The origins of this project are in the pre-COVID world. It grew in part out of a desire to map an... more The origins of this project are in the pre-COVID world. It grew in part out of a desire to map and understand visual culture beyond Skopje; the conflation of contemporary art in North Macedonia with contemporary art in Skopje has been something of a frustration for some time. The original ambition was to travel around regional centres beyond Skopje, engaging citizens in Bitola, Gevgelija, Kumanovo, Prilep, Strumica and Veles. We intended to work with emerging artists in each of these cities and to selected some to make new work in response to the broad focus of the project, based on their own experiences and interests as artists trying to maintain a contemporary practice beyond the capital. The onset of the pandemic precluded the travel element, but a focus on the cultural ecology and economy has persisted, as has the presentation of visual artists trying to sustain a practice in localities beyond Skopje, in the exhibition that accompanies the launch of this book. The scope of the p...
The origins of this project are in the pre-COVID world. It grew in part out of a desire to map an... more The origins of this project are in the pre-COVID world. It grew in part out of a desire to map and understand visual culture beyond Skopje; the conflation of contemporary art in North Macedonia with contemporary art in Skopje has been something of a frustration for some time. The original ambition was to travel around regional centres beyond Skopje, engaging citizens in Bitola, Gevgelija, Kumanovo, Prilep, Strumica and Veles. We intended to work with emerging artists in each of these cities and to selected some to make new work in response to the broad focus of the project, based on their own experiences and interests as artists trying to maintain a contemporary practice beyond the capital. The onset of the pandemic precluded the travel element, but a focus on the cultural ecology and economy has persisted, as has the presentation of visual artists trying to sustain a practice in localities beyond Skopje, in the exhibition that accompanies the launch of this book. The scope of the p...
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