Two months list of Swiss Sponsored Cultural Events in Serbia

You can download an overview (pdf format):
Swiss_sponsored_cultural_events.pdf

 

Call for Submissions of Concepts for Regional Cooperation Projects in the Fields of Art and Culture

The Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans (SCP) supports regional cooperation projects in the fields of culture and the arts in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia.

The overall goals of the Swiss Cultural Programme are to contribute to the promotion of democracy and freedom of expression, to conflict resolution, to intercultural cooperation and respect for minorities. The programme fosters regional cooperation through capacity building, empowerment and promotion of cultural initiatives and organisations, which offer innovative and diversified cultural services and products. Its thematic priorities include youth, gender equity and the creation of structures for broad cultural participation while taking into account good governance principles - accountability, transparency, non-discrimination, participation and efficiency.

The Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans invites the cultural organisations, initiatives, networks and/or associations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, both from the non-governmental and public sectors, for submission of concepts for Regional Cooperation Projects.

The submitted Project Concepts should:

• Have a regional orientation by involving organisations from at least two of the above mentioned countries
• Contribute to the development of culture and arts in the field in which they are operating
• Offer innovative approach and diversified services and products
•  Aim at improving the situation in the region by strengthening culture and cultural life as an essential element of a participatory, open and dynamic civil society
•  Be relevant to the regional context of the Western Balkans
• Promote interethnic collaboration stressing youth and structures for broad cultural participation taking into account good governance principles and equity.

For detailed information about conditions and criteria for this call, please refer to the SCP’s regional website www.scp-ba.net, for the guidelines and the template for submitting project concepts. You can also contact the local SCP-office in your country or consult its local website (the links can be found on the afore-mentioned website).

Submission: Concepts for Regional Cooperation Projects are to be submitted according to the template available on the SCP website by e-mail to rcp@scp-ba.net

Deadline for submission of concepts is Friday 15th May, 2009, at 24:00 hours. Applications received after the deadline will not be taken into consideration. Applicants will be notified on receipt by email.

The SCP’s Regional Steering Committee will select the concepts to be developed further into project proposals at the beginning of July 2009.

 

 Granted Projects January 2009

The National Advisory Board of the Swiss Cultural Programme Serbia was deciding, during session held on 27 January 2009, on Small actions that are to finalize their realization in the period February – October 2009.  

The following projects have been granted:

1.  `IN/VISIBLE CITY 2` - campaign for tolerance and respect of human and minority rights
 Sanja Krsmanovic Tasic, DAH Theatre Research Centre, Belgrade
 Pancevo, Ivanjica, Uzice, May - September 2009
 4000 CHF: part of production costs

2.  `CD of Serbian music for cello and piano` - music CD
Dusan Stojanovic, Belgrade
Belgrade, March - April 2009
2000 CHF: production costs  

3.  `EXTREME MAKEOVER` - street art  
Natali Beljanski, INBOX Art Association, Novi Sad  
Novi Sad, March - June 2009
2000 CHF: part of production costs

4.  `Preserving Roma Poetry` - collection of Roma poems
Ismet Jasarevic, Center for Integration and Affirmation of Roma Community, Belgrade
Belgrade, February - October 2009
2000 CHF:printing costs

5.  `MIMART 25` - exhibition, performance
Nela Antonovic, Theatre MIMART, Belgrade
Belgrade, March - April 2009
2700 CHF: production and other costs

6.  `Shadows dancing on my shoulder` - participation at “Creative Forum of Independent Theatre Groups”
Ivana Askovic, Mudra Theatre, Belgrade
Alexandria, Egypt, February 2009
2500 CHF: part of mobility costs
 
7.  `NOMAD SCENE – ROM OPERA` - theatre performance
Dragoljub Martic, Culture Centre Smederevo, Smederevo
Smederevo, Skopje, Macedonia, July - October 2009
3100 CHF: part of production costs  

8.  `ROOM OF THE LITTLE FEARS` - performance and open discussion
Irena Ristic, Hop.La!, Belgrade
Belgrade, September 2009
2800 CHF:  production costs

9.  `A selection of New Serbian Photography` - book, web-site, exhibition
Katarina Radovic, Belgrade
Belgrade, February - August 2009
2000 CHF: part of production costs

