Bojana Piškur works as a curator at the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana.
Most of her work is related to the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav context, the
Non-Aligned Movement and the question of the"East(s)”, especially in relation to arts and culture. Since 2019, she
has curated and co-curated a series of exhibitions entitled Southern
Constellations which took place at the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana
(2019), Asia Culture Center in Gwangju (2020), Filodrammatica Gallery in Rijeka
(2021), Contemporary Art Centre of Montenegro in Podgorica (2022), Qattan
Foundation in Ramallah (2022), National Opera and Ballet in Skopje (2022,
organised by the Faculty of things that can’t be learned), and The Mosaic Rooms
in London (2023). The latest exhibition in the series is Constellations of
Multiple Wishes: Along the Eastern Horizon (2024) at the Moderna galerija in
Ljubljana.
The presentation will focus on a variety of solidarity projects in the
arts and culture that existed within the framework of the Non-Aligned Movement
from the 1960s to the late 1980s, particularly in the context of Yugoslavia.
These solidarity projects were not only in line with the official approach and
pragmatic goals of non-aligned governments or liberation movements, but were an
expression of a much broader historical and political moment of peoples’ struggles
for decolonisation and liberation around the world. Special focus will be given
to the international solidarity demonstrated in the aftermath of the Skopje
earthquake of 1963, more specifically to the 1963, 1965 and 1967 editions of
the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, held at the Moderna galerija, which
significantly contributed to the donation of graphic works to MoCA Skopje’s
solidarity collection.
