A joint exhibition by young artists from Serbia and Kosovo

10 to 12
We’ve got the time!

Exhibition opens: February 14, 2018 at 6 p.m.

Venue: “UK Parobrod”, Kapetan Mišina 6a, Beograd

The exhibition aims to offer the opportunity to its authors and the audience to depart from the spiral of negative political, cultural, institutional and media influences with regard to relations between Serbs and Albanians.

Our team of young, emerging artists from Kosovo and Serbia invites you to witness their multimedia artistic expressions that serve as proof of the reclamation of their right to reconciliation and their strong intention to create a common culture of peace and friendship between our two societies.

Their works of art in all of their various forms, among other things, aim to deconstruct the conventional images of “The Other” and to show how easy it is to break free from the imposed discourse that doesn’t contribute to reconciliation and cooperation among young people from both societies who share the same dreams, hopes and problems.

By entering this place where the fruits of their joint work are on display, the audience contributes to the "possibility of creating a dialogue" as well as empowering its beneficial, healing effects for our societies. After becoming a part of the exhibition, you will also become a witness and at the same time a bearer of the power that friendship and cooperation provide in creating a different, peaceful and friendly reality.

Simultaneously, we hope that the works of art exhibited will help everyone in overcoming the (un)conscious bias since our social realities still consider “The Other” as a foe, claiming that the time has pass for ever being friends again.

We, as members of young generations, couldn’t disagree more and want to inform you that we have got the time to get to know each other better – and more importantly – to live and work in piece, never forgetting the past, but with strong dedication to building a brighter future for all.

The exhibition is part of the program "Serbia and Kosovo: Intercultural Icebreakers" implemented by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia. The program started in 2014, and we hope to keep it running for the foreseeable future with the help of our numerous partners. In 2017-2018 the program was supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH.

Participants:

Teodora Savić

Shpat Maloku

Vana Filipovski

Eni Pirana

Ana Novaković

Azem Deliu

Katarina Ilišković

Flutur Mustafa

Ivan Dinić

Ilma Kitivojević

Exhibition will feature bonus tracks as well – some of the works created within the program in previous years like:

+ The animated film "Q&A" directed by Nebojsa Petrovic, Izabela Masic and Demir Mekic; Starring: Rade Obradovic, Rajmonda Ahmetaj, Shqipe Gashi;

+ Promotion of a booklet with the essays, poems and short pieces by the participants about the personal changes they experienced during the encounter and the joint creative work with “The Others.”

We hope you will find the time to visit the exhibition and support our young artists and participants of the program.