CORNERS North Xpedition, 8 21 August Participants ARTISTS RESEARCHERS. Slovenia. Miha Horvath sound/visual installations.

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1 CORNERSNorthXpedition,8 21August2011 Participants ARTISTS RESEARCHERS Slovenia MihaHorvath sound/visualinstallations MihaHorvatholdsBAfromethnologyandculturalanthropologyatFacultyofartsLjubljana.Hestudied film directingatagrftinljubljanaandatfilmschoolinuadhelsinki.hefinishedhismaatuniversityof appliedartsviennaandiscurrentlyapdh candidateatuniversityinkoperatdepartmentofphilosophy andtheoryofvisualculture.since2000heisapartofartisticallianceson:daandthegarageprojects.in 2009son:DAbecameafoundationfortheoryandpracticeofaudio visualart. Son:DAsoloexhibitionswereinUGMMaribor,KiblaMaribor,GalerijKapelicaLjubljana,ARCOMadrid, TurnercontemporaryMargate,Kunstverein PorschehofSalzburg,MarioMauronerContemporaryVienna andsalzburg,c OCareofMilano,AP4 ArtLugano,MaligalerijaMOMALjubljana,GalerijaŠkucand BitformsgalleryNewYork. Amongotherplaces,Son:DAwereapartofgroupexhibitionsinEsslCollectionVienna,Renaissance societychicago,tatemodernlondon,museumofcontemporaryartst.louis,thekitchengallerynew York,StedelijkmuseumAmsterdam,MuseumofcontemporaryartSolun,Museumofcontemporaryart NoviSad,ARCOSBenevento,CenterforVisualIntrospectionBucharest,KunstraumBethanienBerlin,The CulturalCentreofLiège,PresstoexitSkopje,MACRORome,InstituteforcontemporaryartSofia, SonambienteBerlin,KunstlerhausViennaandGraz,CenterforcontemporaryartVelanTorino,UGM Maribor,P74Ljubljana,MOMALjubljana,MGLCLjubljanaandonanimationfilmfestivalsinIzola,Zagrebu, Florence,UtrechtuandHiroshima. PrimozBezjak dance/performance/actor PrimožBezjakholdsaBAinactingatAGRFT(Academyfortheater,radio,filmandTV). Thepast12yearshehasworkedprofessionallyinthefieldofPerformingartsand madearound40performancesand9movies.primožbezjakisalsoamemberofthe Betontancgroupsince1999andhascollaboratedwithinternationallyknowngroups

2 Participants CORNERSNorthXpedition8 21August july2011 likemalpelo,ultimavez,jonghollandiaakawunderbaum,lesbaletsdugrandmaghreb,umka, Signdancecollective. Croatia SinisaLabrovic conceptualart/performance SinišaLabrovićisafreelanceartistwholivesinZagreb,bornin1965.In1997hegraduatedinCroatian literatureandlanguageinzagreb.hehasworkedwithvisualartssince2000,exhibitingallovercroatiaand abroadinnovisad,vršac,belgrade,ljubljana,celje,graz,carlisle,reykjavik,regensburg,dundee, Istanbul,Venice,Budapest,Berlin,Prague,DresdenandLodz.In2005SinišaLabrovićattractedthe attentionofworldmedia(suchasreuters,bbc,ansa,newyorkpost,guardian,times,nbc,abc)withhis work"flock.org"inwhichsheepwerethecontestantsinarealityshow.2077hisvideo"familydiary/news" wonhimthepurchaseprizeatthefirstt HTandMuseumofContemporaryArtcompetitioninZagreb. ThedailypaperSlobodnaDalmacijapronouncedtheperformanceGloriaoneofthefivetopcultureevents indalmatiaduring2007.in2009atthe11thistanbulbiennialhepresentedthework(book)"lisansustu Egitim/PostagraduateEducation". MilijanaBabic visualartist MilijanaBabic,bornin1974inRijeka,Croatia,graduatedin2002inFineArts (sculpture)atthedurbaninstituteoftechnology,durban,republicofsouth Africa.In2007shereceivedherMAinFineArtsattheAcademyofFineArtsand Design,Ljubljana,Slovenia.Between sheworkedattheInternational FestivalofContemporaryArts CityofWomen,Ljubljana,Slovenia,and continuestobetheircollaborator. Since2006MilijanaBabiclivesandworksinRijeka.SheisamemberoftheCroatianFreelanceArtists AssociationandtheCroatianAssociationsofVisualArtistsinRijekaandZagreb.Sheworksasanassociate assistantprofessoratthedepartmentofsculpture,academyofappliedartsrijeka. MilijanaBabichaspresentedherworkonvariousexhibitionsandfestivalsinCroatia,SouthAfrica,Slovenia, Italy,Belgium,Netherlands,Germany,Denmark,EstoniaandSpain. BojanDjordjev theatredirector Bornin1977 inbelgrade,bojandjordjevgraduatedintheatredirectingin2001 andtheoryofartsandmediain2007.asanauthor,directorandperformerhe hasworkedwithnumeroustheatreprojectsinbelgrade,andseveralin Stuttgart,Vienna,Lyon,Gent.Since2002heistheco authorofmigrating (Gent,Zagreb,Stuttgart,Bucharest,Belgrade,Vienna,SanDiego)longterm

