EMAP selected artists for 2023

We are announcing the results of the international open call for the two month EMAP – European Media Art Platform residencies in 2023 that will take place in 16 media art institutions and organizations in Europe and Canada - one of them also being KONTEJNER.

07/02/2023

Re-Imagine Europe kicks off

We are thrilled to announce that Re-Imagine Europe, with KONTEJNER as one of the partners, has received support from the Creative Europe programme for its project New Perspectives for Action and will commence in February 2023.

02/02/2023

A Sea Change – Open call for production/research residencies and presentation of artworks

KONTEJNER I bureau of contemporary art praxis is inviting Croatian and international artists / artistic collectives to apply for two new open calls within the project A Sea Change, co-founded by the European Union and led by KONTEJNER: 1) a two-week residency program in May 2023 at the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS) in Split, Croatia as part of their ARTScience programme; 2) participation in exhibition and performances programme in Split, 18 to 22 May, with already existing artworks. The deadline for the applications is 10 February 2023 at 23:59 CET.

16/01/2023

Publishing of the collaborative online platform Remote Lab

Remote Lab is a collaborative media platform for research and knowledge sharing whose author and project team consists of KONTEJNER, Drugo more, WHW, Radiona and Domino, led by Greta Creative Network. It is accessible to the public on the web address remote-lab.org.

18/12/2022

"All-Aligned" exhibition by Uroš Krčadinac at GMK, Zagreb

The art project "All-Aligned" by a Serbian artist Uroš Krčadinac raises the question of what, in this age of proliferation of digital capital, the rapid multiplication of meme fronts and the overall inflation of meaning, does the standard repertoire of national symbols such as flags, mottos, coats of arms and anthems represent? The exhibition opening is on Satruday, December 3rd at 7 pm at GMK Zagreb, and the exhibition stays open until December 14th.

28/11/2022

KONTEJNER's open call for new artistic productions and presentation of artworks in 2023

KONTEJNER's open call for new artistic productions and presentation of artworks is open from 2nd November 2022 to 15th January 2023 at 23:59 CET. The call is open to all the interested individuals and collectives residing and working in Croatia.

02/11/2022

New edition of Motions, an experimental sound event

Motions presents an exciting programme from the field of experimental sound expressions, sound art, spatial sound and audio-visual artistic practices. Motions represent a space for sound and a space of sound - experimental space for contemporary music tendencies, intersections of sound and new technologies as well as immersive sound and audio-visual experiences with special emphasis on those that change the way we listen and precieve sound. Second edition of Motions takes place from 9th to 12th November 2022 in Zagreb - Pogon Jedinstvo, Peti kupe, Museum of Contemporary Art and Močvara club.

28/10/2022

Realities in Transition - OPEN CALL for residencies

Together with partners of the international project Realities in Transition, KONTEJNER is calling for creative XR projects that reimagine and expand the notions of XR while following a critical, reflective line of thought and promoting a common, open, sustainable XR at a European level. Seven projects will be invited to take part in a residency program at V2_Lab in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The deadline for application is 18th December 2022 at 23:59 CET.

20/10/2022

Robots minting NFTs – presentation of the EMAP residency

As part of this years’ EMAP residency, KONTEJNER welcomed three Japanese artists – So Kanno, Akihiro Kato and Takemi Watanuki that focused on the further development of the work Kazokutchi. The artists will present the work in progress on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 19:00 h at Pogon Jedinstvo, small hall.

11/10/2022

"12 Dead Birds" by Bojan Gagić (HR) in Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb

Multimedia spatial-sound installation "12 Dead Birds - a template for possible development of generic digital systems" by Bojan Gagić (HR) produced by KONTEJNER and Greta Creative Network opens on Wednesday, October 12th 2022 at 7 p.m. Exhibition is open from October 13th to 17th 2022, from 4 to 8 p.m.

05/10/2022