VIDEO DOCUMENTATION OF THE SYMPOSIUM
PRECARIOUS IN CAPITALIST CULTURE
The symposium on thinking the future from a labor perspective «Precarious in capitalist culture – Should we continue living like this?» curated by Ivana Vaseva, and organized by Faculty of things that can’t be learned (FR~U), North Macedonia in partnership with Lokomotiva - Centre for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Southeast Europe, gathered several actors from the region and across Europe to discuss the labor relations of freelance cultural workers. The symposium took place in Kino Kultura, Skopje, November 29-30, 2019 and focused on the topic of precarious conditions that workers are facing in today’s capitalist world in order to exchange experiences, discuss existing models and share strategies for labor organization in culture and art and concerning possibilities of transnational organization.
November 29, 2019, Kino Kultura, Skopje
Opening of the Symposium by Ivana Vaseva(FR~U, North Macedonia), Krunoslav Stojaković (RLS SEE) and Vladan Jeremić (RLS SEE)
“Art Workers Between Precarity and Resistance: A Genealogy”, lecture by Corina L. Apostol (Tallinn Art Hall and ArtLeaks, Estonia/Romania) and “The condition of freelance cultural workers in North Macedonia” presentation by IvanaVaseva and Violeta Kachakova (Lokomotiva, North Macedonia)
November 30, 2019, Kino Kultura, Skopje
Public presentations and reports on workshop results
From the Workers Inquiry workshop in the Macedonian context by Bojana Piškur and Djordje Balmazović and “Advocacy of cultural workers for labour” rights by Tjaša Pureber
November 30, 2019, Kino Kultura, Skopje
Session I: Precarious in capitalist culture
Moderator: Biljana Tanurovska –Kjulavkovski (Lokomotiva, North Macedonia)-Future Climates by Antonia Alampi (Savvy Contemporary, Germany) and ILiana Fokianaki (State of Concept Athens, Greece), including ArtLeaks platform by Corina L. Apostol (Tallinn Art Hall and ArtLeaks) and Vladan Jeremić (RLS SEE/ArtLeaks)
November 30, 2019, Kino Kultura, Skopje
Session II: Precarious in deindustrialized societies
Moderator: Filip Jovanovski (FR~U, North Macedonia) - Enough with the cuts, Zagreb by Karla Crnčević (dramaturgist and film worker, Croatia)
Presentation of different struggles in local context by Tara Rukeci (Zrenjanin Social Forum Workers Video Club, Serbia)
Textile workers in Shtip on the long road to precarity by Kristina Ampeva (Loud Textile Worker, North Macedonia)
Devalorization of labour by Kire Vasilev (labor activist, North Macedonia)
November 30, 2019, Kino Kultura, Skopje
Concluding session with Antonia Alampi, Kristina Ampeva, Corina L. Apostol, Djordje Balmazović, Karla Crnčević, ILiana Fokianaki,Vladan Jeremić, Filip Jovanovski, Violeta Kachakova, Biljana Tanurovska – Kjulavkovski, Krunoslav Stojaković, Tara Rukeci, Bojana Piškur, Tjaša Pureber, Kire Vasilev, Ivana Vaseva