DUNAVSKI DIJALOZI / DANUBE DIALOGUES 2014 FESTIVAL SAVREMENE UMETNOSTI PODUNAVSKIH ZEMALJA FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE DANUBE COUNTRIES NOVI SAD / PETROVARADIN / ZRENJANIN / MÖDLING / BADEN AVGUST - SEPTEMBAR 2014 / AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2014 AHVALJUJUĆI drugom izdanju Festivala savremene umetnosti Dunavski dijalozi 2014. Novi Sad je tokom avgusta i septembra ponovo bio stecište savremene umetnosti podunavskog regiona. ZIzbor umetnika iz zemalja učesnica pružio je priliku da se publika upozna sa radovima koji au- toritativno manifestuju aktuelna kretanja na umetničkoj sceni regiona: autorska izložba Tomasa Marka, direktora ugledne bečke Artmark galerije, prezentovala je savremene austrijske umetnike Florentinu Pakostu, Frica Ruprehtera, Janoša Međika, Franca Ridla, Kristijana Edera, Erika Kresniga, Roberta Gšvantnera i Hermana J. Pajnica; bugarska kustoskinja i umetnica Elena Panajotova je osim svojih radova odabrala radove Atanasa Gadjeva, Delije Čauševe i Atanasa Atanasova; Slovačku je samostal- nom izložbom predstavljao Rudolf Sikora po izboru dr Katarine Bajcurove; Rumuniju slikar Dan Palade i kritički osvrt istoričara umetnosti Dana Popeskua; Hrvatsku umetnici Đorđe Jandrić, Iva Gobić, Ivan Posavec, Sebastijan Dračić, Zlatan Vehabović, Matija Debeljuh, Alen Floričić, Davor Sanvičenti i Šikuti Makine (Machine) u selekciji Mladena Lučića; Nemačku Sandra Zart i Klaus Gajsler iz Kelna, o kojima piše dr Martin Turk; Srbiju Radoš Antonijević, Andrea Ivanović-Jakšić, Veljko Vujačić i Vesna Perunović po izboru Sunčice Lambić-Fenjčev. Domaćin je iskoristio privilegiju organizatora te je predstavljanje Srbije ove godine dopunjeno programom Novi Sad + u kome su predstavljeni radovi novosadskih umet- nika Slobodana Kneževića Abija, Dragana Vojvodića i performans umetničkog para MP_art. Povezani izložbom i specifičnom dunavskom geografijom, umetnici su na najbolji način pružili informaciju o klimi u savremenoj umetnosti svojih zemalja i čitavog jednog regiona. N August-September 2014, Novi Sad was again the meeting place of modern art and artists in the Danube region, as the Danube Dialogues Festival of Contemporary Arts came round for the second Itime. The selection of artists from the various countries provided an opportunity for the public at large to see and appreciate works that truly represent current developments in this locale. The exhibi- tion by Director of the distinguished Viennese Artmark Gallery, Thomas Mark, presented contemporary Austrian artists such as Florentina Pakosta, Fritz Ruprechter, Janos Megyik, Franz Riedl, Christian Eder, Eric Kressnik, Robert Gschwandtner and Hermann J. Painitz; besides her own works, Bulgarian curator and artist Elena Panajotova selected works by Atanas Gadjev, Delia Chausheva and Atanas Atanassov; in an independent exhibition, Slovakia showed Rudolf Sikora, the choice of Dr Katarina Bajcurova; Ro- mania: the painter Dan Palade, with a critique by art historian Dan Popescu; Croatia was represented by artists Đorđe Jandrić, Iva Gobić, Ivan Posavec, Sebastijan Dračić, Zlatan Vehabović, Matija Debeljuh, Alen Floričić, Davor Sanvicenti and Šikuti Machine, selected by Mladen Lučić; Germany by Sandra Zarth and Claus Dieter Geissler from Cologne, with a written introduction by Dr Martin Turk; Serbia by Radoš Antonijević, Andrea Ivanović-Jakšić, Veljko Vujačić, Vesna Perunović, all selected by Sunčice Fenjčev Lambić. The host country took advantage of its privilege as organiser to round out the Serbian representation this year with the Novi Sad + programme, showcasing works by Novi Sad artists Abi (Slobodan Knežević), Dragan Vojvodić and the performance art couple MP_art. Sharing both the exhibi- tion and the geographic location, the artists were an invaluable source by which to gauge the climate in contemporary art in their own countries and throughout the region. Koncepcijsku osobenost Dunavskih dijaloga predstavljaju izložbe srpskih umetnika sa kolegama iz jed- ne od podunavskih zemalja. U drugom izdanju, izborom Save Stepanova, art direktora Festivala, umetni- ci Slovaci iz Srbije dovedeni su u dijaloški odnos i komunikaciju sa kolegama iz Slovačke. Vrlo zapažene dijaloške postavke (Jozef Klaćik – Martin Derner, Jan Trijaška – Olivera Stefanović Trijaš- ka, Rastislav Škulec – Viktor Frešo, Mira Brtka – Marek Kvetan) pokazale su sličnosti (i razlike) u opusi- ma izuzetnih umetnika i nedvosmisleno ukazale na mogućnost umetničke komunikacije i njenog dejstva. Osim navedenih postavki, Dunavski dijalozi 2014. su, u saradnji sa Donumentom iz Regenzburga i MSUV-om iz Novog Sada, ugostili izložbu Viđenja dunavskog regiona – Pozicije u savremenoj umet- nosti 14 individualnih pogleda – 14 umetnika – 14 zemalja dunavskog regiona, formiranu od autorskih priloga Biljane Đurđević, Magdalene