’Migration of Souls — Novi Sad through Literature’ Exhibition Professional Guidance
The ‘Novi Sad through Literature’ exhibition is the central event of the Migration of souls programme unit and will last from 3 to 12 March in the Hall of the Novi Sad Fair. During the exhibition, three professional guided tours of the exhibition will be organized, on 4, 8 and 12 March from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The employees of the City Library, who participated in the preparation of the exhibition, as well as the authors of the catalogue, will guide the visitors through the exhibition and present its content and significance from their point of view.
The contemporary expression of modern exhibition is focused on the reconstruction of the book as an object in everyday life, through strong visual narratives and interventions in space. Elements of the exhibition include the synergy of analogue and digital media, which will modernize the media of the book, and in the centre of the exhibition is a large mix-media table, behind which can be dozens of people left to the labyrinth of the city of books that will be difficult to leave. The exhibition is accompanied by an attractive illustrated monograph on the history of books in Novi Sad.
During the ‘Migration of Souls — Novi Sad through Literature’ exhibition in the Master Hall of the Novi Sad Fair, we will host the most current and greatest contemporary regional writers:
Rumena Bužarovska, 3 March from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m;
Milica Vučković, 5 March from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m;
Miljenko Jergović, 6 March from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m;
Damir Karakaš, 7 March from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m;
Kristian Novak, 9 March from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m;
Darko Cvijetić, 9 March from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m.
As part of the Migration of Souls programme, we will have the opportunity to hear famous local and international musicians in the Hall 1 of the Novi Sad Fair:
Miyavi, 3 March at 8 p.m.,
Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra, 6 March at 8 p.m.,
Kaori Ito and Bogdana Rankovića & Ethnoforia, 8 March at 8 p.m.,
Chalaban, 9 March,
Bilju Krstić & Bistrik Orchestra, 10 March at 8 p.m.,
The Carnival of Ritual Processions, 11 March at 6 p.m.,
Gotan project — Antropoceno!, 12 March at 8 p.m.,
Original Enigma Voices and Camerata Academica, 13 March at 8 p.m.
The rich programme of the Migration of Souls project will show us this theme through other types of art. We will have the opportunity to experience migration through plays, carnivals, children’s masquerades, lectures, and performances:
The Carnival of Ritual Processions – Lecture, 4 March, Master Hall of the Novi Sad Fair,
Reading of the Essay ‘In the Promised Land’ by László Végel, 4 March at 6 p.m., Master Hall of the Novi Sad Fair,
The play ‘Fugitives’, 5 March at 8 p.m., Master Hall of the Novi Sad Fair,
Following Roma Paths – performance, 6 March at 7 p.m., Master Hall of the Novi Sad Fair,
Following Roma Paths – performance / Sremski Karlovci, 12 March in Sremski Karlovci,
Following Roma Paths – performance / Barka Cultural Station, 13 March in Barka Cultural Station,
The play ‘We All Came from Somewhere, Some a Little Earlier’, 7 March at 8 p.m., Master Hall of the Novi Sad Fair,
The staged reading of the book by Michael Martens, ‘In the Fire of Worlds: Ivo Andrić, A European Life’, authored by writer Muharem Bazdulj, 8 March at 4 p.m., Master Hall of the Novi Sad Fair,
The Carnival of Ritual Processions – Children’s Masquerade Ball, 10 March at 11 a.m., Master Hall of the Novi Sad Fair.
Much of European and world literature is dedicated to migrations, and the migrations are one of the greatest themes of the art of words, and migrant literature is one of those that always remains relevant. In a broader sense, literature is emigration to another world, to the world of words, to another place or at another time, into a fictional environment, utopia, or dystopia, into a new dimension. And the writer is a kind of emigrant, that is why one part of the Migration programme arch is dedicated to art, which is the metaphor of migration itself, through the unique literature pavilion in this part of Europe, accompanied by other arts. The goal is to put emphasis on the personal, individual experience of migration, thematization of physical departures and arrivals, wanderers, but also on less tangible, but important issues of existential and metaphysical movements.
In order to preserve their health, the organisers ask all visitors to wear face masks and keep their distance. Masks will be provided at the entrance.
Tickets for all concerts and plays within the ‘Migration of Souls’ programme arch are on sale, and all those interested can buy them at Gigstix outlets or online, via gigstix.com, as well as at the Novi Sad Fair ticket office, where tickets for all events will be sold between 5 and 8 p.m.
The partner of the Migration of Souls programme is the Novi Sad Fair, and the companies Globos osiguranje and Dijamant DOO also provided support.
Photo: Promo