Back to Now

César Escudero Andaluz, Candaş Şişman, Nathan Guo, Snežana Arnautović Stjepanović and Ivica Stjepanović, Mariko Hori, Isidora Fićović, Daichi Misawa, Gordana Žikić, Nataša Kokić, Marija Bjekić, Predrag Damjanović, Lidija Antonović and Boško Begović

22 June – 8 July 2017

Project author: Isidora Fićović
Coordinator: Gordana Žikić
Participants: César Escudero Andaluz, Candaş Şişman, Nathan Guo, Snežana Arnautović Stjepanović and Ivica Stjepanović, Mariko Hori, Isidora Fićović, Daichi Misawa, Gordana Žikić, Nataša Kokić, Marija Bjekić, Predrag Damjanović, Lidija Antonović and Boško Begović

The project “Back to Now” was inspired by the book “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle. It points out the necessity of the feeling of presence and awareness of the present moment for the human consciousness. The project investigates the relationship between culturality and ever growing technological development in an international discourse through interdisciplinary field of art, science and technology. The segments of the project, the exhibition, panel/discussion and presentation encompass multimedia artwork, from traditional media such as drawing to interactive artworks which connect art, science and technology or new media. The participants of the project are artists coming from Japan, China, Turkey, Spain and Serbia.

Sponsors and partners: Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Austrian Cultural Forum, ULUS (Association of Fine Artists of Serbia), Samsung, Orange studio, Byzart, Designed.rs

Translation: Isidora Krstić
Photo: N. Ivanović