31/01/2021
Open call for Device_art festival 7.021
The open call for new artistic production and participation in the seventh edition of Device_art festival is open from February 1, to March 1, 2021. The festival will take place in November 2021 at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb. The call is open to all individuals and collectives residing and working in Croatia.
17/12/2020
Multichannel sound diffusion workshop
18th to 23rd January 2021 (10am-1pm & 3-6pm) @Pogon Jedinstvo, large hall
16/12/2020
Published article about the educational program for children "Factory of Sound"
The article is part of a publication on audience development and capacity building within culture as part of the Re-Imagine Europe project.
08/12/2020
Conclusive celebration of a four year European project Future DiverCities
Join us online on Wednesday, 9th December from 17.30 to 19.00h in celebrating the end of this chapter when we will share some learnings, looking back at the project’s outcomes, and present our last series of artistic acts, Interludes.
05/09/2020
Exhibition “Quarantine” at Art workshop Lazareti in Dubrovnik
KONTEJNER presents in collaboration with UR Institut and Art workshop Lazareti an exhibtion of art works produced within EMAP – European Media Art Platform from September 9th – 13th, 2020.
28/08/2020
Become a Volunteer at the upcoming Touch Me festival!
Application deadline for volunteers at the sixth international Touch Me festival is September 9th 2020.
04/08/2020
Hysterical machines in Exportdrvo, Rijeka - prolongated until 19th September!
Set up on the ground floor of Exportdrvo building in Rijeka, the interactive robotic installation "Hysterical Machines" of renown Canadian artist and roboticist Bill Vorn will be open for public from August 13th to September 19th, 2020. After the opening on Thursday, August 13th at 7 p.m., the installation will stay open every day from 5 to 9 p.m., with an admission fee of 10,00 HRK. The project is realized as a part of the Rijeka 2020 – European Capital of Culture programme and its flagship Dopolavoro, in collaboration with NGO Drugo more.
11/06/2020
Tomo Savić-Gecan at Sculpture Garden Biennale in Geneva
Croatian artist Tomo Savić-Gecan is exhibiting at the Sculpture Garden Biennale, which will be held from June 12 to September 30, 2020 at three locations in the center of Geneva (Park des Eaux-Vives, Park La Grange and Quai Gustave-Ador). Tomo Savić-Gecan will exhibit two works – a new production created for the Biennale and a work that is the result of his one-month residency at CERN, realized in 2017 in cooperation with Arts at CERN, KONTEJNER and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia.
22/05/2020
New edition of Touch Me festival this September!
What lies beyond our inherent biology? Can biotechnological innovations take us out of isolation and introduce new forms of coexistence? In the midst of current crisis and forbiddance of touch, we are grasping new futures!
06/04/2020
Research of interspecies dialog throughout sound: new two-month EMAP residency
Spanish artist duo uh513 – María Castellanos and Alberto Valverde have started their two-month residency as part of the EMAP – European Media Art Platform, a network of eleven European cultural institutions and organisations that annually offer production grants to emerging European artists.
21/02/2020
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - KONTEJNER's programme for Rijeka 2020
This spring Rijeka, European Capital of Culture for 2020, will offer an opportunity to visit four installations of well-known international robotics and sound artists. Massive ferocious machines will allow us to control them, sympathise with them, climb them and fly them - bringing a bit of Burning Man feel to the city, along with a healthy dosage of playfulness and hypnotic movement, light and sound immersions.
05/02/2020
EMAP/EMARE Selected Artists for 2020 and 2021
We are announcing the results of the international open call for the two-month EMAP residencies in 2020 and 2021 at 11 European media art organisations.
16/12/2019
SONICA x Zagreb w/ KONTEJNER & ZEZ
Joint Ljubljana - Zagreb adventure brings a selected musical delegation of Slovenian SONICA Festival to KSET, Zagreb, on Friday, December 20th 2019 from 9 p.m., where they will be hosted by KONTEJNER and ZEZ - Zavod za eksperimentalni zvuk.
16/12/2019
"Mobile faces - material interactivity" workshop
In collaboration with Radiona.org / Zagreb Makerspace and as a part of a larger project called “Korak dalje – prema uključivoj kulturi”, we are organizing a two-day "Mobile faces - material interactivity" workshop. The workshop will be held on 21st and 22nd December 2019 from 2 to 8 p.m. at Radiona.org, address: Nova cesta 186, Zagreb. The language of the workshop is Croatian.
29/11/2019
Extended deadline for EMAP 2020 and 2021 residencies applications
The European Media Art Platform will offer EMARE residencies for artists working in the fields of digital media – in internet and computer-based arts, in sound or video art, in media-based performance, as well as in robotics or bio-art. The upcoming call covers residency stays in 2020 and in 2021 at eleven renowned European media art organizations. Deadline for Applications is extended and to December 9th 2019, 12:00 CET.
20/11/2019
Test_Lab: Machinic ecologies w/ Device_art @V2_, Rotterdam
New edition of Test_Lab V2_ on 21st November 2019 in Rotterdam will showcase artistic research by artists and designers from Croatia who are collaborating with KONTEJNER within the Device_art platform and on the shared ideas around Machinic ecologies.
