BSBSA was initiated in October 2023 and will last for the next four years. In that period, the organizers plan a cultural exchange consisting of artistic interventions, workshops for children and adults, talks with artists, a book, a map of street art and multidisciplinary exhibitions.
Partners in the project are organizations from Romania Save or Cancel (project coordinator), who run the platform feeder.ro and the initiative Unhidden Romania, the Association of Citizens of the Crown / Street Art Belgrade from Serbia and a representative of the organization Mnogo Deinosti from Bulgaria and a street artist from the Sunshiners team – Nikolay Nikolaev Bozhinov. This project is co-financed through the Creative Europe program of the European Union.
“Thanks to existing contacts with organizations in the region that deal with research and preservation of street art and graffiti, we were contacted by the Save or Cancel organization from Romania with a project proposal for BSBSA. Together, we prepared the application for the invitation of Creative Europe and defined the activities for the four years of the project. Our focus was on the engagement of artists, the local community and networking, and that’s how activities such as painting in public spaces, workshops, lectures, maps of works and books came about,” says Jelena Popović Đorđević from the Street Art Belgrade organization.
One of the first activities of the BSBSA project was a workshop with the famous street artist Ortak in Bucharest on January 27, where participants had the opportunity to learn how to make stencils. And at the end of June, the artist from Serbia, Jana Danilović, visited Romania, and thus the international cooperation within the project began – during her stay in Bucharest, she painted a mural, held a workshop and lecture. Jana created work inspired by the street scene in Bucharest, with recognizable motifs that are almost always part of her works – sparrows and bicycles,” says Popović Đorđević.
“Also, as an additional activity, we held a presentation of digitization projects that our association has been developing for five years – from a platform for archiving works to the presentation of two unique street art exhibitions in the virtual space of Loving Street art Belgrade and Traces. A special focus was on bringing the digitization process closer to the artists themselves, cultural workers and the audience. Next year we are expecting an exhibition of the works of the most active street artists from Serbia in Romania. During the duration of the project, we expect the involvement of a wide range of participants in culture and the general public, and over 40 artists and art professionals.”
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