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
Call for Applications - European Media Art Platform (EMAP) Residencies 2022
With the support of the European Union’s Creative Europe programme, for the next 3 years 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 15 countries. Deadline for applications: April 27, 2022 at 23:59 CET.
18/03/2022
Tomo Savić-Gecan’s project produced by KONTEJNER representing Croatia at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (23.4.–27.11.2022)
Every day for the duration of the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale of Art, the lead story from a different, randomly selected global news source provides the data that feeds an artificial intelligence algorithm, which in turn prescribes the time, location, duration, movements, and thoughts of a group of five performers in the city of Venice to constitute Tomo Savić-Gecan’s Untitled (Croatian Pavilion), 2022.
17/03/2022
Preparation of ASH - Art, Science & Health MA programme in Croatia, Serbia and Greece
From February 2022, three Universities from Croatia, Greece and Serbia, along with KONTEJNER, work on co-designing and testing a new, interdisciplinary MA programme named ASH - Art, Science & Health.
01/03/2022
Japanese artist Nelo Akamatsu at Gallery Nova in Zagreb
Spatial sound installation "Chijikinkutsu" by Japanese artist Nelo Akamatsu is the first event of our annual celebration programme consisting of exhibitions, performances, conferences, artwork productions, workshops and publications marking the 20 year anniversary of KONTEJNER. The exhibition opens on Saturday, March 5th at 7 p.m. at Gallery Nova in Zagreb and stays open until March 26th.
21/02/2022
