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CULTURE

„LA PETITE MORT“ (LITTLE DEATH) – 18 MACEDONIAN ARTISTS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE
CITY OF SKOPJE

Curator of the exhibition is Emil Aleksiev, and eigh- in the foreground Zarko Basheski
teen Macedonian artists represented themselves
with their works. In order to research the boundary
states of the spirit, the depth of the subconscious,
the collective unconscious, the exhibition implies
stepping into the realms beyond the limits where
only the spirit can go, the body no longer exists, it
is repressed or forgotten. The following people par-
ticipate: Milan Andov, Zarko Basheski, Tanja Balakj,
Dijana Bogdanovska, Atanas Botev, Biljana Vasileva,
Zlatko Gligorov, Robert Dandarov, Ines Efremova,
Jana Jakimovska, Petra Jovanovska, Tatjana Ma-
neva, Shqipe Mehmeti, Tatjana Miljovska, Jasminka
Novkovska, Irena Paskali, Boris Petrovski and Mikica
Trujkanovikj.

I talk to one of the participants – Milan Andov.

What works did you present yourself with as a re-
sponse to the topic of this exhibition?

I represented myself with three works from the lat- Milan Andov, I do not want to be a doll of collisions ... more
est cycle that I’m working on in this past year. The
topic of the exhibition perfectly matches with what in ecstatic condition and a trance in a surreal atmo-
I do and research in this past series. It is a matter of sphere which is pointed out with the excessive de-
a topic which researches the border states of mind formation and “lameness” of the bodies made with
and the stepping behind them, the conditions of anatomic precision and plasticity of the form.
trance, ecstasy and hallucination. My three works
which are made in acrylic technique and pastel on
paper are actually representations of female bodies

POP UP AKTO – SKOPJE, FESTIVAL
FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

Curators at the festival:
Filip Jovanovski, Ivana Vaseva

Co-curators:
Biljana Tanurovska – Kjulavkovski, Ivana Dragshikj

In these past years Bitola was the seat of the festival AKTO. For the
first time this year’s 11th edition was also organized in Skopje, in Stip
and in Tetovo.

96 October 2016