OFF THE WALL

Urban skiing all over Balkans

photo by Lejla Huremović

Winters in the Balkans are usually filled with snow, but not everywhere in the same measure – usually it’s the mountains that get the heftiest portion of the white powder. This year is different, however, because it was probably the

Ones to Watch 2012: 1000names

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We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year The Bulgarian beat-making duo have been keeping themselves busy the past year, expanding their abstract hip hop repertoire with additions of forward-pop-sounding IDM

NOVA ISKRA: Designers Lab Open Call

Photo: Luka Knezevic Strika

Design Incubator NOVA ISKRA (Belgrade, Serbia) invites applicants from the area of design (22 to 35 years old), active in the domains of industrial and furniture design, interior design, architecture (with special focus on furniture design and home accessorize) to

Balkan Art Now: Get involved in the present

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Online gallery showcasing contemporary Balkan visual art where you can actually buy the artworks Balkan Art Now (BAN) is proud to be the first and only online gallery space that showcases unique contemporary Balkan art, focusing on painting, drawing, mixed

Ones to Watch 2012: Kink

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We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year Apparently armed just with an old PC some ten years a go, Strahil Velchev a.k.a Kink soon got his hands on a Vermona

Ones to Watch 2012: Zana Marjanovic

Zana Marjanovic

We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year Zana is a versatile TV, theater and movie thespian as well as one of the founders of the cabaret/stand-up comedy project ‘Magacin Kabare’,

Ones to Watch 2012: Josip Klobucar

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We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year One of the most talented young Croatian producers has released a mini album Fallback Functions on 4lux Records earlier last year to much

Ones to Watch 2012: Maja Miloš

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We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year The young Serbian film director tops our 2012 list with her upcoming drama Clip, exploring the tension between apathy and unrestrained euphoria of

Where the hell is the Balkans, anyway?

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Fox News has recently featured a map of Balkans with all the state names and borders mixed up. Of course, it ended up in the news here, because we always get offended if someone does something like that: is it

Ones to Watch 2012: Ana Rajcevic

Ana Rajcevic, ANIMAL: The Other Side of Evolution (fiberglass, polyester resin, 2012) / Photo by Fernando Lessa

We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year Ana is a Serbian sculptor and fashion artist, based in London, working at the intersection of sculpture and costume design. She is specialised