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The Word for World Is Forest
Arts and Culture ROMAMOMA Uncategorized

The Word for World Is Forest

January 13, 2022
I had planned to discuss here the art of emancipation, an original perspective, and the starting point taken by an artist who brings a breath of fresh air. Drawing on the works of Krzysztof Gil, I had intended to analyse his visual strategies, which decolonise canonical art in an original and personal way, exploring elements...
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Practising Archival Alliances: RomaMoMA at Vulnerable Archives
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Practising Archival Alliances: RomaMoMA at Vulnerable Archives

December 17, 2021
“But don’t worry, coz you won’t rule any more, the future is ours”.[1] Undermining the modernity/coloniality strategy of situating other knowledges and identities in a disempowered past through the act of labelling communities as “traditional” and “primitive” and denying them the right to participate in the present, Mihaela Drăgan, with her performance, Roma Futurism: The...
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La Biennale approves Roma Exhibition in Venice
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La Biennale approves Roma Exhibition in Venice

December 15, 2021
We are delighted by the news from the Visual Arts Department of La Biennale di Venezia, approving the Roma Exhibition project, Collateral Event in the frame of the 59th International Art Exhibition. We congratulate artist Eugen Raportoru and curator Ilina Schileru on this milestone. For the fourth time in history, Roma visual arts are inhibiting important...
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The Intersecting Gaps of Unknowing
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The Intersecting Gaps of Unknowing

December 9, 2021
Starting at the End: Unknowing OFF-Biennale Budapest was about to end in late April, when one of its most prestigious and yet under-recognised artworks, Péli Tamás’s Birth arrived in Budapest, to the Budapest History Museum in the Castle.[1] Shortly after closing the Mara Oláh exhibition[2] at the Glove Factory Community House (Kesztyűgyár Közösségi Ház), I...
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ERIAC EXHIBITION: TAJSA ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE PRIZE
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ERIAC EXHIBITION: TAJSA ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE PRIZE

December 7, 2021
  TAJSA ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE PRIZE EXHIBITION 10.12.2021   On view in the National Theater Belgrade: Location: Francuska 3, Beograd 11000, Serbia   Curators: Timea Junghaus, ERIAC Executive Director  Nataliia Tomenko, ERIAC Intern [EN] According to the artist Robert Gabris, “Tajsa is the connection between yesterday and tomorrow, present energy between you and me, power,...
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TAJSA ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE PRIZE CEREMOMY 2021
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TAJSA ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE PRIZE CEREMOMY 2021

December 3, 2021
  The Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize was launched in 2019 by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).   Embodying the ERIAC founding principles, the Tajsa Prize honors a Roma individual who – by drawing from Roma cultural heritage – enriches the Roma arts and culture scene as well as shapes and...
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From the Dining Hall to the Budapest History Museum: Contemporary Roma art and cultural heritage, trapped in community space?
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From the Dining Hall to the Budapest History Museum: Contemporary Roma art and cultural heritage, trapped in community space?

December 2, 2021
The present text[1] presents a brief overview of the cultural and communal mission of Romano Kher from Hungary, especially focusing on their summer camps where significant artworks were displayed and made a major impact on generations of Roma youth. I argue here that due to a lack of proper institutional background, Roma cultural and art...
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COLLECTIVELY CARRIED OUT: Tamás Péli’s Birth
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COLLECTIVELY CARRIED OUT: Tamás Péli’s Birth

November 25, 2021
This week we present the film documenting the opening of the exhibition, Collectively Carried Out: Tamás Péli’s Birth. ERIAC Executive Director Tímea Junghaus takes you on an exclusive art historian-guided tour of the exhibition.   Entitled Birth, Tamás Péli’s monumental artwork is of unparalleled significance in many respects. Painted on fibreboard, the panel painting of...
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Finalists of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2021 announced!
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Finalists of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2021 announced!

