Book launch
PRIJENOSI / OVERFØRINGER / TRANSMISSIONS

Welcome to the launch of the new book Prijenosi / Overføringer / Transmissions.

The publication is Damir Avdagić’s first artist monograph, and it presents four of the artist’s projects, created over a period of ten years, made in close collaboration with members of the Yugoslav diaspora. These works address the effects of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and the conditions for repair.

In addition to documentation of works and material from Avdagić’s archive, the publication contains texts by Sabeth Buchmann, Slavenka Drakulić and Jasmina Tumbas, as well as a conversation between visual artist Mary Kelly and Avdagić, which provides deep insight into the processes, methods and themes of Avdagić’s work. The book is edited by Live Drønen and Damir Avdagić and published by Archive Books (Berlin/Milan/Dakar).

PROGRAMME

5.45pm – Doors open
6pm – Introduction by UKS’ Director, Miriam Wistreich
6.15pm – Live Drønen and Damir Avdagić in conversation
6.45pm – Lecture by art historian Sabeth Buchmann: Witnesses before and behind the curtain, about rehearsal as a methodology in Avdagić’s practice
7.30pm – Refreshments served and opportunity to purchase the book
8.30pm – Doors close

ABOUT

Damir Avdagić (b.1987) lives and works in Oslo. He is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (MFA, 2014) and the University of California (MFA, 2016). He has presented solo exhibitions at UKS, Oslo (2024); Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Svolvær (2023); 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica (2020); and others. His work has been shown in exhibitions at Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing (2024); CAC Gallery, Irvine (2024); and Whitechapel Gallery, London (2023); among others.

Live Drønen (b.1993) is an Oslo-based writer and curator. She holds a Master’s degree in contemporary art theory from Goldsmiths, University of London and has a background in journalism and media studies. She has written for several journals and magazines, such as Artforum, Texte zur Kunst and Kunstkritikk, among others. She is currently Assistant Curator at Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker.

Sabeth Buchmann (b.1962) is Professor of modern and postmodern art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. She is the author of Kunst als Infrastruktur (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz Kõnig, 2023) and Denken gegen das Denken: Produktion, Technologie, Subjektivität bei Sol LeWitt, Yvonne Rainer und Helio Oiticica (b_books, 2007). She has been co-editor of a number of publications since 2006 and is a board member of Texte zur Kunst, European Kunsthalle and documenta Institut, Kassel.