SYMPOSIUM DISTANT GAZE - dr. Neda ZHIVKOVA

Описание: SYMPOSIUM

“DISTANT GAZE: NEW OBJECTIVITY AND REALISMS IN CENTRAL EUROPE (1925-1933)”



5-6 March 2025



Xcenter – Centre of Creative Practices, Nova Gorica

Cultural Centre Gorizia



The symposium Distant Gaze: New Objectivity and Realisms in Central Europe (1925-1933) enabled in-depth insights into the art, culture and society of the 1920s and 1930s in Central Europe and beyond. It was based on the exhibition of the same title at Galerija Božidar Jakac – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (22 November 2024 – 23 March 2025), which showcased key shifts and developments in visual art and visual culture in the restless interwar period (1918-1939). The symposium thus presented contributions of a diverse and interdisciplinary group of experts and creators from fields such as visual arts, literature, history, anthropology, philosophy and other areas of the human sciences. The central focus was on the historical and social circumstances of the politically divided, yet closely connected cultural milieus of Central Europe.



The symposium managed to further deepen the insights that have already been opened and analysed by the exhibition and accompanying publication Distant Gaze: New Objectivity and Realisms in Central Europe (1925-1933), which focused on the historical period of the 1920s and 1930s, when completely new artistic tendencies started appearing and developing. The style and manner of expressionism, that was dominating art scene up to that time, was replaced by a cluster of related styles based on realism and classicism. After the traumatic experience of the World War I, the 1920s saw a major turning point, not only in politics and economy but also in arts and culture. Visual arts of the 1920s developed the style of “new realisms”, whose objective, resigned and ironic expression corresponded with the Zeitgeist of that era.



The symposium is co-organised by EPK GO!2025.



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SIMPOZIJ

“ODMAKNJENI POGLED: NOVA STVARNOST IN REALIZMI V SREDNJI EVROPI (1925-1933)”



5. 3. in 6. 3. 2025



Xcenter – Center ustvarjalnih praks, Nova Gorica

Kulturni dom Gorica



Simpozij Odmaknjeni pogled: Nova stvarnost in realizmi v Srednji Evropi (1925-1933) je predstavil poglobljene vpoglede v umetnost, kulturo in družbo 20. in 30. let 20. stoletja na območju Srednje Evrope in širše. Utemeljen je bil na istoimenski razstavi, ki je v Galeriji Božidar Jakac – Muzeju moderne in sodobne umetnosti (22. 11. 2024 – 23. 3. 2025) predstavila ključne premike v vizualni umetnosti in vizualni kulturi turbulentnega medvojnega obdobja. Na simpoziju je prispevke predstavila raznolika in interdisciplinarna skupina strokovnjakov in ustvarjalcev s področij kot so vizualna umetnost, literatura, zgodovina, antropologija, filozofija in ostalih disciplin družbenih ved. V središču zanimanja je bil predvsem pogled na zgodovinske in družbene okoliščine politično razdruženih, a kljub temu tesno povezanih kulturnih prostorov Srednje Evrope.



Simpozij je še poglobil uvide, ki sta jih odprli in analizirali razstava ter spremljevalna publikacija Odmaknjeni pogled: Nova stvarnost in realizmi v Srednji Evropi (1925-1933), ki se osredotočata na zgodovinsko obdobje 20. in 30. let 20. stoletja, ko se je na široko odprl prostor za nove umetniške težnje. V umetnosti do tedaj prevladujoči ekspresionizem je bil nadomeščen s skupkom povezanih slogov, ki so izpostavili tendence realizma in klasicizma. Po travmatični izkušnji prve svetovne vojne je v 20. letih prišlo do velikega preobrata, ne le v politiki in gospodarstvu, temveč tudi v umetnosti in kulturi. V vizualni umetnosti se je uveljavil slog in estetski kod “novega realizma“, katerega objektivni, resignirani in ironični izraz je ustrezal duhu časa.



Simpozij je organiziran v sodelovanju z EPK GO!2025.