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.

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.