KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis, founded in 2002, is an independent not-for-profit organisation which, through curatorial work, the production of artworks, the organisation of exhibitions and theoretical contextualization, is oriented towards critical examination of the role and meaning of science, technology and the body in contemporary society.
KONTEJNER is interested in intermedia and interdisciplinary art projects at the junctions of science, technology, live art, body art, hybrid and formally innovative usage of the media. These are projects referring to relevant phenomenon of contemporary art and culture, dealing with societal taboos and ethical systems that legitimise them, with special emphasis on the field of trauma produced by breaking and subverting the norms. Also, it is art which deals with society of the future, the posthuman and its obsolete body, intervention by cybernetics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, etc.
GOALS
- creating a model of interaction between art and science
- increasing the production of works by local artists in the field of art and technologies, art and science and body art
- establishing strong partnerships with organisations and institutions sharing similar interests
- promoting recent Croatian and international production in the field of art and technologies, art and science and body art in Croatia and internationally
PROJECTS
KONTEJNER works in the field of art/science/technology through projects such as:
- Touch me - project continuously presenting over the year art projects at the junction of science and technology. Every third year it is presented in the form of an international thematic festival.
- Device_art - triennial media oriented international exhibition of device art and robotics
- DIY_ARTLAB - production platform connecting domestic artists with experts from science and technology.
KONTEJNER works in the field of live art through projects such as:
- Project Hospital and Extravagant Bodies festival - bodily deficiency, relationship of society towards sickness and sick people are the topic of Project Hospital, which is carried out as a permanent presentation of individual projects. From it developed the triennial Extravagant Bodies festival dealing with politics of normal.