10. `Whispering Girls` - book
Zorica Jevremovic, Belgrade
Belgrade, February - August 2009
2500 CHF: printing costs

11. `European Atelier for Young Festival Managers 2009` - participation in Atelier
Jelena Knezevic, Bitef theatre, Belgrade  
Varna, Bulgaria, April - May 2009
3700 CHF: part of registration fee

12.  `POLYGON` - expert conference, exhibition, workshop
Svetlana Mladenov, VISART, Novi Sad
Novi Sad, February - July 2009
2000 CHF: part of production costs

13.  `The Semiotics of the City` - site specific works exhibition
Maida Gruden, Students’ City Cultural Center, Belgrade
Belgrade, September 2009
2000 CHF: part of production costs and part of fees

14.  `Presentation of Serbian Culture in Netherlands` - music festivals
Andrija Pavlovic, Sonja Loncar, Belgrade
Amsterdam, Utrecht, Netherlands, February - May 2009
2000 CHF: part of mobility costs

15.  `USH SYSTEM COMIC BOOK` - comics book
Maja Ilic, Association of Students with Disability, Belgrade
Belgrade, February - April 2009
2000 CHF: production and mobility costs

16.  `Outside project / Belgrade: Another Gaze` - on site lectures, seminars
Dejan Atanackovic, Center for International Studies of Art, Belgrade
Belgrade, February - May 2009
3000 CHF: part of production costs

17.  `Zenergija – Burning Out` - international multimedia women festival
Milica Gudovic, Women at Work, Belgrade
Belgrade, March - September 2009
3600 CHF: part of production costs

18.  `Listen in` - site specific sound art workshops
Igor Stangliczky, AUROPOLIS, Belgrade
Belgrade, May 2009
1900 CHF: part of fees for local artists

19.  `Urban Violence` - awareness campaign
Igor Zarol, A3.Format group, Novi Sad
Novi Sad, April - May 2009
2500 CHF: part of pubication cost

20.  `Backward / Forward` - interactive web site, almanac, exhibition
Maja Josifovic, Dimitrije Tadic, Belgrade
Belgrade, September 2009
4000 CHF: part of production costs

21.  `TERRA 2009` - international terracotta sculpture symposium
Slobodan Kojic, Centre for fine and applied art TERRA, Kikinda
Kikinda, July 2009
3000 CHF: part of production costs

22.  `diSTRUKTURA ` - exhibition
Milan Bosnic, ProArtOrg, Belgrade
Celje, Ljubljana, Slovenia, April - May 2009
1700 CHF: part of production and mobility costs

23.  `Kontekst gallery program for 2009 – critical practice` - exhibition and platform for public debates
Marko Miletic, Kontekst, Belgrade
Belgrade, April - October 2009
3000 CHF: part of production costs

24.  `PASSPORT` - pocket sized books of poetry
Dejan Matic, Treci Trg, Belgrade
Belgrade, Indjija, Sremski Karlovci, Novi Sad, March - September 2009
4000 CHF: part of production costs

25.  `Study trip of students to Istanbul` - study trip
Milena Dragicevic Sesic, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management, Belgrade
Istanbul, Turkey, March 2009
3000 CHF: travel costs

26.  `One, point, something` - theatre performance
Sanja Maljkovic, Kroz Prozor Fabrika, Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin, Sombor, Subotica, Vrsac, Kikinda, Sremska Mitrovica, Pancevo, Becej, Vrbas, Indjija, March - July 2009
3000 CHF: part of fees

 

Submitting Applications for February - October 2009

The very last meeting of the National Advisory Board of SCP Serbia for deciding on projects which enter the realization phase not earlier than February 2009 and are finalized before end of October 2009 is scheduled for January 2009.

Deadline for receiving applications is WEDNESDAY, 17 December 2008..

Granted Projects June 2008

The National Advisory Board of the Swiss Cultural Programme Serbia was deciding, during session held on 19 June 2008, on Small actions that are to start their realization in the period July 2008 - December 2008. 

