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½Izgubljena Fox½ on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 8 pm. The exhibition has been developed within the frame of an annual joint project that involves linking students from the BA Animation and New Media Department at the Zagreb Academy of Art in Croatia, with the Fine Art BA students based at London Metropolitan University. The project begins with a series of meetings, readings and workshops which aim to set out some of the objectives of the project. Although the underlying themes change from year to year, they often tend to circle issues related to foreignness, the exotic, tourism, displacement/dislocation, and estrangement…
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There are two key stages of the project – five students from Zagreb going to London, and five students from London going to Zagreb. The students develop a group exhibition in each city. In London this takes place at Unit 2 Gallery, and in Zagreb at the Galerija Miroslav Kraljević. During their time in each of these cities the students from each university take part in group seminars and presentations, as well as attending exhibitions, museums, talks, bars, pubs etc. The work is often developed in and for the city and gallery where the work is presented.
rnThe nature of the project means that the work often has to be developed in a climate of fluidity and spontaneity. The experience often involves the students’ preconceptions and positions being constantly challenged. Therefore works are not always completed, but rather might form the beginnings of work to be made at a later stage. This joint project and the exhibition ’Izgubljena fox’ is a continuation of a collaboration started in 2005 with the aim of developing a long-term exchange between the two art schools.
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Participants: Nikolina Butorac, Marija Golub, Phil Howe, Jari Kennedy, Tihana Mandušić, Henry Mulhall, Luka Smetiško, Eva Vikstrom, Eva Wilkinson, Josip Horvat
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Mentors and project coordinators:
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G-MK coordination: Ana Kovačić
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rnSupported by: London Metropolitan University,
rnAkademy of Visual Arts, Zagreb, City of Zagreb, Ministry of Culture RH, Student Assembly, Zagreb
