Queer art refers to artistic practices that question gender, sexuality, and all forms of “unquestioned” individual and collective identities and norms—often from a perspective critical of heteronormative and binary worldviews. Queer art can be overtly political, but also subtle, ironic, or poetic. There is no single style of queer art; it can appear in painting, performance, film, photography, installation, literature, and other media.

Community Center IZAĐI
Kej žrtava racije, Entrance 4 – from the courtyard, Apartment 5, Novi Sad

Friday, May 16, from 7 PM to 8:30 PM

We will talk about what queer art is, how it appears in the creative work of our guests, and the social position of independent artists with the following art personas:

Biljana Kosmogina is a prominent figure on the regional art scene, known as the “uncrowned” Balkan queer queen. She has published two short story collections F Book (2009) and Circle of the Breast (2023). Her performances have been featured at numerous festivals across Europe and the U.S. She is the recipient of four literary awards and has been included in anthologies translated into several languages. Her work fuses liberated eros with feminist and minority activism, challenging patriarchal norms and prejudice.
Photo: Marko Matić, Don’t Get Mad, Man

Dušica Popović graduated in Art History from the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. She writes about (visual) culture and politics. She is continuously developing the theory and practice of her own artistic direction, called otogriphism. She lives and works in Belgrade.

Jelena Jelača, The Truth Is Shaped In The Darkness, 2023.
(detail of a painting featuring a portrait of D. Popović, acrylic on canvas, 160x320)

Danilo Prnjat is an artist whose body of work spans visual arts, performance, and artivist practices. He explores alternative economies, progressive social models of work in culture, participatory practices, collective work, and self-organization. He has taken part in numerous exhibitions, conferences, and artistic discussions, and has carried out various projects and workshops in the region and beyond: the portal Dematerialization of Art (2018–2021), the collective Supplementary-Additional Classes (2017–2018), minipogon (2018–2023)...

The discussion will be moderated by Dušan Maljković, coordinator of the Center for Queer Studies, independent cultural worker, and PhD candidate in the philosophy of psychoanalysis at the University of Belgrade.