[spectre] "Interzone : Nation" on Wednesday, April 1st in Galzenica Gallery

[galerija galzenica]

we are pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition

"Interzone : Nation"

on Wednesay, April 1st from 7.p.m. to 9 p.m. in Galzenica Gallery

artists: Hakan Akcura (TR), Saša Karalić (BiH, NL), Jasminka Končić(HR), 
Ana Lozica (HR), Id Sarup (HR)


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" (...) The concept of the nation is a complex one; to try and define 
the notion means taking into account a wide rage of criteria such as 
language, culture, dissent, history, religion, etc. Such so called 
objective criteria can be found in many of contemporary definitions of 
the notion of nation, such as the following: A nation is a relatively 
self-sufficient and stabile national life community, stemming out of the 
historical development of the associating of people into communities for 
the purpose of survival and development, which is characterized by a 
uniform state territory, common economical life, specific culture and 
language, adequate religion, a developed collective and individual 
awareness of national feeling. Another element is included in this 
complex definition, which can be labelled as a voluntary definition of a 
nation, the most famous of which is that of the French philosopher 
Ernest Renan. In his 1882 lecture What is a nation? he concluded that 
the nation is a daily plebiscite, which is based on the individual's 
subjective criteria.

In the 21st century the problem of nation and its self-definition is not
less complex; in fact, it could be argued that the question is more
complicated than ever, especially when observed in the context of
globalization. Globalization has not treated kindly the nation as idea,
concept and social reality. The nation was associated with the backlash
against irresistible historical forces, doomed to obsolescence by global
postmodern culture, deprived of its institutional shell by the decline 
of the state, and with a questionable reputation among social scientists 
to boot, the nation appears to be rapidly fading into little more than a
historical phenomenon.

In the last couple of decades, central and south-east Europe found 
itself caught up between two extremities: between East and West, between 
capitalism and socialism, between globalization as a factor of unifying 
and the tendency to create one's own identity. In the early nineties, 
countries of this area found themselves in the paradoxical position in 
which they were to denationalize their economies and nationalize their 
culture at the same time. Today, the question arises - what does 
globalization mean for this area, what changes will it bring, how does 
it affect the projection of national identity? It is certain that in the 
contemporary world, the problem of nation and national identity cannot 
be examined separately from the process of globalization. This 
exhibition therefore looks at the phenomenon of nation and national 
identity within the globalization process, as well as the problems, 
paradoxes and ironies arising from that correlation (...)" (Nina Pisk)


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