Import/Export

IMPORT/EXPORT is a nomadic performance art platform that emerged as a result of the convergence of experiences whose culmination in a pilot event (Belgrade, 2020) sparked a desire to further research a new type of performance art platform. Through collaboration and exchange, its methodological format prioritizes transparency in a functional working environment, potentiating communication between performing artists, artist networks, and spaces presenting performance art. IMPORT/EXPORT is a transnational practice based project, igniting cultural exchange with new communities through live artwork and encouraging international partnerships.

Within the project, three events will be created in partnership with: mowan teatro (Livorno, IT, 2023), Flutgraben (Berlin, DE, 2024), and U10 Art Collective (Belgrade, RS, 2025), each of which is divided into IMPORT and EXPORT. From these experiences, a curatorial handbook will be created, which will be published and distributed at the end of this first project cycle (2026).

IMPORT – Two evenings of live performance presenting a series of curated artworks. Ten artists acting under one roof. A kaleidoscopic and immersive experience in which the audience takes in a crisscross of topics, influences and cultural heritages.

EXPORT – Artist residencies, workshops, symposiums and contextual activities promoting community exchange in each city. This dialogue enriches the artists’ research, generating content for new performances to be presented in subsequent events, cities and venues. It ensures that each event is not isolated but rather connected in an ever-growing and evolving community.

Core group of artists and co-creators: Maria Novella Tattanelli, Tiina Lehtimäki, Enrico L’Abbate, Aleksander Zain, Sharon Estacio, Darius Bogdanowicz

U10 project leader: Sanda Kalebić

Curatorial handbook team: Jovana Trifuljesko, Ana Simona Zelenović, Bojana Jovanović, Maja Petrović, Dunja Belić

More about the project and individual events: importexportperformance.com