‹WAS THE OTTOMAN CATACLYSM UNAVOIDABLE?› PUBLIC LECTURE OF ERIK JAN (UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN) IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SYMPOSIUM ‹THE OTTOMAN CATACLYSM: ITS BEGINNINGS›

17/09

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Karl Kaser, University of Graz: Visual cultures in South-Eastern Europe - Elements of local theory formation

Die Geschichte der nichtwestlichen visuellen Kulturen wird in der Diskussion als eine Defizitgeschichte verstanden oder ignoriert.

Focus

24/09

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Barbara Schellewald, University of Basel: Between cultures - The Court of King Stephen Uros II. Milutin of Serb

Am Hof des serbischen Herrschers etablierte sich eine ausgefeilte Hofkultur, die durch eine byzantinische Malerwerkstatt gekennzeichnet war.

Focus

01/10

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Nataša Misković, University of Basel: Yugoslavia and the non-aligned: Tito's coup de main during the Cold War

Am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs sollte Jugoslawien ein Teil des Ostblocks werden.

Focus

08/10

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Maria Todorova, University of Illinois: The Balkans as an analysis category and historical legacy

Der Vortrag analysiert den Balkan als Geschichtsregion und führt ein in den Begriff des historischen Vermächtnisses, um die Komplexität und Plastizität des historischen Prozesses hervorzuheben.

Focus

15/10

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‹Syria 1913–2013› Public lecture of Hamit Bozarslan (EHESS Paris) in the context of the symposium ‹The Ottoman Cataclysm: Its Beginnings›

Overview ‹THE OTTOMAN CATACLYSM: ITS BEGINNINGS›, Symposium

Focus

19:15 h

18/10

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Hans peter jost ‹sisters of rozafa›

«Hans Peter Jost does not allow us to reminisce for long, he satisfies our curiosity for history, but confronts us with the reality we have created over the past 20 years,» says Fatos Lubonja...

Art

Oslo 8 - gallery for contemporary photography

19/10

13:00 h

Oslo 8 - gallery for contemporary photography

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Opening event of culturescapes balkans

This year's festival will open with a unique concert by the choir of the ‹Prenk Jakova› Music School in Gjakova and the Knabenkantorei Basel on the big stage of Theater Basel.

Music

19/10

Theater Basel

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Four guided tours at kunsthalle basel In Slovenian, Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian, Macedonian and Albanian

As part of the CULTURESCAPES festival, Kunsthalle Basel is offering four guided tours of the current exhibitions by Allyson Vieira and Leonor Antunes in Slovenian, Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian, Macedonian and Albanian.

Art

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Pavao mašić Organ Concert

Pavao Mašić (*1980 in Šibenik) is a Croatian harpsichordist and organist.

Music

18:00 h

Basler Münster

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‹Arjeta und gëzimi. a journey of love› The Kosovar Musical

As part of a Kosovar-Swiss cooperation, professional musicians and 55 children joined forces in a choir and orchestra to realise the first Kosovar musical at the new Gjakova Music School.

Music

Rudolf Steiner Schule Basel

23/10

Rudolf Steiner Schule Basel

24/10

25/10

Gemeindesaal Rümlang

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Pre-art soloists / sonemus ensemble Prizewinners Concert of 7th pre-art competition for young composers

This year witnessed the seventh pre-art competition for the promotion of young composers.

Music

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The international summit of cheap laser graphics – for your own good!

The ‹Summit of Cheap Laser Graphics› pools creative artists from various areas: Design, illustration and visual communication.

Culinary

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Literature festival ‹krokodil› / kal Reading and concert

They are full of energy, they are critical and they address taboo subjects in their lyrics: Vladimir Arsenijević, Daša Drndić, Andrej Nikolaidis and Nenad Veličković from Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia write about love and the shadow of the war, about post-socialism, daily life and Europe.

Literature

25/10

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Literature festival ‹krokodil› / kal Reading and concert

They are full of energy, they are critical and they address taboo subjects in their lyrics: Vladimir Arsenijević, Daša Drndić, Andrej Nikolaidis and Nenad Veličković from Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia write about love and the shadow of the war, about post-socialism, daily life and Europe.

