Call for Artists: BLACK BOX ART COMPETITION

MIKSER FESTIVAL AND THE FACULTY OF APPLIED ARTS IN BELGRADE ANNOUNCE THE "BLACK BOX" ART COMPETITION / MIKSER FESTIVAL I FAKULTET PRIMENJENIH UMETNOSTI U BEOGRADU RASPISUJU UMETNIČKI KONKURS "BLACK BOX" 

Mikser Festival and the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade invite authors to participate in the competition for artworks which will be presented at the Mikser Festival, from 25 to 28 May 2017, in Žitomlin silos, at lower Dorćol / Mikser festival i Fakultet primenjenih umetnosti u Beogradu pozivaju autore da učestvuju na konkursu za umetničke radove koji će biti predstavljeni u okviru predstojećeg Mikser festivala, od 25. do 28. maja 2017, u silosima Žitomlina na donjem Dorćolu

ABOUT THE PROJECT / O PROJEKTU

The "Black Box" project was created in 2015 in cooperation of Mikser Festival and Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade as a platform to support the development of young artists in the field of fine arts and the presentation of their work to the general public. With a current topic, 100 authors selected by the competition jury gets presented each year./ Projekat “Black Box” nastao je 2015. godine u saradnji Mikser Festivala i Fakulteta primenjenih umetnosti u Beogradu kao platforma za podršku razvoja mladih autora iz oblasti likovnih umetnosti i prezentacije njihovog stvaralaštva u najširoj javnosti. Uz aktuelnu temu, svake godine predstavlja se 100 autora odabranih na konkursu od strane stručnog žirija.

The aim of the project is to emphasize the problem that burdens the young artists in the contemporary social context, to empower them to publicly express their visions and contribute to the solution of social problems, and improve life in the community / Cilj projekta je ukazivanje na problematiku koja opterećuje mlade stvaraoce u savremenom društvenom kontekstu, njihovo osnaživanje da se javno izraze i svojim vizijama doprinesu rešenju društvenih problema, te unapređenju života u zajednici. 

The project highlights the importance of art installations in alternative urban spaces, their accessibility to a wide audience, as well as the connection between artistic practice with other spheres of life - science, technology, economy and society. / Projekat ističe i značaj umetničkih instalacija u alternativnim gradskim prostorima, njihovu dostupnost širokoj publici, kao i povezanosti umetničke prakse sa ostalim sferama života - naukom, tehnologijama, ekonomijom i društvom.

2017 THEME: "FALL TO THE FUTURE" / TEMA 2017: „PAD U BUDUĆNOST“ 

Black Box 2017 probe vision of the near future of the young generation of artists, under the symptomatic title "The Fall to the Future." Maturing on the ruins of an institutional culture, with no new ideas, plans and visions, plunged into complete hibernation, an entire generation found itself in an endless space without perspective, surrounded by walls of inability and limits for creative work. / Black Box 2017 sondira vizije bliske budućnosti mlade generacije umetnika, pod simptomatičnim naslovom „Pad u budućnost“. Stasavajući na razvalinama institucionalne kulture koja je, bez svežih ideja, planova i vizije, zaronila u potpunu hibernaciju, čitava jedna generacija našla se u bezizlaznom prostoru bez perspektiva, opasana zidovima nemogućnosti i ograničenjima za stvaralački rad. "Black Box" is a synonym for narrowness, but also a chance to accumulate energy necessary for the demolition of the walls. What awaits us behind them is a complete mystery. Is it an inevitable chasm, to which we are giving ourselves in to, in the free fall, or the tomorrow, sufficiently uncertain leaving the a chance for open scenarios for whose denouement we have to take far more ambitious role than a mere observer? Behind the wall is definitely the future, what kind, we'll find out at the Mikser Festival. Crna kutija“ je sinonim za skučenost, ali i šansa za akumuliranje energije neophodne za rušenje zidova. Šta nas čeka iza zidova, potpuna je nepoznanica. Da li sasvim izvesna provalija kojoj se prepuštamo slobodnim padom ili sutrašnjica dovoljno neizvesna da ostavlja šansu otvorenim scenarijima u čijim raspletima moramo uzeti daleko ambiciozniju ulogu od pukog posmatrača? Iza zida je svakako budućnost, kakva, saznaćemo na Mikser Festivalu. Black Box competition invites artists to anticipate the state of the society and the events that follow, defining their position in such a future. The dichotomy that carries this year's slogan: "The Fall to the Future" reflects the main objectives of the competition - raising questions about the relationship of young people towards the circumstances that seemingly they can not influence, and provoking the proactive attitude that is able to initiate change. Black Box Konkurs poziva umetnike da anticipiraju stanje društva i događaje koji slede, definišući svoju poziciju u takvoj budućnosti. Dihotomija koju nosi ovogodišnji slogan: „Pad u budućnost“ odražava glavne ciljeve konkursa - otvaranje pitanja o odnosu mladih prema okolnostima na koje naizgled ne mogu da utiču, te provociranje proaktivnog stava koji je u stanju da pokrene promene. 

