Debate-Research Program

[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Towards Horizontality in Art” alignment=”left” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;”][/ultimate_heading][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1620921754960{padding-top: 30px !important;}”]This program was conceived as a basic format for increasing visibility, public communication and joining the activities performed within the working groups of ULUS since the beginning of 2020, aimed at the overall improvement of working conditions and status of artists.

Global pandemic of the coronavirus and the state of emergency helped make the already inadequate position of artists in the Republic of Serbia, whose working, social and professional rights have been degrading for decades, even worse. This situation, however, also made it possible for us to establish better cooperation and align the positions and demands with other associations representing work and professional interests of artists and culture workers, art syndicates, the academic sector etc., which contributed to creating better foundations for a more thorough consideration of these issues.

According to the four aspects we found to be crucial for the regulation of the position of artists, we formed four basic research groups: societal, working, social and tax research group. Starting point of research within each group were the existing laws defining mutually connected aspects of artistic work (Law on Culture, Labor Law, Law on Personal Income Tax and Compulsory Social Insurance, etc.), and the final aim of these activities would be to develop a set of propositions and recommendations for amendments to the legal acts thus improving the position of artists and their work rights. Besides the members of ULUS, representatives of other art associations, syndicates, experts in the field of Labor Law, cultural politics, economy etc. also joined this research. Each working group organized their own work dynamic, and the general coordination and planning was achieved through monthly meetings open to all participants in the program.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”27767″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default”][vc_column][vc_row_inner gap=”20″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1620935730478{background-color: #f7f7f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text]

SOCIETAL RESEARCH GROUP

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  • Developing the Alternative model for self-employed artists within local self-management and
  • The topic of art and education

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WORK RESEARCH GROUP

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  • A research on the working condition in the field of art,
  • And a special subgroup developed a Proposal for improving the criteria for achieving the status of self-employed artist

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SOCIAL RESEARCH GROUP

continuing the work of the Self-employed artists working group they developed[/vc_column_text][dt_vc_list bullet_position=”middle”]

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TAX RESEARCH GROUP

continuing the work of the Working group for fair practices in art prepared:[/vc_column_text][dt_vc_list bullet_position=”middle”]

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css=”.vc_custom_1620941262945{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Status of self-employed artist: occupation, indentured servitude, or social case?” heading_tag=”h6″ sub_heading_color=”#aaaaaa” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:13px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:16px;”]4/19/2021.[/ultimate_heading][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/l0wFTGIVSfs” css=”.vc_custom_1620941268641{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Fair practices in visual arts: fair remuneration, taxes, and public policies” heading_tag=”h6″ sub_heading_color=”#aaaaaa” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:13px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:16px;”]3/16/2021.[/ultimate_heading][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/8ZmtS6dHCaY” css=”.vc_custom_1620941274331{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”bottom”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”On work conditions in art – research and discussion results” heading_tag=”h6″ sub_heading_color=”#aaaaaa” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:13px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:16px;”]3/15/2021.[/ultimate_heading][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/VCzmrkVJNBw” css=”.vc_custom_1620941279407{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Objections to the amendments to the Law on Culture” heading_tag=”h6″ sub_heading_color=”#aaaaaa” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:13px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:16px;”]2/16/2021.[/ultimate_heading][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/bv7uWNBBkUk” css=”.vc_custom_1620941284885{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Art and Market” heading_tag=”h6″ sub_heading_color=”#aaaaaa” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:13px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:16px;”]1/24/2021.[/ultimate_heading][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/3MD21t6w4Mg” css=”.vc_custom_1620941290553{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”bottom”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Education and art” heading_tag=”h6″ sub_heading_color=”#aaaaaa” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:13px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:16px;”]12/22/2020.[/ultimate_heading][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q6VwVJKSWI0″ css=”.vc_custom_1620941296153{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Position of artists and art in the social context” heading_tag=”h6″ sub_heading_color=”#aaaaaa” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:13px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:16px;”]10/23/2020.[/ultimate_heading][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ypCa8D4yrpM” css=”.vc_custom_1620941302084{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”5″ accent_color=”#f6e3e1″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default”][vc_column][ultimate_heading 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EXHIBITION

Within the exhibition of the self-employed artists Neću MOŽE, hoću MORA (“No to May, yes to Must”) the artists have been asked to reflect upon the topic of working conditions in art, and there were several workshops organized by the research groups (work session to conceive and discuss a questionnaire on the working conditions in art – Work research group, and preparation for the development of a Self-employed Artists’ Guide – Social research group), and they also performed Zajedničko pravljenje drame po tekstu Franca Kafke “Umetnik u gladovanju”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