The following projects have been granted:

1.  `DOCUMENT 2000` - database on Serbian modern artistic production since 2000
Darka Radosavljevic Vasiljevic, REMONT independent artistic association, Belgrade
Belgrade (web), summer 2008-summer 2009
1300 CHF: production costs and part of fees and copyrights

2.  `TRAJNIK` - anthology of poetry of national minorities in Serbia
Risto Vasilevski, Publishing house "Arka", Smederevo
Smederevo, December 2008
5000 CHF: part of production costs  

3.  `ROMART` - International festival of Roma culture  
Goran Nikolic, POLIS FEST, Subotica  
Palic, July 2008
3700 CHF: production costs

4.  `BALKAN FIBER ART` - artistic workshop and exhibition
Goranka Vukadinovic, ATELJE 61, Novi Sad
Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, 12-22 September 2008
3000 CHF: production and mobility costs

5.  `UNCALSICAK WORK ON CLASICAL TEXT - Henrik Ibsen` - theatre performance
Bojana Ivanov Djordjevic, Edu-teatar, Vrsac
Vrsac, September 2008
1500 CHF: part of fees

6.  `BOOK-ART OBJECT` - exhibition
Snezana Skoko, Punctum for Art Experiment, Belgrade
Belgrade, December 2008 - January 2009
2000 CHF: part of production costs

7.  `Great passions` - exhibitions, presentation/debate, book and almanac
Maja Josifovic and Dimitrije Tadic, Belgrade
Belgrade, Novi Sad, September - November 2008
2500 CHF: part of production costs  

8.  `The Culture Lobby` - photography multi-format archive project and exhibitions
Milica Pekic Conev, NGO KIOSK, Belgrade
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, July 2008 - December 2009
2500 CHF:  part of mobility costs

9.  `Sex in Transition` - international interdisciplinary artists' workshop
Noa Treister, "Art Klub" Civil Association, Kucevo
Kucevo, Belgrade, July - November 2008
2500 CHF: part of production costs

10. `CROSSING THE LINE - WOMEN BUILDING PEACE` - book promotion and performance
Natalija Vuskovic, Women in Black, Belgrade
Belgrade, Countries in the region, July - November 2008
1600 CHF: production costs

11. `TENSIONS` - Academic conference on theory and practice of Digital Performance
Aleksandar Djeric, ACADEMICA, Belgrade  
Belgrade, October 2008
3000 CHF: part of production costs

12.  `Belgrade with Budapest` - exhibition, panel discussion
Maida Gruden and Mara Prohaska Markovic, Belgrade
Belgrade, November 2008
3000 CHF: production costs and accommodation of guests

13.  `Looping` - magazine for human rights, disability, society, culture
Maja Ilic, Association of Students with Disability, Belgrade
Belgrade, October - December 2008
3000 CHF: part of production costs and part of fees

14.  `Fast Fermentation` - summer art school (courses, lectures, seminars and workshops)
Bojana Karajovic, University of Arts in Belgrade, Belgrade
Negotin, July 2008
3000 CHF: part of production costs

15.  `STRATEGIES OF EVENT - Art in the Epoch of New Media` - exhibition, publication
Predrag Miladinovic, Center for professional development and consulting, Belgrade
Belgrade, September 2008
1600 CHF: production costs

16.  `Once upon a time.and again from the beginning` - dance performance
Dragana Bulut, Belgrade
Warsaw, Poland, July 2008
1000 CHF: mobility costs

17.  `Puno pozdrava iz Beograda (Greetings from a despised city)` - documentary film
Natasa Lazic, One night production, Belgrade
Belgrade, July 2008
1500 CHF: production costs

18.  `Body frame` - workshops and theatre performance with/for people with disbilities
Marko Pejovic, Grupa "Hajde da.", Belgrade
Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad, July - December 2008
12000 CHF: part of production costs and fees for local artists and participants

19.  `DREAMS COME HOME` - documentary film
Mladen Mitrovic, Dream Factory, Belgrade
Belgrade, Senta, July 2008 - February 2009
5000 CHF: part of production costs

20.  `The trial` - theatre performance
Nenad Colic, Theatre Laboratory Plavo pozoriste, Belgrade
Belgrade, Kosmaj, July 2008 - January 2009
1800 CHF: part of production costs

