/ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ / ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ / ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ /
As an old legend would have it, in an abandoned auto repair shop, the spirit of a woman from the ever-present mechanicโs wall calendar, came to life. The neighbours would say that deep in the night you could hear the spirit’s body dancing, the air filled with her singing, and her song was a one-time Yugoslav pop anthem by Zana Nimani:
๐๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ;
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ;
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด,
๐๐ถ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ.
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ,
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ…
To create new mythologies, we will reinvent the sequence of events into liberating imaginations and potentials. When we begin this process of reinvention, our rituals are a placeholder for forthcoming space, expanding and fortifying the possibility of future energies and spirit, which are still in our making.
Let this be an exercise, and let the exercise become a ritual:
This former car mechanic shop, now a gallery, is occupied by women artists each reflecting their experience of being in the world, forging their tools and visions, conquering this newly transfigured space. Their conquest changes the character of the space, their spirit breathes out, seeping into the street. Thus, this spirit spreads through the neighbourhood as a rhythm and occupies the field of rumours, secrets and old myths. Let it spice up our food, our socializing and conversations with this idea: the origin story that comes from the future, out of a convergence of fantasies and dreams, re-writes the mythology of community.
This programme is a way to reaffirm and energise existing links within a community that is seeking to centre the need for collective action and space as a field of co-production of knowledge, and living practices. This kind of artistic activity presents methodologies and tools to exercise the health of our communal energy, the relationship and position between friends, rhythms, bodies, relatives, colleagues, and lovers, in this common space.
16/11/2021 โ 16/02/2022
Artists: Eljesa Beka, Azize Ferizi, Laureta Hajrullahu, Lori Lako, Milica Mijajloviฤ, Barbara Prenka
Curated by: Natalija Vujoลกeviฤ