Kulturni centar Grad od 2014. godine razvija artist in residence program pod nazivom „Inspiracija Beograda“. U saradnji sa stranim kulturnim centrima, institutima i ambasadama u Beogradu, kao i uz podršku Ministrstva za kulturu Republike Srbije, do sada su u okviru
programa gostovali mnogi umetnici iz Nemačke, Austrije, Španije, Finske, Švedske, Švajcarske, Francuske, Japana, SAD, Australije, Bosne i Hercegovine.
Cilj programa je da upozna umetnike, kustose, teoretičare sa domaćom scenom i omogući realizaciju budućih projekata koji uključuju saradnju sa domaćim umetnicima. U fokusu programa je predstavljanje potencijala domaće scene široj svetskoj publici.
Promocija knjige Hotel Yugoslavia finskog fotografa Sakari Viika-e održaće se 27. novembra od 20 časova
U jesen 2014. Sakari Viika je fotografisao Beograd. Bio je gost AIR programa KC grada.Inspiraciju za svoj rad u Beogradu pronašao je u sceni iz filma Neše Paripovića iz sedamdesetih godina. Film je rađen na 8mm traci. U sceni filma umetnik hoda po pravoj liniji kroz Beograd i savlađuje sve prepreke na putu sa čudesnom lakoćom. Inspirisan Paripovićevim filmom počeo je da beleži svoja kretanja kroz grad.
Na promociji knjige Hotel Yugoslavia publici će se obratiti NJE Pertti Ikonen, ambasador Finske.
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Starting in 2014 the ongoing Artist in Residence programme of KC Grad is developed under a theme “Inspiration Belgrade”. Collaborating with various cultural institutions, Belgrade Embassies and Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information, the programme was able to host many artists from Germany, Austria, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Japan, USA, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, over the past four years.
AIR programme aims at connecting young artists, curators and art scholars with the local art scene in Serbia, and provide a base for future projects and collaborations with local artists. The potential of the scene is always in focus, with regards to represent it to the world wide audience.
Book launch of Finish photographer Sakari Viika will be held on 27 November at 8 PM. Introducing the project from 2014, the book Hotel Yugoslavia consists of photographs Viika did back in 2014 while on a residency at KC Grad in Belgrade. Researching the art scene Viika found out about Nenad Paripović’s iconic art piece from the 1970’s. in the video, Paripović is walking trough Belgrade on a straight line, trying to cross all the physical barriers on his way. Inspired by the video, Viika started documenting own movement through the city.
The book launch will be introduced by His Excellency Pertti Ikonen, the Ambassador of Finland.