RE_EXHIBIT 3 Shaping the Contemporary Macedonian Video Art since 1984

TY - ADVS

T1 - RE_EXHIBIT 3 Shaping the Contemporary Macedonian Video Art since 1984

A2 - Lockhart, Adam

A2 - Leuzzi, Laura

A2 - Blackwood, Jonathon

N1 - Videos as part of this exhibition were only available online during the run of the exhibition. The rest of the written text remains. Videos are available on request.

PY - 2024/2/15

Y1 - 2024/2/15

N2 - Online Exhibition as part of REWIND RE_EXHIBIT curated by Jon Blackwood 15 Feburary – 29 March 2024 This exhibition focuses on the development, discussion and production of moving image and video art in North Macedonia, since the late Yugoslav period. Video art came relatively late to Macedonia, which was part of the former Yugoslav federation until independence in 1991. The first exhibition of video art, simply entitled VIDEO was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 1984, and grew out of an informal network of curators and television professionals based between Belgrade and Skopje. Television was particularly important, as one of the few places where equipment and necessary expertise could be found to make video art in the last years of socialism. Early video art was driven by two professionals working in television, Evgenija Dimitrievska and Katica Trajkovska, whilst one of the most prominent early exponents, Dragan Abjanić (1953-99) honed his skills as a video editor in his day job at Macedonian television. Video in the 1990s fulfilled one of three broad functions; as documentation of performance (Iskra Dimitrova, Nora Stojanovikj), as space for the development of imaginative techniques or ideas (Vana Urošević), or as part of a multi-media installation. In this sense the canonical show IMAGE BOX organised by Nebojša Vilić under the auspices of the Soros Centre for Contemporary Art turbo-charged video production in the second half of the 1990s, not just through example but also by buying new equipment and making it available to those artists who wished to use it. In addition to these pieces from the first decade of art production in the North Macedonian space, we are also delighted to present a contemporary moving image piece by Elena Chemerska and Ivana Mirchevska. Host or Parasite : Boiling Body (2023) discusses the impact on the individual of the intersection between planetary depletion and the last stages of neo-liberal capitalism. Many of these videos are being shown for the first time in many years and are little known to audiences outwith the former Yugoslav space. This online exhibition is accompanied by a critical text from the curator, Jon Blackwood.

AB - Online Exhibition as part of REWIND RE_EXHIBIT curated by Jon Blackwood 15 Feburary – 29 March 2024 This exhibition focuses on the development, discussion and production of moving image and video art in North Macedonia, since the late Yugoslav period. Video art came relatively late to Macedonia, which was part of the former Yugoslav federation until independence in 1991. The first exhibition of video art, simply entitled VIDEO was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 1984, and grew out of an informal network of curators and television professionals based between Belgrade and Skopje. Television was particularly important, as one of the few places where equipment and necessary expertise could be found to make video art in the last years of socialism. Early video art was driven by two professionals working in television, Evgenija Dimitrievska and Katica Trajkovska, whilst one of the most prominent early exponents, Dragan Abjanić (1953-99) honed his skills as a video editor in his day job at Macedonian television. Video in the 1990s fulfilled one of three broad functions; as documentation of performance (Iskra Dimitrova, Nora Stojanovikj), as space for the development of imaginative techniques or ideas (Vana Urošević), or as part of a multi-media installation. In this sense the canonical show IMAGE BOX organised by Nebojša Vilić under the auspices of the Soros Centre for Contemporary Art turbo-charged video production in the second half of the 1990s, not just through example but also by buying new equipment and making it available to those artists who wished to use it. In addition to these pieces from the first decade of art production in the North Macedonian space, we are also delighted to present a contemporary moving image piece by Elena Chemerska and Ivana Mirchevska. Host or Parasite : Boiling Body (2023) discusses the impact on the individual of the intersection between planetary depletion and the last stages of neo-liberal capitalism. Many of these videos are being shown for the first time in many years and are little known to audiences outwith the former Yugoslav space. This online exhibition is accompanied by a critical text from the curator, Jon Blackwood.

M3 - Exhibition

PB - University of Dundee

ER -