ROUGH GUIDE TO AMSTERDAM | Border Inquiries, Live-connected public discussion between Belgrade and Amsterdam
Border Inquiries is a live-connected public discussion between Belgrade and Amsterdam about the new and ever-changing borders on the Balkans.
The discussion will take place simultaneously in the spaces of De Balie and Dom Omladine, connected live via internet. The event brings together researchers, activists and engaged citizens in both cities around issues of border control, border management and migration, to discuss how these issues reflect the precarious relationship of the Balkan region to the European Union.
Borders act as filters, not simply as inclusion and exclusion mechanisms. What the border filters out or lets through is dependent on who operates the border. A peculiarity of the Balkan condition however, is that there are so many overlapping spheres of interest and power that is deeply unclear who actually operates the border? What are the mechanisms deployed in the region to maintain and manage the borders (technological, policing, regulatory, legal, etc.)?
The aim of this gathering in two cities is to create an open forum where a first attempt is made to map the complex transnational presence of the multitude of agencies (OSCE, NATO, UNMIK, KFOR, SFOR, and various missions from the EU, USA and Russian Federation) involved in consolidating the volatile Balkan borders. The discussion could lead to a larger visualisation and mapping project.
With: writer and new media developer Florian Schneider (Kein.org), filmmaker Želimir Žilnik (tbc), artist and author of Schengen without effort Vahida Ramujkić, artist and researcher Zoran Pantelić (New Media Center_kuda.org), art and media explorer Kristian Lukić (Eastwood, Napon and Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina), Milenko Srećković (FreedomFight - Zrenjanin), artist Željko Blaće (Mi2 / Jan van Eyck Academy) (tbc), artist Darko Fritz (tbc) and researcher Paul Keller (Kein.org / Knowledgeland).
Moderated by Eric Kluitenberg in Amsterdam, Branka Ćurčić and Richard de Boer in Belgrade.
This discussion is organised by De Balie in collaboration with kuda.org (Novi Sad), Dom Omladine (Belgrade) and with support of Kein.org, and is part of the three-day program Rough Guide to Amsterdam, 28-30 November 2008 in Dom Omladine.
Where & when?
Saturday 29 November, 19.00 - 21.00 hrs
Belgrade: Dom Omladine, I. sprat
Amsterdam: De Balie, salon