Music

25/10

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Jelena volić ‹cornflower blue› Reading & discussion

Belgrade, 2004: In ‹Cornflower Blue› (‹Kornblumenblau›, Diogenes 2013), the charismatic Serbian criminologist Milena Lukin investigates her first case and is confronted with the military elite and an unresolved past.

Literature

15:30 h

26/10

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Minimum maximum 4 ‹criza/crisis› Opening

MINIMUM MAXIMUM 4 will present more than 150 miniatures by various artists which deal with the topic of crisis.

Art

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David albahari ‹checkpoint› Reading & discussion

A group of reservists is abandoned at a ‹Checkpoint› (‹Kontrolni punkt›, Stubovi kulture, Beograd 2011; ‹Kontrollpunkt›, Schöffling 2013).

Literature

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The shadows of the past – discussion about the current situation in the balkans Panel discussion

Since the disintegration of Yugoslavia, South-Eastern Europe is generally viewed as an area of conflict.

Literature

15:30 h

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Knabenkantorei basel and choir of the music school ‹prenk jakova› from gjakova Concert

As lots of instruments were destroyed during the civil war, singing was, for a long time, the only form of musical expression in Kosovo.

Music

18:00 h

Offene Kirche Elisabethen

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Rambo amadeus & two winnetous Concert

Rambo Amadeus is one of the best-known celebrities of the Balkan music scene.

Music

28/10

SUD

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Burning bridges Opening

The installation ‹Burning Bridges› was first shown in Riehen (near Basel) at the exhibition ‹Concrete in Common› (2012).

Art

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Damir imamović workshop

DAMIR IMAMOVIĆ is one of the most important interpreters of ‹Bosnian blues›, an authentic Bosnian-Herzegovinian style of music and poetry.

Music

18:30 h

04/11

Union Kulturzentrum

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Solovoices, musma - music masters on air Concert

Together with the European broadcasting festival ‹MusMA› CULTURESCAPES presents contemporary compositions of young composers.

Music

04/11

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Yllka kuqi and astrit pallaska Concert

Yllka Kuqi and Astrit Pallaska keep alive the historical legacy of Albanian and Kosovar ethno-folk music.

Music

05/11

06/11

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Balkanbarroompolitics Performance by Niku Alex Muçaj and Sanja Lukanović

As part of CULTURESCAPES The Balkans 2013, we wish to indulge in bar-room politics without bar-room language and at a cut above normal bar-room offerings.

Focus

06/11

13/11

20/11

27/11

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Guided tour at kunsthalle basel In Slovenian

As part of the CULTURESCAPES festival, Kunsthalle Basel is offering four guided tours of the current exhibitions by Allyson Vieira and Leonor Antunes in Slovenian, Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian, Macedonian and Albanian.

Art

Kunsthalle

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Guided tour at kunsthalle basel In Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian

As part of the CULTURESCAPES festival, Kunsthalle Basel is offering four guided tours of the current exhibitions by Allyson Vieira and Leonor Antunes in Slovenian, Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian, Macedonian and Albanian.

Art

Kunsthalle

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Dokufest, prizren (kosovo) Film festival

Recent years have seen the emergence of numerous film festivals in the former Yugoslavia and Albania.

Film

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‹Balkans?› Opening

In 2013, CULTURESCAPES invited eight visual artists from Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania to Switzerland in order to participate in artist residencies lasting several weeks.

Art

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Toni kitanovski quartet Concert

Toni Kitanovski (*1964 in Macedonia) is a guitarist, composer, teacher, band leader and graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Music

21:45 h

21:45 h

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Oslo weekend - miha ciglar Performance ‹A small contribution to the genesis of everyday life›

Miha Ciglars Performance beschäftigt sich mit den Brüchen zwischen physischer und virtueller Interaktion.

Culinary

Haus für elektronische Künste Basel

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Oslo weekend - jurij krpan Lecture/Presentation ‹Kapelica Case›

Der Fokus der Galerija Kapelica, die Jurij Krpan in seinem Vortrag am Samstagnachmittag präsentiert, liegt auf zeitgenössischen Künstlern und experimentellen Projekten.

