As part of a series of talks on the topic of street art, we hosted representatives of street art organizations from Romania and Bulgaria, and during the weekend dedicated to street art, a free street art walk around Vračar was held in cooperation with the Božidarac cultural center.
Traditionally, for four years in a row, before the end of the year, we organize talks, workshops and panel discussions with guests from the region and Europe on the topic of street art – from organizing festivals to focusing on different practices in the field of street art. This year we organized a workshop where we discussed the development of street art in the Balkans and the management of EU projects dealing with street art and graffiti.
On Friday, a workshop was held with representatives of the organization from Romania “Save or Cancel” and a representative of the organization “Mnogo Deinosti” from Bulgaria and a street artist from the Sunshiners team – Nikolay Nikolaev Bozhinov. The workshop discussed the organization of a project in the region that aims to humanize public spaces in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia through art. Together, the participants defined artistic interventions, workshops for children and adults, conversations with artists, a book, a map of street art and multidisciplinary exhibitions that will be realized in the next few years. The project will involve a wide range of individuals, including 40 artists and arts professionals. The expected results are the transformation of neglected public spaces, the increase of cultural exchanges and the mobility of works of art, the transfer of knowledge and the regeneration of public spaces.
On Saturday, December 16, in cooperation with the Božidarac center, a street art tour was organized, in which guests from Romania also participated, where street art was displayed in Vračar as part of the traditional Weekend street art event. During the walk, art historian and curator Ljiljana Radošević brought the wealth of street art closer to the participants and presented different categories (graffiti, street art, murals), explained the local and world history of street art, showed different techniques and artists that can be seen in Vračar.
On Saturday and Sunday, 1-on-1 meetings with Serbian artists were organized in order to create contacts, better understanding of the scenes in Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria and future cooperation. (conversations with artists Jana Danilović, studio visit and conversation with Branislav Nikolić)
The workshop was realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Serbia.