3 Participants CORNERSNorthXpedition8 21August2011 archive performanceprojectdesertofpicture,togetherwithsinišailić.currently,withgroupofauthors fromtheindependentbelgradeandskopjescene,bojandjordjevdevelopson linepublication in progress ant jargon. Heistheco founderoftkh(walkingtheory)platformandjournalforperformingartstheory2001 ( generator.net).hehasbeenartistinresidenceatakademieschlosssolitudein2004and 2005/06andLeslaboratoiresd'Aubervilliers,PariswithinTkHprojectHowtodoThingsbyTheoryin2010. ZeljkoZoricaSis multimediaartist/curator ZeljkoZorica,born1957inZagreb,Croatiaisamultimediaartist,activeindifferentartisticfieldsasa performer,setdesigner,cartoonist,graphicdesigner,writer&organizer. directorofthefestivalofthefirstinzagreb curatorofthetheatre&foodfestivalinhamburg,kampnagelinmay2004. collaboratedwithseveralfestivalsincroatia(theatrefestivaleurokaz,motovunfilmfestival, ZagrebWorldMusicFestivalNEBO,ZagrebFilmFestival)onvariouspositions. authorofthreebooks:fantasticbestiaryofzagreb,fantasticbestiaryofroskilde(croatian& Danishedition),FantasticbestiaryofCroatia;andchildrenbooks:Bembo&thegroupfromthe GreenSquare;Bembo&BirdStealer;Bembo&Christmas;Bembo&ThedangerontheCarrotHill andendangeredworld(lasttwodealingwithprotectionagainstmines). In1993.worked(directorandcurator)inorganizationofpresentationofZagrebartistsinKBH (Kanonhallen). activeingraphicdesign(posters,books,logos).hisworksareexhibitedonmanycollective exhibitionsincroatiaandabroad(helsinki,wroclaw,paris,graz,usa). graphicdesignerofthemagazinezarezforcultural&socialquestions( ) doneover100setdesignesfortheatresincroatia&ex Yugoslavia(Zagreb,Osijek,Rijeka,Split, Hvar,Dubrovnik,Mostar,Belgrade,Skopje,Bitola)andKopenhagen. founderofthecomicgroupzzot.in1984.asauthorofthestories&drawings founderofthetheatregroups"sperm whale"in1983,thekacinskytroupin1985(belgrade)and "Scaredgiraffes"in1987. ZeljkoZoricafoundedtheartorganisationSTUDIOARTLESStoinitiate&organiseartisticeventsand festivals,producefilms,theatreshowsandexhibitionsofmodernartandtheory.studioartlessinitiates andproducesartisticeventsofvitalpublicinterests. Poland KatarzynaKrakowiak mulitmedia/visualartist KatarzynaKrakowiak,born1980inPoland,hassince2005collaboratedontheAshaver220.Sheworks extensivelyusingtheinternetandmobilecommunications.asasculpturerandinstallationartist,shehas collaboratedwitharchitects,stagedesigners,mobilecommunicationstechnicians.shebuildsvirtual monumentsusingradioconnectionandinternetlinks.katarzynakrakowiakworksontheroadandbeing onthemove/travellingisherbiggestlove.sheisinlovewithtravellingbytrains. 3 23july2011

4 Participants CORNERSNorthXpedition8 21August july2011 Education 2006September,diplomainProfessorMiroslawBalka sstudiosculptureattheacademyoffineartsin Poznan studiedinProfessorJaroslawKozlowski sdrawingstudioinacademyfineofartsin Poznan studiedinProfessorMiroslawBalka ssculpturetransplantationstudioattheacademy offineartsinpoznan KatarzynaPastuszak dancer/culturalanimator/buto KatarzynaPastuszakisadancerandartisticdirectoroftheAmareyaTheatrebasedinGdansk,Poland, curatorofthegdanskdancefestival(clubzakgdansk,poland),dance/theatreresearcher,culture animatorandinterpreter.shegraduatedfromscandinavianstudies(gdanskuniversity,matracingthe