The Renaming Machine

Conference: 8 December 2008, 2 - 6 PM

Hristina Ivanoska, Agon Hamza, Kalle Hamm, Albert Heta, Sasha Huber, Suzana Milevska, Milica Tomic & Branimir Stojanovic, Zarko Trajanoski, Saso Stanojkovic

Curatoress: Suzana Milevska


The Renaming Machine looks at the complex entanglements involved in the political and cultural processes of renaming. Its main concept reflects the crucial need to question the way these processes have influenced the construction and destabilisation of the memory  of national, cultural and personal identities in the former Yugoslavia and South-Eastern Europe over the past two decades. The project will examine various artistic and cultural phenomena associated with the notion of renamin in order to determine the extent to which renaming affects visual culture and shapes the cultural identities and cultural politics of the region.


Organization:
PA.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute - Ljubljana

Partners and Co-organizers:
Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina
Peace Institute, Ljubljana
press to exit project space, Skopje
Cultural Centre 'Tocka', Skopje
Gallery 'Miroslav Kraljevic', Zagreb


Supported by:
Erste Foundation, European Cultural Foundation-ECF, Swiss Cultural Programme Macedonia / Pro Helvetia Skopje, Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia. Municipality of Ljubljana, FRAME - Finnish Fund for Art Exchange


www.renamingmachine.blogspot.com