A reparative retreat / non-event
22 ﹣27 May, Molat Island
Kurziv, Maska and Krytyka Polityczna, with the University of Zadar
Collaborators and representatives of the partner organisations (Kurziv, Maska and Krytyka Polityczna) of the project Testing Ground: reparative practices for a new cultural ecosystem, will, together with Cona head to a less touristed Adriatic Island, untethered from the fast pace of work, where they will explore the restorative and healing potentials that the communal retreat possibly has on our precarious bodies. What do we call work and is it even possible not to work? Is non work something we should strive for? The open structure of living on an island unsaturated with impulses and relatively ecologically intact will allow them to discover answers and share experiences in confronting these and other questions that are relevant for exploring strategies that can have a reparative impact on their work and life.
On the island of Molat, in cooperation with the University of Zadar, we will organize an eco-tour for participants and students that will get us situated on the island and discuss sustainable tourism as an alternative to a consumeristic vacation model. We will watch the short film Colony Molat (Cona and Maska, 2023) and conduct a deep listening exercise with the guidance from Cona institute. Upon our return to the mainland, we will have the opportunity to listen to a discussion on the potential of transdisciplinarity at the University of Zadar by Željka Tonković, PhD, Assistant Professor, Taida Garibović, MSc., and students from Zadar, where representatives of the Zakole group from Poland (Krytyka Polityczna) and Brane Zorman from the Cona Institute will share their experience.
Read more on maska.si.
Testing Ground: Reparative Practices for New Cultural Ecosystem, supported by European Union, is a project developed and conducted by Kurziv – Platform for Matters of Culture, Media and Society, Stowarzyszenie Im. Stanislawa Brzozowskiego / Krytyka Polityczna and Maska Ljubljana.