EssenceofOdinTeatret),TheatreStudies(TheatreAcademy,Warsaw,MAIntroductiontoButō)and DoctoralStudiesattheGdanskUniversity.ThetitleofherdissertationisHijikataTatsumi sankokubutō TheTheatreofBody in crisis.katarzynapastuszakwasawardedthestipendprizeoftheministerofpolish Cultureforherachievementsin2005.Shehasabroadexperienceinsuchtechniquesasbutō, contemporarydance,improvisationandcomposition. Shebeganherdanceandtheatreeducationin1995.Sincethen,sheparticipatedinvariousworkshopsand conferencesondance,butohdance,contemporarydance,improvisation,contactimprovisationand varioustheatremethods.shevisitedjapantwice(2008and2011)toperformandresearchbutohdance andjapanesetheatreandculture. In2003sheco foundedamareyatheatrehashascreatedperformancespresentedonfestivalsinpoland andabroad.in2010shefoundedgdanskschoolofbutōwhere,togetherwiththemembersofamareyaart Association,sheorganisesbutōlectures,workshopsandperformancesofbutōartistsfromPolandand abroad.shealsodirectsvarioustheatreprojectswithhandicappedandblindpeople. Since2003KatarzynaPastuszakisalsostronglydevotedtoherworkasthedance/theatreprogrammerin ClubZAKGdanskwheresheisthecuratorofGdanskDanceFestival shegavelecturesoncultureanimationandJapanesetheatreattheDepartmentofCultural StudiesoftheGdanskUniversitywhereshe.Since2009sheisalsoamemberofCIDCouncil,PolishCultural StudiesSocietyandsince2010shehasalsobecomeahonourablememberoftheGdanskCultureCouncil. MaciejSalamon audio visualartist/animator MaciejSalamon,born1984inGdańskisAManofManyTalents:Visualartist. Founder,vocalistandtext writerofgównoband(firstpolishrodeopunkrock band).creatorofanimatedfilmsandmusicvideos.winnerofafewprizesin thisfieldsuchas:northernawaves(iceland),strangeraward(amsterdam), ConCan(Tokio).WinneroftheYoungArtistoftheYearinGdańsk(2009). MemberofKrechaartgroup(makinganartzine"Krecha"),Vjinaudiovisual duohattivatti.healsorunshisowngallery:galeriagablotkaingdańsk

5 Participants CORNERSNorthXpedition8 21August july2011 shipyard.occasionallypaints,makesinstallationsandworksasagraphicdesigner.moreabouthimand samplesofhisworkshere: Education:AcademyoffineArtsinGdansk FAMUFilmandTVschoolofAcademyofPerforming ArtsinPrague2007. JacekDominiczak architect/professor JacekDominiczakisanarchitect,researcherandeducator.Since2004Jacek Dominiczak,togetherwithMonikaZawadzka,architectandanthropologist, hasworkedonseas sfasturbanresearchproject. HeworksontheDialogicSpaceproject,itsoriginalurbanandarchitectural designtheoryandmethodology,aswellasitspracticalapplicationintolocal IdentityCodes,aprofessionaltoolforcitiesandarchitects. JacekDominiczakoftenworksintheborderlandofartandarchitecture,heco authored Delay(er)ing Façade installationat9.internationalarchitectureexhibitioninvenice(withdominiklejman,anartist, andcooperatorsmonikazawadzkaandmarekzygmunt,2004).heisavisitingprofessorattheacademyof FineArtsinKrakow,Poland,andispermanentlyaffiliatedwiththeAcademyofFineArtsinGdansk,Poland. HetaughtarchitectureandurbandesigninvariousschoolsinbothEuropeandAmerica,includingCarnegie MellonUniversity,Pittsburgh,USA. Sweden FredrikOskarsson&OskarÖstergren filmmakers oskar&oskarssonisaproductioncompanybasedin NorthernSwedenthatmakesdocumentaryfilms, televisionproductionsandsuch.theyareaduomadeup ofoskaröstergrenandfredrikoskarsson. OskarÖstergrenborn1976inTärnaby(Lapland) FredrikOskarssonborn1979inDorotea(Lapland) TheyattendedthedocumentaryfilmschoolatBiskops Arnöbetween ,andhaveproduced documentariessincethen,ontheirownortogetherwithothers. Youcanseesomeexamples: oskar&oskarssonalsomakeotherproductions,commissionsandholdsclassesandseminars.forexample theyhaveworkedasvideophotographersandeditorsonsvt(swedishnationaltelevision).