Culinary

Haus für elektronische Künste Basel

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‹Balkans?› Discussions & drinks

This event takes place as part of the exhibition ‹BALKANS?› of Zdravko Delibašić, Flaka Haliti, Gjorge Jovanovik, Milena Jovićević, Adela Jušić, Alketa Ramaj, Goran Škofić und Slobodan Stošić (Artists in Residence).

Art

Haus für elektronische Künste Basel

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Scattered noises from (ex) yugoslavia Duo Blank Disc / Irena Tomažin & Tomaž Grom Duo / Lecture of Luka Zagoričnik

Duo Blank Disc was founded by Srdjan Muc (*1965, guitar) and Robert Roža (*1972, electronics) in Serbia in 1997 and focuses on free improvisation and electronic and electro-acoustic experimental music.

Music

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Guided tour at kunsthalle basel In Macedonian

As part of the CULTURESCAPES festival, Kunsthalle Basel is offering four guided tours of the current exhibitions by Allyson Vieira and Leonor Antunes in Slovenian, Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian, Macedonian and Albanian.

Art

10/11

Kunsthalle

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Traces of bulgaria - part 1 Beyond and within inner and outer borders A two-part program

Traces are routes, roads and tracks - geographic links which lead from one town to the next.

Focus

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Maurus Reinkowski, University of Basel: ‹Our Rumelia. Did the Balkans exist for the Ottomans?

Der Balkan war eine Kernregion des Osmanischen Reiches.

Focus

12/11

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Elina duni quartet Concert

‹Matanë Malit› (eng. behind the mountain) is a musical homage to Albania.

Music

12/11

13/11

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Enknapgroup workshop

In the performance ‹OTTETTO (8 Swings for His Highness)›, Igor Stravinsky's exceptional 16-minute composition ‹Octet› from 1923 is broken down into its individual parts by Iztok Kovač.

Dance

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Traces of bulgaria - part 2 Beyond and within inner and outer borders A two-part program

Traces are routes, roads and tracks - geographic links which lead from one town to the next.

Focus

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Gingerensemble Concert

The GINGERENSEMBLE was founded in 2010 on the occasion of InstallAction ‹Monument GingerSociety› in Thun, where they also gave their first concert.

Music

13/11

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Enknapgroup ‹ottetto. 8 swings for his highness›

In the performance ‹OTTETTO (8 Swings for His Highness)›, Igor Stravinsky's exceptional 16-minute composition ‹Octet› from 1923 is broken down into its individual parts by Iztok Kovač.

Dance

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‹Cinema komunisto› A documentary by Mila Turajlić, Serbia 2010, 100 min., OV/e, BluRay

‹CINEMA KOMUNISTO› takes a close look at the internationally popular Yugoslav film industry which perished during the civil war.

Film

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‹My name is janez janša› A film by Janez Janša, Slowenia 2012, 68 min., BluRay

Three Slovenian artists joined the conservative SDS party in 2007.

Film

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Oliver frljić ‹i hate the truth›

‹I Hate the Truth› presents the most traumatic events of Oliver Frljić's family life from when he was 16 until the time he left home.

Theater

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Commemorative culture – politics of memory – identity Theme day

Why and how societies remember is the basic topic of this theme day.

Focus

00:00 h

17/11

Kaserne Basel

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Andreas Ernst, Neue Zürcher Zeitung: 20 Years of western conflict management in the Balkans

Seit Beginn des Zerfalls Jugoslawiens nimmt der Westen Einfluss auf die Neuordnung des 'Westbalkans'.

Focus

19/11

Teatro Sociale Bellinzona

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Miljenko jergović ‹wolga, wolga› Reading & discussion

After ‹Buick Rivera› and ‹Freelander›, the famous novelist Miljenko Jergović sends another lonely hero on a journey...

Literature

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Maja pelević & milan marković ‹they live (in search of text zero)›

‹they live› presents the political experiences of two Belgrade theatre makers during a political project in Serbia.

Theater

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‹1395 days without red› A film by Šejla Kamerić, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011, 63 min., HDvideo

During the siege of Sarajevo, civilians are confronted with the existential question of life and death every time they cross the city's main boulevard "sniper alley".

