Bojana Piškur Lecture on Socialist Museums Now Online
On 18 February 2015, Bojana Piškur, a curator at Moderna galerija in Ljubljana, presented a TrAIN Open Lecture titled 'Museum of the Workers' at Central Saint Martins in London, with Lucy Steeds as the introducer. The lecture explored the role of socialist museums in the former Yugoslavia and other socialist nations, discussing the decline of socialist humanist concepts post-1990s and their recent resurgence. Piškur raised questions about which progressive socialist cultural policies and museum frameworks could benefit modern institutions, what lessons from the past can be utilized in a neoliberal context, and how these concepts can be implemented. The event was part of the Exhibition Histories project by Afterall, in collaboration with Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies. The lecture video is now accessible online.
Key facts
- Bojana Piškur gave a lecture titled 'Museum of the Workers' on 18 February 2015.
- The lecture took place at Central Saint Martins in London.
- Lucy Steeds introduced the lecture.
- Piškur discussed socialist museums in the former Yugoslavia and other socialist countries.
- She questioned how progressive socialist cultural policies could apply to today's museums.
- Piškur is a curator at Moderna galerija in Ljubljana.
- She was a member of Radical Education Collective between 2006 and 2014.
- The event was part of the Exhibition Histories project by Afterall and the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.
Entities
Artists
- Bojana Piškur
- Lucy Steeds
Institutions
- Moderna galerija
- Central Saint Martins
- Afterall
- TrAIN
- Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
- Radical Education Collective
- University of the Arts London
Locations
- Ljubljana
- London
- former Yugoslavia
- United Kingdom
- 1 Granary Square
- Kings Cross
- N1C 4AA