LOOSE ASSOCIATIONS

Slobodne veze / Loose Associations is a Croatian civic association (NGO) and contemporary art platform founded in February 2009 by Nataša Bodrožić, Ivana Meštrov and Tonka Maleković. Based in Zagreb with what it describes as Adriatic extensions, the initiative brings together (in)dependent artists, curators and cultural workers. Its stated mission is to explore "modes of destabilization of the system of apparent reality" through discursive analysis and visual representation, seeking gaps and "territories of the possibilities undiscovered" outside the dominant politics of culture. The platform is particularly interested in imaginative geographies — how other places, people and landscapes are represented, how those imaginings reflect the preconceptions and desires of their inventors, and the power relations between authors and subjects. It also champions non-institutional educational platforms as a way of forming collectivities, enabling public exchange of critical positions, and questioning official truth and belief systems. The organization operates bilingually under the names Slobodne veze (Croatian) and Loose Associations (English), and maintains an online presence at slobodneveze.org.

Slobodne veze / Loose Associations was founded in February 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia, by Nataša Bodrožić, Ivana Meštrov and Tonka Maleković. It was established as a civic association (NGO) of (in)dependent artists, curators and cultural workers, with activities extending into the Adriatic region. From its inception, the initiative framed itself not as a conventional arts organization but as a platform for discursive analysis and visual representation aimed at destabilizing what it calls the "system of apparent reality." Its founders and collaborators have pursued themes of imaginative geographies — the representation of other places, peoples and landscapes, and the power relations embedded in those representations. The organization has also invested in non-institutional educational formats as a means of forming collectivities and fostering public exchange of critical positions. It operates under the dual name Slobodne veze (Croatian) and Loose Associations (English), and maintains its primary online presence at slobodneveze.org.

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  Founded in February 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia, by Nataša Bodrožić, Ivana Meštrov and Tonka Maleković.

An (in)dependent, non-institutional contemporary art and cultural platform operating between critical discourse, curating and education.

Product categories. Contemporary art projects · Curatorial initiatives · Discursive and educational programmes · Publications and visual representation projects

1. 1SLOBODNE VEZEslobodneveze.org
2. 2About us – SLOBODNE VEZEslobodneveze.org
3. 3LOOSE ASSOCIATIONS – Wikidatawikidata.org