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BPM 2020/1: From the photo cycle Calm Night – Marija Ćalić

May 8, 6 pm
Kuća Legata / Heritage House
Knez Mihailova 46, Belgrade

The foundation for the series Calm Night comes from the writings of Samuel Beckett, renowned for revealing the dark truths of human beings through the structure of sentence, rhythm and voice, as well as the scene settings. Through descriptions of the modern world and the individual, he emphasises the absurdity of general existence. This was the reason for my photographs to provide a transformative dimension, where that visible world turns into a realm that exists around us, but is invisible at first glance. Nature is transformed into a threat, spaces are not what they are intended for and they are not visited by those who are to be expected. The possibility of creating such images through his text and language were the inspiration for my photographic-collage procedures. The photographs are built as images of both a visible and imagined world. They are the parts of a wider cycle that is emerging and whose outcome cannot be predicted.

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BPM 2020/1: Izbor iz ciklusa Spokojna noć – Marija Ćalić

8. maj u 18 časova
Kuća Legata / Heritage House
Knez Mihailova 46, Beograd

Polazište za ciklus Spokojna noć je pisanje Semjuela Beketa, koji strukturom rečenice, ritmom, glasom, kao i postavkom scene dolazi do mračnih istina o ljudskom biću. Kroz opise savremenog sveta i pojedinca, dovodi do apsurda sveopštu egzistenciju. To je bio povod da svojim fotografijama dam jednu dimenziju preobražaja, gde se taj vidljivi svet pretvara u nešto što postoji oko nas, nevidljivo na prvi pogled. Priroda se preobražava u preteće, a prostori nisu ono čemu su namenjeni i njih ne pohode očekivani. Mogućnost stvaranja takvih slika kroz njegov tekst i jezik bili su polazište za moje fotografske – kolažne postupke. Fotografije su građene kao slike kako vidljivog sveta tako i onog zamišljenog. One su deo šireg ciklusa koji je u nastajanju i čiji se ishod ne može predvideti.

http://mariacalic.com/

Izložba će trajati do 22. maja 2021.

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uto – pet / 14 – 19
sub – ned/ 12 – 15

