MigrArt

The MigrArt exhibition will open on Suba’s Plateau on 20 March at 11 a.m. and will last until 20 April 2022. The exhibition is implemented within the Migrations programme arch.

MigrArt presents works by contemporary artists, designers, and illustrators from several European Capitals of Culture: Bodø, Rijeka, Esch, Veszprém, and Novi Sad, who reinspect the history of migration in their countries, the changed official historical data, as well as the chronology and their personal experiences through these works. Going beyond the official historical background, works of art dealing with the complexity of migrations caused by the epoch to which the migrations refer will be presented. The topic of ‘migrations’ is considered in relation to ancient and modern historical trends, in order to answer the question ‘How do you experience migrations?’

49 masts, 8 metres in height will stand on Suba’s Plateau. The attractive location in Liman Park will allow this ‘forest’ of masts to be viewed at a distance but also walked through, while the actual content will be periodically changed so as to follow the For New Bridges programme narrative of the European Capital of Culture.

Artists who will exhibit their works within the exhibition “MigrArt” are: Réka Huszár (Hungary), Alain Welter (Luxembourg), Marina Milanović (Serbia), Alena Klaćikova (Serbia), Danijel Babić (Serbia), Are Andreassen (Norway) ), Leo Kirinčić (Croatia).

The exhibition of painted flags is conceived as cooperation of six cities that have already taken or will take the title of European Capital of Culture in 2022. Artists from these cities will try to respond to the concept of the Migrations programme arch through a contest that will focus on the issue of the current economic, social, existential, or political migrations taking place in Europe, and in particular the artists’ respective countries. The seventh participant in the exhibition will be Novi Sad with one local artist. The art on this plateau will serve as a common method of communication between the people who migrate, and the painted flags in public space will combine the dynamic and static aspects of visual art in an interesting way.

This open-air exhibition space is a legacy project, made available to artists and citizens of Novi Sad in the years to come.