Film

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Dubioza kolektiv Concert

The dub band DUBIOZA KOLEKTIV, which was founded in 2003, intermix elements of hip-hop, reggae, dub, rock and Bosnian folklore.

Music

22/11

Kaserne Basel

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Rdeča raketa Maja Osojnik & Matija Schellander

Maja Osojnik and Matija Schellander make up the duo Rdeča Raketa (Red Rocket).

Music

23/11

24/11

Lokal-int

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Tanja Zimmermann, University of Konstanz: «If the ‹Balkans› still exist in the former sense of the word, then d

In der Frühphase des Titoismus wurde der ‚rückständige‘ Balkan zu einem ursprünglich-archaischen, multikulturellen Jugoslawien umgewertet.

Focus

26/11

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‹Balkan?› ‹Fachsimpeln›

‹Fachsimpeln› moderated by Andrea Domesle. Participants: Almut Rembges, Mats Staub, Jurriaan Cooiman.

Art

27/11

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Burning bridges Closing with DJ Jewls from Zurich

The installation ‹Burning Bridges› was first shown in Riehen (near Basel) at the exhibition ‹Concrete in Common› (2012).

Art

28/11

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Pravo ljudski, sarajevo (bosnia and herzegovina) Film festival

Recent years have seen the emergence of numerous film festivals in the former Yugoslavia and Albania.

Film

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‹Balkan?› Discussions & drinks

This event takes place on the occasion of the opening of ‹Regionale› and as part of the exhibition ‹BALKANS?› of Zdravko Delibašić, Flaka Haliti, Gjorge Jovanovik, Milena Jovićević, Adela Jušić, Alketa Ramaj, Goran Škofić und Slobodan Stošić (Artists in Residence).

Art

16:00 h

30/11

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Cantus ensemble Concert

Ever since their first performance at the Music Biennale Zagreb in 2001, the members of the Cantus Ensemble have hardly changed under the continued artistic direction of Berislav Šipuš (*1958).

Music

02/12

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Nada Boskovska, University of Zurich: Macedonia: A country searching for its past

In den letzten Jahren hat Skopje sein Gesicht radikal verändert: Klassizistische Bauten...

Focus

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Damir imamović solo Concert

DAMIR IMAMOVIĆ was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1978.

Music

05/12

21:45 h

05/12

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Free zone, belgrade (serbia) Film festival

Recent years have seen the emergence of numerous film festivals in the former Yugoslavia and Albania.

Film

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Šule jovović & friends Concert

Milorad Šule Jovović is a guitarist from Montenegro who plays various jazz and fusion styles.

Music

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Tamara obrovac transhistria ensemble Concert

The singer, flutist and composer Tamara Obrovac, who was born on a North Adriatic peninsula in the Croatian region of Istria, is one of the most versatile and important artists of the Croatian music scene.

Music

08/12

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Neuverband / jelica mijanovic Concert

neuverBand is a chamber ensemble from Basel with a real passion for contemporary music.

Music

09/12

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Samuel M. Behloul, migratio: Religion and (de)construction of the diaspora.

Am Beispiel von christlichen und muslimischen Migranten aus Ex-Jugoslawien in der Schweiz diskutiert der Vortrag die verschiedenen Formen des Verhältnisses von ethno-nationaler und religiöser Identitätsbildungsstrategien im diasporischen Kontext.

Focus

10/12

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‹Tilva roš› A film by Nikola Ležaić, Serbia 2010, 99 min., OV/e, HDcam/BluRay

The prospects are not particularly bright for most of the citizens of Bor in East Serbia, the town with the largest copper mines in Europe.

Film

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‹Klip› A film by Maja Miloš, Serbia 2012, 102 min., OV/e, DigiBeta/BluRay

A group of teenagers from a poor Belgrade suburb drifts from one party to the next.

Film

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‹Beli beli svet / white white world› A film by Oleg Novković, Serbia 2010, 121 min., OV/e, 35 mm

King is about 40 years old and runs a bar in Bor, a bleak and desolate mining town in Serbia.

Film

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Closing concert & party The Black Panthers / Balkanekspress

Their music is reminiscent of smoke-filled barrooms, the River Save and late nights dancing in Belgrade.

