Warm-up for the Extravagant bodies festival on the island of Korčula
We are opening the fifth edition of triennial festival Extravagant bodies dealing with the notion of love with two performances. The main exhibition of the Extravagant Bodies: Extravagant Love festival opens on the 18th of September in the space of HALA V of The Technical Museum Nikola Tesla in Zagreb. Before the opening, KONTEJNER is traveling to the island of Korčula where we will, in collaboration with the grey area organization, present Choreography of Utopia, Movement #2 and Need Your Love So Bad.
13/08/2019
EXTRAVAGANT BODIES: EXTRAVAGANT LOVE
The fifth Triennial Festival of Extravagant Bodies subtitled Extravagant Love takes places at the Hala V of Zagreb's Technical Museum in September 2019
07/08/2019
Biochemical cyborg is being developed at a residency in Zagreb
Italian artist Margherita Pevere arrived in Zagreb for the second phase of her residency in KONTEJNER. After the initial phase in Dubrovnik at the biotechnological laboratory UR Institute, Pevere is currently continuing her bio-art research on the materiality and desires of the leaky body.
21/07/2019
Apply for our cultural management course - part of the Future DiverCities EU project!
KONTEJNER is inviting all young professionals from Croatia working within the field of culture and contemporary art to participate in our new educational programme - part of the EU project Future DiverCities - from 14th to 23rd September 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. Application deadline is Friday, July 5th 2019.
13/06/2019
After 2 months, Factory of Sound culminates with a concert at Mesnička Cultural Centre
Our 2-month educational project for the youngest, workshop for kids Factory of Sound, is going to end with the public concert of junior ensemble. This year’s musicians of the future are Bartol Knežević, Jan Knežević, Mak Rizvanović, Andrija Vidović, Barbara Vidović, Juraj Vidović and Šime Vukelić, and their concert under the baton of Nenad Sinkauz and Nenad Kovačić takes place on the 7th of June at 7pm, at the Mesnička Cultural Centre. Free entrance.
30/05/2019
KONTEJNER @ FEMeeting and Consciousness Reframed conferences in Portugal
Olga Majcen Linn and Sunčica Ostoić from KONTEJNER will hold lectures on the topic of art at the intersection of science and technology during two conferences in Portugal.
27/05/2019
Device_art festival is on tour at 18th WRO Media Art Biennale in Poland
Croatian artist Mirjana Vodopija and duo Lightune.G will present our Device_art festival at the 18th WRO Media Art Biennial in Wroclav. Opening events will take place from May 15th to May 17th 2019, while the entire biennial program will last until December.
13/05/2019
UNTIE THE KNOT: Open call for conference
KONTEJNER | bureau for contemporary art praxis in partnership with Photography association Organ Vida is organizing a two-day international conference "Untie the Knot: Redefining Normativity in Love" as part of the Extravagant Bodies festival. The two-day conference will take place at the Grand venue of Cinema Europa in Zagreb on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st, September 2019. We invite everybody interested to propose scientific, theoretical and other investigative works on the topic of love!
26/04/2019
KONTEJNER has joined the Re-Imagine Europe project
Re-Imagine Europe is a four-year project with 10 cultural institutions from across Europe, addressing the social and political challenges we face today.
25/04/2019
Bio-art research on materiality and desires of the leaky body in Dubrovnik and Zagreb
Our 2019 EMAP residency has started with the launch of Margherita Pevere’s (IT/DE) artistic research in biotechnological laboratory of our partner - UR Institute located in Dubrovnik. First phase of the project is scheduled to last from April to May. Afterwards, Pevere will continue developing her artwork at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, from July to August 2019.
24/04/2019
