“850 WOMEN FOR 850 WOMEN” – ANTI-MONUMENT ACTION WITH ARTIST ANDREJA KULUNČIĆ

 

“850 WOMEN FOR 850 WOMEN” – ANTI-MONUMENT ACTION WITH ARTIST ANDREJA KULUNČIĆ

20.05.2025 - 20.05.2025 / MSU

May 20 at 5:00 PM / To Make the World a Better Place exhibition – TRAUMA section

Every Tuesday at 5 PM, join artist Andreja Kulunčić in the creation of figurines for the anti-monument 850 Women for 850 Women, as part of her exhibition To Make the World a Better Place at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb

The “850 Women for 850 Women” workshop is part of an important artistic project by Andreja Kulunčić, created in collaboration with feminist anthropologist Renata Jambrešić Kirin and psychotherapist Dubravka Stijačić. The project explores the painful historical events at Goli Otok and St. Grgur, where over 850 women underwent severe camp tortures between 1950 and 1956.

Each clay figurine created by participants during these sessions with the artist will symbolically be dedicated to one of the punished women and will become part of a collective anti-monument, aimed at preserving the memory of their history that must never be repeated.

The program will take place almost every Tuesday throughout the exhibition (except during the summer break) on the following dates: May 20, May 27, June 3, June 10, June 24, July 1, July 8, July 15, September 9, September 16, September 23, September 30, and October 7.

Important Notes:

The program is primarily intended for women (15+ years old) and is not suitable for children. No prior experience with clay modeling is required.

Registration is not mandatory. The program is free with a valid exhibition ticket. It starts at 5 PM on the second floor of the exhibition, in the TRAUMA section.

The workshop is also open to group visits from women and girls of high school age and older (minimum of 8 participants), with an exhibition ticket, on the listed dates or by appointment, always with prior registration via the form.

Click the link for the full exhibition program. (link)

You Betrayed the Party Just When It Needed You Most – realized in collaboration with Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past, as part of the project (In)Visible Traces. Artistic Memories of the Cold War, co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe programme (curators of the project: Irena Bekić and Anca Verona Mihuleţ). Funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. The project is supported by: Kultura nova Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb, and Mediterranean Women’s Fund.

For more details on the project:
www.zene-arhipelag-goli.info
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