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REACHING OUT TO THE MARGINS Once we start questioning the infrastructure of art, the first thing that stands out is the centralisation of institutional activity - be that geographical dislocation, distribution of finances and resources, and last but not least, the narrow focus on the actors and beneficiaries of the ‘art machine’. Peripheral city districts, vulnerable social groups, ecologically fragile and otherwise problematic areas - are generally at the bottom of the list. Although art can be the tool to highlight and empower particular discourses, the discourse of the ‘marginal’ still stays on the margin, and is of interest to few artists and institutions. In this section we propose to look away from the center, step outside the institutional walls and frameworks, and go exploring the periphery. This block is curated by Anastasia Albokrinova, artist, researcher and curator. BLOCK 5.1 Intro REACHING OUT TO THE MARGINS: A GLANCE AROUND Let us first define the notion of ‘margin’. This simple exercise is not only a question of understanding, but also a tool to situate yourself in the center-periphery model and a possible key to reinvent it. How do you define what is marginal/peripheral? Is ‘margin’ a place/ a social group/ a practice? Are you part of a margin/what margin you belong to? What is a margin? Make a list ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ Task Reaching out to the margins can be something outstanding to your daily experience and arouses a number of questions. How to act? What to pay attention to? How to talk with people? How to not just gather information, but build action based on reciprocity? You can continue the list. Think of a margin you can reach. Choose a time to visit it. Make this first encounter open-ended. Try to gather maximum information and welcome any experience, but don’t forget to take care of yourself and be careful towards others. Remember: your margin visit might be only for this exercise, but what we actually need is establishing a long-term relationship. So you will need to find a way to come back. And this coming back should be with purpose. During your journey you will need to discover what is your purpose other than the visitor. Take this set of words as a departure point to tell about your ‘margin’ experience. Navigate through them, stopping and expanding those that were of use to you in your journey. Add new notions that you find important. intuition improvisation limitation risk trust autonomy collaboration confrontation curiosity exchange exhaustion affective labor Use visual + text format to document and reflect on your journey. You can be free in the choice of visual approach - it can be a photographic image, a drawing, a collage, etc. Additional materials In this journey we will draw inspiration from the practice of Skart, an art collective founded in 1990 by two students at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade - Dragan Protic and Dorde Balmazovic, also known as Prota and Zole. Their story throughout 3 decades is told by Sea Yildiz in a book “Building Human Relations Through Art. Skart collective (Belgrade) > from 1990 to present” published by ONOMATOPEE 224 IN 2022. SKART_Error as a trace of humanity Self-feedback At this point you can stop and reflect on what was done. Here are some questions that may help: What were your spontaneous impulses? Where were you driven? What scared you away? Did you surprise yourself? Did you face your limitations? What will you do the next time you come back? BLOCK 5.2 Intro REACHING OUT TO THE MARGINS: A GESTURE You’ve found your ‘margin’. First time you went with an empty head and empty hands, now you can come back having something in both. But what is this ‘something’? It lies in the narrow gap between the ‘possible’ and the ‘visionary’, the ‘banal’ and the ‘weird’, the ‘caring’ and ‘cautious’. Task Draw a line. On the left end write the smallest, simplest or funniest gesture you could do at your margin. Now turn to the right end of the line and dream big: what could you do if you had unlimited resources? Now start filling the line on its sequence. What would be your gesture if you had ‘this’ or ‘that’? What could you do if you united forces, found allies? What could be done if you partnered with an institution? Select a point on this line that sounds doable. Make a ‘to-do’ list to make this gesture happen. Now think of your gesture in the paradigm of time. Is it a one-time intervention or a structural approach? Is it spectacular or non-spectacular? What change it may bring, how may it impact the established infrastructure? May it hurt? May it heal? Being aware and prepared, reach out to the margin again and make your gesture. Additional materials SKART_The beauty of working together Self-feedback Now is time to estimate your actions: What went as planned, where you had to improvise, what appeared to be unrealistic? What would you change if you did it again? Finally, how could you implement this exercise in your structural thinking about profession? Let’s also zoom out and think institution-wise: What would you propose to do for the institutions to be more sensitive / aware of the margins? Would that be a program/ a structural change, a staff member proposal? What resources would that require?

