The Department of Fine Arts, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, and the University of Waterloo Art Gallery invite you to a one-day symposium titled "Why Yugofuturisms Now?"
Join us at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery (UWAG) for an engaging afternoon of discussions centered on Yugoslavia. The project began with the opening of War and Piece, an exhibition by Toronto-based contemporary artist Sadko Hadzihasanovic, curated by Ivan Jurakic at UWAG. The one-day symposium on Saturday November 30, builds on that exhibition with two panels exploring Hadzihasanovic’s work and opens up themes of Yugofuturism.
This event is part of the ongoing Yugofuturisms series, dedicated to examining Yugoslavia's legacy and imagining its future. The series will continue next spring (2025) with a four-day conference. The events are co-organized by the Toronto chapter of the New Yugoslav Studies Association, the Departments of Fine Arts and Germanic Studies at the University of Waterloo, and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto. This initiative draws inspiration from similar projects by New Yugoslav Studies chapters at the University of Vienna, Berkeley, and Stanford.
The event is hosted by University of Waterloo, Faculty of Arts and UWAG, Waterloo ON. The event will be streamed and accessible via ZOOM. (All times are EST.)
https://uwaterloo.zoom.us/j/92132852283?pwd=SBjfFz5C4hFVVa4DEq5DYCOpObD4TO.1
Our schedule is as follows:
12:30pm – Roundtable I
Yugoslavia, why now?
Participants: Dragana Obradovic, Zdenko Mandusic, Bojana Videkanic.
Break
2:30pm – Roundtable II
Contemporary Art and Yugoslavia: A conversation and a Response to Sadko Hadzihasanovic’s War and Piece exhibition in the light of Yugofuturisms.
Participants: Sadko Hadzihasanovic, Zana Kozomora, Bojana Videkanic
4:00pm
Reception in UWAG