BPM 2020/1: State Funeral, Funeral of One State – Imre Szabó

May 4, 7pm
Kvaka 22
Ruzvelltova 39, Beograd

“With the death of Josip Broz “Tito”, (born in Kumrovec in Austro-Hungary, now known as Croatia, on May 7th, 1892), in Ljubljana (Yugoslavia, today’s Slovenia) on May 4th, 1980, one country also died. A state that was as unnatural as many others, and which, by glorifying old values, was an extension of the old Kingdom of Yugoslavia, but which, as often happens, had a limited lifespan.
Yugoslavia represented the centre of cultures and religions, a meeting place, a crossroads of three different cultural and social entities. It was part of the two largest forces from the end of the last millennium, but eventually fell victim to the two most powerful forces of the 20th century. It was a battlefield, over and over again. Yugoslavia: the dream of the intellectual elite and the dream of a key figure of the 20th century who could not survive it.
Tito was a statesman and a strong defender of his ideals. He was relentless towards those he believed to be traitors. The carpet, under which he hid all his problems, had a name and it was called Goli Otok (Naked Island). He was one of the founding members of the Third Way. On his initiative and on the initiative of the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, in 1961 a Non-Aligned Movement was born in Belgrade, together with Egypt, Ghana and Indonesia. He never accepted subordination to Stalin and his satellite states, but he also did not hesitate to attack the American fleet when necessary.
The state funeral of the autocrat and Marshall was the largest until the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005. It was attended by four kings, thirty-one state presidents, six princes, twenty-two prime ministers and forty-seven foreign ministers from one hundred and twenty-eight different countries of the one hundred and fifty-four that made up the UN. What many believed would happen happened: At the time of the final sealing of his mausoleum, they left Yugoslavia inside… exactly 40+1 years ago.”
Imre Szabó, a photographer born in 1956 in Yugoslavia, is one of the most renowned photojournalists of his generation in the entire former Yugoslavia. It could be said that he was self-taught, although he never missed a single hour of photography at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade, but always only as an observer. He started working as a photo reporter in Ilustrovana Politika at the age of 23, and a year later when aged 24, Tito’s death occurred. Ilustrovana Politika did not accredit him as a reporter for the state funeral but he set out to cover Tito’s funeral on his own initiative. Without access to the best locations and considering the equipment available to him at the time, he did a great job for which he was later recognised, and a part of which is exhibited here and published in various publications. In 1989, which was another key year for Europe with the fall of the Berlin Wall, he started working for the daily Politika newspaper and later as a photography editor for Nin magazin from 1995, when he also began his independent work. He also covered the war in the Balkans, mostly for the German magazine Stern. Among other things, he has had photos published in newspapers such as Focus, Spiegel, Le Monde, L’express, Time, Newsweek, Herald Tribune and Le Nouvelle Observateur.
He has participated in over 200 exhibitions, among which it is worth mentioning: Light and Shadows on the Balkans, Belgrade (2009), Bucharest (2010), Istanbul (2010) and Ankara (2010); participation in the exhibition Lessons from ’91, which included his works from the wars of the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the 1990s (2016 and 2017) in Zagreb, Belgrade, Berlin and Maribor; and recently a solo exhibition Devedesete (Nineties), where his war themed works were exhibited in Užice, Belgrade, Mokrin, Kragujevac, Niš, Paraćin, Valjevo and Maribor (Slovenia) as part of The Festival of Photography Maribor (2018 and 2019).
Curated by David Pujadó i Puigdomènech
https://www.imreszabo.com/
The exhibition will run until 24th May, 2021
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BPM 2020/1: Državnička sahrana, sahrana jedne države – Imre Szabó

4. maj u 19.00
Kvaka 22
Ruzvelltova 39, Beograd
“Smrću Josipa Broza Tita, rođenog u Kumrovcu (Austrougarska, današnja Hrvatska) 7. maja 1892. godine, i preminulog u Ljubljani (SFR Jugoslavija, današnja Slovenija) 4. maja 1980. godine, umrla je i jedna država. Država koja je bila neprirodna kao što su bile mnoge druge i koja je veličanjem starih vrednosti predstavljala produžetak stare Kraljevine Jugoslavije, ali koja je, kao što se to često dešava, imala ograničen vek trajanja.

SFR Jugoslavija predstavljala je središte kultura i religija, mesto susreta tri drugačija kulturna i društvena entiteta. Bila je deo dve najveća sile sa kraja prošlog milenijuma, ali je na kraju postala žrtva dve najmoćnije sile 20. veka. Bila je bojno polje, iznova i iznova. Jugoslavija: san intelektualne elite i san ključne ličnosti 20. veka koja nije mogla da je preživi.

Tito je bio državnik i čvrst branilac svojih ideala. Bio je neumoljiv prema onima za koje je verovao da su izdajnici. Tepih ispod kojeg je krio svoje probleme bio je Goli otok. Jedan je od osnivača Trećeg puta. Na njegovu inicijativu i na inicijativu indijskog premijera Džavaharlala Nehrua, 1961. godine u Beogradu se rodio Pokret nesvrstanih, zajedno sa Egiptom, Ganom i Indonezijom. Nikada nije prihvatio podređenost Staljinu i njegovim satelitskim državama, ali takođe nije oklevao da napadne američku flotu kad je to bilo potrebno.