November 22, 2021
Finalists of the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2021 announced The Tajsa Prize honors an outstanding Roma individual who is enriching Roma arts and culture, embodies the founding principles of ERIAC, drawing inspiration from Roma cultural heritage while shaping and re-inventing forms of Roma cultural expressions for the next generation.   The Tajsa Prize is very...
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Dismantling ethnography, decolonising the museum, flipping the map: Wesiune thana / Place in the Woods by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
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Dismantling ethnography, decolonising the museum, flipping the map: Wesiune thana / Place in the Woods by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas

November 18, 2021
There is no doubt that for some time now we have been witnessing two cultural processes in Europe, that are simultaneously complementary and competitive. On the one hand, the last decades of the twentieth century and the first decades of the twenty-first century can be characterised as a period of unprecedented growth of interest in...
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Open Call: Artist Residency in Florence for Two Roma Contemporary Artists in 2022
Arts and Culture Event - Current

Open Call: Artist Residency in Florence for Two Roma Contemporary Artists in 2022

November 15, 2021
    APPLICATION OPEN 1-month Artist Residency for 2 Roma Contemporary Artists   Scholarship in Florence The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) has joined forces once again with the Villa Romana (Florence) residency programme to offer an artistic residency for two Roma contemporary artists. This exciting initiative draws upon the ground-breaking work,...
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The Role of Artist Residencies in the Promotion of Roma Contemporary Art
Arts and Culture Event - Past

The Role of Artist Residencies in the Promotion of Roma Contemporary Art

November 12, 2021
  WEAVE LabDay The Role of Artist Residencies in the Promotion of Roma Contemporary Art 19 November 2021 11:00am – 12:30pm CET ZOOM   hosted by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) in cooperation with WEAVE (Widen European Access to Cultural Communities Via Europeana)     Speakers: Timea Junghaus, ERIAC Executive Director Angelika Stepken,...
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Unexpected Encounters: Polish Pavilion at the International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia
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Unexpected Encounters: Polish Pavilion at the International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia

November 11, 2021
On 28 September 2021, a jury assembled at the Zachęta – National Gallery of Art to select the winning curatorial project for an exhibition to be held at the Polish Pavilion as part of the 59th International Art Exhibition in Venice in 2022 (La Biennale di Venezia, 23 April – 27 November 2022, curated by...
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Roma at the Venice Biennale
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Roma at the Venice Biennale

November 4, 2021
The selection of Małgorzata Mirga-Tas to represent Poland at the 59th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale is a great step forward for Roma contemporary art, Roma recognition and for the Roma people. Mirga-Tas has been exhibiting internationally for many years to great acclaim, and this opportunity is a fitting milestone in the artist’s...
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Proud Roma Free Europe celebrates Romani Language Day
Arts and Culture Event - Current Exhibition

Proud Roma Free Europe celebrates Romani Language Day

October 29, 2021
On the occasion of the World Day of Romani Language on 5 November, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is releasing a collection of Romani language materials, under the umbrella of the Proud Roma Free Europe campaign. Barikane Roma Slobodo Evropa del pakiv pal o Dives le Romane Čhibjako To mark this year’s World Day...
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Reclaiming Ourselves Through Our Labour: Selma Selman’s artistic practice and modes of healing
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Reclaiming Ourselves Through Our Labour: Selma Selman’s artistic practice and modes of healing

October 28, 2021
As I reflect upon how to synthesise ideas of a possible Roma museum, exhibiting the work of artists in a decolonised way, and on the work of Selma Selman in the context of her solo exhibition at the Kasseler Kunstverein in Kassel, Germany, which I co-curated with Olga Holzschuh, the following notions come to mind:...
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PROGRAM PODRŠKE ROMSKIM MUZIČARIMA
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PROGRAM PODRŠKE ROMSKIM MUZIČARIMA

October 25, 2021
ERIAC SRBIJA, u partnerstvu sa građanskim pokretom Opre Roma Srbija (ORS), pokreće program podrške čiji je cilj ublažavanje posledica pandemije COVID-19 na romske muzičare i profesionalce u muzičkoj industriji. Podrška je namenjena muzičarima koji zbog pandemije nisu mogli da obavljaju svoje aktivnosti ili su nastupali u ograničenom obimu. Pravo da se prijave za ovaj program...
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ERIAC EXHIBITION: ROMANI ČHIB | ROMANI LANGUAGE
Arts and Culture Event - Upcoming Exhibition

ERIAC EXHIBITION: ROMANI ČHIB | ROMANI LANGUAGE

October 25, 2021
  ROMANI ČHIB | ROMANI LANGUAGE 05.11.2021 – 31.03.2022   On view in the ERIAC gallery: Location: Reinhardtstraße 41-43, 10117 Berlin Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10-17h   Curators: Timea Junghaus, ERIAC Executive Director  Andrea Petrus, ERIAC Project Coordinator   [English ↓]   [ROM] ROMANI ČHIB                   ...
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