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The exhibition presents a multimedia installations of artist groups
from Serbia and Kosovo inspired by their experiences of getting to
know each other and getting to know each other's cultures and
societies. The exhibition was organized within the Helsinki
Committee for Human Rights’ program "Serbia and Kosovo:
Intercultural Icebreakers".
Program "Serbia and Kosovo: Intercultural Icebreakers" was launched
at the end of 2014, with the aim of connecting young artists, and so
far many different activities have been organized, such as
festivals, seminars and various cultural events. Over two hundred
young artists and cultural workers from Kosovo and Serbia met,
connect and create something together.
The exhibition was created after the seminar which was organized by
the Helsinki Committee in April this year. At the seminar, 16 young
people from Kosovo and Serbia visited Belgrade, Novi Sad, Prishtina
and Prizren. Video and other installations that have been exhibited
at the exhibition give an insight into the process of unpacking
stereotypical images and performances in meeting these young artists
and their construction of ideas on culture of the "Other".
Experiences they have experienced in lectures and workshops, during
visits to cultural institutions, and during the process of creating
installations, enabled artists to reconsider the images they have of
each other, and the cultures from which they come from.
Installations that have arisen in these situations simulate some of
the processes in post-conflict communities which lead to
stereotyping and the invisibility of culture in a negative way, and
they provoke personal responsibility of each of us in the
(de)construction of culture.
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