What do you believe in?
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About BAUSHTELLË: BALKAN TEMPLE is an art project arising from the roots of
Zurich, Pristina and Belgrade that will take place from July to September 2015.
Baushtellë provides a platform for the people to seek inside their depths of
being and provide an honest and pure answer to the question: “What do you believe in?”. This question is fundamental to every human being and is central
to all acts and decisions in life. We believe that this challenge will inspire the
participants to create honest and thoughtful works of art that can withstand generations. There are borders in our minds and maps and we think they exist because people are willing to believe in them. We believe that at the end of the day, people are people and that everyone is confronted with the same essential questions in life, regardless of their differences.
People from each of the three cities will gather for the purpose of answering this question through artworks which will be united and condensed into one huge artistic performance. This performance will be developed in the research phase: a six week travel of the Baushtellë crew throughout the three cities which involves more than 30 public art events.
The final performance will be held one time only in each of the three cities: Pristina (5th of September), Belgrade (12th of September) and Zurich (19th of September). The core team of 30 selected artists will be traveling through the three cities and will be joined by more than 50 local artists/performers in each 4
city. This way, each performance will have a special spirit and a different answer to the question “What do you believe in?”. The artists will be guided by their own curiosity to find their answer and will be able to use any medium possible: music, sculpture, dance, literature, words, voice, movement, paintings, photos, videos, etc.
All public events of the research phase as well as the final performances are open for everyone and free of charge. We welcome anyone who likes our project to support us in any way possible.
BAUSHTELLË: BALKAN TEMPLE What do you believe in? 1 July - 19 September 2015 Zurich - Pristina - Belgrade
You don’t have to call yourself an artist to become part of Baushtellë! The question is relevant to every person, so every person can put a stone on the BAUSHTELLË: BALKAN TEMPLE.
Join us! Apply now!
Application open from 23 January - 16 March 2015 available at: www.baushtelle.org
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Perform Spaces Dates Pristina -
5 September 2015
Belgrade -
12 September 2015
Zurich 19 September 2015 6
mance s& Campus of the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” is a spacious open-air land located in the center of the Pristina. It is easily accessible from all main parts of
the city, and it is home to a lot of landmark buildings such as the Kosovo National
Library, the Kosovo Art Gallery, and the unfinished “Christ the Savior” Orthodox Church.
Space yet to be confirmed.
Fraumünster Church is located in the heart of Zürich on the shore of Limmat river. It is one of the most important churches in Switzerland and its iconic stature can be found in postcards throughout the country. The world-renowned artist Marc Chagall designed and installed all the windows of the church in the 1970s. 7
Who w are Tobias Bienz, 27 (CH) // Initiator and Project Leader // is a theater maker, actor and musician from Switzerland. He accomplished productions in China, Italy, Switzerland and Kosovo. He was a project leader, performer and initiator of PRISHTINË – mon amour (2012). He has twice won the Migros Kulturprozent price for extraordinary Swiss talents and the Armin Ziegler Foundation Scholarship.
Arbër Salihu, 23 (KS) // Co-Project Leader // is a musician, actor and director from Pristina, Kosovo. He obtained the bachelor’s degree on economics in Utrecht, Netherlands. He has co-composed the original score for the
award-winning play “Crave” directed by Astrit Ismaili. Now he works as a musician in Pristina and is a guitarist, vocalist and composer of the band “Cute Babulja”.
Dragan Simeunovic, 32 (SER) // Co-Project Leader // is a contextual artist, performer, actor, musician and producer from Belgrade, Serbia. He organizes workshops and projects with children and young people. He produced the documentary film “Danube Floating Free” which toured around Europe. He also worked with world-renowned artist Marina Abramovic on the project Balkan Erotic Epic.
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Rina Kika, 25 (KS) // Co-Project Leader and Legal Consultant // is a lawyer from Pristina, Kosovo. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Pristina (Kosovo). During this time she finished an academic exchange year in Turku (Finland) as a scholarship holder of the Join EU SEE Program. She pursued her postgraduate studies in the University of Zurich in Switzerland where she obtained her LL.M. degree in International Business Law in 2014. Rina was also a project leader and performer in PRISHTINË – mon amour (2012).
Sandra Tomic, 23 (BG) // Co-Project Leader // is a producer and cultural manager from Belgrade. She obtained a bachelor's degree in Management and production of theater, radio and culture from the Faculty of Drama Arts in the University of Arts in Belgrade. She is one of the founders of NGO Femkanje, dedicated to promoting women artists and independent cultural scene in Serbia and Balkan. Currently, she is more active as a project coordinator of Rails Girls Belgrade, community that endeavors to teach young women web programming.
Other Baushtellë Crew Members
Nico de Rooij, 35 (NL) // Light and Space Design //; Liburn Jupolli, 24 (KS) // Music Composer and Performer // Tomor Kuçi, 21 (KS) // Music Composer and Performer //; James Stodgel, 28 (US) // Architectural Design //; Ilir Hasanaj, 28 (CH) // Doc Film Director of Photography //; Berin Hasi, 25 (KS) // Designer //.
Organi Partne Sponso n Association “PRISHTINË - mon amour” - Zurich NGO BAUSHTELLË - Pristina
NGO KULTURA BELLA - Belgrade
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izers ers & ors NGO “Only Green Design” - Gjilan
Artistic Collective “SIDF” - the Netherlands Clleanc L.L.C. - Pristina
National Library of Kosova “Pjetër Bogdani” - Pristina University of Pristina “Hasan Prishtina” - Pristina
Bitef Theatre - Belgrade
City of Zurich
Kanton Zurich Fraumünster Church - Zurich Gesnerallee Theatre - Zurich “Migros Kultuprozent”, Zurich Rote Fabrik, Zurich
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Contac Arbër Salihu
Co-Project Leader
BAUSHTELLË: BALKAN TEMPLE Prishtinë
arber.salihu@baushtelle.org +386 49 210 491
Rina Kika Co-Project Leader and Legal Consultant BAUSHTELLË: BALKAN TEMPLE Prishtinë rina.kika@baushtelle.org +386 49 355 722
Tobias Bienz Project Leader BAUSHTELLË: BALKAN TEMPLE Zürich tobias.bienz@baushtelle.org +41 79 590 46 49 12
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Dragan Simeunovic Co-Project Leader BAUSHTELLË: BALKAN TEMPLE Beograd
dragan.simeunovic@baushtelle.org +381 64 11 09 371
Sandra Tomic Co-Project Leader BAUSHTELLË: BALKAN TEMPLE Beograd sandra.tomic@baushtelle.org +381 65 55 87 175
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