Presentation | Jovanka Popova  | AIM Plovdiv 2019 – Local Connections |  Sklad, Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 8 June,  2019 

AIM Plovdiv 2019 – Local Connections brings together a range of European artist-run initiatives to connect independent Bulgarian art scene with the surrounding regions and internationally. The project builds on AIM Network's long-term goals to facilitate connections, build new collaborations, strengthen the artist-run scene and make it accessible to the public. It develops the concept of working on a large-scale local basis across different but interconnected neighbouring regions. Despite the state borders, artists and curators often share similar social and cultural questions, common traditions and discourse in contemporary art, yet often they do not have the opportunity to meet in person and share their experience. The project will offer a range of events including public workshops, panel discussion, guided tour and exhibition. AIM Plovdiv 2019 is organised by AIM Network and Water Tower Art Fest and is realised as part of the official programme of Plovdiv 2019 ECOC

International Project | Collective Domain of Cultural Memory (CDCM)  | partners organizations: Press to Exit Project Space, Loose Associations, Suns and Stars  | Macedonia, Croatia and Netherlands |  2019 

(Un)disciplined: A Construction of An Archive – program produced in the context of the international project CDCM                    

International Symposium Hey, What Do We Have to Lose? Archiving as a Collective Act of Resistance, May 31st – June 1st, 2019; Artist in Residence Program - May 29th – June 14th, 2019; Exhibition Program - Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje May 31st – June 6th, 2019 and Mobil Gallery – Contemporary Art Center CAC Skopje June 10th – June 15th

International Symposium “Hey, What Do We Have to Lose? Archiving as a Collective Act of Resistance” “(Un)disciplined: A Construction of An Archive” is part of a year-long curated program produced in the context of the international project “Collective Domain of Cultural Memory” (CDCM)   – May 31st – June 1st, 2019  Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

Collective Domain of Cultural Memory (CDCM) is an international project on the ethics of cultural heritage and the capacity of artistic practices to unfold new relations and understandings of history.

International Symposium and exhibition | “Hey, what do we have to lose? Archiving as an act of collective resistance” | organized by Press to Exit Project Space | Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje | May 31st - June 1st 2019

This symposium is first of a series of activities that will be realized by Press to Exit as part of the ongoing program “(Un)disciplined: A Construction of an Archive” produced in the frame of a two-year project “Collective Domain of Cultural Memory” (cdcm.eu) - an international project on the ethics of cultural heritage and the capacity of artistic practices to unfold new relations and understandings of history developed in collaboration between Suns and Stars (The Netherlands) and Loose Associations (Croatia).

Lectures and Presentations | Hristina Ivanoska | Methodology in Collaborative Practice: in Conversation with students of the University of Applied Arts Angewandte, Vienna | Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje | 9 April 2019

Hristina Ivanoska (Co-founder of Press to Exit and PhD Candidate, Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna) meet with students of Prof. Eva-Maria Stadler at the University of Applied Arts - Angewandte, Vienna, to give a tour and speak about the exhibition “Yane Calovski and Hristina Ivanoska: Epilogue (Form of an Argument)” as well as address current socio-political and cultural conditions in Macedonia; with participation of Jenni Tischer (Kunst und Wissenstransfer, Angewandte) and Bojana Janeva Shemova (Curator, MCA Skopje).

International activity | Yane Calovski |Regional Consultation Meeting: EU – Western Balkans Cultural Relations | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8-9 April 2019

The Cultural Diplomacy Platform invited Yane Calovski to participate to the Regional (Western Balkans) Consultation meeting, which will take place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8 - 9 April 2019. His work with Press to Exit and JADRO – Association of the independent culture scene - is identified as an important stakeholder to contribute to this process and be valuable to the success of the meeting. Together with other stakeholders Yane was invited to discuss and address opportunities, needs and potential ways of developing and enhancing EU-Western Balkans cultural relations.