THE SUBJECT OF THE COMPETITION / PREDMET KONKURSA 

Artists are invited to respond to the theme of the competition through the micro-artistic interventions on a very limited given space of a black cube, and based on the anatomy of personal intimate visions, to contribute to open a wider subject about possible alternative scenarios for the collective well-being. There is no limit in selection of artistic techniques, but it is desirable to deliver ideas as premiere concepts. / Umetnici su pozvani da odgovore na temu konkursa kroz mikro-umetničke intervencije na veoma ograničenom zadatom prostoru crne kocke, i na osnovu anatomije ličnih, intimnih vizija doprinesu da se otvori šira tema o mogućim alternativnim scenarijima za kolektivni boljitak. Ne postoji ograničenje u odabiru umetničke tehnike, ali je poželjno da dostavljena rešenja budu premijerni koncepti.

THE JURY / ŽIRI

Marko Lađušić - Full Professor at Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade / Redovni profesor na Fakultetu primenjenih umetnosti, Beograd 
Melinda Kostelac - Docent Vice Dean, Academy of Applied Arts, Rijeka / Docent Prodekan, Akademija Primenjenih umjetnosti, Rijeka

Dejan Miljković – Full Professor at Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade / Redovni profesor, Arhitektonski fakultet, Beograd

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION / TEHNIČKI OPIS

Collective setup consists of 100 black boxes of rigid material, the size of 60x60x60cm, which are the subject of individual intervention of the artist and together make up the macro-installation in an industrial complex Žitomlin, available mass public festivals mixer. / Kolektivna postavka sastoji se od 100 crnih kutija od čvrstog materijala, veličine 60x60x60cm, koje su predmet individualnih intervencija umetnika i zajedno čine makro-instalaciju u industrijskom kompleksu Žitomlin, dostupnu masovnoj publici Mikser festivala. / Depending on the nature of the work, the boxes will be placed on mobile carriers, fixed to the walls or draped in space. In consultation with the artists, the works will be arranged at defined positions in the open and in the industrial area of the silo. Projects can be realized whiting the box, or treat the box as a containing object of the work, including the performances that treat the black box/es as the element of scenery, with a conceptually different approaches to their content (by opening one side, perceiving through the openings, through video and audio recording, etc.). / U zavisnosti od prirode rada, kutije će biti postavljene na pokretne nosače, fiksirane na zidove ili razapete u prostoru. U dogovoru sa umetnicima, radovi će biti raspoređeni na definisanim pozicijama na otvorenom i u industrijskom prostoru silosa. Radovi mogu biti realizovani unutar kutije, ili tretirati kocku kao objekat sadržan u radu, uključujući i performance koji crnu kutiju ili više njih tretiraju kao elemente scene, sa koncepcijski različito osmišljenim pristupima njihovom sadržaju (otvaranjem jedne stranice kutije, sagledavanjem kroz otvor, putem video i audio zapisa, itd.)

DEADLINES / ROKOVI

The competition is open until 30 April 2017. /  Konkurs je otvoren do 30. aprila 2017. godine.

Competition results will be published on the website www.mikser.rs / Rezultati konkursa biće objavljeni na web stranici www.mikser.rs

In the period since the declaration of results, until the beginning of Mikser Festival, selected authors will participate in the development workshops in cooperation with the mentors of the "Black Box". / U periodu od proglašenja rezultata do početka Mikser festivala izabrani autori će učestvovati na razvojnim radionicama u saradnji sa mentorima projekta “Black Box”.

