Irena Lagator Pejović

Foto: (c) KU Linz/Eder 

Homepage www.irenalagator.net

Summer term 2022

SE Critique of Capitalism in Contemporary Art - Art since the 1990s in Post-Yugoslavia

Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility in cooperation with Monika Leisch-Kiesl (contact for further information about the seminar)

Summary
The key questions of the interdisciplinary seminar are: 1) The definition of the Post-Yugoslav cultural space in contemporary art and humanities, and 2) Are there common issues in contemporary art and humanities when we speak of the Post-Yugoslav space i.e. region?

Methods: the seminar will be divided into two complementary parts. 1) part one is conducted by PhD candidate and researcher Nikola Zečević, MSc who will explain the transitional period of Yugoslav cultural and political space from socialism to capitalism from the perspective of humanities, 2) part two is conducted by Irena Lagator Pejović MA, PhD, an artist and assistant professor who will speak about art practices from the Post-Yugoslav region based on the critical attitude towards the current economic system, 3) outlining the current institutional production relevant for the elaborated content that covers state, private, and NGO, 4) theoretical and philosophical insights by Prof. Monika Leisch-Kiesl, 5) presentation by students attending the course about selected artistic positions.

The lectures, as well as presentations, will be held in English due to the international character of the seminar.

About Irena Lagator Pejović
Irena Lagator Pejović (born 1976 in Yugoslavia) is an artist, art theorist and assistant professor based in Cetinje and Podgorica. Her artworks have been commissioned by institutions, exhibited internationally since 2000 and are included in collections of public institutions such as FRAC Marseille (France), Villa Pacchiani (Italy), MoCA Belgrade (Serbia) and Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegowina), Museum of Money in Belgrade (Serbia) and National Museum of Montenegro.

She holds a MA in graphic design and graphic art (Faculty of Fine Arts, Cetinje, University of Montenegro), a PhD in interdisciplinary and multimedia art (Center for Interdisciplinary Studies/University of Arts, Belgrade) and a PhD in Transdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Art and Media (Faculty of Media and Communications Singidunum University, Belgrade).

In winter term 2019/20, Lagator Pejović within the framework of the "Im Vorbeigehen" exhibition at KU Linz proposed the artistic intervention For the Common Good, which focused on the histories and imaginary iconographies of the current capitalist ecocide.