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Vidi ko je u avionu
/ Look who’s on Board
Hala na Karaburmi u Beogradu – umetnički rad u nastajanju
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Workshop hall on Karaburma, Belgrade – work of art in progress
K
oliko je država prestalo da postoji tokom
120 godina postojanja Venecijanskog
bijenala, najveće umetničke smotre
današnjice? Šta je od tih država ostalo?
Odgovore na slična pitanja traži srpski
umetnik Ivan Grubanov u svom projektu „Ujedinjene
mrtve nacije“ kojim će se Srbija predstaviti u Veneciji
od 9. maja do 22. novembra.
Umetnici su uvereni da je Venecijanski bijenale
jedan od najvažnijih događaja u svetskoj umetnosti.
Okupiće ove godine 136 učesnika iz 53 zemlje, a oni
će u svojim radovima razmatrati odnos umetnosti i
umetnika prema sadašnjem stanju sveta.
Tema centralne izložbe je „Sve budućnosti sve-
ta“. To je izbor ovogodišnjeg glavnog kustosa Okvu-
ija Envezora, direktora Minhenske Haus der Kunst,
poznatog po izrazito politički obojenim provokativ-
nim projektima.
Kao odgovor na Envezorov kustoski projekat,
Stručni savet za pripremu nastupa Srbije ponudio je
koncept „Ujedinjene mrtve nacije“, čiji su autori Ivan
Grubanov i kustoskinja Paviljona Srbije dr Lidija
Merenik.
Kakvu viziju budućnosti nudi umetnost?
– Umetnost postoji da razjašnjava i oseća pitanja
na koja društvo nema odgovore, da transformiše, ne
samo da učestvuje – kaže Ivan Grubanov dok u hali
na beogradskoj Karaburmi radi na zahtevnoj postavci
koja će biti preneta u delovima i sklopljena u Veneci-
ji. – Proširena slika „Ujedinjene mrtve nacije“, podno-
ambijentalna instalacija koja obuhvata čitav prostor
e
How many countries have
ceased to exist during the 120-year
history of the Venice Biennale, the
largest contemporary arts festival?
What remains of these countries? The
answers to these and similar ques-
tions are sought by Serbian artist Ivan
Grubanov in his project “United Dead
Nations”, with which Serbia will pres-
ent itself in Venice from 9
th
May to
22
nd
November.
Artists are convinced that the
Venice Biennale is one of the art
world’s most important events. This
year it will bring together 136 partici-
pants from 53 countries, and with their
works they will consider the relation-
ship of art and artists towards the
present state of the world.
The theme of the central exhibi-
tion is “All futures of the world”. This
was the choice of this year’s chief
curator Okwui Enwezor, director of
Munich’s Haus der Kunst. Enwezor
is known for his extremely politically
orientated provocative projects.
As a response to Enwezor’s curato-
rial project, the Expert Council for the
preparation of Serbia’s performances
offered the concept of the “United
Dead Nations”, whose authors are Ivan
Grubanov and curator of Pavilion Ser-
bia, Lidija Merenik.
What kind of vision of the future is
offered by art?
- Arts exists to clarify and feel the
questions for which society does not
have the answers, to transform, not
only participate – says Ivan Grubanov
while working in a hall in Belgrade’s
Karaburma area on the demanding
project that will be transferred in
parts and assembled in Venice. – The
expanded painting “United Dead Na-
tions” is a floor-ambience installation
that includes the entire area of our
pavilion, placing the visitor in the ac-
tive role of a participant in the artistic
work, symbolizing the idea that the
individual can influence the course of
history.
“United Dead Nations” are images
on raw canvas – the material leftovers
of the process of applying a mixture
of chemicals and colours of the flags
of countries that have ceased to exist.
The folds of the flag and embossed
embroidered emblems dipped into the
mixture will leave marks on the con-
crete base placed over the entire sur-
face of the floor of the Serbian pavilion
in Venice’s Giardini, which has
