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Bora Ćosić - Sofia Tachias

Cold War and Coca-Cola

Under Tito, how did the intellectual class orient itself in world politics? Does there exist among writers a positive understanding of non-aligned Yugoslavia?

literature / philosophy | Croatia, Germany, Crossborder | by Bert Rebhandl | 2007-11
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Sanja Ivekovic - Sanja Ivekovic

"THE BLACK FILE" - COLLAGE

About the Croatian artist Sanja Iveković, who will be represented at documenta 12 in Kassel this year.

fine arts / new media | Croatia | by Silvia Eiblmayr | 2007-04
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Andrea Zlatar

In active cooperation

Andrea Zlatar, specialist in literary studies and essayist, was town councillor with responsibility for cultural matters in Zagreb from 2001 to summer 2005. Dea Vidović spoke to her about politicians' ability to learn and the possibilities of partnerships in the so-called "independent cultural scene".

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"The history of contemporary art in this collection is a history of 'neighbourhoods'"

Outline portraits of four members of the international jury for Kontakt - The Art Collection of Erste Bank Group of contemporary and modern art: Silvia Eiblmayr, Jiří Ševčík, Branka Stipanić, Adam Szymczyk, Georg Schöllhammer

fine arts / new media | Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia, Poland | by Silvia Eiblmayr, Jiří Ševčík, Branka Stipancić, Adam Szymczyk, Georg Schöllhammer | 2005-04
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Collecting as a Political Task

Kontakt - The Art Collection of Erste Bank Group has been newly organized and is now monitored by a jury of international experts. Since 2004 greater emphasis has been placed on acquiring art from Eastern and South - eastern Europe, works dating from the sixties and seventies and, above all, contemporary works.

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"See you in hell, friends!"

Glimpses of cinematic life in Serbia and Croatia.

film / photography | Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia | by Otto Reiter | 2004-10
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"It’s like a drug experience"

Platforma 9,81 and MULTIMEDIA INSTITUTE, two NGOs from Zagreb, in conversation with Boris Groys about social and cultural changes in Europe.

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Croatia: Tito and Milošević.
Two inherited ideologies and no ideas for the future

A country has to redefine itself. An interview with Croatian architecture theorist Vedran Mimica

architecture / fashion / design | Croatia | by Manuela Hötzl | 2004-06
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Summer cinema for all the senses

Cineastes can celebrate summer this year at two film festivals: in Slovakia in June and then in Istria (Croatia) in July: the Motovun Film Festival (MFF) in the Croatian village of Motovun and Artfilm in Trenčianske Teplice (Slovakia)

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Agents of Change: "A new role for the profession”

Is architecture political? For “Platforma 9,81”, architecture is nothing if not political, especially now, right now in Croatia.

architecture / fashion / design | Croatia | by Manuela Hötzl | 2004-04
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