Events Lecture Series Participant Activities Lecture by Matt Packer / EVA International Saša Tkačenko, Flag from the WCSCD series, 2018. Photo by Ivan Zupanc THE CURATORIAL COURSE WHAT COULD/SHOULD CURATING DO? IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A PUBLIC TALK BY: MATT PACKER EVA International MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART BELGRADE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 2018 AT 6 PM In collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, the lecture within the series of public programs organized by WCSCD will be presented by Matt Packer — the Director of EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art. The series is designed to offer new and different perspectives on the theories and practices of exhibition-making. The presentation by Matt Packer will evolve around EVA – Ireland’s longest running organisation of contemporary visual art. First established in 1977 to stimulate visual arts in the mid West region of Ireland, it since developed a model of inviting international guest curators to adjudicate (and in more recent editions curate) exhibitions of work by Irish and International artists. EVA adopted a biennial model in 2012 which continues today; the most recent edition, the untitled 38th EVA International, was curated by Inti Guerrero and took place across six venues in Limerick / Dublin in Spring-Summer 2018. Drawing on a number of specific episodes in EVA’s 40 year history, the recently appointed Director of EVA International will present examples of how EVA has coincided and responded to broader cultural and political changes, both within Ireland and internationally. These examples include EVA’s presentation of The Artists’ Campaign to Repeal the 8th Amendment during the 2018 referendum campaign to overrule restrictive abortion legislation in Ireland, and the recurring address of partition between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ABOUT THE LECTURER: Matt Packer is the Director of EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art. Previous roles include Director, CCA Centre For Contemporary Art Derry ~ Londonderry (2014 – 2017); Associate Director, Treignac Projet (2013-2016); Curator of Exhibitions & Projects, Lewis Glucksman Gallery (2008 – 2013). As an independent curator, he has curated numerous exhibitions in Ireland and internationally, including They Call Us The Screamers, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, Galway (2017), Disappearing Acts, Lofoten International Art Festival, Norway (2015) (with Arne Skaug Olsen); When Flanders Failed, RHA, Dublin (2011) (with Stephen Brandes); and Ice Trade, Chelsea Space, London (2007) (with Kim Dhillon). He was part of the selection committee for the British representation at the Venice Biennale 2017. He has written for numerous magazines, journals including Frieze, Kaleidoscope, and Concreta. The WCSCD curatorial course and series of public lectures are initiated and organized by Biljana Ciric together with Supervizuelna. The lecture by Niels Van Tomme is made possible with the help of MoCAB and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the additional support of Zepter Museum and Zepter Hotel. Project partners: The Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade; GRAD—European Center for Culture and Debate; EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial, ’Novi Sad 2021 – European Capital of Culture’ Foundation and Zepter Museum. The project is supported by: the Goethe Institute in Belgrade; Istituto Italiano di Cultura Belgrado; the Embassy of Sweden; the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; the Embassy of Ireland in Greece; the Embassy of Indonesia; the EU Info Centre; Pro Helvetia – Swiss Art Council; and galleries Eugster || Belgrade, HESTIA Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau, and Zepter Hotel, Royal Inn Hotel and CAR:GO. Media partners: EUNIC Serbia, RTS3. < Mentors Educational Program How to Apply >

