Između nas: Rad u umjetnosti – Between Us: Work in Art

Magazin: Između nas: Rad u umjetnosti
Izdavač: Radnički klub Između nas
Urednice: Nela Gligorović i Adrijana Gvozdenović
Autori_ke: undercurrent, Ana Vujanović, Katja Praznik, Jelena Fužinato, Rena Rädle & Vladan Jeremić, Ivana Vaseva & Violeta Kachakova, Vesna Vuković, Fokus grupa, Vijai Patchineelam i Valentina Desideri

Između nas: Rad u umjetnosti istražuje uslove rada u umjetnosti, eksploataciju umjetnika u neoliberalnom sistemu, postavlja pitanje klase kao centralno u umjetnosti i predlaže strategije solidarnosti kroz teorijske analize, svjedočanstva i umjetničke prakse. Magazin okuplja glasove umjetnika, teoretičara i kolektiva, istražujući kontradikcije i potencijale umjetničkog rada. Kroz analize, svjedočanstva i studije slučaja, autori propituju radne uslove u različitim kontekstima i nude strategije solidarnosti.
Tekst Working (in) statements, kolektiva undercurrent uvodi ključne teme Magazina kroz fragmentisane zapise. Od proletarijata do prekarijata – i natrag!, Ane Vujanović postavlja pitanje klase kao ključno u umjetnosti. Katja Praznik u prilogu Feministički pristup dezavuisanoj ekonomiji umjetnosti primjenjuje teorijsku i epistemološku dimenziju feminističke kritike kućnog rada na područje rada u umjetnosti. Serija performansa Jelene Fužinato, The Builder’s Daughter, pokazuje kako su širi okviri prekarnosti i migracije duboko isprepleteni sa produkcijom umjetnosti. Kontradikcije i transformativna putanja umetnosti i rada Vladana Jeremića i Rene Redle donosi zaključke o protivrečnom karakteru umjetničkog rada u savremenim proizvodnim odnosima i izlaže mogućnosti transformativne umjetničke produkcije. Na proizvodnoj liniji: između prekarnosti i akcije Ivane Vaseve i Violete Kačakove zumira uslove umjetničkog rada u Sjevernoj Makedoniji i dokumentuje strategije za postizanje boljih uslova u vaninstitucionalnom sektoru. Vesna Vuković u radu Dvostruko opterećenje autonomije: dekomodifikacija izlaže paradokse autonomije umjetnosti u kapitalizmu. U radu Ugovori i prava umjetnica/ka Fokus Grupe ispituje se na koji način umjetnice/i stupaju u ugovorne odnose. Slučaj neformalne kuhinje dokumentuje odluku Vidžeja Pačinilama da prenamjeni svoj umjetnički studio u kuhinju, u zajedničke i funkcionalne svrhe. Magazin zatvara Politička terapija, umjetnička praksa Valentine Dezideri – studiozni i transformativni pristup koji uspostavlja umjetnost kao sredstvo za kolektivno iscjeljenje i otpor.

Podrška: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast Europe (Teorema) i Ministarstvo kulture i medija Crne Gore (Ž-Space)

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Journal: Between Us: Work in Art
Publisher: Worker’s Club Between us
Editors: Nela Gligorović and Adrijana Gvozdenović
Authors: undercurrent, Ana Vujanović, Katja Praznik, Jelena Fužinato, Rena Rädle & Vladan Jeremić, Ivana Vaseva & Violeta Kachakova, Vesna Vuković, Fokus grupa, Vijai Patchineelam and Valentina Desideri

Between Us: Work in Art explores the conditions of artistic labor, the exploitation of artists in the neoliberal system, raises the question of class as central to art, and proposes strategies of solidarity through theoretical analyses, testimonies, and artistic practices. The journal brings together the voices of artists, theorists, and collectives to examine the contradictions and potentials of artistic labor. Through analyses, testimonies and case studies, the authors question working conditions in different contexts and propose strategies of solidarity.
The text Working (in) Statements by the collective undercurrent introduces the main themes of the journal through fragmented records. From the Proletariat to the Precariat – and Back! by Ana Vujanović positions class as a crucial question in art. In A Feminist Approach to the Disavowed Economy of Art, Katja Praznik applies the theoretical and epistemological dimensions of feminist critiques of domestic labor to the field of artistic labor. Jelena Fužinato’s performance series The Builder’s Daughter demonstrates how broader frameworks of precarity and migration are deeply intertwined with the production of art. Contradictions and the Transformative Trajectory of Art and Labor by Vladan Jeremić and Rene Rädle examines the contradictory nature of artistic labor in contemporary production relations and explores possibilities for transformative artistic production.
On the Production Line: Between Precarity and Action by Ivana Vaseva and Violeta Kachakova zooms in on the conditions of artistic labor in Northern Macedonia and documents strategies for achieving better conditions in the non-institutional sector. In The Double Burden of Autonomy: Decommodification, Vesna Vuković explores the paradoxes of artistic autonomy under capitalism. Artists’ Contracts and Artists’ Rights by Fokus Grupa examines how artists engage in contractual relationships. The Case of the Informal Kitchen documents Vijai Patchineelam’s decision to transform his art studio into a kitchen for communal and functional purposes. The journal concludes with Political Therapy, Valentina Desideri’s artistic practice – a studious and transformative approach that establishes art as a tool for collective healing and resistance.

Support: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast Europe (Teorema) i Ministry of Culture and Media Montenegro (Ž-Space)