Some Call Us Balkans

Myths and misconceptions of the ‘Balkans’ produce biases which shape the way we talk, feel and think about it both on the inside and the outside of the region.

“Some Call Us Balkans” hosts eight contemporary young artists in the city of Pristina, Kosovo, whose artworks explore the Balkans, its myths and misconceptions, reclaiming the space beyond stereotypes, envisioning new ecologies, modes of inhabiting and coming together on a common ground.

VENUE #1

TERMOKISS

Artists at TERMOKISS:

Ale Rilletti [Italy]

Diona Kusari [Kosovo]

VENUE #2

RILINDJA

Artists at RILINDJA:

Mary Marinopoulou [Greece]
Sezer Salihi [North Macedonia]
Jelena Gajinović [Serbia]
Lori Lako [Albania]
Lea Blau [BiH]
Jelena (Jelly) Luise [Germany]

“Some Call Us Balkans”

Some Call Us Balkans (SCUB) forms a transdisciplinary research and community that aims to traverse, contest, investigate and create different notions of the Balkan as a tangible and intangible territory beyond stereotypical representation and narratives.

The exhibition “Some Call Us Balkans” hosts eight contemporary young artists in the city of Pristina, Kosovo, whose artworks explore the Balkans, its myths and misconceptions, reclaiming the space, envisioning new ecologies, modes of inhabiting and coming together on a common ground. Τhe artistic practices and reflections are triggers to co-create and exchange knowledge while crossing different spaces, communities and social claims under the vision of an open-traveling practice across the Balkans and the implementation of participatory art-based research.

Within the frame of the right to mobility being ensured along trajectories of privilege, what does it mean to travel and being travelers in the “Balkans”?

How do we speak of the “Balkans”? Why do we speak of the “Balkans”?

How can we challenge the notion of “Balkans” as “European Other” and bring our reflection to the public space and discourse?

How can we break prejudices we hold one another?

How do we overcome the perspective of the Balkan as an “other” and prompt a different imagination of it?

Are there other forms and ecologies of living and representing the territory?

SCUB Community