Thank you from Ljubljana!

Dear friends,

It has been quite a while since Bring In Take Out Living Archive – Lljubljana. We would finally like to share some thoughts and a glimpse of emotions with you. With each new edition of the Living Archive we are trying to maximize the great moment of knowledge-share that happens before, especially during and hopefully after the event. Above all we are thanking you for your input and collaboration from which we always learn and get empowered for our everyday battles – with or without a red lipstick :-) .

Meanwhile we also improved our website so don’t hesitate to check it again, especially for some video interviews and documentation. Some parts are still in progress such as the ‘artist and collaborators’ section for example. Our aim is to make an in-depth artist list with short bio statements and descriptions of works or contributions. It might happen we will contact you for that reason.

Red Min(e)d is now actively working on Sarajevo and Vienna editions, and is focused on fundraising for the following editions in the region and beyond. We are continuously interested for Perpetuum Mobile to grow, and especially in Sarajevo we would like to focus on Perpetuum Mobile screenings. So if you have any video or know for some friend’s video please do let us know or just send it to us (see open call above).

In case you catch some time please fill in or spread to all interested and interesting people our Questionnaire.
This knowledge sharing platform is not only one of the key elements of each LA edition; it also keeps the feminist knowledge alive and up to date.

And last but not least any feedback is welcome, especially of the things you think we should improve or change.

Looking forward to stay in touch. Yours,

Red Min(e)d

Javno pismo Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje

Ljubljana, 2. april 2012

Slovenski prostor trenutno zaznamujejo ‘pobude’, ki tako kulturi, visokemu šolstvu kot ženskam in njihovi pravici do enakih možnosti ne kažejo svetle prihodnosti. Okrog 8. marca nas je presenetila še novica o nameri ukinitve Urada za enake možnosti. Zaradi vsega naštetega menimo, da je nastopil čas za pobude in različne aktivne pristope k reševanju problema premajhne zastopanosti žensk v kulturnem prostoru in izobraževalnih institucijah.

Že hitri pregled števila trenutno zaposlenih profesoric kot tudi pogled v zgodovino akademije (situacija je še radikalnejša, ko govorimo o oddelkih slikarstvo in kiparstvo) pokažeta, da obstaja nesorazmerje med zaposlenimi profesoricami in profesorji, ki je v prid slednjim. Bojimo se, da lahko na podobno neuravnoteženost naletimo tudi ob pregledu študijskih vsebin. Ker menimo, da lahko senat ALUO spremeni obstoječe stanje, ga pozivamo k hitremu ukrepanju. Javno odpiranje tega vprašanja in aktivno sodelovanje ter oblikovanje ukrepov za spremembe je za akademijo nujno, če želi stopati v korak s časom, saj je enakopravna zastopanost žensk v javnih institucijah civilizacijski dosežek, ne privilegij.
Svojo pobudo smo oblikovale v tri širše sklope, ki obravnavajo različne problematike, za katere menimo, da bi se jim morala ALUO aktivno oziroma aktivneje posvetiti:
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We Want Bread, and Roses Too

Bring In Take Out Living Archive Ljubljana, 7. – 10. March 2012 in the framework of the International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns

“Z gverilsko akcijo na Mednarodni dan žena, 8.marca smo se pridružile protestnikom gibanja 150 ob blokadi bank in z reaktualizacijo zahtev Antifašistične fronte žensk (AFŽ) iz leta 1942 opozorile na aktualnost teh zahtev in nujnost odpora proti socialni represiji in ekonomskemu izkoriščanju, ki še posebej ogroža ženske. Akcijo smo naslovile po sloganu “Hočemo kruh, pa tudi vrtnice!”, ki so ga leta 1912 skovale protestnice v okviru protestov tekstilnih delavk v Lawrencu, Massachusetts, ZDA.

“With the guerrilla action on the International Women’s Day we were calling for resistance movements against all forms of social repression and economic exploitation by remembering the famous slogan of the textile women workers’ strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts on 8th of March, 1912: We want bread, and roses too. We joined the Movement 150 which on that day blocked some of the banks in the Ljubljana centre.”

