Kulturni dnevnik, RTS 1, 7. feb 2023
Odgovornost ovde ne stanuje
…i tako…već je 4. oktobar, od rezultata bar dva konkursa Ministarstvo kulture i informisanja, ni traga ni glasa. Već sam digao ruke, jer na moj poslednji dopis, upućen na nekoliko adresa u MKI, niko nije želeo da odgovori, iako bi zaposleni savetnici po zakonu i bon tonu poslovanja, morali da odgovore. E tu je problem, niko ne odgovara jer mi smo generalno narod bez odgovornosti. Prebacuje se odgovornost kao lopta, sa jedne instance na drugu, svi su sve uradili u roku, medjutim rezultata nema, iako su rezultati Konkursa za Mobilnosti trebalo da budu poznati 11. maja 2022, dok su rezultati Konkursa za Otkup i finansiranje umetničkih dela, trebalo da budu poznati 11. juna 2022. godine. Za oba konkursa smo moje kolege, institucije i ja počeli da sakupljamo dokumentaciju još krajem prošle godine; pozivna pisma, pregovori, sastanci, pečati i potpisi, ubedjivanja…a dočekali smo da manje od tri meseca do kraja godine, još uvek ne znamo ni ko je dobio sredstva, o uplati novca uopšte da i ne govorim. Nažalost, pokušao sam nekoliko puta u poslednjih šest meseci da reagujem kao fizičko lice, medjutim, moje strukovno udruženje, kao institucija, nema snage i nije u stanju da podrži i stane u odbranu interesa svojih članova. Takodje, deprimira me nikakva reakcija od strane umetnika i institucija koji su konkurisali. Za to vreme Ministarka Gojković, pojavljuje se na svim mogućim otvaranjima, u zemlji i inostranstvu, kao da je sve u najboljem redu. Sramota me je od inostranih partnera kojima treba da objasnim da nećemo saradjivati, jer se u mojoj zemlji ne poštuje zakon. S druge strane, bujaju privatne galerije, svakim danom sve više i više, nemoguće ih je prebrojati, kao menjačnice, kladionice i tržni centri, i svaka se na neki način finansira ili sufinansira od strane Ministarstva kulture i informisanja. Amateri postaju izlagači, kolekcionari postaju umetnici, profesori sa redovnim primanjima konkurišu samostalnim umetnicima bez ikakvih primanja, novi docenti na akademijama se primaju bez raspisanog konkursa, scena je monopolizovana, ide se premisom: ili ste sa nama ili vas nema. Umetnička scena, kao čista paradigma jednopartijske države i jednoumlja. Ovim završavam ovo besmisleno izlaganje, koje će neko pročitati, neko ostaviti facu sa suzicom, a neko ilegalno kopirati i preneti onima koji bi trebalo da daju ostavku, samo kada bi imali bar malo savesti.
Branko MIlisković
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Google translate
…and so…it’s already October 4, still no results of at least two contests by the Ministry of Culture and Information. I already gave up, because no one wanted to respond to my last letter, sent to several addresses in the Ministry of Culture, although the employed advisors should have to respond by law and business etiquette. And here is the problem, no one answers because we are generally a people without responsibility. Responsibility is passed like a ball, from one instance to another, everyone did everything within the deadline, but there are no results, although the results of the Competition for Mobility should have been announced on May 11, 2022, while the results of the Competition for the Purchase and Financing of Works of Art should have been known on June 11, 2022. For both competitions, my colleagues, institutions and I started collecting documentation at the end of last year; invitation letters, negotiations, meetings, seals and signatures, persuasions…and here we are, less than three months until the end of the year, we still don’t even know who received the funds, not to mention the payment. Unfortunately, I tried several times in the last six months to react as a physical entity, however, my professional association, as an institution, has no strength and is unable to support and defend the interests of its members. Also, I am shocked by no reaction from the artists and institutions that applied. During that time, Minister Maja Gojković appears at all possible openings, in the country and abroad, as if everything is in the best order. I am ashamed that I need to explain to foreign partners that we will not cooperate, because the law is not respected in my country. On the other hand, private galleries are flourishing, more and more every day, it is impossible to count them, like exchange offices, betting shops and shopping centers, and each one is in some way financed or co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and Information. Amateurs become exhibitors, collectors become artists, professors with regular incomes compete with independent artists without any incomes, new assistant professors at academies are accepted without an open competition, the scene is monopolised, the premise is: either you are with us or you don’t exist. The art scene, as a pure paradigm of a one-party state and one-mindedness. This is how I end this meaningless presentation, which someone will read, someone will leave an emoticon, and someone will illegally copy and pass it on to those who should resign, if only they had at least a little conscience.
PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
September 2 & 3, 2022 @Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PREDSTAVLJENE ANALIZE REZULTATA OVOGODIŠNJIH KONKURSA KOJI SU BILI RASPISANI ZA FINANSIRANJE PROJEKATA I PROGRAMA U OBLASTI KULTURE I SAVREMENOG STVARALAŠTVA
Umetnici govore, Branislav Dimitrijević i Branko Milisković, 26. maj 2022, 19h, Krokodilov centar
Espaço Agora
I’m pleased to be featured in this freshly started international network for performance/performing arts residences. Click on photo to access the website.
LUST, radiophonic piece, Ars Acustica 2021
ArsAcustica, Autor. Branko Milisković; Editor. Adriana Kramarić; Sound engineer. Marija Pečnik Kvesić, HRT3, Zagreb, Croatia 2021
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Partially supported by The Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia (Mobility fund)