This is not a place to sit - 4 legs, 4 acts
collaboration with Ljiljana Ilić
Performative act, happening in public space, installations, photography, poem
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging, 2023; Various locations; Curated by Merle Radtke
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging, 2023; Various locations; Curated by Merle Radtke
This performative and participatory act with the character of a happening took place in the public space of the underground passage of Palace of Albania, as well as on open space in the immediate vicinity and around the Cultural Center of Belgrade.
The work represents a call to action and reaction, overview, participation, protest and reflection of a society in which the apparent protagonist is the chair, and man is its bearer, manager, user and servant.
Through the participation, the work can be seen as a form of self-surveillance, where individuals become aware of their behavior in public space under the eye (M. Foucault) of their participants and potential audiences.
By arranging the chairs in the space imitating different settings from everyday life, a new space is opened, a hybrid, transformative space in which questions of everyday aesthetics (Y. Saito), panoptic model of society (G. Bentham) and paradox (S. Žižek) are intertwined.
By arranging the chairs in the space imitating different settings from everyday life, a new space is opened, a hybrid, transformative space in which questions of everyday aesthetics (Y. Saito), panoptic model of society (G. Bentham) and paradox (S. Žižek) are intertwined.
Act 1: This is not a place to rest, this is a place to think – public installation
Installation view: “This is not a place to sit”, Fountain in front of Cultural Centre of Belgrade, 2024
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photo by Milica Babović
Courtesy of the artist
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photo by Milica Babović
Courtesy of the artist
Installation views: “This is not a place to rest, this is a place to think”,
Fountain in front of Cultural Centre of Belgrade, 2024
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photo by Milica Babović
Courtesy of the artist
Fountain in front of Cultural Centre of Belgrade, 2024
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photo by Milica Babović
Courtesy of the artist
Act 2: The Class – happening (participative performance piece)
Performance views: “The Class”, Underground passage of Palace ‘Albania’
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photos by Milica Babović and Lidija Antonović
Courtesy of the artist
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photos by Milica Babović and Lidija Antonović
Courtesy of the artist
Act 3: Take your seat – happening (instructed performative act)
Performance views: “Take your seat”, Underground passage of Palace ‘Albania’
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photos by Milica Babović and Lidija Antonović
Courtesy of the artist
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photos by Milica Babović and Lidija Antonović
Courtesy of the artist
Act 4: Ode to a chair – installation, a poem
Installation views: “Ode to a chair”, ‘Underground passage of Palace ‘Albania’
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photos by Lidija Antonović
Courtesy of the artist
Art Weekend Belgrade – Questions of Belonging; Curated by Merle Radtke
Photos by Lidija Antonović
Courtesy of the artist