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VJEŽBA No.11
Collective - Poetic - Refusal
ŽELJKA BLAKŠIĆ aka GITA BLAK
Wed 18/06 20h
In the lecture Collective - Poetic - Refusal, Željka reflects on several interdisciplinary projects that have shaped her artistic practice, examining how these works inform her studio practice. Through collaborations with musicians, activists, urbanists, and students in workshops and performances, Željka creates spaces to explore collectivity within the context of contemporary art and through the lens of experimental cinema. Her practice began with music and performance rooted in the 1990s PUNK youth subculture of Yugoslavia (Croatia), an experimental environment that introduced principles and methodologies of resistance that continue to inform her work today. By centering spontaneity, rebellion, and play, she demonstrates how art is crucial in creating unconventional spaces for evolving collectivity, debate, and imagination. During the second part of the lecture Željka will present a 16mm film projection of her latest work.