke knjige se samostalno štampaju u mali tiražima, osnivaju se eksperimentalne izdavačke kuće i prave nove međunarodne veze.

Ovaj izbor letonskih, litvanskih i estonskih foto-knjiga poslednjih godina stavlja naglasak na mlađu generaciju umetnika, male, nezavisne izdavačke kuće i samostalno izdavaštvo. Predstavljene jedna pored drugih, ove knjige omogućavaju poređenje između razvoja, tema, trendova i pristupa u izradi foto-knjiga u svakoj od baltičkih zemalja.

Ovaj izbor leton skih, litvanskih i estonskih foto-knjiga poslednjih godina stavlja naglasak na mlađu generaciju umetnika, male, nezavisne izdavačke kuće i samostalno izdavaštvo. Predstavljene jedna pored drugih, ove knjige omogućavaju poređenje između razvoja, tema, trendova i pristupa u izradi foto-knjiga u svakoj od baltičkih zemalja.

BPM 2019: Tareck Raffoul: Ashes to Nature

8. April, 8PM
Kulturni centar GRAD
Braće Krsmanović 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

On Monday 8 April at 8 pm we will be opening a special exhibition of Tareck Raffoul, a 28 year old Lebanese photographer and award-winning director. Rooting back to the middle-east after living in Portugal, Hungary and Belgium, with a Master’s degree in documentary filmmaking under Erasmus Mundus he was selected by STARCH foundation to take part in the 2018 Designers’ Family.
Raffoul works between UAE and Lebanon, his style in photography varies between edgy, bold and dreamy. His inspiration stems from his love for the supernatural and fantasy and these elements are present in all his personal creations.

The audience will be able to see Raffoul’s project titled Ashes to Nature consisting of 19 staged, supernatural photographs until 14 april. Ashes to Nature exhibition is realized as part of Belgrade Photo Month festival of 2019.

“They were all left there, bodies to decay. Instead, nature invaded them and they were all transformed into beautiful soulless corpses. They are now filled with life again, nurtured and preserved. It’s an unpredictable cycle, from Ashes to Nature”
This collection of photographs represents the rebirth where death is just another life.
His captures will transport you into a world of hope to visualize and imagine the life in life, the afterlife and the life from within.

Models:
Wassim Koros, Tracy Ghanem, Hanna Tawk, Nadine Assaf, Georges Hazim, Vincent Matta, Sana Mamelly

Crew:
Stylist: Har Nakkashian
Art Director: Remie Maksoud
SFX makeup artist: Samantha Ayoub

BPM 2019: Tareck Raffoul: Ashes to Nature

8. April, 8PM
Kulturni centar GRAD
Braće Krsmanović 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Prodajna izložba fotografija pod naslovom Ashes to Nature, iza koje stoji reditelj i fotograf Tareck Raffoul otvara se u ponedeljak 8. aprila od 20 časova. Raffoul, dvadesetosmogodišnji libanski nagrađivani reditelj i fotograf živi i stvara na relaciji Liban – Ujedinjeni Arapski Emirati. Boraveći u Belgiji, Mađarskoj i Portugalu, kroz program Erasmus Mundus masterirao je dokumentarni film. Izabran je od strane STARCH fondacije za ovogodišnje učešće na projektu Designers’ Family. Njegova inspiracija u fotografiji raste iz ljubavi prema nadrealizmu i fantastici, pa su to dva elementa koje je najlakšeuočiti kroz ceo njegov opus.

Publika će do 14. aprila biti u prilici da pogleda seriju od 19 studijskih nadrealističkih fotografija. Izložba Ashes to Nature deo je ovogodišnjeg programa Belgrade Photo Month festivala, koji se održava na više lokacija u gradu.

„Ostavljena da propadaju, tela je zaposela priroda i transformisala ih u prelepe leševe bez duše. Priroda ih je vratila u život, ali drugačiji život, gde su vraćeni prirodi, prezervirani i negovani. Desio se nepredividivi ciklus od pepela do prirode (otuda i naslov serije Ashes to Nature).“

Serija predstavlja imaginarni preporod, gde smrt postaje novi život. Raffoulovi kadrovi transportuju u svet nade, vizualizuju život unutar života, život posle života kao i unutrašnji skriveni život.

Modeli:
Wassim Koros, Tracy Ghanem, Hanna Tawk, Nadine Assaf, Georges Hazim, Vincent Matta, Sana Mamelly

Saradnici:
Stilista: Har Nakkashian
Art direktor: Remie Maksoud
Šminka i specijalni efekti: Samantha Ayoub

BPM 2019: SRĐAN Doroški Pabllography

April 8, 6PM
Collegium Hungaricum Belgrád / Collegium Hungaricum Beograd
Gracanicka 14., 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Many photographers worked and are still working in theaters – too often their photos can not be differentiated from one show to the other, they are all the same: a dark background and the confusion of some phenomena in the middle of it. The photos of Srđan Doroški are somewhat different, they admire the emotional suffering of the characters, the minutely detailed conflicts of the characters, the delicate situations that lead the action and change its course, the intriguing and impressive immortalisation of characters, the buzzing in their souls, the verbal diagrams and neckbreaking stunts. With all of this, the panther-eyed Doroški always finds a detail in the play that is the most striking cross-section of a given theater work, which in a convincing way reflects what the artists have created. His
photos are rememberable and can convincingly sell what they advertise, in the case of the Novi Sad Theater/Újvidéki Színhaz – a play.