Autokrata, maršal, njegovoj državničkoj sahrani prisustvovalo je najviše ljudi do sahrane pape Jovana Pavla II 2005: četiri kralja, trideset i jedan predsednik vlade, šest prinčeva, dvadeset i dva premijera, četrdeset i sedam ministara spoljnih poslova iz sto dvadeset i osam različitih zemalja od sto pedeset i četiri koje su činile UN. Ono što su mnogi verovali da će se dogoditi, dogodilo se: U vreme konačnog zapečaćenja njegovog mauzoleja, unutra ostaviše i Jugoslaviju… tačno pre 40+1 godine.”
Imre Sabo, rođen 1956. godine u SFR Jugoslaviji, jedan je od najpriznatijih jugoslovenskih foto-reportera svoje generacije. Moglo bi se reći da je bio samouk, iako nikada nije izostao ni sa jednog časa fotografije na Fakultetu dramskih umetnosti, ali uvek samo kao posmatrač. Sa dvadeset i tri godine počeo je da radi kao foto-reporter u Ilustrovanoj politici, a u trenutku kada je imao dvadeset i četiri godine, dogodila se Titova smrt, kao i to da ga Ilustrovana politika nije akreditovala kao reportera za taj događaj. Međutim, on je na sopstvenu inicijativu pokrio Titovu sahranu. Bez pristupa najboljim lokacijama i bez najbolje opreme na raspolaganju, uradio je veliki posao po kojem će kasnije biti prepoznat, a čiji deo je ovde izložen i objavljen u različitim publikacijama. Godine 1989. koja je zbog pada Berlinskog zida bila još i ključna godina za Evropu, počeo je da radi za dnevni list Politika, a kasnije i kao urednik fotografije za NIN magazin do 1995. godine, kada započinje rad kao samostalni umetnik. Pokrivao je rat na Balkanu, uglavnom za nemački magazin Stern. A fotografije su mu objavljivane i u listovima „Focus”, „Spiegel”, „Le Monde”, „L’express”, „Time”, „Newsweek”, „Herald Tribune”, „Le Nouvelle Observateur”…
Učestvovao je na preko dvesta izložbi, među kojima su: „Light and Shadows on the Balkans”, Beograd (2009), Bukurešt (2010), Istanbul (2010) i Ankara (2010); učešće na izložbi „Lessons from ’91” gde su bili uključeni i njegovi radovi iz ratova u Jugoslaviji devedesetih (2016. i 2017) Zagreb, Beograd, Berlin i Maribor; i odnedavno samostalna izložba „Devedesete”, u okviru koje je ponovo izložio svoje radove na temu užasnog rata, a predstavljena je u Užicu, Beogradu, Mokrinu, Kragujevcu, Nišu, Paraćinu, Valjevu i Mariboru (Slovenija) u okviru Festivala Fotografije Maribor (2018. i 2019).
Kustos izložbe: David Pujadó i Puigdomènech (David Pužado i Puđdomenek)
Prevele s katalonskog: Tajana Marković, Sonja Stanković, Kristina Stevanović i Doris Pantelić.
www.imreszabo.com
Izložba će trajati do 24 maja 2021.
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Don Quijote

BPM 2020/1: Don Quijote – Katarina Marčetić

April 23. 7pm
Radisson Collection Hotel, Old Mill Belgrade
Bulevar vojvode Mišića, Beograd
“In her series of photographs Don Quixote, Katarina Marčetić, through a documentary lens, captures the backstage space at the National Theater in Belgrade during the vivid performance of the famed ballet.
Delicate and subtle, these photographs convey their beauty through the multiplicity of prominent contrasting relationships, both formally through their elegant execution, and through the illustrative narrative they reveal.
The specificity of these relationships arises from the opposition of light and shadow, movement versus rest, the juxtaposition of symbolically opposite motifs such is performance (theatre) to real life, and finally, the illusion to reality. The all-encompassing mobility of silhouettes and figures seems to constantly strive to break through to the other side, regardless of whether it is a matter of scenery or reality.
Before us, Katarina Marčetić’s photographs reveal very vivid, compelling, almost phantasmal representations between truth and illusion.
They show a dynamic ambience imbued with dream-like qualities, while maintaining stability grounded in reality through documentary photography.”
Tijana Savatić
Exhibition by Бартcелона POP UP in collaboration with the Radisson Collection Old Mill Hotel and part of the Belgrade Photo Month Festival and With the support by the Embajada de España en Serbia
The exhibition will run until 18tn May, 2021.
Don Quijote

