In 2022, the BAZAART's annual conference on cross-sectoral cultural-educational cooperation, titled „Centres and Margins – Forces of Rapprochement“, presented new cultural and educational knowledge and experiences that emerge on the margins of social attention, promoting values of equality and inclusion of vulnerable people and groups (disabilities, gender, social and economic marginalization etc.) and assisting harmonious development of society.
The Conference Agenda featured thematic workshops focusing on the application of music and arts in addressing diverse causes of marginalization:
- Developing Sensitivity and Power through Music and Sound
- Raising Awareness about Social and Economical Deprivation
- Creativity in Support to Developmental Challenges / Disabilities
- Understanding Gender Identities
- Non-verbal Creativity and Inclusion
To see the AGENDA: AGENDA Conference CENTRES AND MARGINS 2022 21jun22 ENG Completed
Developing Sensitivity and Power through Music and Sound
04.7.2022
Onsite creative music workshop:
WORLDS WE DON'T KNOW
Workshop facilitator: Irena Popović Dragović, composer, Belgrade
The workshop took the participants for a walk through creative media: translating words from stories into drawing and finally music. The focus was on stories of worlds we are not aware of and not interested in, highlighting their existence and vulnerability. Composing and performing music on poetic stories, such as those of disappearing animal species, helped us develop sensitivity and empathy for the unknown, awareness that we can protect vulnerable people and the environment, and willing to explore and indulge in sound worlds we didn’t know and were not interested in before.
The workshop was followed by a short presentation.
Onsite voice workshop:
VOCAL PROJECTIONS
Workshop facilitator: Branko Milisković, performance artist, Belgrade
The subject of the workshop was how to apply the voice in a performance as a form of public statement. Exercises based on rhetoric and using the text in different ways gave path to a vivid discussion about the experiences.
The workshop was followed by a short presentation.
Onsite body music workshop:
BODY PERCUSSIONS
Workshop facilitators: Ana Vrbaški and Marko Dinjaški, performing artists, Association »Oper Circle Novi Sad«
The workshop introduced Body Music as the oldest form of musical and nonverbal expression and a great tool for working with different target groups: children, youth, adults, seniors, people with disabilities, but also as a contemporary artistic expression that combines dance, music, movement and theatre in performing.
Raising Awareness about Social and Economical Deprivation
03.7.2022
Presentation and concert:
MUSIC ART PROJECT
Presenter: Đurđa Papazoglu, Music Art Project, with
Music of Hope project, students of the Elementary School “Branko Pešić“, Zemun and Young Leaders from Belgrade music schools
Vision of this project is a positive trasformation of lives of children and youth and their families, through music, thus creating future agents and leaders of social change. Program is widely used by children in choirs and orchestras (primarily and directly), teachers working with sensitive groups, family members, and, subsequently, other community members.
Presentation was followed by a mini concert performed by the inclusive choir and ensemble that brings together children from the margin and students of partner music schools. Project implementation in schools is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, and recognized by the Republic of Serbia's UNESCO Commission.
Onsite creative drama workshop:
WE MANAGE, AS WE CAN:
Exploring socioeconomic opportunities in the society
Workshop facilitator: Nataša Milojević, BAZAART, Beograd
We live in an era of equal rights, but it is clear that we are not all equal. ’Managing’ is positive; we teach the young how to ’manage’. In this workshop, we learn how to achieve the best results in life based on social-economic, familial, moral, psychophysical, and other capabilities.
Creativity in Support to Developmental Challenges / Disabilities
02.7.2022
Onsite creative movement workshop:
REJECTED IN THE ZONE OF INACTION – Inclusion in the social, artistic and educational fields
Workshop facilitator: Marko Pejovic with Stojan Simic, Group LET'S..., Belgrade
The workshop aimed to explore the participants' experiences in working with people with disabilities, and to jointly with the participants re-define the use of the term 'inclusion' in the social, artistic and educational fields. A special focus has been placed on the inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing people, in which segment the guest was a deaf dancer Stojan Simic.
Onsite art workshop / demonstration:
WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL ART EXPRESSIONS IN A GROUP WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFICULTIES
Workshop facilitator: Tanja Ličina, painter, Belgrade
A demonstration of a painting workshop with people with developmental difficulties, who have been working for a long time to develop their expression. Some of the participating painters (age 14-35) with individual expression in painting process were included as the facilitator’s assistants.
Onsite workshop/presentation:
BRAIN IN 'F' KEY
Workshop facilitator: Ksenija Mirković, Association for affirmation of children's creativity 'Svitac', Belgrade
The workshop demonstrated the impact of music and its practical application in the work with children and adults with F diagnoses.
Several topics were addressed: The impact of music on the development – music as a tool for work; Musical stimuli; Music and brains; Sensory integration and music; Use of music in developing visual and motor coordination; Music through dramatic expression.
Understanding Gender Identities
02.7.2022
Onsite workshop/lecture:
HOW TO BUILD A SAFE SPACE FOR THE BODY:
Dysphoria, Transgenderism and Programs Involving Physical Engagement
Workshop facilitator: Alex Zain, dancer and choreographer, Belgrade
Program offers understanding of situations which persons with gender dysphoria experience, especially in a group work. During the workshop, the elements of the Use, Empower & Accept system are used. This system is developed by Aleksander Zain since 2019 with the aim of creating physical practice that helps people from TIGNC (transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming) community. Program is intended for educators, teachers and others who may meet these questions in working with young people.
Onsite movement theater workshop:
SHADOW PLAY
Workshop facilitator: Nada Milošević Ash, NektanArt, Pančevo and Belgrade
Workshop combines psychoanalitic and Butoh metod of personal inner exploration. Shadow is an archetype that represents hidden, borderal, marginalized, suppressed within ourselves. Workshop deals with personal issues and how to transform them into movement. The guide leads participants through experience of exploring personal path that can be applied in future practice.
03.7.2022
Onsite creative drama workshop:
NIKKOLETTA'S LITTLE SCHOOL FOR STARLETS
Workshop facilitator: Dražen Horvatić, performer and dramatherapist, Belgrade
Workshop based on Sesame dramatherapy method allowed participants to awaken and deepen their inner starlet through music, discussion, and movement.
Non-verbal Creativity and Inclusion
29.6 – 02.7.2022
Onsite movement workshops:
MOVEMENT IN CLOWNING AND COMIC THEATRE
Workshop facilitators: Alen Čelić, stage movement profesor, and
Ivan Baranović, actor and clown-doctor, Croatia
How to use movement coming from clowning and comic theatre to support children with developmental challenges and attention disorder (ADHD). Dodati clowndoctors
02-04.7.2022
Onsite puppetry workshop:
OBJECT ANIMATION – CREATING CONNECTIONS AND COMMUNICATION
Workshop facilitator: Viktória Makra, actor, puppeteer and dancer, Hungary
A three-day workshop introduced object animation – one of the oldest genres of puppetry, where we use imagination to bring to life inanimate, everyday objects. As a technique known to enhance imagination, coordination and cooperation, which is open not only to professional puppeteers, object animation can be used in educational work with the young to prevent and address development and socialization challenges, as well as in inclusive work, to create bonds and communication with and between individuals and groups facing diverse vulnerabilities.
For its great developmental potentials, object animation is used as an approach also in the theatre production “Welcome of the World”, developed by the BAZAART and the Little Theatre “Duško Radović” within the B-AIR project.