About the theater: The Novi Sad Theater/Újvidéki Színhaz, was founded in 1974 with the idea to help preserve the cultural identity of Hungarians in Vojvodina. Over time, this theater managed to become, not only the gathering place of the Hungarian elite, but it also overcame the Hungarian framework and today it is deemed one of the most relevant theaters in Serbia and the region.

BPM 2019: SRĐAN Doroški Pabllography – emocija pozorišta

8. April, 18h
Collegium Hungaricum Belgrád / Collegium Hungaricum Beograd
Gracanicka 14., 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Mnogo je fotografa radilo u pozorištu, radi i danas – prečesto se njihove fotografije ne mogu razlikovati od predstave do predstave, sve je isto: mračna pozadina i zbrka nekih pojava usred svega toga. Fotografije Srđana Doroškog nešto su potpuno drugačije, one odišu duševnim patnjama junaka na sceni, minucioznim detaljima sukoba junaka na sceni, prizorima delikatnih situacija koje vode radnju i menjaju njen tok, one intrigantno i upečatljivo ovekovečuju karaktere junaka, bure u njihovim dušama, verbalne dijagrame i vratolomije… Doroški uz sve to, svojim panterskim okom, uvek u predstavi pronađe i detalj koji je najlucidniji presek datog pozorišnog dela, koji na ubedljiv način odiše onim što su umetnici stvorili. Njegove fotografije se pamte i vrlo ubedljivo prodaju ono što reklamiraju, u
slučaju Novosadskog pozorišta/Újvidéki Színhaz – predstavu.

O pozorištu: Novosadsko pozorište/Újvidéki Színhaz, nastalo je 1974. godine s idejom da pomogne u očuvanju kulturnog identiteta Mađara u Vojvodini. Vremenom je ovo pozorište uspelo da postane, ne samo mesto okupljanja mađarske elite, nego je i prevazišlo mađarski okvir te danas slovi za jedno od najrelevantnijih pozorišnih adresa u Srbiji i regionu.

BPM 2019: Vera Radošević – Eyes of Africa

April 8, 5PM
UŠĆE Shopping Center
Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 4, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia

Vera Pavlovic-Radosevic “EYES OF AFRICA”

I was fortunate to feel the beauty of life in Africa. Coming to this continent I experienced as a return to my home, myself and feeling of freedom. This feeling was embodied in Africa itself, its magnificent wilderness, primeval in its people, and the diversity of cultures in countless variations. Below all these variations, common, archetypal structures that move far into the holy past of this continent can still be identified. The holy past is visible in the joy of life, but also in the pain and suffering in the eyes of its people who are still conquered and exploited by powerful world, in the past colonial, and now neocolonial forces.

This primordial and authentic, as true values in the cultural patterns and people of Africa, unfortunately, slowly disappears into the realities of the modern world pervaded by globalization and the collision of profit.

Photos from this exhibition are just fragments, in my opinion, of another real and cultural dimension, completely foreign to a man of Western civilization.

BPM 2019: Vera Radošević – Oči Afrike

8. April, 17h
UŠĆE Shopping Center
Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 4, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia

Vera Radošević „OČI AFRIKE“

Imala sam sreću da osetim lepotu života u Africi. Dolazak na ovaj kontinent doživela sam kao povratak svome domu, sebi i osećaju slobode. Ovaj osećaj bio je otelotvoren u samoj Africi, njenoj raskošnoj divljini, iskonskom u njenim ljudima i raznovrsnosti kultura u bezbrojnim varijacijama. Ispod svih tih varijacija, još uvek mogu da se nazru zajedničke, arhetipske strukture koje sežu daleko u svetu prošlost ovog kontinenta. Sveta prošlost vidljiva je kako u radosti života ali isto tako i u bolu i patnji u očima njenih ljudi koje još pokoravaju i eksploatišu moćne svetske, nekada kolonijalne, a sada neokolonijalne sile.

Iskonsko i autentično, kao istinske vrednosti u kulturnim obrascima i ljudima Afrike, na žalost, polako nestaju u stvarnosti modernog sveta prožetog globalizacijom i trkom za profitom.

Fotografije sa ove izložbe su samo fragmenti, po meni, jedne druge stvarnosne i kulturne dimenzije, potpuno strane čoveku zapadne civilizacije.

BPM 2019: Timeless: alternative manual prints photography exhibition

April 7, 4PM
Zoom Art Cafe & Photo Studio
Dobracina 76, Beograd Belgrade, Serbia

Within Belgrade Photo Month, this exhibition presents three series of photos in the alternative printing technique performed by two Russian photographers. «The Wailing Wall» by Svetlana Borozentseva is dedicated to Jerusalem – beyond the age and time. Her expressive, though delicate and inspiring works many are created with gum bichromate manual printing. «Time machines» and «Meatless Wednesday» by Asya Gordeeva are masterful exploring of aesthetics of withering and decay, a symbiosis of live and dead nature, comparing with its beauty and grandeur to ruined fortresses or ancient cities gone into the sand. Asya uses author’s water&oil printing and etching machine to convey the magic of rusty iron and its absorption by the environment.