BPM 2020/1: Don Quijote – Katarina Marčetić

23. april u 19.00
Radisson Collection Hotel, Old Mill Belgrade
Bulevar vojvode Mišića, Beograd

“U seriji fotografija Don Quijote Katarina Marčetić dokumentarističkim postupkom beleži prostor iza scene Narodnog pozorišta u Beogradu tokom izvođenja istoimenog baleta. Delikatne i suptilne, ove fotografije svoju lepotu saobražavaju kroz višestrukost imanentnih kontrastnih odnosa, kako u formalnom, tako i u idejnom pogledu. Specifičnost ovih odnosa proizilazi iz suprotstavljanja, svetlosti – senkе, pokret – mirovanjе, a potom i simboličkih oprečnih registara kao što je suprotstavljanje predstave (igre) spram života i konačno iluzije prema stvarnosti. Upravo ova opozicija između iluzije (izvođenja) i stvarnosti (života) predstavlja temelj po kojem se kihotski narativ u kontekstu dodatno podupire i ističe. Sveobuhvatna pokretljivost silueta i figura kao da konstantno teži proboju na onu drugu stranu, bez obzira da li su u pitanju kulise ili stvarnost.
Fotografije Katarine Marčetić raslojavaju pred našim očima veoma žive i gotovo fantazmatske predstave između istine i iluzije. Na njima je zabeležen dinamičan ambijent sa kvalitetima snolikosti, koji u isti mah zadržava stabilnost utemeljenu u stvarnosti posredstvom dokumentarne fotografije.”
Tijana Savatić

Izložbu realizuje Бартcелона POP UP u saradnji sa Radisson Collection Old Mill Hotel i delom Beogradski Mesec Fotografije, uz podršku Ambasade Španije u Srbiji
Izložba će trajati do 18. maja 2021.

Katarina Marčetić je fotografkinja iz Beograda. Rođena je 1993. godine u Pančevu. Master studije fotografije završila je na Fakultetu primenjenih umetnosti u Beogradu. Poseduje iskustvo u oblasti grafičkog dizajna, a zainteresovana je i za video, psihologiju i film. Izlagala je samostalno i u okviru brojnih grupnih izložbi. Fokus njenog rada je na konceptualnoj fotografiji, portretima, dizajnu svetla i kombinovanju fotografije i drugih umetničkih medija.

BPM 2019: Mandić, Kukić, Peternek – Dimensions

April 11, 8PM
Dorćol Platz
Dobračina 59b, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Photo collective “3 Lenses”

Informal photo collective “3 Lenses” has existed for over 4 years. During this time the project “Travels” has been exhibited in 24 locations throughout Serbia.
“Dimensions” is a new exhibit, created specifically for Belgrade Photo Month. The focus of this project is the observation and questioning of reality, time and persistence.
This project consists of chosen photographs from the 1960’s until the present time, divided into three independent chapters, each curated by individual authors.

Tomislav Peternek is presenting part of his collection: “World of Imagination”, which was presented for the first time in Belgrade in 1972, during “Salon fotografije”.
The author used black and white film, to derive colour photos, separating specific shades of grey, and by doing so, he abstracts already abstract reality.

Goran Kukić is impressed by traces of time found in grooved stone boulders. Time shapes everything.

Igor Mandic is presenting a part of his collection “Pinpointed” which
sheds light on the weight and gravitational pull of non-material, distorted projection of real shape in its own shadow… with a goal of provoking the questioning of perception of reality.

BPM 2019: Mandić, Kukić, Peternek – Dimenzije

11. April, 20h
Dorćol Platz
Dobračina 59b, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Fotografska grupa „3 Objektiva”

Neformalna fotografska grupa „3 Objektiva” postoji više od 4 godine i za to vreme je napravila 24 izložbe projekta „PUTOVANJA” širom Srbije.
„Dimenzije” je nova izložba, namenski napravljena za Beogradski mesec fotografije. Ova izložba se bavi posmatranjem i preispitivanjem realnosti, vremena, prostora, kao i postojanosti.
Reč je o kompilaciji fotografija nastalih od kraja 60tih godina prošlog veka do danas, sastavljenoj od tri nezavisne celine koje svaki od autora radi za sebe.