Duration of the exhibition within the Mikser Festival: 25th - 28th May, 2017 / Trajanje izložbe u okviru Mikser festivala: 25. - 28. maj, 2017. godine 

APPLICATION / PRIJAVLJIVANJE NA KONKURS

The competition is open to all artists, regardless of their status and formal education. Applicants may be individuals or groups of authors. Each candidate/group may submit multiple works as a separate application. Applications can be submitted by filling out an electronic form available at blackbox.mikser.rs which will be active until 30 April 2017 midnight, with the submission of the project description, technical characteristics and visual/audio materials, drawings, sketches, etc. illustrating the work. By entering the contest, candidates confirm that they are the authors of all the accompanying projects and/or sketches, and that MIKSER has the right to publish the attached projects and/or drawings through all communication channels. / Konkurs je otvoren za sve umetnike, bez obzira na status i formalno obrazovanje. Kandidati mogu biti pojedinci ili grupa autora. Svaki kandidat/grupa može dostaviti više radova kao posebne prijave. Prijave se vrše popunjavanjem elektronskog formulara dostupnog na adresi blackbox.mikser.rs koji će biti aktivan do 30. aprila 2017. godine u ponoć, uz dostavljanje opisa projekta, tehničkih karakteristika i vizuelnih/audio materijala, crteža, skica, itd. koje ilustruju rad. Prijavom na konkurs kandidati potvrđuju da su autori svih priloženih radova i/ili skica i da MIKSER ima pravo objavljivanja priloženih radova i/ili skica na svim komunikacionim kanalima.

AWARD / NAGRADA

The works selected in the competition will be exhibited within a collective exhibition "Black Box: The Fall to the Future" at the Mikser Festival 2017, from 25 to 28 May. In addition to participation in the central art exhibition of Mikser Festival 2017, award-winning authors will have the opportunity to present their creative work to the public and colleagues through talks program at Mikser Festival.Edu Zone / Radovi odabrani na konkursu biće izloženi u okviru kolektivne izložbe “Black Box: Pad u budućnost” na Mikser festivalu 2017. godine, u periodu od 25. do 28. maja. Pored učešća u centralnoj umetničkoj izložbi Mikser Festivala 2017, nagrađeni autori imaće priliku i da svoj stvaralački opus predstave javnosti i kolegama, tokom razgovora u okviru Edu zone Mikser festivala.

THE CHIEF EXHIBITION CURATOR / GLAVNI KUSTOS IZLOŽBE

Marko Lađušić

PROJECT COLLABORATORS / SARADNICI NA PROJEKTU:

Marko Stanković
Irena Hadži-Đorđević
Ana Čarapina

ORGANIZERS / ORGANIZATORI

Mikser
www.mikser.rs

Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade / Fakultet Primenjenih Umetnosti u Beogradu
www.fpu.bg.ac.rs

MORE INFO / VIŠE INFORMACIJA:
blackbox@mikser.rs


APPLICATION FORM / KONKURSNI FORMULAR: 
http://blackbox.mikser.rs/

KSILOTEKA: ART & PROCESS

KSILOTEKA: THE ART & THE PROCESS 

/October 16th, 2014/ 

Communicating, equally through the form and the process, the Interactive wood ibrary KSILOTEKA, designed and built by students and mentors of University of Belgrade’s TMD department, in cooperation with Strajko Co, for their Faculty of Forestry in Belgrade, aimed to highlight new views on learning about wood, through direct and unique perception of its diversity, aesthetics and tactility. A year after the first exposure in Belgrade (2012 at the Mikser Festival, the Festival of Science, the DESIGN BLOCK at Belgrade International Furniture Fair), the project has been honored with the the prestigious 35th Belgrade Salon of Architecture Award (Experiment) and the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce Award (Design solution).

Komunicirajući, jednako kroz formu i proces, Interaktivna biblioteka drvnih vrsta na Šumarskom fakultetu u Beogradu, osmišljena i realizovana od strane studenata i mentora sa Odseka TMP Šumarskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu, u saradnji sa preduzećem Strajko Co, pruža novi pogled na učenje o ovom drvetu, kroz neposredni doživljaj njegove raznolikosti, estetike i dodira. Godinu dana nakon prvog predstavljanja, u Beogradu 2012. god (Mikser Festivala, Festival nauke, i u selekciji DESIGN BLOCK na Međunarodnom sajmu nameštaja u Beogradu) projekat je ovenčan prestižnom prestižnom Nagradom na 35. Salonu Arhitekture u Beogradu (kategorija Eksperiment), kao i Godišnjom nagradom Privredne komore Beograda (kategorija Dizajnerska rešenja) .

THE CONCEPT / IDEJA

Materialized in cooperation between the Faculty and the local industry, the concept breaks up with traditional frameworks of learning and passive forms of acceptance and transfer of information, highlights the ability to perceive wood (as the material of contemporary design practice) through one’s personal experience and perception. The primary function – to collect and update the variety of samples for the purpose of clarity in presentation of its biological, mechanical and physical properties is thus achieved and expanded. The project has been realized in cooperation with Strajko Co, the company with vast experience in a variety of wood species; thanks to its activities, the potential to gather a wide variety of species from all over the world, as well as the enthusiasm of young authors from the University, the effort emerged the Interactive wood library unique to the region.

