Zemunski
Mali Umetnicki Centar - ZMUC Zemun’s Art Center a short biography
ZMUC is
local art center from Zemun (Serbia), an organization and contemporary art
studio for experimenting in sustainable art practice. We believe that culture
is a common good and it needs to engage both social margin and the elite.
Our mission is to improve cultural scene
by art actions making the community aware of the importance of art. With notion
that all great ideas come from the margins we managed to establish a
collaborative network with similar organizations worldwide.
Since
established in 2006 ZMUC engaged 117 artists in making 34 exhibitions,17
concerts, 3 art auction sales, numerous events and happenings and 5 ongoing
workshops with social minorities, elderly citizens, Belgrade Roma street
children and local children with difficulties.
Karavukovo0001 and 002, held in the village of Karavukovo of
Serbian province of Vojvodina, was the first-ever multimedia regional residency
program in Serbia: http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633534391199364382
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa7DA-BGxPo)
In 2012 ZMUC organized the residence for three Serbian artist at the
international project “Same rain, same wind” in Ciang Mai, Thailand. (http://www.seecult.org/vest/od-balkana-do-tajlanda)
In September
– October 2012 a study visit to Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro was
undertaken by ZMUC to seek program partners and visit future program sites for
the project Movable Art Colonies :
Transforming Dying Towns – Into Art Residencies.
List
of sponsored projects in the last three years:
2013
Chubby Bicyclists for Zemun pebble –
a project aiming to establish free car zones in Zemun municipality
2012
We learn skills 1 and 2 creative
workshops for disabled children and teacher training in poterry making and
silkscreen printing
2012
Presentation of Karavukovo project and
Movable art colonies, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro research and study
visit
2012
Floating Sculptures, Danube art route, Serbia networking of
artist led initiatives on Danube banks
2012
Same rain same wind, Thailand, Participation
of 3 Serbian artists in the project The Same Rain, The Same Wind« an
artist-led initiative that offers a significant alternative art-space for
artists across the world to nurture creative and imaginative art practice,
based on artistic exchange, discourse, and debate. The project works at the
nexus of arts, culture, human rights, environment, and strives to encourage
broad-based critical reflection and catalyse social action.
2011 ZMUC Na Koperground-u,
Slovenia - during
Koperground festival artist Goran Denic made a gallery out of discarded woden
windows, to be part of Shock Alliance Gallery network
2011 Useles and Senseless Skills Summer Festival – LEFEB, Serbia - all
welcome to show their uselesness. Forbiden to politicians for their absolute
senseless existance.
2011 Exhibition
Karavukovo, postproduction,
in Slovenia and Croatia
2011
Karavukovo 002, The second
multimedia art colony in Serbia, with 12 participants from Bosnia, Croatia and
Serbia which resulted in reuse of gallery church from a previous year and 5
exhibitions in, Belgrade, Novi Sad( Serbia) Groznjan(Croatia), Koper(Slovenia).
Audience 2500. 37’ Vasko in “Karavukovo”documentary on the process.
2011 Street
children in ZMUC workshop, Serbia 15 Roma children, 3 hours/3
days a week during 4 months- project aiming to develope skills in sheetmetal
and woodwork and how to recognize art. A colaborative project with Center for
the integration of the youth, Belgrade and Svratiste, Belgrade.
2010 Karavukovo
0001, multimedia regional art colony, Serbia The first multimedia
art colony in Serbia, with 11 participants from Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro
and Serbia which resulted in turning devastated church into gallery and 3
exhibitions in Zemun, Belgrade and Novi Sad. Audience 1500. 36’ documentary
“Colony”on the process.
The
projects that have not been listed are everyday activities in art production,
collaboration with other artists, exhibitions, concerts and art tuition.
