"Da sve to može da bude drugačije, to jest da se iskustvo rada  na stripu može analitički primeniti na produkciju radova koji preispituju granice delovanja žanrovskih konvencija u likovnom i oblikovnom prikazivanju, pokazuje izložba Aleksandera Ćurića, pod nazivom „Servis za dinamiku prostora (izložba prostorno i alternativnog stripa)“. Ćurić ovu izložbu realizuje kao dobitnik nagrade Galerije SKCa za inovaciju u strip umetnosti na Petom međunarodnom salonu stripa, održanom u SKCu 2007. godine, i uvod je u ovogodišnji Salon. Iako se, na prvi pogled, izložba opaža kao niz prostornih instalacija sa veoma fizički prisutnim elementima, od kojih neki imaju i skulpturalne karakteristike, povezane fragmentima tekstova što uvode neku vrstu naracije, koja tek asocira na stripovsku, uza šta je gotovo naknadno dodato i svega nekoliko standardnih strip tabli na jednom od zidova, njen autor insistira na tome da je to izložba „prostornog i alternativnog stripa“

PROČITAJTE CEO TEKST

"The possibility that all of that can be different, that is, that the experience of making strip can be analytically applied to the production of works which question the limits of genre conventions in artistic and formal displays is shown by the Alexander’s exhibit known as the “SERVICE FOR SPATIAL DYNAMICS” (showcasing the spatial and alternative strip). Alexander releases this exhibit as the winner of the SCC (student cultural center, Belgrade) award for “innovation of the strip arts” at the annual 5th  International strip Salon hosted by SCC in september 2007, and his exhibit was the introduction to this year’s strip salon in SCC. Even though this exhibition is observed, at first glance, as the serie of spatial installations, with physically very present elements, where some have an explicit sculptural qualities, combined together with text fragments which introduce some form of narration, which resembles, but barely just the strip narration, and by which are joined just but a few standard strip boards, hung on one wall, and it’s author insists that this is the “Exhibition of Spatial and alternative strip”

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Časopis Kultura, pokrenut 1968. godine je interdisciplinarni naučni časopis za teoriju i sociologiju kulture u opštem smislu reči. Od prvog broja bio je i ostao otvoren prema stvaralačkim idejama prisutnim kod nas i u svetu, o čemu svedoče tekstovi značajnih stranih autora, prilozi autora iz kulturnih centara tadašnje Jugoslavije i domaćih autora koji se pojavljuju sa novim idejama i pristupima kulturi. Tokom pet decenija delatnosti časopisa Kultura, postojalo je više redakcija.

Iz članka "Estetika nevidljivog, Dragana Kuprešanin"

"Ćurić povodom nagrađenog rada u septembru 2008. godine priređuje izložbu prostornog stripa u Studentskom kulturnom centru u Beogradu, pod nazivom „Servis za dinamiku prostora" gde, sem nagrađenog rada, izlaže i još nekoliko eksperimenata zasnovanih na sličnom principu strukturisanja. U prikazu ove izložbe S. Vuković vrednost i inovativnost u Ćurićevom radu, nalazi u napuštanju stereotipskih odnosa stripa i savremene umetnosti, (prethodno) utvrđenim direktnim transferima iz jedne oblasti u drugu. U ovoj promeni pristupa mediju, a u odnosu na prethodno nagrađivane eksperimente, postavljeno je važno pitanje o strukturi stripa, na način koji do tada nije bio razmatran..."

PROČITAJTE CEO TEKST

The journal Kultura, launched in 1968, is an interdisciplinary scientific journal for the theory and sociology of culture in the general sense of the word.  From the first issue, Kultura remains open to creative ideas, presented in our country and in the world, as evidenced by the texts of important foreign authors from the cultural centers of and domestic authors who appear with new ideas and approaches to culture.  During the five decades of activity of the Kultura magazine, there were several important editorial offices.

From the article Aesthetics of the invisible by Dragana Kupresanin

"On the occasion of the awarded work, in September 2008, Ćurić organized an exhibition of spatial comics at the Student Cultural Center in Belgrade, entitled "Service for the dynamics of space", where, in addition to the awarded work, he exhibited several other experiments based on a similar principle of structuring. In the presentation of this exhibition, S  Vuković finds the value and innovation in Ćurić's work in abandoning the stereotypical relationship between comics and contemporary art, in (previously) established direct transfers from one area to another. In this change of approach to the medium, and in relation to previously awarded experiments, an important question was raised about the structure  comics, in a way that had not been considered until then.

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Smatram da je najveće priznanje koje sam ikad dobio, važnije čak i od same nagrade za inovaciju, to što se Prostorni Strip našao kao deo doktorske disertacije Dragane Kuprešanin.

Dragana Kuprešanin (1982) je dizajner, vizuelni umetnik, specijalista slikarstva i strip autor iz Beograda. Alternativne kratke stripove koje crta i objavljuje od 2004. godine u fanzinima u zemlji i regionu, 2019. godine publikuje „Komar“ u zbirci „Specijalna smesa“. Već od 2008. radi eksperimentalne stripove u graničnim medijima, koji preispituju strukturu, definicije i konvencije devete umetnosti kroz koncepte prostornog, inkluzivnog i performativnog stripa. 