Tomislav Peternek predstavlja deo svoje kolekcije „Svet mašte” koja je prvi put prikazana 1972. Godine u Beogradu – Salon fotografije.
Autor je koristio crno bele negative za izvođenje kolor fotografija,
separacijom određenih tonova iz sivog valera i na taj način apstrahovao već astrakovanu realnost.

Goran Kukić iskazuje svoju impresioniranost tragovima vremena u
izbrazdanim kamenim masivima. Vreme oblikuje sve.

Igor Mandić prikazuje deo kolekcije „Pinpointed” kojom ukazuje na
težinu i gravitaciju nematerijalnog, iskrivljenu projekciju stvarnog oblika u sopstvenoj senci… sa ciljem provokacije na preispitivanje percepcije realnosti.

BPM 2019: Akademija Umetnosti Beograd – Cyanotype

April 15, 7PM
Bartcelona Gallery
Čumićeva, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

In December 2018, in the photography and camera department at the Academy of Arts, a workshop was held on the 19th century photographic cyanotype process. Uglješa Dapčević, a graduate cinematographer and expert on traditional photographic procedures, led the workshop. A dozen students, along with one professor and two associates, studied the process of cyanotype and produced about fifty photographs using this technique. Photos created by the cyanotype technique are specific in their indigo blue colour, which varies from intense dark, almost black-and-blue colours to
gentle pastel blue tones created by potassium and iron. The beauty of this procedure is not only in the incredible blue colour achieved, but also in the simplicity of the process.

Students applied knowledge gained from the workshop to their own
photographic projects, especially adapted to this photographic technique.

Each of the exhibited series is a unique combination of their artistic
aspirations and topics they explore, as well as the specificities of the
cyanotype technique.

The exhibition will include works by: Marina Ilić, Matej Milenković, Katarina Ćuk, Lazar Vučković, Miloš Golubović, Marina Čabarkapa, Teodora Tomić, Tamara Antonović, Matija Munjiza Petrović and Miodrag Trajković.

The organiser of the workshop and curator of the exhibition is associate professor Ivana Tomanović.

BPM 2019: Akademija Umetnosti Beograd – Cijanotipija

15. April, 19h
Bartcelona Gallery
Čumićeva, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Na katedri za fotografiju i kameru tokom decembra 2018. godine održana je radionica plemenitog fotografskog postupka iz 19. veka – cijanotipije. Radionicu je vodio Uglješa Dapčević, diplomirani snimatelj i stručnjak za tradicionalne i plemenite fotografske postupke. Desetak studenata ali i jedan profesor i dva saradnika u nastavi, učili su proces cijanotipije i izradili pedesetak fotograma u toj tehnici. Fotografije nastale tehnikom cijanotipije specifične su po svojoj indigo plavoj boji koja varira od intenzivno tamne, skoro crno-plave boje, pa sve do nežnih pastelnih tonova plave koje kreiraju
kalijum i gvožđe. Lepota ovog postupka nije samo u neverovatnoj plavoj boji već i u jednostavnosti postupka.

Stečena znanja na radionici polaznici su primenili na svoje lične fotografske projekte, posebno prilagođene ovoj fotografskoj tehnici. Svaka od izloženih serija svojevrstan je spoj njihovih umetničkih aspiracija i tema koje istražuju, kao i specifičnosti tehnike cijanotipije.

Na izložbi učestvuju: Marina Ilić, Matej Milenković, Katarina Ćuk, Lazar Vučković, Miloš Golubović, Marina Čabarkapa, Teodora Tomić, Tamara Antonović, Matija Munjiza Petrović i Miodrag Trajković.

Organizator radionice i kustos izložbe je vanredni profesor Ivana Tomanović.