Europe, But Not Quite
The liminal whiteness and Europeanness of Eastern Europe I am waiting in line with my group of friends. A Dutch person behind us asks where we are from, probably to make…
Tsinandali Festival Brings Classical Music to the Cultural Heart of Georgia
Tsinandali Festival and the Pan Caucasian Youth Orchestra return to Georgia’s wine country Nestled in the heart of Kakheti, Georgia’s premier winemaking region, the Tsinandali Estate was the birthplace of the…
Train in Vain: Waiting for the Metro in Belgrade
Who will Belgrade’s long-awaited metro serve? On scorching summer afternoons in Belgrade, when the humidity rising from the Danube and the Sava settles over the city like a wool blanket doused…
A “School of Disobedience” Opens in Subotica: An Interview with Anna Ádám, Founder of the School of Disobedience
On the invitation of the feminist association Klara i Rosa, The School of Disobedience will open its doors May 16-20 to offer a series of free workshops and performances in Subotica. Improvisation,…
Quo Vadis? A Few Notes on Painting and Paralysis
To paint, not the thing, but the effect which it produces. —Stéphane Mallarmé Travel Guide, curated by Luana Hildebrandt, is a group exhibit at the IOMO gallery that brings together new works…
“Nothing But Advertising”: Vukša Veličković on Cultural Production, Propaganda and PR
Few have left their mark on as many fields as Vukša Veličković, a Serbian writer, journalist, online publisher, editor-in-chief and advertising creative. We caught up with Veličković to discuss PR, media, political…
Back to the Blocs: 21st Century Nonalignment and the New Cold War
Notes from the 60th anniversary commemorative summit of the Nonaligned Movement in Belgrade, Serbia I expected the Nonaligned summit to be something else, something more hallucinatory. I expected something like what…
Journey to Bessarabia: Dreamlike Photos from Ukraine’s Southwest
Kyiv-based Irish photographer Bradley Stafford takes us on a dreamlike journey to Ukraine’s southwest In Ukraine’s far flung southwest, life doesn’t feel Ukrainian in the way it does in Zakarpattia or…
Belgrade to Host the 60th Anniversary of the Nonaligned Movement
Sixty years ago, Belgrade hosted the first summit of the Nonaligned Movement (NAM). It was a pivotal moment in the history of the Cold War and decolonization that deserves more attention than…
Meet Daria Bagina, Russia’s 23-Year-Old Communist Candidate
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) just had its best electoral showing in years. The party added 15 seats in the Russian State Duma in an election observers say was…