[spectre] exh. and conf. 90s: Scars (Rijeka/HR, starts mid-May 2020)

[Andreas Broeckmann]

International Conference 90s: Scars

15 - 16/5/2020

Rijeka | Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

https://rijeka2020.eu/en/dogadjanja/international-conference-90s-scars/

The aim of the conference within the project 90s: Scars is to encourage 
the further study of the art of the 1990s, as well as a broader dialogue 
amongst researchers who are dealing in the various aspects of the art 
and society of Central and Eastern Europe of that decade.

Immediately after the opening of the exhibition 90s: Scars is organised 
an international conference whose aim is to encourage the further study 
of the art of the 1990s, as well as a broader dialogue amongst 
researchers who are dealing in the various aspects of the art and 
society of Central and Eastern Europe of that decade. Open to 
scientists, independent researchers, curators and theorists, this 
conference encourages new reflections and contextualisations of this 
turbulent period. The conference touches upon themes such as the 
interrelationship of national, international and transnational social 
and cultural spaces in the newly-developed states, the new 
historiographies of the art of Central and Eastern Europe and the new 
organisational and communication models of the cultural sector, created 
in the 1990s. Along with the examining of the touched upon points of art 
and political activism, the conference also includes a critical reading 
of the extensive exhibitions dedicated to the artistic practices of 
Central and Eastern Europe organised during the 1990s, plus a reflection 
on the continuities and innovations in curatorial practices and concepts 
of this period.

The conference’s concept was devised by Sanja Sekelj (HR) and Janka 
Vukmir (HR).

Organiser: Institute for Contemporary Art (Zagreb)

Co-organiser: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Rijeka)



https://rijeka2020.eu/en/program/times-of-power/thematic-exhibitions/90s-scars/

90s: Scars

14th May – 12th July 2020

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka/HR

An exhibition about the echoes of social changes and turmoil in Eastern 
European countries in the 1990s.

Curator Janka Vukmir (HR)