In the history of art, bodies have often had connotations going beyond their physical presence – they were symbols of power, ideals, discipline, and also tools of ideological address. Bereitschaft is a contemporary intervention in this long tradition, intertwining the history of totalitarian aesthetics and the present-day visual culture of social media.

Conceived as a string of cinematic scenes that gravitate around the topic of labor, and how the imprint of history affected the social and political environments of Eastern European societies after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the exhibition Songs for a Better Future introduces the first comprehensive display of Matei Bejenaru’s artistic practice in Slovenia.

A Short Histery of Our Time presents the oeuvre of Maja Bajević, an artist who has figured prominently on the art scene in the region of the former Yugoslavia since the 1990s. Her artistic practice is largely underpinned by the context of the wars in the former common state and by her native Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Translated into Socialism presents the little-known history of the Turkish-speaking community in Yugoslavia, more precisely, in Kosovo and Macedonia between 1920 and 1980.

The exhibition is a result of a constructive dialogue between specific collections – the Solidarity Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje and the Arteast 2000+ collection, as well as the national collections of Moderna galerija, Ljubljana – highlighting only works that are made of natural materials, in addition to works that reflect the artists’ engagement with nature.

The Politics of Memory, Power, and Resistance. A selection of works from Moderna galerija’s Arteast 2000+ and national collections plus special projects.