Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić, A Woman Artist’s ‘Room of One’s Own / ’Sopstvena soba

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soba sopstvena

A WOMAN ARTIST’S ‘ROOM OF ONE’S OWN’

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SOPSTVENA SOBA Nosilac projekta: KEC Art Boks, Petrovaradin/Novi Sad Autorka projekta: Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić Tekst: Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić Učesnice u rezidencijalno-istraživačkom projektu: Felicia Fortes, Vanja Larberg, Elizabeth Sercombe, Maja Fjällbäck (Švedska), Laurie Rosenwald (USA), Simone Hooymans (Norveška), Ariane Lugeon (Švajcarska), Marija Maca Obrovački, Maja Erdeljanin, Jelena Đurić, Maja Rogač Stančević (Srbija) Fotografije: Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić, Simone Hooymans Izdavač: KEC Art Box, Novi Sad © KEC Art Box ISBN 978-86-81808-04-7

Medijska podrška: Art Box portal www.artboxportal.com Deo projekta realizovan je zahvaljujući podršci Gradske uprave za kulturu Novog Sada, 2023.

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SOPSTVENA

S O B A A WOMAN ARTIST’S ‘ROOM OF ONE’S OWN’

Novi Sad, 2023

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sopstvena soba/ ženska soba

Projekat „Sopstvena soba” Kreativno-edukativnog centra Art Box, koji je i osnivač istoimenog portala, preispituje na koji način radni prostor umetnica utiče na njihov umetnički identitet.

Referiše se na esej „Sopstvena soba” (“A Room of Ones Own”, 1929), Virdžnije Vulf (Virginia Woolf, 1882–1941) koja piše:

Žena mora imati novca i sopstvenu sobu ako želi da se bavi književnošću.

Projekat „Sopstvena soba” podržava različite umetničke i istraživačke prakse žena umetnica. Takođe, skreće pažnju na nedostatak funkcionalnih i održivih rezidencijalnih programa (posebno nevladinih organizacija) u Srbiji, kao i na nedostatak lokalne podrške i nedovoljnu mobilnost lokalnih vizuelnih umetnica, kustoskinja, književnica i kritičarki roda, posebno mladih i onih iz marginalizovanih grupa.

Kroz umetničko-rezidencijalni projekat KEC Art Boksa, kao i ciklusom razgovora sa ženama umetnicama i istraživačicama, „Sopstvena soba” propituje različite lične, intimne i javne prostore – poput ateljea, umetničkih rezidencija, javnih biblioteka, kafića, parkova, ali i kuhinja, spavaćih soba, dečijih soba – u kojima žene (umetnice/kustoskinje/ književnice/kritičarke roda) mogu da se osame, razmišljaju, čitaju, stvaraju, istražuju, pišu...

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Ariane Lugeon

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pop up izložba, neformalni razgovori/intervju i radionice sa srednjoškolkama

umetničke rezidencije

Referišući se na istorijske i društvene prepreke koje su žene sprečavale da se potpuno posvete umetnosti i intelektualnom radu, „Sopstvena soba” ukazuje na potrebu za fizičkim i mentalnim prostorima u kojima žene (umetnice, književnice, kustoskinje, istraživačice i dr.) mogu da se posvete sebi i neometano razvijaju svoju umetničku, teorijsku i kustosku praksu.

Iako se iskustva, doživljaji i narativi umetnica koje su učestvovale u projektu „Sopstvena soba” razlikuju, jasna je njihova potreba za fizičkim i mentalnim kontekstom koji je u svom eseju Virdžinija Vulf simbolično nazvala „sopstvenom sobom” – metaforom autonomije, intelektualne i kreativne slobode žena umetnica.

Žena je u životu doživljavana kao inferiorni Drugi, u umetnosti svođena na muzu ili akt. Često joj je bilo uskraćivano pravo na obrazovanje, finansijska nezavisnost, ograničavani su joj lični prostori za razmišljanje i stvaranje.

Iako bi mnogi rekli da to danas više nije slučaj, savremeno društvo ne možemo doživljavati kao

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Maja Fjällbäck

Elizabeth Sercombe

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Simone Hooymans

Felicia Fortes

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inferiorni drugi

koherentnu sredinu jer razlike su očigledne ne samo u rodnom, već u svim segmentima, od geografskog, ekonomskog, religijskog do gastronomskog.

Tema „sopstvene sobe” morala bi da obuhvati i tzv. kulturu imigrantkinja, LGBT+ populaciju, kao i pripadnice različitih etničkih i kulturoloških identiteta, umetnost osoba sa invaliditetom... Što opet otvara i druga pitanja poput: da li su #metoo pokret i cancel kultura dodatno osnažili žene ili su se važna pitanja svela ‘hešteg trend’; šta statistike o rodnoj ravnopravnosti znače u praksi i sl. To su problemi koji, u sledećoj fazi, želi da istraži ovaj projekat.

