Field recording and spatial sound workshop for youth aged 16 to 20
Open call for workshop participants is open until 9th October 2022, 11:59pm. Duration of the workshop: 15th October to 11th November 2022, each Saturday and Sunday – 3 hours per day. Workdays: 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th October; 5th, 6th and 11th November 2022. Locations: KONTEJNER office, Savska cesta 42, Zagreb; city of Zagreb (wider central area), large hall of Pogon Jedinstvo in Zagreb
29/09/2022
Nika Oblak & Primož Novak in Gallery VN in Zagreb
Exhibition of kinetic video installations by Nika Oblak & Primož Novak, an artistic duo from Slovenia, is open at Gallery VN in Zagreb from September 27th to October 15th. Exhibition opening is scheduled for Tuesday, September 27th at 7 p.m., and Gallery VN opening hours are Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
22/09/2022
Call for Applications – European Media Art Platform (EMAP) Residencies in 2023
With the support of the European Union’s Creative Europe programme, and for the years 2022-2024, the European Media Art Platform expands its residency program for artists, collectives or other artistic collaborations working in the fields of digital art, media art, and bio-art to residencies in 16 countries. Deadline for applications: November 30, 2022 at 23:59 CET.
12/09/2022
Robots minting NFTs – a new EMAP residency
KONTEJNER is welcoming Berlin based Japanese artist So Kanno as the 2022 EMAP resident. His two-month residency focuses on the further development of the work Kazokutchi, a collaboration with Japanese media artists Akihiro Kato and Takemi Watanuki who are joining him in Zagreb.
07/09/2022
Open call for “ASH MA - Art, Science and Health Master of Arts” Online Pilot Course
A new international and transdisciplinary Master of Arts programme on the topic of Art, Science and Health will be showcased, tested and evaluated during a one-week Pilot Course held online in English language for a maximum of 40 participants, from Monday, November 7, to Friday, November 11, 2022, every day from 5.00 p.m. CET. Participation is free of charge; info on application process can be found in the continuation of this text.
26/08/2022
Publication "Arc-hive: Case Studies and Life as an Object" available in free .pdf format
"Arc-hive: Case Studies and Life as an Object" is a two-part publication offering fresh and valuable insights from numerous authors to the challenges of working with biomedia, with special focus on preservation, archiving and digitisation of biomedia practices.
29/07/2022
Arc-hive, the first online platform for biomedia-focused artworks, is born
Six European institutions, including KONTEJNER, have been joining forces for the past 18 months to create the first open source digital platform to generate, centralize and share knowledge about artworks based on living materials or systems.
11/07/2022
EMAP selected artists for 2022
We are announcing the results of the international open call for the two-month EMAP – European Media Art Platform residencies in 2022 in 15 European media art organizations and institutions.
11/07/2022
A weekend with KONTEJNER: EMAP networking conference and Zvučni piknik
Annual celebration of our 20-year anniversary continues in June from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th in Zagreb. KONTEJNER hosts the 2022 EMAP networking conference and organizes the Zvučni piknik programme including performances such as the premiere concert of the youngest Croatian experimental band Sešija gathering young teenagers mentored by musicologist Davorka Begović and musicians Nenad Sinkauz, Nenad Kovačić and Pavle Jovanović, who will also be joining them on stage.
10/06/2022
Partners of new Master of Art program “Art, Science & Health” (ASH-MA) meet in Corfu, Greece
From June 1st to June 3rd 2022, a meeting of the ASH-MA consortium for the design of a new Art, Science & Health MA program with participants from Croatia, Serbia and Greece will take place in Corfu, Greece. The program was launched in February 2022 by KONTEJNER and three universities: Academy of Fine Arts - University of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia), Department of Audio and Visual Arts - Ionian University (Corfu, Greece) and Faculty of Media and Communication - Singidunum University (Belgrade, Serbia).
01/06/2022