Music

13/12

SUD

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Les balkans n’existent pas! images, spaces and cultures in south-eastern europe Oliver Jens Schmitt, University ov Vienna: Fascist peasant mystics or right-wing social revolutionaries? Romani

Die rumänische ‹Legion des Erzengels Michael› gehört nach dem Nationalsozialismus und dem italienischen Faschismus zu den grössten faschistischen Massenbewegungen in Zwischenkriegseuropa.

Focus

17/12

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Bojan z Concert

The multi-award winning pianist BOJAN Z (Z for Zulfikarpašić) was born in Belgrade (Serbia) in 1968.

Music

Teatro Sociale Bellinzona

08/12

10/12

Temple de Saint-Gervais

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‹Yugoslavian standard› Interview with Michael Züger about his photo project

The project of the photographer Michael Züger deals with a very special, very Yugoslav object - a fence that was manufactured during the Yugoslav era and which can still be found throughout the entire region.

Art

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Book tram buchowski: tram trip with barbi marković Reading & discussion

Barbi Marković (*1980) studied German in Belgrade and Vienna and works for the prestigious Belgrade publishing house Rende.

Literature

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Dragan wende A documentary by Dragan von Petrović & Lena Müller, Germany, Serbia 2013, 87 min., Serbian & German with German subtitles

Dragan Wende moved to Berlin in 1976.

Film

21:30 h

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Book tram buchowski: tram trip with faruk šehić and ingo starz Reading and discussion with Faruk Šehić and presentation of the book project ‹Library Sarajevo› with its co-publisher Ingo Starz

The Bosnian author and columnist Faruk Šehić (*1970) studied veterinary medicine in Zagreb until the civil war broke out in 1992 and he joined the Bosnia-Herzegovinian army. His first literary work was published in 1998.

Literature

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Book tram buchowski: tram trip with dalibor šimpraga Reading & discussion

Dalibor Šimpraga was born in Zagreb in 1969, where he still lives to this day.

Literature

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Valter A documentary by Andrej Aćin, Serbia 2012, 72 min., Serbian with English subtitles

The documentary by Andrej Aćin takes an honest and varied look at the myth that surrounds the hero of the most popular Yugoslav partisan film ‹Walter Defends Sarajevo› (1972).

Film

Quartierzentrum im Tscharnergut

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Yu grupa Concert

The Serbian (former Yugoslav) rock band ‹Yu Grupa› was founded by Dragi Jelic (guitar), Žika Jelic (bass), Miodrag Mive Okrugic (keyboard) and Velibor Boka Bogdanovic (drums) in the autumn of 1970.

Music

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Tragic, drastic, cheeky – facets of croatian contemporary literature Reading & discussion

How do you translate the legendary Croatian swearwords into German?

Literature

03/11

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Boris dežulović Reading & discussion

The Croatian writer, columnist and journalist Boris Dežulović was born in Split in 1964.

Literature

16:00 h

03/11

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Lesesessel special: culturescapes balkans Reading, discussion & musical accompaniment

Writers from the Balkans or writers with an affinity to the Balkans read their own stories from the comfort of an armchair.

Literature

06/11

ONO Das Kulturlokal

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Maja osojnik band Concert

The Vienna-based Slovenian Maja Osojnik has made a name for herself as a recorder player, singer and electro-sound producer in various projects for old, new and experimental music.

Music

27/11

bee-flat im PROGR

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Mario batkovic Concert

Mario Batkovic is one of the best accordion virtuosos far and wide.

Music

ONO Das Kulturlokal

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Art of change Final forum of the Swiss Culture Programme in the Western Balkans

Art and culture are the foundations of human existence.

Focus

09:00 h

Kornhausforum

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Palko!muski Concert

Whether it is dancing half-naked on the bar, embracing fellow concertgoers while being delirious with joy, drinking schnapps out of a old boot or swinging through the hot and sticky venue straddling a mirror ball - Palko!

Music

Dampfzentrale

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Bone 16 Symposium

Performance and action art in the former Yugoslavia is strongly influenced and driven by political fac-tors.

Focus

10:00 h

Kornhausforum

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Neuverband Concert

neuverBand is a chamber ensemble from Basel with a real passion for contemporary music.

