Since its foundation
REX has supported production and presentation of both foreign and
local contemporary analytical culture. The centre focuses on theatre,
fine arts, music, film, video and new media and organizes presentations,
discussions, workshops, educational programmes etc.
Examples:
TITO - PAST, PRESENT
= B92's Tito - Past, Present project aims to deal with the phenomenon
that could be named "Titoism". This is a phenomenon which,
over a period of time that is relatively long (in terms of human
life) but, at the same time, short (compared to the course of history),
marked joint history of all Balkan peoples that participated in
the project known colloquially as "The Second Yugoslavia" OPEN SECRET = The project launched
by Cultural Centre REX and partner organizations and institutions
focusses on the phenomenon of open secret through holding workshops,
creation of artistic and documentary works and staging local and
joint exhibitions. IMAGES OF TRANSITION =
The project Images of Transition is organized by REX - B92 Cultural
Centre in collaboration with Resource Centres from Nis, Sandzak,
Negotin, Leskovac and Bor and the Urban In Club in Novi Pazar. It
was carried out in 5 different towns in Serbia throughout 2002.
The aim of the project was to focus on the problems that are currently
facing the people living in Serbia. This was done through collaboration
and consultations with artists of different professional backgrounds
who are active in the field of visual arts and use classic and new
media as a means of expression. BELGRADERS
(BEOGRADJANI) = project dealing with the position of the
Belgrade Romany from the beginning of XX century to the present
(February 2000). The project consisted of the exhibition held in
REX, open-air activities = billboards, distribution of fliers; media
activities = series of jingles and TV clips. Preparations for the
publication of a CD ROM about the project are under way. A STORY OF NEIGHBOURS WHO ARE NO LONGER
HERE (PRICA O KOMSIJAMA KOJIH VISE NEMA) = exhibition about
Jews in Dorcol between the two World Wars (February 1997) RING RING = International New Music
Festival (held every year in May, since 1996) FLUX01 / FLUX02
= introducing contemporary art into the suburbs of Belgrade (August
2000 onwards) IMMORTALIZATION
PROJECT = Lexa Walsh's work is based on the history of objects,
nostalgia, creation and their transformation - the interrelation
between objects and the stories and their owners. THE LIVING TRADITION
= The Living Tradition concert series is an excellent opportunity
for you not only to see local world music stars, but also to discover
some new authors and become experts on the Serbian ethno. GRAPHIC CONSPIRACY (GRAFICKA
ZAVERA) = support for the development of local comic-strip scene
(the first comic-strip collection was published in 2000) 2000 SERBIA = site of the 2000
SERBIA project promoting rejected, condemned and confined art, which
was carried out in 7 towns in Serbia (carried out throughout 2000) DOUBLE EXPOSURE (DUPLA EKSPOZICIJA)
= discussing the role of art and culture in social changes (2000.) CROSS-SECTION (PRESEK) = project providing
an insight into the activities taking place on different scenes
(cut through ) & finding common points, as well as understanding
the differences present in artistic production developed in different
towns in Serbia and in the countries that formed ex-Yugoslavia (from
1998 onwards) (set section).
REX initiated
and / or produced number of on-line projects some of them are:
YOUNG
YUGOSLAV VISUAL ARTISTS (Mladi YU vizuelni) = conceived as a
project providing the widest possible insight into the works of
young Yugoslav artists (launched at the end of 1998). CYBEREDU = creating basic conditions
for more advanced and creative use of new media (2000) ALT.BGD (ALTERNATIVE BELGRADE)
= urban Belgrade culture on-line (June 1999 - September 2001) BGDIRECT = serial of short videos
about characteristic persons from Belgrade ((mart - september 1999) A-MIC = belgrade post-war urban noises
& samples record during the war in belgrade ... concept Gordan
Paunovic (Ars-electronica 1999) 1st TASK OF OUR YOUTH = concept Zoran
Naskovski (year 1999) WARFRAMES = frames selected from TV programs
of different TV stations during the air raid warning in Belgrade.
author Zoran Naskovski (year 2000)