04/11/2019
Second Digital rendez-vous in Zagreb
In collaboration with French Institute in Zagreb, KONTEJNER is co-organizing the exhibition programme of the second annual Digital rendez-vous. Connecting partners from France, Croatia, Germany and the region, the manifestation brings together activists, artists, scientists, lecturers, entrepreneurs, stakeholders and media representatives during approximately 20 events on the topic of re-thinking relations between human and technology.
17/10/2019
Extravagant love in Split
Workshop programme of the Extravagant bodies: Extravagant love festival will be held at Youth centre in Split.
05/10/2019
Short circuit project and MI stroj installation at 12th Clubture Forum
"MI stroj", interactive installation exploring the questions of machine ecology and understanding of machine as equal member of environment, opened the 12th Clubture Forum that took place in Zagreb from 9th to 11th October 2019.
12/09/2019
Call for Applications – Residencies for European media artists in 2020 and 2021
The European Media Art Platform will offer EMARE residencies for artists working in the fields of digital media – in internet and computer-based arts, in sound or video art, in media-based performance, as well as in robotics or bio-art. The upcoming call covers residency stays in 2020 and in 2021 at eleven renowned European media art organizations. Deadline for Applications: December 2nd 2019, 12:00 CET
27/08/2019
Become a Volunteer at the upcoming Extravagant Bodies festival!
Application deadline for volunteers at the fifth international Extravagant Bodies festival is September 10th 2019.
13/08/2019
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.
07/08/2019
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
21/07/2019
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.
13/06/2019
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.
30/05/2019
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.
27/05/2019
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.
13/05/2019
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.
26/04/2019
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!
25/04/2019
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.
24/04/2019
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
Applications for internship at KONTEJNER
KONTEJNER has opened a new job position and is looking for an assistent of our programme coordinator. Deadline is extended until May 15th. The call is limited to applicants eligible for internship programme of Croatian Employment Service (HZZ).
23/04/2019
KONTEJNER at Science+art cafe in Dubrovnik
New Science+art caffe organized by our partners UR Institute takes place on Saturday, April 27th 2019 at the conference hall on the Lokrum island. In its newest edition, the event is dedicated to our EMAP residency and the artwork "Wombs" by a bio-artist Margherita Pevere that is being produced during the residency.
01/03/2019
KONTEJNER at EMAP's Augment and Disrupt 2019 mini-festival in Utrecht
Augment and Disrupt is IMPAKT's 3-day mini-festival that took place in Utrecht from 1st to 3rd March 2019. Festival explored interactions between art, society, and technology through a critical investigation of the interface and future of digital platforms.
06/02/2019
EMAP/EMARE 2019 Artist in Residence Selection
We are announcing the results of EMAP/EMARE artists selected for the two-month residencies in European media art organizations - members of the EMAP network.
18/01/2019
Device_art meets "TRANSMISSIONS" - January performances and education programme
Final weeks of the Device_art festival in Zagreb and Rijeka, interconnected with our EU project Future DiverCities, present young and emerging European artists working with sound and technology.
06/01/2019
Open call for new edition of Extravagant bodies!
Call for participation in the next edition of Extravagant bodies subtitled Extravagant Love is open for all artists and lovers until February 14th 2019. The festival will take place in Zagreb in September 2019.
16/12/2018
Emotional robots and sensual machines at the sixth Device_art Festival of art, robotics and new technologies
“Everywhere it is machines and machines are not alone.” This powerful statement from curator ZHANG Ga is at the heart of the upcoming sixth edition of Device_art festival and it’s large central exhibition Machines Are Not Alone. The exhibition opens on December 18th 2018 in Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb at 7 p.m., and it stays opened until 3rd February 2019. With 21 exhibited artworks by 25 international artists, it represents an in an attempt to map out the activities of contemporary machines and their cohabitation with humans in our contemporary society.
07/12/2018
Opening of Device_art festival in Split with Tin Dožić
The focus of the Device_art programme in Split from 7th to 9th December is on artistic workshops and performances
05/12/2018
Opening of the Short circuit exhibition at Šira Gallery
Opening of the exhibition of our interdisciplinary project Short circuit will take place on Thursday, December 6th 2018 at 7 p.m. at Šira Gallery, Zagreb.
26/11/2018
PICTURE SKY Zagreb
On Saturday, December 1st 2018, precisely at 11:03:42, the TERRA satellite will pass over Zagreb and photograph the city from its orbit. We are inviting all the citizens to join us and photograph the sky exactly in that moment, contributing in this way to the presentation of the artwork Picture Sky on this year's Device_art festival!
05/11/2018
KONTEJNER in Mexico City!
KONTEJNER is presenting Touch Me festival in Mexico City as a part of the conference „Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science“ from 11th to 13th November 2018.
06/09/2018
OPEN CALL - European Media Art Platform / European Media Artists in Residence Exchange 2019
A new open call for the EMAP / EMARE residencies is launched with the deadline for submission on December 10th 2018, 12:00 CET
04/09/2018
EMAP at Ars Electronica Festival
As a part of Ars Electronica Festival from 6th to 10th September 2018, the EMAP – European Media Art Platform members and artists organize a rich and diverse programme consisting of EMAP Group Exhibition and Jam-Session, artists talks and guided tours.