Ideja Ksiloteke, koja je realizovana u saradnji fakulteta i industrije, zasniva se na razbijanju klasičnih okvira učenja i forme pasivnog prihvatanja i prenosa informacija i mogućnosti da se kroz iskustvo i ličnu percepciju formira stav o drvetu kao materijalu savremene prakse projektovanja i dizajna. Osnovna funkcija ksiloteke, prikupljanje i ažuriranje različitih drvnih vrsta u cilju preglednosti i prezentacije bioloških, mehaničkih i fizičkih svojstava drveta, je na taj način ostvarena i proširena. Ksiloteka je realizovana u saradnji kompanije Strajko, koja poseduje višegodišnje iskustvo u radu sa najrazličitijim drvnim vrstama, i fakulteta. Zahvaljujući aktivnostima kompanije, koja je godinama prikupljala uzorke iz celog sveta, i entuzijazmu mladih ljudi sa Šumarskog fakulteta, nastala je ova biblioteka drvnih vrsta, jedinstvena u regionu.

THE INSTALLATION / POSTAVKA

The structure of the interactive installation is a set of four L-shaped mobile panel elements whose advantage is in a number of combinations, which gives a flexible configuration that can form different types of scenery within the same space. The outer is a smooth, bright, monochrome surface made from Koto wood, while the inner structure hides 148 samples of different wood species, in the form of interactive perky structure with chaotic form shaped to respond to the behavior of person who passes through the installation, indicating one’s presence at the very moment. Thirteen wood species were used to create the vertical forest of sticks. They all have different color, texture, odor, sound, hardiness, elasticity and density.

Strukturu interaktivne instalacije čine 4 nezavisna pokretna pločasta elementa L oblika, čija prednost je u velikom broju kombinacija, čime se dobija fleksibilan sklop koji pruža različito formirane kamerne scenografije u okviru istog prostora. Spoljašnji, završni sloj instalacije je glatka, svetla, monohromna površina izrađena od vrste drveta Koto u čijoj potkonstrukciji su skriveni uzorci 148 različitih vrsta drveta. Unutrašnji sloj predstavlja interaktivnu bodljikavu površinu koja svojom haotičnom strukturom reaguje na ponašanje osobe koja prolazi kroz instalaciju i upućuje na njeno prisustvo. Za izradu vertikalne šume štapova na zidu korišćeno je trinaest vrsta drveta, različitih po boji, teksturi, mirisu, zvuku, tvrdoći, elastičnosti i gustini. 

STRAJKO CO / PREDUZEĆE STRAJKO

The company Strajko Co  is an exclusive importer and exporter of both exotic and native wood. It offers wood of over 240 various tree species from all over the world. It has been on Serbian market since 2006 as a part of Strajko Group that has been developing its business in Russia for 15 years. The company`s business activities are strongly related to the territory and market of the Republika Srpska and Montenegro. Since 2008, the company has been offering authors’ exclusive interiors (furniture design, staircases and complex wooden structures, and high quality flooring), and exteriors (exterior timber cladding, pergolas, facades, summerhouses), unique saunas and restorations

Preduzeće Strajko CO je ekskluzivni uvoznik i izvoznik egzotičnog i domaćeg drveta. U ponudi ima preko 240 različitih vrsta drveta iz čitavog sveta. Strajko Co je na našem tržištu prisutan od 2006. godine i predstavlja ogranak Strajko Group koja vec 15 godina uspešno razvija svoje poslovanje u Rusiji. Strajko CO svoje poslove vezuje za teritorije Republike Srpske i Republike Crne Gore. Od 2008. godine nudi i autorske ekskluzivne enterijere (komadni nameštaj, stepeništa i složene drvene konstrukcije, vrhunski parketi), eksterijere (spoljašnje drvene obloge, pergole, fasade, letnjikovci), unikatne saune i restauracije.

TMD DEPARTMENT / ODSEK TMP

Furniture and Interior Design branch of TMD Department (Technology, Management and Design of Furniture and Wood Products) works on creating graduates, with a strong technical foundation, to develop and create new concepts in furniture industry. Students successfully exhibit their prototypes on professional fairs at home and abroad, as well as on a variety of cultural events. Their efforts and work have been appreciated with numerous awards and recognitions over the years. Especially within the Master academic program `Modeling of Wood Products`, where multidisciplinary approach and interweaving of academic knowledge and personal experience in related professional fields is particularly highlighted, a number of enrolled students coming from various related academic backgrounds, with particular affection to wood and desire to expand knowledge in this field, are attracted to this module.

