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Art and Culture Matter More than Ever- Roma Biennale 2021

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Art and Culture Matter More than Ever- Roma Biennale 2021

September 1, 2022

The Roma Biennale, an authentic festival that celebrates art, as well as its creators, was held for the second time last year. Although it was postponed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, its realisation in 2021 symbolically coincided with the 50th anniversary of the First World Roma Congress, an event at which Roma internationally...

Dariya Kanti starts her artist residency at Villa Romana, Florence

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Dariya Kanti starts her artist residency at Villa Romana, Florence

August 25 – September 25, 2022

The residence, co-founded by ERIAC and Villa Romana, Florence, will last from 25 August to 25 September 2022. The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) joined forces with the Villa Romana (Florence) residency programme to offer artistic residencies for two Roma contemporary artists in 2020. This exciting initiative drew upon the ground-breaking work, expertise,...

Modifying Error: 404, towards green, digital and inclusive societies- ERIAC at KotorArt Festival

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Modifying Error: 404, towards green, digital and inclusive societies- ERIAC at KotorArt Festival

Since its establishment in 2017, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture has spearheaded an unprecedented effort to support Roma artists and to find untapped talent within Roma community and has become an international creative hub to support the exchange of creative ideas across borders, cultural domains and Romani identities. Our mandate covers a...

RomaMoMA Summer

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RomaMoMA Summer

Please check the list of our Summer Events. In addition to the exhibitions listed below, you can also visit “All the Birds are Praying for Our Children” featuring works of Farija Mehmeti, Sead Kazanxhiu and Zoran Tairović in ERIAC Serbia in Belgrade. Next week we will host Alina Serban, Sead Kazanxhiu, and Zorain Tairović in...

Transcontinental Collaboration: A Concert of Sinti and Roma and American Jazz

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Transcontinental Collaboration: A Concert of Sinti and Roma and American Jazz

ERIAC was proud to present “A Concert of Sinti and Roma and American Jazz” at Stiftung Kai Dikhas in Berlin. This performance was part of ERIAC’s new music initiative which celebrates the rich tradition of Sinti and Roma jazz. The all-star ensemble performed a diverse selection from Sinti and Roma and American jazz styles, as...

All the Birds are Praying for our Children. Exhibition Opening.

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All the Birds are Praying for our Children. Exhibition Opening.

We are here. We are everywhere. Europe would want to contain us, to control us, to destroy us. And still we survive. We survive. In multiple acts of resistance, we care for our children and our elders; we care for each other; we hold onto our love and our family. We are still here. The...

dis/heard: A Threnody OR Undoing the Archive of Persecution + Reconstituting Romani Women’s Subjectivity

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dis/heard: A Threnody OR Undoing the Archive of Persecution + Reconstituting Romani Women’s Subjectivity

Artist Statement, Ioanida Costache Roma Exhibition Collateral Event at the 59th La Biennale di Venezia: Romani people’s experience during the Holocaust, as a racialised group persecuted under the Nuremberg Racial Laws and targeted for extermination by the Nazis, remains one of the least known aspects of the Holocaust. Ignorance surrounding the persecution of Roma is...

The Transnational Roma Movement Marks Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

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The Transnational Roma Movement Marks Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

Each year, 2 August marks Roma Holocaust Memorial Day – a day of official remembrance for the Roma victims of the genocide which took place during the Second World War. On 2 August, 1944 – despite resistance by the Roma – 2,897 men, women, and children were taken to the gas chambers and killed in Auschwitz....

Farija Mehmeti in conversation with Avni Mustafa

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Farija Mehmeti in conversation with Avni Mustafa

Farija, you are about to open an exhibition at Manifesta 14, a major cultural event. Can you tell us something about your background? As is the case with everyone who lives, my childhood had good and bad periods, due to a difficult economic situation: we grew up in a poor family, where most of the...

Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library ft. Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti opening

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Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library ft. Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti opening

With the exhibition Roma Rajni and the RomaMoMA Library, ERIAC brings together the painterly oeuvre of Farija Mehmeti and the RomaMoMA Library with the site-specific installation, entitled Adjacent, by Daniel Baker, at the National Library of Kosovo. The RomaMoMA Library was created in 2021 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the First World Romani Congress....

The Cultural Roots of Sinti and Roma Jazz

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The Cultural Roots of Sinti and Roma Jazz

ERIAC launches a new music initiative, including the interview series, The Cultural Roots of Sinti and Roma Jazz. This series documents the intersection of Sinti and Roma jazz music with the culture, philosophy, and teaching methods of the musicians who perform it. The series illustrates the importance of jazz to Sinti and Roma communities, and...

‘Hurjasa’ / ‘We Will Fly’ set to premiere 22 July

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‘Hurjasa’ / ‘We Will Fly’ set to premiere 22 July

Our much-anticipated movie 'Hurjasa - We Will Fly', in collaboration with Roma Integration, will be premiered on 22 July, 19:00 CET. Stay tuned!

Gipsy Groove at our Manifesta 14 opening

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Gipsy Groove at our Manifesta 14 opening

ROMAMoMA Library is delighted to host Gipsy Groove at the National Library of Kosovo. Gipsy Groove performs with a distinctive style, which combines Balkan Roma roots with funk, jazz, reggae, and ska. Their music is harmonically adventurous and defies traditional classifications of genre. At the same time, their mission is to raise awareness about issues...

Manifesta 14: Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library ft. Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti

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Manifesta 14: Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library ft. Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti

On 21 July at 5 pm, we open Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library ft. Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti, the exhibition within Manifesta 14 Prishtina – Western Balkans Project. With Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library featuring Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti, ERIAC brings together the painterly oeuvre of Farija Mehmeti and the RomaMoMA Library at the National...

ROMA PAVILION AT TRIENNALE MILANO OPENING

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ROMA PAVILION AT TRIENNALE MILANO OPENING

Great opening of the first Roma Pavilion at the 23rd International Exhibition of Milan Triennale “Emília Rigová: And the One Doesn’t Stir without the Other”. We had an amazing time with Movimento Kethane, Roma and Sinti activists and community members from Italy. The opening included speeches from Dijana Pavlovic, ERIAC Member and President of...

Roma Pavilion at the 23rd International Art Exhibition Triennale Milano

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Roma Pavilion at the 23rd International Art Exhibition Triennale Milano

Over the course of the 99-year-long history of the Milan Triennale, the exhibition commissioned by ERIAC for the 23rd International Art Exhibition is the first occasion when a presence of Roma art is ensured. We applaud the President of Triennale Milano Stefano Boeri for his bold vision, continuous support, and opening the doors of one...

OPEN CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS to the BARVALO exhibition – ERIAC is seeking an artist to visually represent the STRUCTURE OF ANTI-GYPSYISM

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OPEN CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS to the BARVALO exhibition – ERIAC is seeking an artist to visually represent the STRUCTURE OF ANTI-GYPSYISM

About Barvalo The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) in Marseille, France, have partnered to develop an exhibition about Romani cultures, pride, and contributions to European societies. The exhibition “BARVALO” opens in May 2023 in Marseille and is developed by a curatorial team composed of Jonah...

ERIAC and WEAVE work for metadata curation of Roma community collections

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ERIAC and WEAVE work for metadata curation of Roma community collections

the project experimented with an exercise of co-curation on Roma heritage collections, jointly conducted by WEAVE partners TopFoto and ERIAC

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