🗓️ Date: February 18 – March 2
📍 Venue: Cultural and Information Center, Skopje
Step into the world of the adult performer’s body through the lens of Zarko Stojchevski and the vision of Iskra Šukarova in the exhibition “Eternal Bodies”. This powerful project delves into the often overlooked narratives surrounding aging, performance, and the cultural assumptions that shape our views on the adult body in the arts.
Through a series of striking photographs, the project challenges the dominant idea that old age marks the end of active life, offering a fresh perspective that celebrates the resilience and beauty of the adult body in performance. It explores the political dimension of the body, reflecting on how age, physical endurance, and societal expectations impact the careers of cultural workers, particularly ballet dancers.
🎬 The Concept:
The project emerged from the collaboration between choreographer Iskra Šukarova and photographer Zarko Stojchevski, alongside five distinguished ballet artists, all with different career and life experiences, having worked with the Macedonian National Theater and Macedonian Opera and Ballet. Together, they challenge the marginalization of the adult body in the world of performing arts.
🔍 Key Focus:
– Addressing the intersection of age, artistic labor, and societal codes
– Reframing the adult body beyond the constraints of physicality and appearance
– Advocating for the freedom of adult bodies from the societal and cultural pathologies of marginalization
📢 About the Artists:
– Zarko Stojchevski (born 1987 in Skopje) is a multimedia artist, creating works in photography, video, poetry, and more. He has been actively contributing to the art scene for over 15 years and is a co-founder of the “Photo Factory” studio.
– Iskra Šukarova (born 1972 in Skopje) is a professional ballet dancer at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, a professor at the Faculty of Music Arts, and an accomplished choreographer with over 30 works staged regionally and internationally.
Join us to experience this thought-provoking exhibition that challenges the conventions of beauty, age, and performance. 🩰✨
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