Partizan★ke Art Aesthetics and Practices of Women's Resistance in Yugoslavia and Carinthia
Time: Tuesday May 27th | 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Humboldt University Berlin, Institute for European Ethnology, Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Str. (formerly Mohrenstr.) 40/41, 10117 Berlin
Registration: Free admission. No registration needed.
Limited accessibility: Please state requirements in advance by email
Contact: Hana Ćurak
The exhibition Partizan★ke Art features scientific and artistic positions which illuminate the scarcely visible female resistance against the German occupation forces and the Axis powers in Yugoslavia and Carinthia/Koroška. The term "partisan art" describes art as resistance or culture as a subversive practice of Yugoslav and Carinthian-Slovenian partisans. Cultural struggle included both avant-garde female artists and peasant women who expressed themselves in traditional forms of folk art. The subversive culture they created – literature, visual arts, film, photography, comics, textiles, graphics, theater, dance, and monument architecture – is contextualized as a crucial part of a European history of resistance.
Curated by Julia Stolba, Elena Messner, Brigita Malenica, Sabina Ferhadbegović, Carla Maruscha Fellenz, Cosmo Grossbach and Goran Lazičić
Hosted by Hana Ćurak, Sve su to vještice & Amo Collective Berlin
Program
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Brunch with Partizan★ke Art Collective and Amo Collective
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Talk by Elena Messner (University of Vienna, Partizan★ke Art Collective)
"Solidarity and Collectivity as Key Values of Feminist Self-Education, Self-Narration and Self-Mobilization in Yugoslavia during World War II"
Part of: Institute Colloquium “Collaborations and Solidarities in Troubled Times,” IfEE Location: Room 408 & hybrid
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Exhibition Opening Reception with an IfEE garden cocktail
The exhibition remains open until July 18, 2025, and can be visited during the Institute's opening hours.