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As You Go ... Activities 10 Aug 2022 Bor Encounters As you go…roads under your feet, towards the new future Bor Encounters September 15th –September 19th 2022 Read More 10 July 2021 Sharing Session: As you go… roads under your feet, towards the new future ​ Read More 28 June 2021 Stories from the Room in Addis Ababa ​ Read More 11 May 2021 Astrobus Ethiopia 2021 | Omo Valley Southwest Ethiopia ​ Read More 8 Apr 2021 AS YOU GO… ROADS UNDER YOUR FEET, TOWARDS THE NEW FUTURE | FILM PROGRAM ​ Read More 24 Mar 2021 Announcement: Ash Moniz’s Research on Cartographies of Solidarity is selected for Maritime Portal Residency in 2021 ​ Read More 2 Mar 2021 As you go… roads under your feet, towards the new future | Symposium ​ Read More 4 Jan 2021 Open Call for Maritime Portal Residency ​ Read More 7 Nov 2020 Newly commissioned project by RAM Jasphy Zheng: Stories from the Room Curators: Biljana Ciric, Larys Frogier, Billy Tang Read More 6 Nov 2020 Приче између зидова у Народној библиотеци Бор Новембар 2020 – Read More 4 Feb 2020 Preface February 4th 2020 2pm – 8pm Guramayne Art Center Addis Ababa Organized in collaboration with Biljana Ciric & Guramayne Art Center Read More

Events Lecture Series Participant Activities Series of texts developed by participants of WCSCD 2020/2021 program as a response to Bruno Latour text What protective measures can you think of so we don’t go back to the pre-crisis production model? The series of texts have been developed by participants of WCSCD2020/2021 program as a response to Bruno Latour text What protective measures can you think of so we don’t go back to the pre-crisis production model? http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/downloads/P-202-AOC-ENGLISH_1.pdf This was volunteer response during the lock down as a way of solidarity and vocalizing our hopes and fears. I would like to thank to all authors who contributed as well as Katelynn Dunn and Róisín McQueirns for editorial work on published texts Program has been postponed for March 2021. C OVER IMAGE photo by Anna Mikaela Ekstrand Silver of the Blue Sky NYC April 2020 LIST OF CONTRIBUTION 22 June 2020 Which Side Have You Chosen? A Response to Bruno Latour [1] Anna Mikaela Ekstrand Read More 4 May 2020 Response to Latour I, Crisis, Production and Closed Communication Katelynn Dunn Read More 2 May 2020 After The Covid-19: Speculations Over The Verb ‘To Re-Start Giulia Menegale Read More 23 Apr 2020 Present Perfect Continuous Tīna Pētersone Read More 17 Apr 2020 Immovable Object /Unstoppable Force Devashish Sharma Read More 10 Apr 2020 Care in Crisis – A Response to Bruno Latour’s protective measures post-crisis Beatrice Rubio-Gabriel Read More 10 Apr 2020 A response to Bruno Latour’s Protective Measures Nathalie Encarnacion Read More 10 Apr 2020 Art in Central Asia during the quarantine Nellya Dzhamanbaeva Read More 7 Apr 2020 Activities to stop or to reappear and to be born after (or as a result of) the health crisis Yana Gaponenko Read More 6 Apr 2020 Untitled Madina Gasimi Read More 5 Apr 2020 The Landscape of Unknown Idil Bozkurt Read More 5 Apr 2020 Art as barrier gestures Anne Bourrassé Read More

Throughout the first year of inquiry, As you go…roads under your feet, towards the new future , most of the research has dealt with human-made changes and how this has interfered with the local life of other people. However, there is very little mention of the non-human world, or an acknowledgement of its existence and transformation. For the april edition of our online journal , I asked each researcher and partner cells (if there are many of you in one cell, you must still each individually participate) to contribute two keywords. The first describing one non-human existence which has disappeared from the earth in relation to the changes within their research. The second a non-human existence that has emerged from the new living conditions that have transformed within your respective research. The keyword and its accompanying description could range from one sentence to an entire page, could be sounds of short video, and image. This special feature of journal in march will acknowledge our interdependence in the world that virus reminded us of but also proposition to act and view the world as truly interconnected web knowing that we are just one part of it. It is invitation to become conscious of the world under our feet, making each step lighter, acknowledging the world below. Biljana Ciric 29 Apr 2021 Manila shawl and “gold mountain uncles” and Protein demand and chicken farm blockchain Nikita Yingqian Cai Read More 27 Apr 2021 “Topola” (Cottonwood trees) and “Breza” (birch trees) and Chinese wok Hu Yun Read More 25 Apr 2021 kaijū and The real Ocean & Wavz Read More 22 Apr 2021 The roar, which never vanished Sultan Mussakhan Read More 20 Apr 2021 Gigantic dwarfs of Lake Balkhash: Journey into a microscopic world of phytoplankton. Veronika Dashkova Read More 19 Apr 2021 cosmotechnics, modernity, RTB Bor, (data) mining, computer history, self-managing socialism Robert Bobnic and Kaja Kraner Read More 18 Apr 2021 national identities, common ground Marija Glavas Read More 16 Apr 2021 Disappeared – appeared: selo – BOR – grad village – BOR – city Jelica Jovanovic Read More 12 Apr 2021 Appearing: the statue of Confucius in front of the Samarkand State University Disappearing: historical city centres across Uzbekistan due to gentrification Alex Ulko Read More 10 Apr 2021 Pigeon post Kyōzō Jasphy Zheng Read More

As you go … Online Journal Editorial Statement As you go... roads under your feet, towards the new future is transitioning from a long-term research curatorial inquiry into a sustainable, autonomous, transnational, and multiplatform organization. Biljana Ciric conceived and initiated this project in 2019, and it has since developed into a network of organic research cells comprising independent art practitioners, small-scale organizations, state/private museums, and researchers from various fields. As you go… aims to generate alternative modes of working together that debunk the hierarchy of the artistic institution, encouraging creative interplays amidst the vast scope of cultural production and interdisciplinary research. The initiative has organized two encounters, the first in Addis Ababa and the other in Bor, a symposium, and provided support to numerous artists, collectives, and researchers. The transition to a sustainable, autonomous, transnational, and multiplatform organization is a significant step forward for As you go… and its partners. The organization will continue to connect and relate with localities on the margins and expand its network to like-minded individuals, communities, and institutions in various regions. As you go… will nurture art and research as political and solidarity practice within its organization members and beyond, using opacity and visibility as active choices. As you go… transnational organization funding partner cells include: Biljana Ciric , What Could Should Curating Do, Belgrade Larys Frogier , OW Ocean & Wavz, Paris Aigerim Kapar , Artcom Platform, Almaty/Astana Jelica Jovanovic , Belgrade/Vienna Sinkneh Eshetu , Fruitycity Children’s World, Addis Ababa Among our other activities and platforms that we use to connect to and engage with artists, art institutions, and the public, we will continue our online journal. As a journal, we are committed to supporting initiatives that challenge the usual definition of curatorial practice and academic research and aim to generate alternative modes of working together. We believe that As you go… has the potential to make a significant contribution to contemporary arts and humanities by fostering collective and critical learning, building a sense of intimacy, and amplifying unheard voices of shared struggles within different contexts. As you go… member cells in different parts of the globe commit to continuing to contribute to our journal, sharing their personal as well as institutional experiences and learning, as they act within their local contexts with a shared vision as an organic unit. We also encourage and welcome contributions from individual and institutional partners of As you go… to lend impetus to our shared goal of playing constructive roles in contemporary arts and humanities through channeling unheard voices and ‘quoting from the margins’. As you go… funding partner cells will also serve as members of the online journal editorial board. Written by Sinkneh Eshetu April 2023 Addis Ababa 21 Feb 2022 Stories from the room - Conversation Jasphy Zheng Read More 18 Feb 2022 A disturbing Chinese dream: scattered thoughts on the cultures of involution and art institution in China Zian Chen Read More 15 Dec 2021 Shore Seeing Stillness Ash Moniz Read More 10 Nov 2021 Non-Alignment Summit Anniversary a difficulty to re-member Dunja Karanović & Jovan Mladenović Read More 5 Nov 2021 SEEING THE INVISIBLE Alexey Ulko Read