Stories from the Non-Aligned © Photo: Olja Triaška Stefanović, 2023
Stories from around the Non-Aligned
The exhibition “Stories from around the Non-Aligned” by Olja Triaśka Stefanović portrays her encounter with the Cold War and the emergence of the Non-Aligned Movement, and the role of Yugoslavia in the framework of the decolonization movement, as a leading European country in the newly formed association of independent states (Ghana, India, Egypt, Indonesia, etc.). The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was established in Belgrade in 1961 as a forum for countries that were not aligned with either of the two power blocs of the Cold War. Triaška Stefanović questions the intimate stories and entanglements, via political and personal iconography, of how individuals of her generation identified with the legacy of the NAM, the extent to which it was a utopia, and how it was present in the daily lives of Yugoslavians.
The Exhibition Opening and the Book Release of «Yutopislavia: Intimate Stories of the Non-Aligned» takes place on 19.11.2024 in BHROX bauhaus reuse.
Opening and book presentation: 19.11.2024, 18.30
Exhibition dates: 19.11. – 15.12.2024
About
Olja Triaška Stefanović is head of the Photography Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava and the recipient of the 2022 – 2023 Fulbright Scholarship at Parsons School of Design in New York, where she conducted research related to the Cold War and Non-Alignment Movement. Her research focuses on the photography of architecture and urban space in intersection with the historical, political and cultural context of former Yugoslavia and Central and Eastern Europe. She regularly exhibits both in Slovakia and internationally. She is the author of Brotherhood and Unity(2020) and Yutopislavia: intimate stories of non-alignment (2024).
The «ETOM NEB Lab» was created by the NEB members BHROX bauhaus reuse / zukunftsgeraeusche with KÉK – Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Center and ICOMOS international, National Gallery Prague, Slovak Design Center, Estonian Academy of Arts and Architects’ Council of Europe as well as with buschfeld.com, jointly acting as the Coordination Group of the Lab.
