Levers of (Dis)Power

Levers of (Dis)Power
15–19 July
Exhibition opening: 15 July at 19:00

The exhibition Levers of (Dis)Power, presented as part of the second thematic segment of the Program, departs from an understanding of power as a relational category that is not tied exclusively to individuals or institutions, but is produced and reproduced through everyday social relations, patterns of behavior, and mechanisms of producing knowledge, language, and affect. As a network of social relations, power shapes the ways we internalize norms, construct identity, and define the boundaries of possible action. The works presented in the exhibition approach power relations as processes established through media, the body, everyday rituals, and political structures. The thematic segment Power Relations, within which the exhibition is presented, explores the ways authority becomes naturalized and internalized, how mechanisms of discipline and exclusion emerge, as well as the possibilities for interrupting them.

At the exhibition opening, Andrej Vasilijević will perform The Underwear Line. During the performance, visitors will be invited to leave their underwear in the gallery space, thereby becoming part of a collective installation that will take shape throughout the event.

As part of the thematic segment, on 18 July at 18:00, artist Aisylu Garif will perform How to Explain War to Sheep. The work stems from the experience of the impossibility of dialogue between those who justify war and those for whom human life is the highest value. Addressing sheep as a culturally embedded metaphor for obedience and the blind following of authority, the artist reads them texts condemning war and violence, raising questions about the limits of empathy and responsibility.

Exhibiting artists:
Teodora Arsić, Isidora Branković, Aisylu Garif, Angelina Pajković, Bojana Popović, Anđelija Stančulović, Ana Stojković, Andrej Vasilijević, Jovana Vrcelj.