Curatoress of the Conference: Dr. Suzana Milevska
Conference Assistants: Irena Cvetkoviќ and Slavčo Dimitrov
29.09.2008, 10 am - 6 pm
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National and University Library, Conference and Study CentreBul. "Goce Delcev" 6, Skopje 1000
10.00-11.15 The Rights and Wrongs of Renaming
Introduction and Moderator: Suzana Milevska
Emancipatory politics as a process of involving “wrong” names, Lana Zdravković, researcher, activist and artist, The Peace Institute, Ljubljana
No Name, Aldo Milohnić, MA, sociologist of culture, The Peace Institute, Ljubljana
The Potentialities of Renaming: Negation or Agency, Suzana Milevska, Ph.D, curator and visual culture theorist, Skopje
11.15-12.00 Respondents and Discussion
Zhivka Valiavicharska, PhD candidate in rhetoric, Sofia/Berkeley-University of California
Slavčo Dimitrov, VCRC-“Euro-Balkan” Institute, activist, researcher and M.A. student, Skopje
12.00-12.30 Break
12.30-14.30 The Art of Governing: State Insignia and Governmentality
Moderator: Lana Zdravković
Changes while standing still, Dan Perjovschi, artist, Bucharest
From Neue Slowenische Kunst to NSK State in Time, Miran Mohar/IRWIN, artist, Ljubljana
Collective Panic, Žaneta Vangeli, artist, Skopje
Kosovo Pavilion, Albert Heta, artist, Prishtina
Eternal Recurrence, Liljana Gjuzelova, artist, Skopje
14.30 – 16.00 Break
Video programme during the break:
Liljana Gjuzelova, Eternal Recurrence IV, 45 min video projection
Kalle Hamm, Renamed Helsinki, 16 min video projection
16.00-17.30 Proper Names, Gender Politics and Kinship
Naming and Renaming, Lia Perjovschi, artist, Bucharest
Daslu/Daspu, Tadej Pogačar, artist, Ljubljana
Naming the Bridge, Hristina Ivanoska, artist, Skopje
Given Name/Family Name, Oliver Musoviќ, artist, Skopje
17.30-18.00 Now You See It, Now You Don’t (performance with matchboxes), Aleksandar Stankoski, artist, Skopje
30.09.2008, 7 pm – 10 pm
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Cultural Centre “Točka”,
Str. Kliment Ohridski 15, (behind the Church St Kliment)
19.00 – 20.15 The Politics and Ethics of Renaming
Introduction and Moderator: Slavčo Dimitrov
Name Exchange Office, Žarko Trajanoski, MA in Human Rights and Democracy, Skopje
“The Western Balkans”- News from One Invented Region, Tihomir Topuzovski, artist, Skopje
Laibach and NATO, Julijana Zabeva, musicologist, Skopje
The Failure of Naming: Towards an Ethics of the Renaming, Slavčo Dimitrov, VCRC-“Euro-Balkan” Institute, young researcher and M.A. student, Skopje
20.15 – 20.30 Break
20.30 – 21.45 Cyber Renaming/Virtual Identities
Introduction and Moderator: Irena Cvetkoviќ
Renaming Semantic Cloud, New Media Centre, Skopje
http://newmedia.org.mk/renaming-semantic-cloud
Can you name my IP address? A new representation of body, language and subjectivity in cyberspace, Irena Cvetkoviќ, “Euro-Balkan” Institute, M.A. student in Gender Studies and blogger, Skopje
Discussion with a group of bloggers from Macedonia
21.45 – 22.00 Discussion
The main organiser of the project:
P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute
Hruševska 661000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
www.zavod-parasite.si
Partners:
The Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies
Metelkova 6, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 234 77 20
Press to exit project space
Vasil Gorgjov 28/4, Skopje 1000, Macedonia
Phone: +389 2 322 85 94
www.presstoexit.org.mk/
Cultural Centre “Točka”
Str. Kliment Ohridski 15, (behind the Church St Kliment)
Skopje 1000, Macedonia
www.kontrapunkt-mk.org/
Phone:+389 2 322 58 25
Stacion Center for Contemporary Art
Zija Prishtina Street n. n. 10000, Prishtina 10000, Kosovo
Phone: +381 (0) 38 222 576
http://www.stacion.org/
The project is supported by:
Erste Foundation
European Cultural Foundation-ECF
Swiss Cultural Programme Macedonia / Pro Helvetia Skopje
Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
Municipality of Ljubljana