Projekat „Sopstvena soba” realizovan je zahvaljujući podršci rezidencijalnih centara u Švedskoj i Norveškoj; deo projekta podržala je i Gradska uprava za kulturu Novog Sada.

Maja Erdeljanin

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A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN / WOMEN’S ROOM

Project Author: Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić Text: Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić Participants: Felicia Fortes, Vanja Larberg, Elizabeth Sercombe, Maja Fjällbäck (Sweden), Laurie Rosenwald (USA), Simone Hooymans (Norway), Ariane Lugeon (Swiss), Marija Maca Obrovački, Maja Erdeljanin, Jelena Đurić, Maja Rogač Stančević (Serbia) Photographies: Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić, Simone Hooyman Publisher: KEC Art Box, Novi Sad © KEC Art Box ISBN 978-86-81808-04-7

Media Support: Art Box portal www.artboxportal.com Supported by: The City of Novi Sad Novi Sad, 2023

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a woman artist’s ‘room of one’s own’

The project “A Room of One’s Own” of the Creative-Educational Center Art Box, also the founder of the Art Box portal, examines how the working space of female artists influences their artistic identity.

It refers to the essay “A Room of One’s Own” (1929)

by Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), where she writes:

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write.

The project “A Room of One’s Own” supports various artistic and research practices of women artists. It also draws attention to the lack of functional and sustainable residency programs (especially those run by non-governmental organizations) in Serbia. Additionally, it highlights the insufficient local support and mobility for local visual artists, curators, writers, and gender critics, especially those from young and marginalized groups.

Through the artistic-residency project of KEC Art Box and a series of conversations with women artists and researchers, “A Room of One’s Own” explores various personal, intimate, and pulic spaces – such as studios, artistic residencies,

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pop-up exhibition, informal discussions / interviews, and workshops with students

artistic residencies

public libraries, cafes, parks, as well as kitchens, bedrooms, children’s rooms, and quiet rooms – where women (artists/curators/writers/gender critics) can isolate themselves, think, read, create, explore, write...

Referencing historical and social barriers that prevented women from fully dedicating themselves to art and intellectual work, “A Room of One’s Own” emphasizes the need for physical and mental spaces where women (artists, writers, curators, researchers, etc.) can focus on themselves and develop their artistic, theoretical, and curatorial practice unhindered.

Although the experiences, perceptions, and narratives of the participating artists in the “A Room of One’s Own” project differ, their clear need for a physical and mental context, symbolically termed

by Virginia Woolf as “own room” in her essay, remains a metaphor for the autonomy, intellectual, and creative freedom of women artists.

Women have been perceived as the inferior Other in life, reduced to muses or objects in art. Often denied the right to education, financial independence, personal spaces for thinking and creating.

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Laurie Rosenwald

Vanja Larberg

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inferior other

While many might argue that this is no longer the case today, contemporary society cannot be seen as a coherent environment because differences are evident not only in gender but in all segments, from geographical, economic, religious to gastronomic.

The theme of “A Room of One’s Own” should also encompass the so-called culture of immigrant women, the LGBT+ population, as well as members of different ethnic and cultural identities, the art of people with disabilities... This, in turn, opens up other questions such as: have the #MeToo movement and cancel culture further empowered women, or have important issues been reduced to ‘hashtag trends’; what do statistics on gender equality mean in practice, and so on.These are issues that this project aims to explore in the next phase.

The project “A Room of One’s Own” was realized thanks to the support of residency centers in Sweden and Norway; a part of the project was also supported by the City Administration for Culture of Novi Sad.

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Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić KEC Art Box

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CIP - Каталогизација у публикацији Библиотекa Матице српске, Нови Сад 7:305-055.2 82:305-055.2 МАЛЕТИН Војводић, Љиљана Sopstvena soba [Elektronski izvor] / [Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić] = A woman artist’s ‘room of one’s own’ ; [fotografije Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić, Simone Hooymans]. - Novi Sad : Kreativno-edukativni centar Art box, 2023 Način pristupa (URL): https://artboxportal.com/sopstvena-soba-zena-umetnica/. - Opis zasnovan na stanju na dan 11.12.2023. - Nasl. sa naslovnog ekrana ISBN 978-86-81808-04-7 а) Визуелна уметност - Жене - Културолошки аспект б) Књижевност - Жене -Културолошки аспект COBISS.SR-ID 132537097

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