Within the ‘Artists.Now’ public call, dedicated to artists from the whole of Serbia for the first time, 42 projects were selected. They will be implemented within this year’s Kaleidoscope of Culture, which takes place from 1 September until 7 October. The call was launched by the ’Novi Sad – European Capital of Culture’ Foundation, with the aim to strengthen the art scene by increasing the visibility of young, emerging artists and topics.
Since the Kaleidoscope of Culture represents five forms of art (performing art, visual art, applied art, literature and architecture), projects selected within the call are diverse and comprise stage art, performing art and fine art, audio-visual and digital art, multimedia projects, literature, musicals, circus and street art, etc.
The list of selected projects within the ‘Artists.Now’ public call in 2022:
| No. | Applicant | Name of the project |
| 1 | Ljiljana Božić | Konzervacija i reastauracija kroz prizmu fotografskog objektiva |
| 2 | Nebojša Balaž | Letnji raspust |
| 3 | Sanja Radusin Smiljanić | Tragovi vremena |
| 4 | Sara Kecman | EKSP Projekat |
| 5 | Sandra Draganić | Imaginarni pejzaži. Arhitektura slike. |
| 6 | Suzana Džuver | Enklava – u susret stihovima iz budućnosti |
| 7 | Aleksandar Topić | Od ateljea do preduzetnika |
| 8 | Aleksandra Lazin | Zagonetne varijacije |
| 9 | Dora Alifieraki Jung | 20 godina Beogradskog festivala igre (dokumentarni film) |
| 10 | Gojko Dutina | MOGUĆMOST |
| 11 | Aleksandra Pavlović | Prezentacija stvaralaštva i showcase programa. Šablon platforme za multimedijalna istraživanja i savremeno stvaralaštvo. |
| 12 | Ana Grigorović | Žorž Bize – Karmen, jedna tragedija |
| 13 | Petra Spasojević | Stvaram, znači postojim |
| 14 | Matheo Delalle Putniković | UMEĆE SANJANJA – Izložba slika |
| 15 | Tamara Babić | Književno odrastanje: od dečje književnosti do književnosti za mlade |
| 16 | Dragan Babić | Pedeset godina Knjige o Blamu: Šta smo naučili od Aleksandra Tišme? |
| 17 | Marko Arizanović | Autorski koncert benda Reci Cimet |
| 18 | Andrijana Rajić | Savremeni srpski kompozitori – nova scena |
| 19 | Mihajlo Bobar | Fantastična mapa Novog Sada |
| 20 | Vesna Mitar | DOLCE TORMENTO |
| 21 | Maja Šuša | NA LITICI, pozorišna predstava u produkciji udruženja Budi iz Pančeva |
| 22 | Isidora Vlček | Pozorišna predstava za decu Kako se gradi karakter |
| 23 | Aleksandar Stanojević | Preoblikovanje – Od upotrebnog predmeta do savremene forme |
| 24 | Iva Olujić | Бакхе данас |
| 25 | Miroslav Novaković | Moj radio |
| 26 | Sonja Petrović | Edukativna predstava Agi i Ema |
| 27 | Nikola Miloradović | Plesno-muzički performans Mirrors |
| 28 | Aleksandar Dadić | Dokumentarni filmovi: Novkabel era i SPENS 81 |
| 29 | Tijana Jevrić | Impulsi Dunava, interaktivni umetnički rad |
| 30 | Ivana Janošev | Video performans: Tri glupe glave |
| 31 | Darko Karlečik | Novo lice Udaraljki |
| 32 | Luka Beatović | Prirodno |
| 33 | Frančeska Fajhner | Razmena u gradu knjige |
| 34 | Marko Perić | Urbana umetnost za početnike |
| 35 | Aleksa Vujović | Avenija mimova 2 |
| 36 | Srđan Paunović | Saksofon i Istok |
| 37 | Vojin Aleksić | Brainstorm & Dance – Monk ansambl |
| 38 | Nenad Ignjatov | Trash Art |
| 39 | Marina Aranitović | Savremena plesna predstava Hibrid |
| 40 | Anđela Stanković | Novi zvuk baroka |
| 41 | Marko Čurčić | Koncert grupe Prisoners of surprise |
| 42 | Konstantinos Petrović | From zero to one |
Kaleidoscope of Culture is a year-round project dedicated to the culture of togetherness that connects artists, cultural institutions, non-governmental organisations, citizens, and visitors through different processes. The selected artworks and programmes will be presented in cultural stations, Creative District and at ‘New Places’ – small, urban, public spaces in Novi Sad.
The Kaleidoscope of Culture, together with Doček, is the programme arch of the European Capital of Culture that led to Novi Sad receiving the award for Best European Trend Brand in the field of culture in Dresden in November 2021. These are the only two programme arches, out of eight, that have been implemented for five years now and intend to remain legacies to the city even after the title.
The ‘Novi Sad – European Capital of Culture’ Foundation launched the call ‘Artists.Now’ two years ago as a support to the local art scene fighting the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, with the aim to raise the capacities of the artistic scene, thus encouraging networking between artists from our country, Europe and the world.
From the very beginning, the call ‘Artists.Now’ has been supported by IDEA.
