MESTO ŽENSK- 15th International Festival of Contemporary Arts
October 9, 2009 6:00 pm - October 18, 2009 6:00 pm
The final year of this decade will see City of Women thematically approach the cultural constant of the South, which has been gaining increasing importance in the social, political and cultural context of the 21st Century. The field of culture and art proved itself far from immune to the general trends of globalization due to a specific distribution of thought, moral standards, and ethical values. The distribution in question took place through information networks, which were monopolized by the prevailing type of culture. Despite this fact, what nevertheless has succeeded to coexists on the sidelines are certain artistic practices with a critical stance, contemplating the modern mutated vision of society, which abolishes history, differences, identities, and specifics. What remains to persist and insist is art, which reflects upon wider or merely local and violence-soaked images of the peripheral Global South. It is for this reason that they decided to invite artists from all artistic genres and many peripheral continents to participate in this year’s festival and thus contribute to the contemplative and discursive arena evolving around the issue of the Global South with their own discourse on political-social and cultural reality.
Program:
Nina Fajdiga, Jasmina Križaj, Tina Valentan: SUGAR RUSH (pre-festival event)
8th October at 9 pm
Karima Mansour: NOMADNESS
10th October at 8 pm
He Chengyao: »BREZ NASLOVA«
11th October at 7 pm
Xiao Lu: WHAT IS LOVE
11th October at 7 pm
Ko Siulan: POETEST
12th OCctober at 6 pm
Liu Lushan: VSAKDANJE ŽIVLJENJE
12th October at 7 pm
Bérénice Angremy: SODOBNI KITAJSKI PERFORMANS
12th October at 9pm
Masterclass run by Nora Chipaumire
15.th October from 12 am to 1.30 pm
Masterclass run by Sol Picó
15th October from 10 am to 11.30 am
Cycle of performances:
16th October at 6 pm
Regina Jóse Galindo: STRIJE
Barbara Kukovec: REFLEKTOR NAME
Alejandra Herrera Silva: OROŽJE/NATALITETA
Nora Chipaumire: CHIMURENGA (BOJ, JOK, REVOLUCIJA)
17th October at 9 pm
Additional Program:
Marija Mojca Pungerčar: TABLICE SMRTNOSTI
within the framework of SMEEL events