CONFERENCE

In relation to the questions which arose from this program, but as a separate event, a two-day seminar ANOTHER ART WORLD – Manifestations and Conditions of Equity in Visual Arts was held in December 2020. The conference gathered over 80 researchers in the field of social sciences and humanities who, with their experiences, contributed to the consideration of the principles and models of decentralized management and organization in the visual arts.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”5″ accent_color=”#f6e3e1″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default”][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”ART-FIELD BATTLEFIELD” alignment=”left” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;”]Working sessions and open plenary debate on the struggles for the better conditions of work in the sphere of visual arts
Belgrade, June 21–23, 2021[/ultimate_heading][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1620922711797{padding-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The three-day event aimed to collect experiences of regional and international associations and initiatives actively involved in advocating for better working conditions in the field of visual arts. During the first two days closed working sessions focused on two key aspects determining the professional status of an artist. The first day working session gathered all professional associations of visual artists in the region around the topic of improvement of the status of an independent artist. The second day working session contrasted experiences of international organisations in their struggles for fair payments in the sector of visual arts and other kinds of advocating. The final session held on the 23rd of June was open to the public, and its aim was in the way conclusions from the previous sessions establishing the foundations for the future cooperation in the common struggle. The gathering and the working sessions were organized as a continuation of the debate-research program “Towards Horizontality in Art“, with the support of the Reshape Europe network, the Center for Cultural Decontamination (CZKD) and the Footnote – Center.

Participants: Joery Scheepers (SOTA, BE), Katja Praznik (Kulturna inšpekcija dela, W.A.G.E, SLO- USA), Guilianna Racco (Plataforma Asemblaria de Artistes de Catalonia, PAAC, Spain), Vasilena Gankovska (IG Bildende Kunst, Austria), Blaise Mercier (Fabrique Pola, FR), Ivan Mitrevski (ZVEZA, Slo), Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti (Art Workers Italia, Italy), Dirk De Wit (Flanders Art Institute, Belgium), Sanela Nuhanović (Javna ustanova Collegium artisticum Sarajevo, BIH), Ana Kutleša (Za K.R.U.H), Igor Rakčević (Udruženje likovnih umjetnika Crne Gore ULUCG), Alenka Sottler (Kreativni razred, Slovenija), Dijana Tomiќ Radevska (Društvo likovnih umetnika Makedonije – DLUM, FRYM), Ivana Vaseva (Samostojni kulturni rabotnici – Fakultet za raboti sto ne se ucat (FR~U) / Inicijativa “Kultura e naslovna strana na sekoe opstestvo”, FRYM), Alen Ačkar (Hrvatska zajednica samostalnih umjetnika – HZSU, Hrvatska), Milica Ilić (ONDA, FR), Marijana Rimarić (Pogon, HR), Dušica Vesnić i Dejan Marković (Udruženje likovnih umetnika Užice, SRB).

Organisation ULUS: Vahida Ramujkić, Isidora Ilić, Tijana Cvetković, Milan Đorđević, Miodrag Vargić, Marija Kauzlarić, Danilo Prnjat, Milena Putnik, itd.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”28132″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9ruuPYIP4″ css=”.vc_custom_1625945566686{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”5″ accent_color=”#f6e3e1″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1619194430874{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”RESEARCH – ARCHIVES:” alignment=”left” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;”][/ultimate_heading][ultimate_spacer height=”40″ height_on_tabs=”20″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”20″ height_on_mob_landscape=”10″ height_on_mob=”10″][dt_vc_list bullet_position=”middle”]

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[/dt_vc_list][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”1/2″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”SUPPORT:” alignment=”left” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:13px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:15px;”]The realization of the debate-research program “Towards Horizontality in Art” was supported by the Fondacija za otvoreno društvo Srbije Foundation and the International Cooperation sector of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”27671″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://www.fosserbia.org/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”27673″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://www.kultura.gov.rs/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1619193792303{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1619193257970{background-color: #f7f7f8 !important;}”][dt_blog_carousel post_type=”tags” dis_posts_total=”” posts_offset=”0″ post_content_paddings=”5px 5px 5px 5px” image_hover_bg_color=”default” slides_on_wide_desk=”3″ slides_on_lapt=”2″ slides_on_h_tabs=”1″ slides_on_v_tabs=”1″ item_space=”10″ slide_to_scroll=”all” autoplay=”y” post_date=”n” post_author=”n” post_comments=”n” read_more_button=”off” arrows=”n” show_bullets=”y” bullets_h_offset=”0px” tags=”254, 284″][ultimate_spacer height=”70″ height_on_tabs=”60″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”50″ height_on_mob_landscape=”50″ height_on_mob=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” full_height=”yes” columns_placement=”bottom” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”bottom” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-vz-jquery” bg_image_new=”id^27344|url^https://ulus.rs/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/dp.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^dp|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_image_size=”initial” bg_override=”full” enable_overlay=”enable_overlay_value” overlay_pattern=”09.png” overlay_pattern_size=”1″][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]