Art of Peace: Sarajevo Workshop, 4-5 October 2024

​Day 1: Friday 4 October 2024

9:30am Arrival, meeting and greeting

10:00am Session 1: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Introduction: Art of Peace
 

• Prof Kit Messham-Muir (Curtin)

• A/Prof Uroš Čvoro (UNSW)

• Prof Paul Lowe (UAL)

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10.45am Morning Tea/Coffee Break

11:15am Session 2: 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

Art of Peace: Bosnia and Herzegovina
 

Chair: Prof Kit Messham-Muir (Curtin)

• Adela Jušić (Art of Peace exhibiting artist)  

• Aida Šehovič (Art of Peace exhibiting artist)

• Mladen Milanović (Art of Peace exhibiting artist)

Presentations followed by Questions and Discussion

The three exhibiting artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss their work for the Art of Peace exhibition opening on 1 February 2025 in Perth, Western Australia

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1:45pm Session 3: 1:45 AM - 2:45 PM

Contemporary Art in Banja Luka

Chair: A/Prof Uroš Čvoro (UNSW)

• Milena Ivić (artist)

• Sandra Dukić (artist)

Presentations followed by Questions and Discussion

Focus on contemporary art through the work of two artists based in Banja Luka

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2:45pm Session 4: 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Amer Kobaslija: Bosnian-American artist

Chair: Prof Kit Messham-Muir (Curtin)

• Amer Kobaslija (artist)

Amer Kobaslija (born Banja Luka, 1975) escaped the Bosnian War in 1993, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf.  He immigrated to the US and now lives in Orlando, where he is professor of painting at the University of Central Florida.

3.30pm End

Day 2: Saturday 5 October 2024

10:00am Session 5: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
Presentation: Artistic Responses to Trauma
 

Chair: Prof Kit Messham-Muir (Curtin)

• Naoko Miyaji (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo)

Presentation followed by Questions and Discussion

Exploration of art that engages with trauma and its aftermath by Naoko Miyaji, psychiatrist, medical anthropologist and a professor in Japan

11:00am Coffee break

11:30am Session 6: 11:30 PM - 12:45 PM

Curatorial Practices in Post-Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chair: A/Prof Uroš Čvoro (UNSW)

• Elma Hasimbegović (Director of the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

• Elma Hodžić (Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Presentation followed by Questions and Discussion

Discussion on curatorial strategies and challenges in presenting art that deals with post-conflict and the impact of contemporary art in engaging with the broader community and public memory

12.45pm Lunch

1:45pm Session 7: 1:45 AM - 2:45 PM

Punkura: Publishing on contemporary arts and subculture in Sarajevo

Chair: Laura Kevan (Curtin)

• Nardina Zubanović (Punkura)

• Adrian Pecotić (Punkura)

Exploration of Sarajevo’s subcultural life through the new zine Punkura and the practice of Nardina Zubanović and work of Adrian Pecotić

2:45pm Session 8: 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Discussion Panel: Are we ‘workshopped-out’?: What is the role of workshops, conferences and symposia three decades after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chair: Prof Paul Lowe (UAL)

• Call for expressions of interest from workshop participants

A final discussion panel of workshop participants on the future directions of post-conflict art in Bosnia, drawing on the insights and experiences shared over the two days.  Panel to be determined by expressions of interest from the invited workshop participants

3:30pm End

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