Jetelove, Julijana Palaca, Anete Mona Čize & Lucije Tka- čove, Ištvana Čakana, Mladena Miljanovića, Igora Grubića, Tadeja Pogačara, Herberta Štolca, Pravdoljuba Ivanova, Lazara Pejovića, Aleksandra Kroitorua, Pavela Braile i Ivana Ba- zaka. Kustoskinja Regina Helvig-Šmid, osnivač i direktorka festivala Donumenta sa sedištem u Regenzburgu, priredila je specijalnu prezenta- ciju srpskih umetnica – međunarodno priznate Biljane Đurđević i mlade novosadske umetnice Andree Palašti. Koncepcija Donumente je geo- grafski proširila fokus festivala na zemlje podu- navskog makroregiona, te obuhvatila umetnike iz Slovenije, Crne Gore, Bosne i Hercegovine i Češke. Značajnu novinu Festivala predstavlja okru- gli sto Umetnost i kriza, realizovan u saradnji Želimir Žilnik govori na otvaranju Dunavskih dijaloga, Petrovaradin, sa Zavodom za kulturu Vojvodine, na kome su 27. avgust 2014. učestvovali Mladen Lučić (Hrvatska), Ana Petrović (Austrija), Katarina Bajcurova (Slovačka), Regina Želimir Žilnik speaks at Danube dialogues opening, Petrovaradin, Helvig Šmid (Nemačka), Sava Stepanov, Sunčica Lambić-Fenjčev, Slavica Popov, Lazar Marković (Sr- 27th August 2014 bija). Tema Umetnost i kriza odabrana je jer se u novije vreme pokazalo da su se u regionu velike evrop- ske reke javljale brojne krizne manifestacije najrazličitijeg porekla. Zapravo, čoveku današnjice kriza je imanentna, baš kao što se može konstatovati da je kriza okružje u kojem umetnost nastaje i deluje. Kako se manifestacije krize odražavaju na savremenu umetnost? Šta je to što bi se u aktuelnoj umetnosti moglo prepoznati kao autoritativno suprotstavljanje krizi? Kako umetnici iz različitih političkih, socijalnih i A special feature of the Danube Dialogues are exhibitions by Serbian artists held in tandem with coun- terparts from other countries. In this, the second year of the Festival, Art Director Sava Stepanov se- lected Slovaks from Serbia to engage with artists from Slovakia. These very well-attended dual-exhibitions by Jožef Klaćik – Martin Derner, Jan Triaška – Olivera Stefanović Triaška, Rastislav Škulec – Viktor Frešo and Mira Brtka – Marek Kvetan highlighted similari- ties and differences in the work of these exceptional artists, while clearly pointing to opportunities for further communication of this kind and the benefits to be derived. In addition, Danube Dialogues 2014 in cooperation with Donumenta of Regensburg and the Vojvodina Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad, hosted an exhibition called A Vision of the Danube Region – Positions in Contemporary Art with 14 Individual Viewpoints – 14 Artists – 14 Countries of the Danube Region. This was composed of contributionsfrom Biljana Djurdjević, Magdalena Jetelová, Julian Palacz, Anetta Mona Chişa & Lucia Tkáčová, István Csákány, Jožef Klaćik – Martin Derner, Jan Triaška – Olga Stefanović Triaška, Rastislav Škulec – Viktor Frešo, Mira Brtka – Marek Kvetan, Mladen Miljanović, Igor Grubić, Tadej Pogačar, Herbert Stolza, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Lazar Pejović, Alexandra Croitoru, Pavel Brăila and Ivan Bazak. Curator Regina Hellwig-Schmid, founder and director of the Donumenta Festival in Regensburg, arranged a special presentation of Serbian artists: the internationally acknowledged Biljana Djurdjević and young Novi Sad artist Andrea Palašti. The Donumenta idea expanded the festi- val’s geographical focus to the countries of the Danube macro-region, bringing in artists from Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Czech Republic. An interesting new departure for the Festival was the round table Art and Crisis, in collaboration with the Vojvodina Institute of Culture. Taking part were: Mladen Lučić (Croatia), Ana Petrović (Austria), Katarina Bajcurova (Slovakia), Regina Hellwig-Schmid (Germany), Sava Stepanov, Sunčica Fenjčev Lambić, Slavica Popov and Lazar Marković (Serbia). The title theme owed its choice to the many mani- festations of various types of crisis which have recently made themselves felt in the region of this great European river. Indeed, crisis appears to be immanent to modern man, just as we can conclude that there is a crisis in the environment in which art originates and has its being. How are the symptoms reflected in contemporary art? How do artists from differing political, social and cultural backgrounds see crisis? How do they react and do they feel the need to? These were the questions that informed debate at the symposium. A unique international project, THINKtent, was the contribution of special guest of the Danube Dia- logues 2014, Natasha Cica from Australia. After the Sydney Opera House, Hobart’s Museum of Tas- mania and the Belgrade Contemporary Art Museum, this travelling tent provided the public in Novi Sad with an intimate, welcoming and secure atmosphere, a place where