RUM два at Supermarket 2024 - Stockholm Independent Art Fair:
)The Stage(
Laureta Hajrullahu
New Church
Bosko Begovic
Gordana Zikic
Peter Diego
S&M (Magdalene Solli & Sabine Wedege)
2024
)The Stage( exhibition has a performative and interactive approach – with remnants, archives, documentation, models – almost like ‘art props of art’. It shows art recipes that invites everyone to follow, either on site with props or elsewhere, together with a line-up of performances and workshops. )The Stage( is a stage for you, a place to be, a place to stay, a place to get better, a place to understand, a place to connect, a place to read, a place to hang out, a place to meet without borders, a place to perform, a place to be yourself, a place to reflect, a place to think, a place to interact, a place to experiment – a community. Separating and connection, as a platform placed in a room together with neighbors, overlapping each other, with a booth which is outlined, one place, divided into various places, to read, to act, to experience. The importance of exchange and comparison, to the awareness of identity and traditions, where places are essential to gather. To see the surroundings, how it changes when going from place to place, from country to country – the use of symbols, the production and trade of materials, ideologies and values. Making art together, where everyone is equal, everyone is a creator - blurring the lines of norms around who makes art, for whom, theme, medium. But where recipes can intertwine us as people, gather around food, the meal, the feast, everyone doing the same act and knows how to do it - that method is precisely used in the creation of these works. The art recipes, )The Stage( is yours.
The RUM два Tea is an advertising sculpture which consists of tea that is grown and harvested in Serbia and Denmark - it’s a mix of sea buckthorn, juniper berries, blackberry leaves and currants (harvested in forests and by the sea in Denmark), and motherwort leaves and flowers, and winter savory (harvested outside of Belgrade and on the Rtanj mountain). The tea has a magical effect, almost like an elixir that strengthens, rejuvenates, and calms the body. You are welcome to fill a bag of RUM два Tea and take it home. Два or dva means two, like contrasts, black and white, east and west. Two poles which is connecting, like magnets finding each other and sticks together. A learning from both sides, always to look an extra time, or to see from both sides. Which will result in a more sustainable thinking of connecting and understanding in any kind, with humans, debates, questions. Everything as a reminder when you sip the tea.
Laureta Hajrullahu is a multimedia artist based in Pristina, Kosovo. Her artistic work explores privacy, gender, intimacy, digital ecosystems, video games and impossible futures. Through her digital media work, she presents diverse, critically informed views on ‘reality’. She does this by continuously deconstructing and re-evaluating the boundaries between the virtual and physical world. Hajrullahu’s work has been presented in many different art institutions in Kosovo and across the Western Balkans. She was part oof the Manifesta 14 Biennial, Gjon Mili at the National Gallery of Kosovo.
New Church (Nemanja Ciric) is a musician/artist/producer, born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia. Throughout his life he has been constantly changing his place of residence, shifting between Serbia and Russia. At this moment he is living and working in Belgrade, Serbia. The main domain of his work is music, he has been active member of local bands, but besides being involved in creative process. Self-reflecting and therapy are the two basic elements in his work, for bringing up eternal topic of life, love and death. Ciric uses his own experiences and relationship with people – relations with strangers, friends, lovers and family, and himself.
Gordana Zikic is an interdisciplinary artist, director of Center 424 nonprofit an artist-run organization, co -founder and artist coordinator at Belgrade Artist in Residence and a co-founder of the Martial artist in residence. She was born in Belgrade, Serbia where she completed her Ph.D. in Arts in 2018, undergraduate and graduate studies in painting in 2005 and 2009, at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. Her work is material-driven and research-based and focuses on the intersection of art and archeology with ecology and ecofeminism. Zikic’s art attempts to re-contextualize traditional rituals, and objects and her body of work focuses heavily on collecting and recycling found objects.
Bosko Begovic (pseudonym Mark Fish) is a writer, conceptual artist, martial artist, choreographer. He is cofounder and director of Center424, gallery and a non-profit artist-run organisation, and Belgrade Artist in Residence program. The relationship is the true interest of my research, for I have never seen it. Yet, everyone is talking about it, even worse, all are claiming that they are in possession of one. Relationship, as a totality of two, is rather impossible then improbable, I would argue. And I did, as a part of my research on the dynamics of the two.
Peter Diego is an artist and musician and has previously played in bands such as Tots and Bedlam Boys from the Aarhus’ underground scene, where the style and genre have leaned on post-punk and surf rock. In his solo project he performs alone with an electric guitar and crooner vocals, described as mellow pop rock. The atmosphere is subdued and almost romantic, and although the songs sometimes bear the stamp of the classic rock structure, they are intense in a completely different way. The lyrics deal with everyday observations, inadequacy, and desire. He is the frontman in his new band Orvil and also has composed music for artistic projects.
S&M (Magdalene Solli & Sabine Wedege) is an artist duo. Magdalene Solli is a Norwegian dancer based in Oslo. While rooted in dance practices, she often works with dance making, choreography and performing within interdisciplinary collaborations. She’s also occupied with critical writing, and co-runs the performing arts collective and studio Montebøllo. Educated from Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway, the University of Stavanger, Norway, and the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU), Slovakia. Sabine Wedege is a visual artist from Denmark. Her interdisciplinary practice intertwines research and storytelling, primarily though sculpture as well as text, sound, and video – based on various of references, including esotericism, folklore, paganism, feminism, ecology, internet culture and technologies. Educated from Jutland Art Academy in Aarhus, Denmark and Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia. S&M combine their practices as a dancer and visual artist, where movements, scenography, sculptures and text merge together in a performative acts with props.
Curated by RUM два at Supermarket 2024 - Stockholm Independent Art Fair
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Supported by Driftværk
Special thanks to Supermarket 2024 - Stockholm Independent Art Fair
25/4-24 – 28/4-24
SKHLM Skärholmen Centrum
Stockholm, Sweden
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