6 Participants CORNERSNorthXpedition8 21August july2011 MikaelLundberg Visual/conceptualartist MikaelLundbergtransfershisreactionstoourworld sambiguitiesintostructuresthatreflect mankind svariouswanderings,thequalityofphysicalmatterandthelight smaterialcharacter andalmostmysticalfeatures.whilehedoesnotdepicttheworldmimeticallyasintraditional paintingorsculpture,manyofhisworkscannonethelessbedescribedasbeingsculpturesorpictures.hedoesnot departfromadeterminedmaterial,butratherfromthesubjectsandthemesthatcapturehisattention,andthenhe continuouslyseeksnewwaystoshapeorshowitthroughprocessesorbyusingmaterialsthatsuitthepurposeat hand.theworksarenotimagesoftheworldbuttheycanbeseenasreflectionsoformetaphorsforspecificevents... Theywanttoshowussomethingandgiveusanopportunitytoseethatwhichwemaynothavenoticedbeforeor perhapsonlygivenacasualthought. MagnusJensner,DirectorforModernaMuseetMalmö Otherinternationalartists SKART(Serbia) DraganProtic&DjordjeBalmazovic graphicdesign/theatricalaction Škartisacollectivefoundedin1990attheFacultyofArchitectureinBelgrade. Whileexperimentingthroughtheirwork,theyfocusprimarilybetweenthemediumofpoetryanddesign. "Architectureofhumanrelationships"istheirmainconcept.Throughtheconstantfluxwithinthe collective,presentsinceitsverybeginning,memberscollaborativelyworktodevelopnewvalues. Theyareparticularlycapableintheprocessofmaking,toembrace'beautiful'mistakesandtirelesslystrive tocombineworkwithpleasure. NedyalkoDelchev(Bulgaria) theatrearts TheartisticexpressionofNedyalkoDelchevrangesfromstagingtheold masterslikegogolandshakespearetocollaboratingwithinnovative contemporaryauthors.hewriteshisownscriptsfortheatreandfilm,as wellasdrawsnaiveminiaturesandworksinsmallscalesculpture. Delchevdirectedoneofthepiecesinthesite specificperformancehotel Europa(2000),productionofIntercult,Stockholm.Theprojecttoured Bonn,Avignon,Stockholm,ViennaandBologna.ForthepastfewyearsDelchevhasworkedprimarilywith amateurstudentactinggroups.hefindsthatthelackofprofessionaltrainingcreatesextraordinary dynamicsinstagingandthataccidentallydiscoveredtalentisapreciousassetforaperformance. HealsostagedtheperformanceSUITCASEtogetherwiththePlovidivDramaTheatre,forBlack/NorthSEAS ( )andthencarriedasmallerversionofhisown suitcase ontheseasxpedition(2010). DelchevhasworkedasanassistantprofessorforrenownedBulgariandirectorsIvanDobchevand MargaritaMladenovaofTheatreSfumato.HeteachesTheatreHistoryandActingattheAmerican UniversityinBulgaria,andrecentlyworkedasavisitinglectureratKansaiGaidaiUniversityinJapan.