Video and editing by Anja Perše

Margareta Kern and public: Collective Reading from the Archive of Migrant Women Workers

Friday, March 9th, 2 pm, Kapelica Gallery
Photo: Monika Janković

It is not too late to visit Living Archive in Ljubljana

On the last day of the Bring In Take Out Living Archive in Ljubljana we will present artists who contributed their video works in Perpetuum Mobile Station, which will be the part of the exhibition until March 23 at the Alkatraz Gallery.

Tina Smrekar (Ljubljana), Vahida Ramujkić (Belgrade) and Vesna Bukovec (Ljubljana) will speak about their work starting at 5 PM.

From 8:30 PM onwards Ana Čigon (Ljubljana) and Adela Jušić (Sarajevo) will present their work.

We’ll also show Real Time Documentary Embroidery made by participants of the Red Dawns festival with artists Vahida Ramujkić (Belgrade) and Aviv Kruglansky (Barcelona).

At the Alkatraz Gallery the Bring In Take Out Living Archive  will be open until March 23 (gallery is open from Monday to Thursday: 11 AM – 3 PM & 4 PM to 8 PM, Friday: 3 PM – 11 PM)

Exhibition GOSTIKulacije by the artist Margareta Kern (London) is on display until Wednesday, March 14 in Kapelica Gallery (gallery is open between 10 AM-5 PM).

Video, audio and photo documentation of the Bring In Take Out Living Archive events and interviews with the contributing artists is daily actualized on the website. Welcome to visit the galleries and the web!

Curatorial collective Red Min(e)d would like to thank all the artists, visitor, colleagues and supporters for engagement. We are looking forward meeting you in Sarajevo (Summer 2012) and in Vienna (October 2012)!

Live streaming: Creating The Feminist Archive Means Facing The Real To The Most Extent

OPEN DISCUSSION

CREATING THE FEMINIST ARCHIVE MEANS FACING THE REAL TO THE MOST EXTENT
with Biljana Kašić (Zagreb), Karen Mirza (London), Ida Hiršenfelder (Ljubljana) and LA participating artists

at the helsinki.at/livestream

starting at 18h 9th March 2012

Kapelica Gallery, Kersnikova 4

Margareta Kern – GUESTures, Opening at Kapelica Gallery

Bring In Take Out Living Archive Ljubljana, 7. – 10. March 2012 in the framework of the International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns
Exhibition opening of Margareta Kern (London) – GUESTures.

Real-time Documentary Embroidery at Alkatraz Gallery

Public presentation and introduction to the basic technique of the Real-time Documentary Embroidery

started today 4:30 pm at Alkatraz Gallery, AKC Metelkova and continues until 10th of March
with Vahida Ramujkić (Belgrade) and Aviv Kruglansky (Barcelona)

Red Min(e)d and artists are setting it up in Ljubljana

Everyone is in Ljubljana and we are preparing the gallery spaces in Alkatraz and Kapelica. Please do check the programme and join us for inspiration.

Living Archive Ljubljana Second Edition back-to-back with Red Dawns!

The Red Min(e)d in collaboration with International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns (Ljubljana) and Center for Women Studies (Zagreb) are pleased to announce the 2nd edition of The Bring In Take Out Living Archive to take place between 7th – 10th March 2012 in Ljubljana in Alkatraz Gallery and Kapelica Gallery.

The LA’s second edition continues to work on the methodology and process of creating an interactive platform of feminist contemporary art within the (post)Yugoslav space and beyond. During the four days of collaborative work, we are focusing on the mapping of feminist practices in contemporary art, processes of generating, producing and mediating knowledge – especially from a queer and feminist grassroots perspective.

Ljubljana edition features Vesna Bukovec (Ljubljana), Ida Hiršenfelder (Ljubljana), Biljana Kašić (Zagreb), Margareta Kern (London), Tanja Marković (Belgrade), Karen Mirza (London), Vahida Ramujkić (Belgrade) and Aviv Kruglansky (Barcelona), Ana Vilenica (Pančevo) and many others.

Download program here.

Photo by Ana Baraga, LA in Zagreb

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