Photographic exhibition “Open Mouthed” unveiled 27 – Instituto Cervantes – 18:00 “Open Mouthed” is a retrospective photo exhibition of Spanish artist Cristina Garcia Rodero, which encompasses one of the themes of her oeuvre, beginning with her first photographic project at the end of the seventies until today. The exhibition examines the diversity of behaviours, feelings and emotions of being human, shown through the mouth, from the first painful scream at birth until death, via laughter, shouts, singing, stories, tenderness, love, happiness, anxiety, fear, surprise, boredom, sensuality, sexuality, joy ... In other words, the feelings that are revealed by life itself. Cristina Garcia Rodero has preserved this exhibition over the course of forty years, only to now leave us “open mouthed”.
Cristina Garcia Rodero is the only Spanish photographer of agency Magnum. She is a professor of photography at Complutense University of Madrid, where she completed her studies in painting. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Award for Photography or Word Press Photo. She has exhibited in New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), at the Venice Biennale, in Madrid’s Prado Museum, in the George Pompidou Museum of Contemporary Photography etc. The works of Cristine Garcia Rodero display her essential interest in human behaviour, her studies of the customs and traditions that have survived the centuries, as well as new social beliefs and behaviours.
16th Festival of Street Musicians 1-3 – Petrovaradin, Novi Sad
This year’s 16th Festival of Street Musicians will be held from 1st to 3rd September in the Lower Town of Petrovaradin Fortress, the so-called “Gradić”, in Novi Sad; when, like every year, the spirit of street art and the culture of the communities of artists from the country, the region and around the world will awaken new, fresh energy of the city. The festival will this year be at a new location - in the lower town of the fortress, in order for it to come even closer to the elementary objectives of this event, such as ennobling streets and general urban spaces that carry valuable architectural heritage and that now – through the decentralisation of cultural offerings – make a specific cultural contribution to the local community. This festival has always targeted clean, acoustic and chamber spaces that allow intimate contact between performers and the audience. As such, the ambiance of the Lower Town is very suitable for these kinds of events, because they contribute to the creation of direct links between cultural heritage, public space, street performing arts and visitors.
As in the previous 15 years, the programme will include the participation of performers from Serbia, the region, Europe, America and other geographically distant countries, and will encompass musical performances, performing art, environmental performances, film and video screenings, art installations, interventions in spaces, but also workshops, conferences, lectures, organised tours etc. Many partners and friends have already got involved, so the new concept, programme and appearance of this year’s festival has been devised in cooperation with the associations Scenatoria and Suburbium from Petrovaradin, as well as the Faculty of Technical Sciences (Centre for stage design, architecture and technology). The festival will take place at the following locations: Beogradska Street, Bishop Nikolaja Square, Štrosmajerova Street with side streets, Rampin Way (pathway that extends from the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Vojvodina to the steps of the fortress) and Barutana “Josif” and its surroundings.
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