Profile

Urtica, art and media research group, is an artists' organisation, specialised in the development of multidisciplinary projects that merge art, science and social engagement. The group started the realisation of its projects in 1999. Its work ranges from web-based artworks, media actions and short videos broadcast to the general public on television. International exhibitions: "Ars Electronica" (Austria), "Viper" (Switzerland), "FILE" (Brazil), "Ogaki Biennial 2004" (IAMAS, Japan), "Hilchot Shchenim" (The Israeli Center for Digital Art), "MAD 03" (Spain)... ; UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2003 at IAMAS, Japan (2003)

Town: Novi Sad / Belgrade Country: Serbia and Montenegro

Members:

Violeta Vojvodić

Eduard Balaž

Daniel Stevanović

Awards:

2003
. UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2003 at IAMAS, Japan (the second prize) / look at...
. the annual award of the gallery Golden Eye "The exhibition of the year", Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro / look at...

2000
. award of IV Yugoslav Biennial of the Youth, Vršac, Yugoslavia / look at...
. award of The Contemporary Gallery - Pančevo at IV Yugoslav Biennial of the Youth, Vršac, Yu / look at...

1999
. award of 28. Novosadskog salona
. award for mixed media at Spring exhibition of ULUS /Association of the Fine Artists of Serbia (Violeta Vojvodić), Belgrade, Yugoslavia

1998
. the first award in mixed media category at 5th International Biennial of miniature, Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia

1996
. the annual award for painting of the Academy of Arts, Novi Sad (Eduard Balaž)

Artist in residence:

2006
. Sept - Nov, MAPXXL programme at Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Étienne / Communication department (Saint Étienne, France)

2004
. October - November, ArtsLink Residency Program: Rhode Island School of Design / Digital Media Department (Providence, USA)
. July - September, Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen AIR, Innsbruck, Austria

2002
. October-December, "KulturKontakt guest studio program", Vienna, Austria
. March, C3 Center for Culture and Communication, Budapest, Hungary

Festivals and group exhibitions:

2007
. Prague, Czech, ENTER / 3rd international festival / Artistic experiments with new technologies at borders with science / look at...
. Novi Sad, Serbia, Play Cultures [svet digitalnih igara] Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina / look at...
. Čačak, Serbia, 24th Memorial Nadežda Petrović, Transforming Memory. The Politics of Images / look at...
. Luxembourg, art4lux, European Forum for emerging creation / look at...
. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, "FILE RIO 2007" International Festival of Electronic Language / look at... http://www.file.org.br/
. Beograd, Srbija, "PRODOR U REALNOST: Ukidanje javnog prostora", Salon Muzeja savremene umetnosti Beograd / look at...

2006
. Oklahoma City, USA, Upgrade! International: Oklahoma City: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) / look at...
. Saint Étienne, France, Biennale Internationale Design 2006 Saint-Étienne / look at...
. Sao Paolo, Brazil, "FILE 2006" International Festival of Electronic Language / look at... http://www.file.org.br/
. Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, "Disappearing of the public space", Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade ) / look at...

2004
. Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, retrospective exhibition "Galerija Doma omladine-četvrta decenija (1995-2004)", Dom omladine Beograda
. Ogaki, Japan, Ogaki Biennale 2004 (IAMAS) / look at...
. Rotterdam, Nethetlands, "International Filmfestival Rotterdam" / Exploding Cinema-section / Power : Play / look at...http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/film/30337.html

2003
. Holon, Israel, "Hilchot Shchenim", The Israeli Center for Digital Art / look at...
. Basel, Switzerland, "Viper" / International Festival for Film, Video and New Media / look at...
. Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, "WLI" World, Language, Iconicity - exhibition and symposium, Rex / B92 Cultural Center / look at...
. Madrid, Spain, "MAD 03" 2nd meeting of experimental art in Madrid / look at... http://www.mad03.net/ing_digit.php?id_artistas=577
. Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, "POSITIVE / NEGATIVE", "44 th October Salon" / look at...
. Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro, "Balkan Video&Digital Art Festival" / look at...
. Amsterdam, Netherland, International Festival of Tactical Media - Next 5 minutes / Media Library / look at... http://www.n5m.org/n5m4/medialibrary/section.php?sec=advertising
. Linz, Austria, "CODE - the language of our time", Ars Electronica - Festival for Art, Technology and Society / look at...
. Sao Paolo, Brazil, "FILE 2003" International Festival of Electronic Language / look at... http://www.file.org.br/
. Yucatan/Mexico, "[R]-[R]-[F]" InteractivA'03 - Biennial for New Media Art, Museum of Contemporary art Merida / look at...
. Vienna, Austria, "Quo, vadis logo?", Transeuropa, Quartier 21, Museumsquartier / look at...

2002
. Basel, Switzerland, "Viper" / International Festival for Film, Video and New Media / look at...
. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, "KEF", Rex B92 Qltural Lab / look at...http://www.rex.b92.net/kef
. Novi Sad", Yugoslavia, "31. Novosadski Oktobarski Salon"
. Zagreb, Croatia, "Urban Festival" / look at...
. Beograd, Yugoslavia, "Znakovito", Grafički kolektiv
. Beograd, Yugoslavia, "Grifon", Grafički kolektiv
. Budapest, Hungary, The MAMU Gallery

2001
. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, "Beogradski Oktobarski Salon"
. Ljubljana, Slovenia, "Break 21" 5.International festival of young independent artist

2000
. Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, "Video Medeja" / Video summit
. Portoroz, Slovenia, "Golden Drum" Advertising festival
. Vrsac, Yugoslavia, "IV Yugoslav Biennial of the Young" / look at...