Usmerenje za projektovanje nameštaja i enterijera odseka TMP (Tehnologije, Menadžment i Projektovanje nameštaja i proizvoda od drveta) radi na stvaranju stručnjaka koji sa jakom tehničkom podlogom razvijaju i stvaraju nove koncepte u industriji nameštaja. Studenti uspešno predstavljaju svoje prototipove na sajmovima u zemlji i inostranstvu, kao i na različitim kulturnim dešavanjima, a njihov trud i rad nagrađivani su brojnim nagradama i priznanjima. Posebno u okviru master modula Oblikovanje proizvoda od drveta neguju se multidisciplinarnost i preplitanje znanja i iskustava iz međusobno bliskih oblasti, pa tako veliki broj upisanih studenata, koji imaju naklonost prema drvetu i želju da prodube znanje iz ove oblasti, potiče sa srodnih fakulteta. 

THE TEAM / TIM

The project has been carried out within the workshop in which students, in collaboration with their mentors, actively participated in the process of the design and realization

Projekat je realizovan u okviru radionice u kojoj su studenti, u saradnji sa mentorima, imali priliku da aktivno učestvuju u procesu projektovanja i realizacije

Project leaders: / Rukovodioci projekta: 

MA Jelena Matić, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet
Dragan Nikolić, Strajko CO / Preduzeće Strajko
Prof dr Zdravko Popović, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet

Workshop mentors: / Mentori radionice: 
M.Arch Miljana Nikolić, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet
B.Sc Milica Nešovanović, Strajko CO / Preduzeće Strajko
M.Arch Milica Dejanović, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet

Students-authors / Studenti autori:
Tijana Lukić, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet
Milan Mlinar. TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet
Vojislav Dacić, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet
Oksana Čolić, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet
Gordana Stepanović, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet

Support in prototyping / Pomoć u izradi prototipa
Emir Bećiragić, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet
Dragan Krivokapić, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet
Uroš Vitas, TMD Faculty of Forestry / TMP Šumarski fakultet

FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECT CONTACT:: 
Project Leader Prof Jelena Matić jelena.matic@sfb.bg.ac.rs, or Workshop mentor M. Arch Milica Dejanović, dejanov_m@yahoo.com

Wooden Mosaic Regional Art Workshop

CALL FOR APPLICATION: 

WOODEN MOSAIC WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS
 
/House B - Terra Panonica, Morkin Serbia / September 16-22nd 2012

With great pleasure we present - WOODEN MOSAIC WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS organized in collaboration between Terra Panonica and the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, that will take place in House B on Terra Panonica estate, in Mokrin, from September 16-22nd, 2012.

The subject of the workshop is creation of wall mosaics using various wooden species - leftovers from industrial production, and will bring together Master or advanced level students of Arts or Engineering from the region. Artworks will be produced by students in collaboration with local high school pupils, supervised by team of mentors and lecturers: Marko Vukša, sculptor, Tamara Nedeljković Vukša, visual artist, Kosta Bogdanović, sculptor, art historian, art critic and visual arts theoretician, Miljana Nikolić, teaching assistant, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Jelena Matić, docent, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry and Božidar Mandić, writer and playwright.

We invite You to apply and become part of this creative team that would be involved in the process of creation and production of mosaics. Workshop represents a chance for all participants to broaden their experience in communication and artistic collaboration, provides opportunity for practical work and development of creative potential, with the wonderful opportunity to stay and work in a building of high architectural value.

Participation, accommodation, food and all the materials for all participants arefree of charge. Application and questions should be directed to e-mail miljanin_email@yahoo.com no later than July 31 2012. 

Application should contain: CV and short portfolio with previous projects, and the workshop will be preceded by short individual prep work.

Mokrin is a settlement in the municipality Kikinda, 13 km from the town Kikinda, in Vojvodina region. House B, provides space for creative work of all kinds, represents one of five buildings on the Terra Panonica estate, opened for various cultural projects, comprising space for presentation of authentic products, accommodation for guests, staying, passing through or revisiting.

House B received the Award in Architecture on 33th Salon of Architecture in Belgrade, and Ranko Radović Award for built architectural object in 2011.

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Wood Processing Department, Interior and furniture design, works on education of experts who create new concepts in furniture industry with strong technical background. Students present their prototypes with great success, both on domestic and international fairs, cultural events, and their effort and work have been awarded with numerous awards and recognitions. The most important was the beginning of a serial production of 4 student furniture pieces in Simpo company in 
2010.

www.terra-panonica.com 
www.autori.rs 
www.sfb.bg.ac.rs 
http://universityofbelgrade.blogspot.com