21.  `The State of Exception Proves the Rule` - documentary video work
Mirjana Stojadinovic, DEZ ORG, Belgrade
Belgrade, Vienna, July - November 2008
1500 CHF: production costs

22.  `Beogradski.trg_008` - international poetry festival
Dejan Matic, NGO Treci Trg, Belgrade
Belgrade, Indjija, July - September 2008
2400 CHF: production costs of the magazine

23.  `Festival of Alternative Culture ZALET` - workshop program
Jovana Nikolic, Belgrade
Zajecar, Bor, Knjazevac, Negotin, Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad, Prizren, July - September 2008
1500 CHF: part of mobility costs

24.  `Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images by Terry Barrett ` - book
Vesna Danilovic, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade
Belgrade, September - October 2008
5000 CHF: production costs and part of fees and copyrights

 

Granted Projects January 2008

The National Advisory Board of the Swiss Cultural Programme Serbia was deciding, during session held on 16 January 2008, on Small actions that are to start their realization in the period February 2008 - May 2008.  

The following projects have been granted:

1.  `Contemporary Art Projects` - serial of multimedia exhibitions
Nenad Bogdanovic, Multimedial Art Studio, Odzaci
Odzaci, February - November 2008
1000 CHF: part of printing and production costs

2.  `Musical picture book` - music therapy
Stana Krstajic, Duo "Floral", Belgrade
Belgrade, February - May 2008
2000 CHF: part of production costs of the booklet/CD  

3.  `Kamen-o-lom (Quarry)` - art work in small community environment
Jelena Spaic, Belgrade
Villages Ba and Slavkovica, Belgrade, May - October 2008
2000 CHF: production costs and part of mobility costs

4.  `Minorities, migration and readmission - Opening day le Courrier de la Serbie` - debate and music concert
Philippe Bertinchamps, Le Courrier de la Serbie, Belgrade
Belgrade, 7 February 2008
2000 CHF: production and mobility costs

5.  `Differentiated Neighborhoods of New Belgrade` - publication and DVD
Zoran Eric, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
Belgrade, March 2008
2000 CHF: part of production costs

6.  `Street Art part I` - street art
Natali Beljanski, INBOX Art Association, Novi Sad
Novi Sad, February - April 2008
3000 CHF: production costs and part of the fees

7.  `Outside project / Belgrade 08` - program of educational and cultural exchange between Belgrade and Florence
Dejan Atanackovic, Center for International Studies of Art, Belgrade
Belgrade, Pancevo, Kikinda, May 2008
2000 CHF: production and part of mobility costs  

8.  `King of Mirror` - animated puppet movie
Mirela Srebric, Belgrade
Belgrade, February - December 2008
3000 CHF:  part of production costs

9.  `International New Music festival RING RING` - music festival
Bojan Djordjevic, Belgrade
Belgrade, May 2008
1000 CHF: printing costs

10. `Balkan Literary Herald` - electronic magazine for literature and culture for Balkans
Dusan Gojkov, Balkan Literary Society, Belgrade
Countries in the region, February - December 2008
2000 CHF: production costs of the books and magazines

11. `For an idea - against the current status` - research project
Sarita Matijevic, Playground produkcija, Novi Sad
Belgrade, Novi Sad, February - May 2008
2000 CHF: part of production costs of the booklet

12.  `In / Visible CITY` - campaign for tolerance and respect of human and minority rights
Dijana Milosevic, DAH Theatre research Centre, Belgrade
Vranje, Subotica, Indjija, February - May 2008
3000 CHF: part of production costs

13.  `Knowledge Smuggling!` - workshops, lectures, trainings and presentations
Marta Popivoda, TkH-centre for performing arts theory and practice, Belgrade
Belgrade, February 2008
2000 CHF: production costs and part of mobility costs of participants from Western Balkan region

14.  `Artbajter` - alternative comics and music workshops
Nedim Hadziahmetovic, Association of visual artists of Negotin, Negotin
Negotin, April - May 2008
2000 CHF: part of production costs

 

Submitting the Applications for February -  May 2008

The next meeting of the National Advisory Board of the SCP Serbia for deciding on projects which will enter the realization phase in the period February - May 2008  is scheduled for January 2008.

Deadline for receiving applications is TUESDAY, 11 December 2007.