Open for public: 23.07-30.10.2022
Reception: 24.07.2022/ 18:00h
We are delighted to invite you all to our next exhibition taking place at Galeria 17 and Grand Hotel. On Sunday, July 24 we are gathering at Project Space 17 to celebrate the opening of our third exhibition, which is part of Manifesta 14 program.
Archiving transition, is one of the four themes that Galeria 17 addresses in its annual program, through art exhibitions and education program. Archiving transition refers to special and dedicated projects, which have been swallowed up by the dynamics of the prolonged transition in our country, making it impossible for us to stop and deepen in these common cultural stories. The missing chapters of our socio-cultural journey, have left the stories of our cultural history in half. In this way, today we lack data, stories, that connect and justify the developments of our society and consequently the developments of the art and culture scene in our country. Therefore, the return to the exhibition “PËRTEJ” organized 25 years ago, is not accidental, on the contrary, it is necessary to reconnect the inherited stories, those that we are living and those that will be made. To re-establish and re-build communication between generations of artists, art connoisseurs and art lovers. Furthermore, to know ourselves, to appreciate our stories and our cultural history.
Thus, shedding light on local experiences, Galeria 17 seeks to serve as a response to the many missing chapters of the country’s cultural history, the desire to improve it and the aim to expand its activity beyond the place where it operates through cultural and education activities. Therefore, bringing this exhibition to the premises of Galeria 17 with archival materials, interviews 25 years later, with the participants of the exhibition in the premises of the Grand Hotel, as well as organizing a panel discussion at Project Space 17, aims to stimulate public debate but also to reflect, document and create missing references throughout a process that archives and educates.
Participants of the exhibition PËRTEJ – Archiving Transition / Shkëlzen Maliqi, Maksut Vezgishi, Mehmet Behluli, Ilir Bajri
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This project is implemented by Foundation 17 (Shtatëmbëdhjetë) as part of the action “Strengthening Inclusive Victims’ Voices” implemented by Integra, NSI, PAX, and funded by the EU. It is also supported by the Swiss Cooperation Office in Kosovo.