MONUMENT: NO ONE IS LOST - AFTERPIECE
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| Free of charge |
| Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard |
| Belongs to: 24h OPEN |
MONUMENT: AFTERPIECE explores the relationship between the human (male) body, identity and the specific context of a place. The starting point of the performance is a reflection on the present time, its (post-)apocalyptic character and the feeling of the end of the world as we know it.
The site-specific staging with continuous performance examines the space of the unknown, the time after the (de)construction of earlier convictions and models as well as the recreation of a feeling for collective values. The AFTERPIECE looks at the connection between past and future: Where are we now? How far have we come? The performers selected for this work are not professionals. Their genuine demeanor is just as important for the performance as the presence of an audience.
Produced by ifa part of the touring exhibition EVROVIZION. CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES. with Djordje Živadinović Grgur, Vladica Čulić, Petar Jovanović, Željko Maksimović and many more.
Ivana Ivković (b. 1979 in Belgrade/RS) holds an M.A. in drawing from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. Since 2002 she has had several solo shows in Serbia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, the USA, Denmark, Turkey, Canada and India, as well as participations in many international group exhibitions. Ivković is a four-time finalist of the prestigious Politika prize for the best exhibition and the holder of KulturKontakt Austria, Vienna/AT. She has held numerous artist’s residencies and scholarships: Residency Unlimited, New York/US (2008); Casa dell Arte, Bodrum/TR (2012); Les Gens Heureux, Copenhagen/DK (2013); scholarship of the City of Linz, Linz/AT (2014); Art Residency scholarship in Beirut/LB (2015); and full stipend Can Serrat in Barcelona/ES (2016). Her works are included in collections at ifa Collection in Stuttgart/ DE, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade/RS, October Salon in Belgrade/RS, Wiener Städtische Collection of Contemporary Art in Vienna/AT, Telenor Collection of Serbian Contemporary Art in Belgrade/RS, the Museum of Belgrade City, and in several private collections in New York/US, Basel/CH, Berlin/DE. Ivana Ivković lives and works in Belgrade/RS.
Ivković gained international recognition mostly by shifting the infamous classical roles between women and men in her drawings, performances and site-specific works. The notion of identity and gendered experience plays a key role in her work. Ivković examines gender roles between women and men in the art using the naked or semi-naked male body as a performative instrument within her orchestrated scenes or tableau vivant. Exposed in different relations within the exhibition space and with minimalistic choreography, the male body in Ivana’s performances becomes precisely a medium, a channel of sensitivity, vulnerability, discomfort and sensuality.