29/08/2018
Empathy Swarm open studio - evening with Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan
This Friday, August 31st 2018, from 6 p.m. Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan will host an open studio evening. As a part of the residential programme within the European project EMAP/EMARE – European Media Art Network and in collaboration with KONTEJNER they have been producing their new artwork - a swarm of emotional robots.
20/06/2018
This summer Zagreb is swarming with emotional robots!
During July and August, Adam Donovan and Katrin Hochschuh are continuing their EMAP residency in Zagreb. The artists are producing their artwork Empathy Swarm and researching tools for human emotion recognition and interaction between the man and the machine, working along the road with many different collaborators.
19/04/2018
Adam Donovan and Katrin Hochschuh started the EMAP kick-off residency in Zagreb
Artist duo will hold a workshop Psychophysics Machines Jam Session for students of Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb on April 26th at 2 p.m. at the Gallery SC, a performance Saturn3 on Wednesday, May 2nd at 10 p.m. at the Gallery SC, and a lecture on Robotics in/and Music on Thursday, May 3rd, 6 p.m. at Teatar &TD.
01/04/2018
Open call for Device_art 6.018
Open call for new artistic productions and participation in this years Device_art festival programme taking place in Zagreb's Museum of Contemporary Art is opened from March 27th to May 20th, 2018. The call is opened to all individual artists and collectives residing and working in Croatia.
29/03/2018
New sound perspectives - second Future DiverCities Artistic Lab
Sound performance/concert which marks the end of the "New sound perspectives" Artistic Lab organized as a part of the EU project Future DiverCities is scheduled for Wednesday, April 25th, 8 p.m. at small hall of Pogon Jedinstvo.
25/03/2018
One whole month of experimental sound in Zagreb
As a part of the Impromonday programme, on April 9th 2018, at 8 p.m. and with Benedict Taylor & Jošt Drašler + DJ Liquidator as main guests, Music Showroom SC, Department of Experimental Sound and KONTEJNER announce an entire month of events focused on experimental sound in Zagreb.
16/03/2018
Media Art Worlds - a conference on hybrid economies of digital art
Media Art Worlds conference is dealing with the contextualization of production and presentation in media art as well as addressing the position of an artist in hybrid economies. The conference is taking place in Helsinki on March 24th and is organized by EMAP - European Media Art Platform.
13/03/2018
Zimoun's wall of sound in Mochvara Gallery
One of the biggest names in the global sound art scene is coming to Croatia to present the site-specific installation designed especially for venue POGON Jedinstvo. The exhibition opens on April 14th 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
20/02/2018
Selected artists for European Media Artists in Residence Exchange (EMARE) 2018
Here are the results of EMAP / EMARE artists selected for the two-month residency in one of the media art organizations in Europe.
05/02/2018
Launch of EMAP: The European Media Art Platform
The members of the newly formed European Media Art Platform (EMAP), a network of partners across eleven countries, presented themselves and their visions behind the project at transmediale/festival.
15/12/2017
Open call for 6th Sound Art Incubator
Deadline fot the open call for 6th Sound Art Incubator production cycle is 15th February 2018.
06/12/2017
Kontejner is looking for a new project coordinator
A new job oportunity at Kontejner! We have a spot opened for the coordinator of Future DiverCities project which includes implementation of project activities, along with participating in realization of our other projects and programmes, and tasks related to functioning of the Kontejner NGO in general.
08/11/2017
Siniša Labrović, Božidar Katić and Marko Marković are performing at Extravagant bodies: Crime and Punishment festival in London
Fourth edition of international festival Extravagant bodies titled Crime and Punishment will take place in London in the space of redundant church, from November 17-18th in collaboration with partner organisation Live Art Development Agency.
05/11/2017
EMAP/EMARE is becoming the biggest international residential platform
European Media Artists in Residence Exchange (EMARE) is becoming the biggest international platform of residency programmes for emerging new media artists.
12/04/2017
Tomo Savić Gecan goes to residency in CERN
CERN - world's leading laboratory for particle physics, opened its door to artistic research. ACCELERATE Croatia Award is a one-month residency that provides intense collaboration between artists and scientists. It is a part of the Arts at CERN programe dedicated to creating inovative concepts on the intersection of art, science and technology.
01/03/2017
Touch Me Festival 2017 – OPEN CALL
KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis is inviting artists and authors to submit project proposals for the fifth edition of Touch Me Festival. Applications can be submitted from March 1st to April 15th, 2017.
05/12/2016
Open call for 5th Sound Art Incubator
Sound Art Incubator is Mochvara Gallery's production platform dedicated to young and emerging local artists dealing with sound as artistic media. Fifth open call for participation in the project is opened until February 2017.
20/10/2016
Open call for entries ACCELERATE Croatia Award 2016/2017
What is universe made of, what are particles made of and what is the forcé that connects them are one of many questions researched at CERN, a cutting-edge laboratory for particle physics. Except for scientists and researchers, CERN is also inviting artists to its intriguing laboratories.
