Jelena Jureša | Artists in Residence | Kamov Residency

Photo: Bea Borgers

• Biography
• The Project
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• Jelena Jureša

  Jelena Jureša is a visual artist and filmmaker. She has extensively explored questions of cultural identity, gender, the politics of memory, and oblivion through film, video installation, photography, and text. Her work connects individual stories to collective processes of oblivion and remembrance, challenging historical and political narratives while destabilizing our perceptions of truth. In recent years, her research has focused on practices of oppression and their implications in systems of violence, resulting in multidisciplinary artistic trajectory that blend the political with the highly personal.  Jureša teaches at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent where she works on her post-doctoral project ‘Revolt! On a Refusal to Sing—Thinking Resistance Through Music, Waste, and Complicity.’

• 01.-07.03.2024.

  Similar to her previous experimental films and video works, the latest project of Jelena Jureša builds on a long-term research and interdisciplinary trajectory and her interest in collaborating with performing artists. Don’t Take It Personally is a cinematic exploration of the subtle shifts in individual and group behaviour during times of societal turmoil. The work explores a spectrum of human responses, from the banality of evil to complicity, all through the lens of human indifference. Using a longue durée approach, Jureša explores social cleavages by linking the present moment to historically and culturally significant movements like the Northern European Renaissance and the ‘Dutch Golden Age’—a period marking a novel social order closely intertwined with the history of capitalism, colonialism, the rise of private property, and individualism. Drawing on two excerpts from Dubravka Ugrešić's book of essays The Age of Skin, the piece is a collaborative endeavour involving Dutch-Indonesian tap dancer and musician Marije Nie, as well as Croatian composers and musicians Alen Sinkauz and Nenad Sinkauz.

  The project is in its production phase.

• Museum of modern and contemporary art

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  Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (HR) - MMSU

   

  MMSU in Rijeka founded in 1948, in its long tradition offers a committed support to innovative ways of approaching, producing and presenting art. From its very beginning the Museum has been building reputation of one of the most prominent visual art institutions in Croatia, entrusted with presentation of Croatian artists at prestigious international art events such as: Venice Biennial 1962, 1997, 2007, 2010, Sao Paolo Biennial 1967, 2004 etc. 

  The Museum rounds its programming around visual art education, parallel to different modes of exhibition concepts that address new discursive possibilities and transform it into a place of inspiration, idea exchange and active participation. Under the motto openness, creativity & engagement, together with artistic, cultural and community organizations, Museum furthers visual arts research, collaboration and exchange within the region and internationally, while aspiring to reach increasingly diverse audiences and to work in a close relationship with the community.

  Museum’s collection offers a diverse range of artistic visions with over 8,000 artworks dated from the end of the 19^th century to the present day. From 2017 Museum is located at new address, Krešimirova 26c, in ex-industrial complex Rikard Benčić. Since then, some important exhibitions were organized at MMSU in the framework of the pre-program and program of Rijeka 2020 - European Capital of Culture, i.e. Tomislav Gotovac: Crisis Anticipator - Don't Ask Where We're Going (2017), Vlado Martek: Exhibition with Many Titles and Goran Petercol: Don't Worry About Poetics, They Will Arrive on Their Own in 2019 and David Maljković: With the Collection in 2020..