Studija slučaja Pertej
Case Study Përtej

Contributor(s): Škeljzen Malići (Editor), Borka Pavićević (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Civil Society, Special Historiographies:, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Centar za kulturnu dekontaminaciju
Keywords: art exhibition; cultural resistance; interethnic tensions; contemporary art; artistic dialogue; political controversy; cross-border collaboration
Summary/Abstract: Organizing an exhibition of Kosovar art in Belgrade in June 1997 was not an easy decision to make. Even in the offices of the Soros Foundation in Prishtina, which was the exhibition’s financial backer, there were people doubting it out loud: “Have you thought through what you’re doing and where you’re going?” The artists didn’t have a problem with it at all. Quite the opposite, when I told them that the exhibition can be held anywhere in what was leſt of Yugoslavia — for example in Budva, or Subotica or Novi Sad, they said that they were interested, but they had a suggestion. Yes, they said, the cities that were mentioned are interesting, but if the location is still up for debate and you’re asking for our opinion, we would pick Belgrade. They felt it was a great center of contemporary art and, without undermining Montenegro and Vojvodina, there was a bigger audience and critique for their art waiting there, art which was targeted at the conscience of Belgrade.

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