More 3 Nov 2021 THE CULTURAL INTERWEAVING OF CHINA AND THE BALKANS: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF ARTISTIC EXCHANGES UNDER THE BRI Marija Glavaš Read More 15 Oct 2021 NETWORKING THE PERIPHERIES: LOOKING EAST FROM THE EAST Jelica Jovanović Read More 10 Sept 2021 Virtually Driving Back in Time? Sinkneh Eshetu Read More 15 July 2021 Notes on respiration Teodora Jeremić Read More 10 July 2021 Untitled Naol Befkadu Read More 20 June 2021 The Election Conundrum: Ethiopia’s Determination to hold the 6th National Election and its Ramifications Naol Befkadu Read More 15 June 2021 Life ‘After’ the Pandemic: Ethiopia’s Response to COVID-19’s Paradoxical Effect Naol Befkadu Read More 25 May 2021 Astrobus Ethiopia 2021 Astrobus Read More 10 Apr 2021 As you go... Journal Special Issue April 2021 Biljana Ciric Read More 15 Feb 2021 THE CULTURAL INTERWEAVING OF CHINA AND THE BALKANS Marija Glavaš Read More 15 Jan 2021 History and stories from Lake Balkhash Aigerim Kapar Read More 30 Dec 2020 THE DANGER OF AMBITION AND NEGLECT The Case of Beautifying Sheger Sinkneh Eshetu, Aziza Abdulfetah Busser & Berhanu Read More 25 Dec 2020 Behind Ethiopia’s Civil War: From Guerrilla to Secessionist Berhanu Read More 20 Dec 2020 “Bor is burning” [1]: the political economy of IT in the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Bobnič and Kaja Kraner Read More 26 Nov 2020 Infrastructuring the Region: Fieldnotes of an Ongoing Research Jelica Jovanović Read More 22 Nov 2020 Seeing the Invisible: Documenting and Interpreting China’s Cultural Presence in Uzbekistan (Part 2) Alexey Ulko Read More 15 Nov 2020 Partner Cells in Co-Immunity ​ Read More 28 Aug 2020 On Bor’s Industrial Heritage Dragan Stojmenovic Read More 25 Aug 2020 Seeing the Invisible: Documenting and Interpreting China’s Cultural Presence in Uzbekistan (Part 1) Alexey Ulko Read More 20 Aug 2020 On Not Hearing the Gunfire Su Wei Read More 15 Aug 2020 Treading a line Sarah Bushra Read More 28 July 2020 The stories behind the lockdown: Kazakhstan against Corona Anvar Musrepov Read More 20 July 2020 Bicycle Uprising Against Authoritarianism Tjaša Pureber Read More 15 July 2020 Belgrade Calling 2 Katarina Kostandinović Read More 28 June 2020 BOR Hu Yun Read More 20 June 2020 Beating Around the Bush: Some Reflections on the Crisis of “Imported Cases” of Africans in Guangzhou Berhanu Read More 28 May 2020 Bishkek – Addis Ababa, notes from the journey through space and time Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev Read More 18 May 2020 Mask making and coffee drinking in Addis Sarah Bushra Read More 25 Apr 2020 Belgrade Calling Katarina Kostandinović Read More 20 Apr 2020 Boarding & Europe Siniša Ilić Read More 18 Apr 2020 School-In-Isolation Bermet Borubaeva Read More 16 Apr 2020 Artists as Gardeners Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev Read More 15 Apr 2020 Corena* Musings Sarah Bushra Read More 14 Apr 2020 What happens after the contactless art world? Nikita Yingqian Cai Read More 12 Apr 2020 The Sustainable Museum Zdenka Badovinac Read More

About educational program Introduction of program 2018-2022 About Participants Alumni Mentors Events How to Apply Programs WHAT COULD/SHOULD CURATING DO?—WCSCD was initiated in 2018 in Belgrade as an educational platform focused around notions of the curatorial and is a registered civic association. ​ WCSCD’s education program has been run on an annual basis every year since 2018. Till 2022 it was organized as a three-month program for practitioners situated in Belgrade. From 2023 program is organized as biennial working with program participants over longer period of time. ​ Our participants were young practitioners from different parts of the world including the Balkans, EU, Asia, Central Asia, Russia and Latin America making it a unique program in Europe. ​ WCSCD educational program has been learning through recent years to think what kind of citation could actively produce.Through carefully created mentorship program we are committed to think and practice what kind of knowledge we consider worth and how it gets prioritized creating new citations from the margins. [1] ​ [1] Sara Ahmed, “White Men,” Feminist Killjoys Blog, November 4 2014, www.feministkilljoys.com/2014/11/04/white-men

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