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Optimism of Nostalgia (2025)

Anja Susa
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Having departed from the idea of exploring the subject of “childhood politics” and memory (topics that both Anja Suša and Dejan Kaludjerović have been interested in and invested in through their own artistic practices in theatre and visual arts, as well as in this collaboration), they soon found themselves caught up in the discussion about artistic mandates and the potential artistic format as the output of the research project. The discussion became so intense that it entirely changed the focus of the collaboration—from the content of the project to collaborative protocols—and finally landed in what is best described by Claire Bishop as the “Grey Zone,” which can also be understood as a liminal space between contemporary artistic practices in the fields of performing and visual arts. Coming from the ideologies of the Black Box and the White Cube, which have been further reinforced by many years of institutional practice that still revolves around the idea of formal artistic education and artistic mandates, the artists soon realized that they wanted to embark on the journey of reinventing themselves in the artistic field of the “other,” despite the lack of formal training or any previous experience. They tried to explore the possibility of entering each other’s art fields based solely on artistic experience, and not on any particular art training.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsblack box, white cube, childhood politics, Artistic collaboration
date24/09/2025
published18/11/2025
last modified18/11/2025
statuspublished
affiliationStockholm University of the Arts (SKH)
copyrightAnja Suša
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3884336/3884337
published inStockholm University of the Arts (SKH)
portal issue0. Published expositions


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