Music

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Albanian poetry for dichterstübli Reading, discussion & concert

In its series ‹Dichterstübli›, the literature restaurant ‹Punto Buchowski› in Berne presents Albanian poetry of the Kosovar diaspora in Switzerland.

Literature

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Balkan night: mostar sevdah reunion / black water and her daughter Concert

The hugely popular band ‹Mostar Sevdah Reunion› - a unique musical ensemble from Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina - will kick off the BALKAN NIGHT, the finale of CULTURESCAPES 2013 in Berne.

Music

22:30 h

Quartierzentrum im Tscharnergut

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Nostalgija | heimwehe | birsfelden A project of Ivna Žic & Lea Letzel & Nataša Rajković

‹NOSTALGIJA | HOMESICKNESS | BIRSFELDEN› deals with and questions places as the fundamental tool for shaping identity at various levels.

Theater

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Mala kline ‹eden›

The works of the Slovenian dancer, performer and choreographer Mala Kline deal with how images move people - images as a primitive language of the body and nature.

Dance

31/10

ROXY

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Petra hrašćanec & saša božić ‹love will tear us apart› / petra zanki ‹paces› Petra Hrašćanec & Saša Božić ‹Love will tear us apart›

‹Love will tear us apart› is a solo piece of the Croatian theatre director and dance advisor Saša Božić in cooperation with the Croatian dancer and choreographer Petra Hrašćanec.

Dance

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Milchmaa / traktorkestar Concert

The rapper MILCHMAA from Chur (real name Goran Vulović) will "baptise" his debut album ‹-ić›, which was released on 30.08.13.

Music

Theater Chur

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Film series chur Theater Chur

Recent years have seen the emergence of numerous film festivals in the former Yugoslavia and Albania.

Film

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Daniela janjic ‹the death of my city›

«MAN: If you would admit that you are evil. Not as some sort of apology, but as a form of release.

Theater

21/11

Theater Chur

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Damir imamović sevdah takht / svetlana spajić group Concert

DAMIR IMAMOVIĆ (*1978) is one of the most important interpreters of Sevdah, an authentic form of folk music and poetry from Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Music

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Anton chekhov’s ‹the cherry orchard› A play based on Anton Chekhov

After a longer stay in Paris, Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya returns to her heavily indebted family estate in Russia.

Theater

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No works on war Authors in dialogue

Discussion with Marija Karaklajić, (‹Face of Glass›), Almir Imširević (‹As if this were a Performance ...

Literature

18:00 h

Luzerner Theater

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No works on war Contemporary dramatic art from Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo

The Lucerne Theatre will present three German language premieres on one evening.

Theater

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‹Tauben fliegen auf› Melinda Nadj Abonji and Slavo Šerc in dialogue Author reading with discussion

Melinda Nadj Abonji is a Swiss author, musician and artist with a Hungarian-Yugoslav background.

Literature

Villa Grunholzer

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Saša eržen ‹you catch!›

In one of the shortest and most popular Slovenian folktales, a dog chases a rabbit because it has stolen his shoes.

Theater

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Tirana puppet theatre ‹the little prince› The Albanian National Children's Theatre

Originally written in 1943, the story of ‹The Little Prince› by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is probably the best known appeal for friendship and tolerance.

Theater

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Tatjana Petzer, Zurich/Berlin: Balkans-Crossover. Nomadic times in politics, art and everyday life

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

24/09

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Ilma Rakuša, Zurich: The Balkans and the sea. Lecture and discussion

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

01/10

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Davor Beganović, Tübingen/Konstanz: Control through financing. Writers from the former Yugoslavia in the wake of the western culture funds

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

08/10

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Nada Boškovska, Zurich: Gastarbajteri (migrant workers). Stories of immigration from Yugoslavia

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

15/10

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Ivan Majić, Jena: Writing Abroad - The Novel as a Home. Post-Yugoslav Literature between Exile and Nomadism

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

22/10

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Vlatko stefanovski, miroslav tadic & theodosii spassov Concert

The guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski (*1957 in Prilep, Macedonia) is renowned for his ethno-rock-jazz-fusion style, his unique playing style and his unmistakeable sound.