Njen doktorski rad „Nevidljivi talas – eksperimentalni taktilni strip“ je nagrađen sa sedam prestižnih nagrada, kao inovativni i prvi inkluzivni strip. U saradnji sa „Ateljeom 61“ iz Novog Sada, za njihovu umetničku zbirku 2022. realizuje svoj prvi vuneni strip – kao tkanu tapiseriju. 

Međutim, Dragana je isto tako jedina osoba u regionu koja je doktorirala na eksperimentalnom stripu, a njen doktorat bi se mogao opisati kao vrlo iscrpna i detaljna publikacija o istoriji eksperimentalnog stripa. Potencijalno najdetaljnija ikada napisana. U okviru te publikacije, opisuje i značaj samog Prostornog Stripa u kontekstu istorije umetnosti na našim prostorima. 

Biti opisan kao autor čiji rad zauzima takvo mesto, od strane jedne od najobrazovanijih osoba, verovatno je najveće priznanje koje kreativna osoba može dobiti u životu, i ovo je svakako najveće priznanje koje sam do sada dobio. 

Beskrajno sam zahvalan na tome!

PROČITAJTE CEO TEKST

I consider the greatest recognition I have ever received, even more important than the innovation award itself, is that the Spatial Strip (Prostorni strip) found its place as part of Dragana Kuprešanin's doctoral dissertation.

Dragana Kuprešanin (1982) is a designer, visual artist, painting specialist, and comic book author from Belgrade. Since 2004, she has been creating and publishing alternative short comics in fanzines in the country and the region. In 2019, she published "Komar" in the collection "Specijalna smesa (Special Mixture)." Since 2008, she has been working on experimental comics in bordering media, which challenge the structure, definitions, and conventions of the ninth art through the concepts of spatial, inclusive, and performative comics.

Her doctoral dissertation "Nevidljivi talas – eksperimentalni taktilni strip" (The Invisible Wave – Experimental Tactile Comic) has received seven prestigious awards as an innovative and the first inclusive comic. In collaboration with "Atelje 61" from Novi Sad, she created her first woolen comic as a woven tapestry for their art collection in 2022.

However, Dragana is also the only person in the region who has earned a doctorate in experimental comics, and her dissertation could be described as a very comprehensive and detailed publication on the history of experimental comics. Potentially the most detailed ever written. Within this publication, she describes the significance of the Spatial Comic itself in the context of the art history in our region.

To be described as an author whose work occupies such a position by one of the most educated individuals is probably the greatest recognition a creative person can receive in life, and this is certainly the greatest recognition I have received so far.

I am infinitely grateful for that!

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Aleksander Ćurić ovu samostalnu izložbu realizuje kao dobitnik nagrade Galerije SKC za inovaciju na petom međunarodnom salonu stripa u SKC - u 2007. godine. Ova izložba predstavlja ciklus radova, koji stilski proizilaze iz iskustva žanrovskog crteža u maniru stripa, ali u realizaciji poprimaju forme prostornih instalacija. One pokazuju neku vrstu ambivalencije, bivajući i objektni, neposredno prisutni u materijalnom smislu i sasvim eterični, kao linearni prostorni crteži. Aleksander živi i radi u Ćupriji, gde je član lokalne umetničke asocijacije Tatlin. Bavi se stripom, pisanjem, instalacijama i elektronskom muzikom.

Aleksander Ćurić is realizing this solo exhibition as the winner of the SKC Gallery Award for Innovation at the Fifth International Comics Salon in SKC in 2007. This exhibition presents a cycle of works, which stylistically derive from the experience of genre drawing in the manner of comics, but in their realization take the form of spatial installations. They show a kind of ambivalence, being both objective, directly present in the material sense and completely ethereal, as linear spatial drawings. Alexander lives and works in Ćuprija, where he is a member of the local art association Tatlin. He is involved in comics, writing, installations and electronic music.

...međutim, najveći prodor u alternativnom izrazu se nije desio u dvodimenzionalnoj formi (koja je samo likovno potvrdila već viđene forme), već u proširivanju stripske umetnosti van papirnog medijuma – na instalaciju, prostornu intervenciju i skulpturnu dimenziju... 

Đorđe Milić – član žirija

(u recenziji Petog salona stripa u biltenu Skica) 

‚‚The biggest breakthrough in alternative expression has not happened in two-dimensional form, but in expansion of graphic short stories media, out of paper - in installation, spatial intervention and sculptural dimension..."

 (Đorđe Milić – member of the jury in a review of Comic Salon)

Prostorni strip je nova likovna forma za koju je Aleksander Ćurić dobio specijalnu nagradu žirija za inovaciju u strip umetnosti na 5. medjunarodnom salonu stripa u Beogradu. Reč je o alternativnom stripu, sagledanom iz ugla prostornog crteža, sačinjenom od različitog materijala poput čelika, gvoždja, iverice... Najdrastičnija razlika izmedju takve instalacije i prostornog crteža, nalazi se u posebnom pristupu priči kroz repeticiju elemenata. Naime, u prostornom stripu, jedan crtež čini samo jedan kadar, dok čitava celina čini strip tablu... 

(Časopis Singidunum)

Spatial fiction/strip is the new artistic form which won the Special prize of the jury for innovation in strip for Alexander at the 5th International strip review in Belgrade. It is about the alternative strip, observed from the perspective of spatial drawing, made out of various materials ex. Steel, iron, plywood... The most drastic difference between such an installation and spatial drawing lies in the special approach to the story through the repetition of elements. Namely, a spatial strip shot consists of one drawing, and the whole of them make one board.