7 Participants CORNERS North Xpedition 8 21 August Phil Hession (Northern Ireland) performance/media art Phil Hession was born in Omagh in 1978 and now lives and works in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A visual artist working with performance and video, his work explores how oral traditions (song and storytelling) have evolved and attempts to present these traditions in a contemporary manner. Phil Hession s practice is based on social exchanges that transcend the boundaries of age, and place and could be viewed as an anthropological study, although his involvement in the process requires a much more personal social commitment than is usual in academic anthropological research. The works present arguments and ideas about collaboration and authorship and the role of the artist in the production of the artwork. He has recently completed residencies at The Banff Centre, Canada (Jan March 2011) and Residence Botkyrka, Stockholm, Sweden (May June 2011). STAFF AND PARTNERS Chris Torch (Sweden) Senior Associate Intercult, Artistic Director CORNERS Senior Associate at Intercult, an independent production and resource unit based in Stockholm, Sweden. Intercult has been active in Sweden and Europe since 1996, as initiator and leader of collaborative culture projects, networks and the development of intercultural and international project competence. Intercult takes an active interest in national and European cultural policy. Intercult has focused to a great degree on international exchange and co production within the European Neighborhood, reflected in the platform SEAS , SEAS had sights set on the Black and North Sea regions. The new European collaborative project CORNERS was launched in may 2011 and will carry on until Apart from large scale project design, Torch plays a role in developing intercultural politics. He lectures regularly, guides workshops in strategy and served until october 2010 as vice president for Culture Action Europe. He is currently a Trustee for The European Museum Forum, a board member of the River//Cities Platform and an active member of the Steering Group for the Platform for Intercultural Europe. Marcus Weinehall CORNERS North coordinator Umeå 2014 Marcus Weinehall is a project leader at Umeå 2014, works with two in house projects and specialized in hospitality. Studied international cultural tourism with marketing july 2011

8 Participants CORNERSNorthXpedition8 21August july2011 TinaErikssonFredriksson ArtisticcoordinatorCORNERSNorth Umeå2014 TinaErikssonFredrikssonwasborn1964inKarlstad.ShelivesandworkinUmeåand Stockholm.SheworkedfiveyearsasartisticdirectorfortheMADE festivalcreating encountersbetweenaudienceandartistsfromallovertheworld. EminaVisnic Director Pogon POGONisthedriveforboostingtheZagrebindependentculturalandyouthscene. MissionStatement: Tosupportlocalindependentorganizationsandartists,theirprogramsindiverse contemporaryartsandculturaldisciplinesaswellastheiryouthactivities,by providingvenuesandbyhelpingbuildtheircapacitieslocally,byadvocatingtheir interestsonlocalandeuropeanlevel,andbyfacilitatingtheirparticipationininternationalcultural cooperation. EminaVisnicisanoperator,mediatorandadvocateforculture.Currentlysheworksasthedirectorofthe institutionpogon ZagrebCenterforIndependentCultureandYouth.Inparallelshe'sinvolvedin networkingandadvocacy,servingasaboardmemberofthelocalallianceoperationcity,thenational collaborationplatformclubturenetwork,theeuropeanumbrellaadvocacyorganizationcultureaction Europe.Occasionally,sheworksasatrainerandwritesarticlesonculturalpolicy. NatasaZavolovsek DdirectorandProducer Exodos Establishedin1999,Exodosisanon profit,independenttheatreanddance productioncentre,whichorganisestheexodosinternationalfestivalof ContemporaryPerformingArts(biennialsince2011). ExodosInstitutealsoproducedthefirstfoureditionsofthebiennialGibanica(MovingCake)Festivalof SloveneDance( )andcontinuestoparticipateasaco producerofthefestival. Exodos'srecentpermanentinsituprojectinvolvesthecreationofaLabyrinthofArt,alivingspacefor walkingandcontemplationontheouteredgeofljubljana,createdintheframeworkoftheworldbook CapitalLjubljana2010project,incollaborationwithBulgarianartistVenelinShurelov. ExodospartneredontheprojectBlack/NorthSEAS( ),includingTechnicalDirectorBorutCajnko. Theyareco foundersofcornersr&d.