Music

22/10

Kirche St. Peter Zürich

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Literature festival ‹krokodil› Reading

They are full of energy, they are critical and they address taboo subjects in their lyrics: Melinda Nadj Abonji, Vladimir Arsenijević, Daša Drndić, Andrej Nikolaidis and Nenad Veličković from Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia write about love and the shadow of the war, about post-socialism, daily life and Europe.

Literature

26/10

Literaturhaus Zürich

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Kal / rambo amadeus, two winnetous and one more Concert

The music of the legendary Romani band KAL from Belgrade is correctly described as ‹Rock'n'Roma›.

Music

26/10

Moods

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Ilija Trojanow, Vienna: Returning. Lecture and discussion

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

29/10

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Mirna Zeman, Paderborn: Morlachs on the soup label. Balkan hypes and Balkan brands

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

05/11

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Tanja Zimmermann, Konstanz: Nomad without oasis. Count Vronsky in the Balkans (Tolstoj, Fabrio, Nenadić)

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

12/11

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Pre-opening party For the film series in cinema RiffRaff, Zurich

In cooperation with HELSE and CULTURESCAPES, BALKANEKSPRESS will hold a pre-opening party for the film series at RiffRaff cinema in Zürich.

Music

23:00 h

15/11

GONZO

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Josipa lisac 40th anniversary concert to celebrate her first album ‹Dnevnik jedne ljubavi›

Josipa Lisac already demonstrated exceptional musical talent as a child.

Music

16/11

Volkshaus Zürich

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Tanja Ostojić, Berlin: Crossing Borders: Development of Diverse Artistic Strategies. Lecture Performance

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

19/11

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The swiss dream – ways to ensure switzerland’s success as an immigration country An evening of discussion with foraus - Forum Aussenpolitik

Switzerland was not always been an immigration country. But for many years now migrants from Germany, France, Italy, the Balkans and North Africa have been shaping the economic, political and social landscape of this land-locked Alpine nation.

Focus

18:30 h

22/11

Gessnerallee

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Shazalakazoo Concert

ShazaLaKazoo is an electro producer and musician duo from Belgrade.

Music

22/11

Stall 6

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Dječaci / s.a.r.s. / dubioza kolektiv Concert

DJEČACI is a cult hip-hop band from Split, Croatia.

Music

23/11

Moods

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Sylvia Sasse, Zurich: ‹Travelling theories›. Balkan theories and their acquirements

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

26/11

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‹BALKAN NOMADS. TRAVELLING - CROSSING - MOBILITY› Barbi Marković, Vienna: Going out. Nomadic literature: Lecture and discussion

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

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Bojan z / tamara obrovac transhistria ensemble Concert

The pianist BOJAN Z was born in Belgrade (Serbia) in 1968.

Music

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Inke Arns, Dortmund/Berlin: The NSK state in time - From Yugoslavia to Nigeria and back?

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse. T

Focus

10/12

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‹Balkan nomads. travelling - crossing - mobility› Tatjana Petzer/Sylvia Sasse: Theses on a nomadology of the Balkans

As a consequence of the wars and political upheaval in South-Eastern Europe, cultural borders are becoming increasingly blurred and exchange relationships more diverse.

Focus

17/11

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Book tram buchowski

It's back on track this autumn - the book tram: The tram (Be 4/4 107, year of manufacture 1947) with a built-in library.

Literature

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Film series Bern

Recent years have seen the emergence of numerous film festivals in the former Yugoslavia and Albania

Film

30/11

Kino Kunstmuseum

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Bone 16 ‹performance art festival Bern›

Frayed edges, transitions, transitory spaces, even puddles that force us to leap - all this can be found in a region that is currently on a fast track to European values and norms; ...

Art

Progr

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Dragi nedelchevski ‹life in a box›

The exhibition ‹Life in a Box› uses black and white photographs to document the family life of the photographer Dragi Nedelchevski - a life centred around the needs of his severely handicapped son, Mane.

Art

Progr

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‹Culture of remembrance›

‹Culture of Remembrance› marks the final event of the regional project ‹Network for Participative Culture of Remembrance›, carried out in the Western Balkans from 2011 to 2012.

Art

17:30 h