1999
. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, "IV Belgrade's biennial of drawing and small plastic" / look at...
. Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, "The Second International Biennial of Sketches and Projects", Gallery "Zlatno oko"
. Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, "28. Novosadski Oktobarski Salon"

1997
. Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, The First International Biennial of Sketches and Projects, Gallery "Zlatno Oko"

Solo exhibitions:

2005
. "Social Engine" / computer work + prints, within the framework of "Private Investigations" Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria / look at...

2004
. "Vehicles for the mind" / computer works + prints, Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria / look at...

2003
. "Dictionary of Primal Behaviour" / computer works + prints, Gallery Golden Eye, Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro, solo exhibition within the Balkan video&digital art Festival / look at...

2001
. "Urtica Medicamentum est" / installation, Cultural Centre Pančevo, Yugoslavia / look at...

1999
. "Place for two" / installation, "Dom omladine", Belgrade, Yu / look at...
. "Clothes for two" / installation, Family house of Braca Fikov, Zrenjanin, Yu / look at...

Presentations and lectures:

2005
. Urtica: eine brennnessel mit sozialem gewissen / lecture series, within the framework of the network www.digitalbrainstorming.ch Swiss: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich; Media Gallery [plug in], Basel; Kornhausforum - Forum fur Medien und Gestaltung, Bern; zfm phtg, Kreuzlingen ) / look at...
. "Social Engine - Great minds think alike"/ lecture, within the framework of "Private Investigations" Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria ) / look at...

2004
. "Mouse says click! and Human says eek!", within the framework of RISD "Media Lecture Series Fall 2004", Rhode Island School of Design / Digital Media Department (Providence, USA) / look at...
. "Urtica's Artworks", lecture, The School of Visual Arts, the Master of Fine Arts Computer Arts Department / Contemporary Voices, New York (USA)
. "Vehicles for the mind", lecture, Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria / look at...

2003
. "Dictionary of Primal Behaviour" presentation, "Viper" Basel, Switzerland / look at...
. "Dictionary of Primal Behaviour" presentation, "Balkan Video&Digital Art Festival", Novi Sad", Serbia & Montenegro / look at...
. "Dictionary of Primal Behaviour" presentation, Ars Electronica - Festival for Art, Technology and Society , Linz, Austria / look at...

2002
. "K. und K. / Kraft und Konfekt ", presentation, Vienna, Austria / look at...
. "Lapsus Memoriae", presentation, Viper, Basel, Switzerland / look at...
. "Urtica medicamentum est", presentation, Urban Festival, Zagreb, Croatia / look at...
. "Gray Game", lecture, Prva Kragujevačka Gimnazija, Kragujevac, Yugoslavia / look at...
. "Lapsus Memoriae", presentation, Media Education Center kuda.org, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia / look at... http://www.kuda.org

2001
. CD-ROM "Urtica medicamentum est", presentation, Video summit "Video Medeja" in Novi Sad, YU
. presentation of WEB site Urtica, Club "Izba", Novi Sad, Yu

2000
. CD-ROM "Urtica medicamentum est", presentation, "Medija Centar" Belgrade, organized by independent artistic association "Remont" / look at...

TV and radio broadcasting:

2002
. TV B92, Belgrade, Yu / "Lapsus Memoriae - TV ad."
. radio 101, Zagreb, Croatia, / "Omnigenus - radio ad"

2001
. TV Politika, ART channel, TV "Pink", "SOS" channel, "YU info", TV "B92" / Yugoslavia / "Omnigenus TV ad"
. radio "B92", radio "INDEX", "Poslovni radio" / Belgrade, Yugoslavia / "Omnigenus radio ad"
. radio "Student", Ljubljana, Slovenia / "Ratioremedium radio ad"
. "TV channel Pančevo", Pančevo, Yu / "Ratioremedium TV ad"

2000
. TV "B92" and radio "B92", Beograd, YU / "Ratioremedium radio & TV ad"

Press actions:

2002
. Danas-daily newspaper, Belgrade, YU /"Lapsus Memoriae - print ad."
. Plavi Oglasnik, Zagreb, Croatia, /"Omnigenus - newspaper ad"

2001
. Nin-Weekly Informative Newspaper, Belgrade, Yugoslavia / "Omnigenus - print ad"
. Remont-art magazine, Belgrade, Yugoslavia / "Omnigenus - print ad"

Art workshops and art camps:

2002
. Art Camp Kalenić - Srbija, organised by KPZ Rekovac, curator Zoran Erić / look at...

2001
. The ninth International Art Camp in Tihany - Hungary, organised by Túlsó P'art.

Art works:

SOCIAL ENGINE 2004-07

Social Engine / Great minds think alike

AFFECT_ME 2006-07

affect_me / "the semaphore flag signalling system"

DICTIONARY OF PRIMAL BEHAVIOUR 2003-2004

Mouse says: click! and human says: eek!
DIC. interjections / database
DIC. interjections / video

LAPSUS MEMORIAE 2002

Lapsus Memoriae / Gray Game
Lapsus Memoriae / TV ad
Kumova sekira / Godfather's Axe
K. und K. / Kraft und Konfekt

URTICA MEDICAMENTUM EST 1999-2001

Departments of Urtica
Ratioremedium
Omnigenus