Belgrade Exhibition Explores Yugoslav Avant-Garde Cinema Through Alternative Means
From June 22 to September 29, 2013, the Čolaković Gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade hosted the exhibition Cinema by Other Means, curated by Dejan Sretenović. This exhibition was inspired by Pavle Levi's 2012 publication, which delves into non-cinematic practices within multidisciplinary art. It highlighted Yugoslav avant-garde pieces from the 1920s and 1930s, showcasing movements such as Zenitism and Surrealism. Featured artists included Boško Tokin, Dragan Aleksić, and Aleksandar Vučo. Among the notable works were the 1930 assemblage The Frenzied Marble by Vučo and Dušan Matić, as well as Mihovil Pansini's 1963 anti-film K3. The gallery is named for Rodoljub Čolaković, and the exhibition did not provide English translations or a catalog, only offering a Serbian version of Levi's book.
Key facts
- Exhibition ran June 22 to September 29, 2013 at Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade's Čolaković Gallery
- Curated by Dejan Sretenović adapting Pavle Levi's 2012 book Cinema by Other Means
- Featured Yugoslav avant-garde movements from 1920s-1930s including Zenitism, Dadaism, Surrealism
- Included works by Boško Tokin, Dragan Aleksić, Aleksandar Vučo, Dušan Matić, Slobodan Šijan
- Showcased anti-film works like Mihovil Pansini's K3 and Zlatko Hajdler's Kariokinesis
- Gallery named after Rodoljub Čolaković, imprisoned for 1921 interior minister assassination
- Exhibition lacked English translations and catalog, used Serbian translation of Levi's book
- Thomas Elsaesser discussed museum 'hostile takeover' of cinema at Oberhausen festival
Entities
Artists
- Greg de Cuir, Jr.
- Dejan Sretenović
- Pavle Levi
- Boško Tokin
- Dragan Aleksić
- Aleksandar Vučo
- Dušan Matić
- Slobodan Šijan
- Miroslav Bata Petrović
- Davorin Marc
- Mihovil Pansini
- Zlatko Hajdler
- Tomislav Gotovac
- Rodoljub Čolaković
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Anne-Marie Miéville
- John Ford
- Howard Hawks
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Man Ray
- Josip Broz Tito
- Karl Marx
- Branko Vučićević
- Gilles Deleuze
- Thomas Elsaesser
- Dan Kidner
Institutions
- Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade
- Čolaković Gallery
- Oxford University Press
- Academy of Theater, Film, Radio and Television in Belgrade
- Zagreb Ciné-club
- Genre Experimental Film Festival Zagreb
- Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
- Frieze
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Committee for Cinematography
- Arkzin
- B 92
Locations
- Belgrade
- Serbia
- Yugoslavia
- Zagreb
- Croatia
- Oxford
- United Kingdom
- Oberhausen
- Germany