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We started in May year
2000 with Templum-promotion in Strumica and with the
first panel discussion at which about 100 people took
place.
During the summer
period (from June to September) we visited several
cities in Macedonia (Prilep, Bitola, Gevgelija, Negotino,
Strumica, Ohrid, Kochani Kumanovo), with an aim to come
to agreement with various activities connected with our
project.
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At the same time we
were preparing the big exhibition: Comic in the Lit -
The Macedonian Comic in Movement 2000 - 2001. That
exhibition, beside the regular publishing of Margina,
became one of the main orientations of the project.
Actually, this exhibition has become a
"symbol" for the idea of
"alternative" ways of marking the problems in
the society.
The exhibition had
it's opening in Strumica and then it was shown in
Gevgelija. About 20 authors were presented, and most of
them were present on the opening in Strumica. The
exhibition was marked by Skopje's media. The director of
the House of Culture in Strumica, as a result of
following the groups and individuals of visitors during
the week, emphasised that it had been one of the most
visited exhibitions in the last 10 years. The exhibition
in Gevgelija had a good reception, although not so
numerous.
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At the beginning of
2001 the exhibition was exhibit in Prilep and in Bitola.
In Prilep over 200 people came at the opening night and
in Bitola we had almost the same number. In both cities
around 10 authors were present.
In Prilep before the
exhibition was opened, we organized a panel discussion
on the subject: Between the neglecting and attention,
which was recorded by the local television. Around 100
people were present and they actively participated in a
discussion marking the problems concerning the relation
local - central. We also had a promotion of a new issue
of Margina where 11 authors from Prilep had been
presented. The local media showed a great interest.
The exhibition had its
climax in Skopje, on 4th of April 2001, with its opening
in the Museum of Contemporary Art. The whole print run
of the second wider edition of the catalogue (1000
copies) was shared, so we suppose that there were over
500 people. The exhibition was attended by a great
number of people after its opening (which is not typical
for our environment). The media also dedicated a great
attention to the event. For example, A1 Television gave
a report in the main news at seven o' clock. The
exhibition will be opened until 8th of May.
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In the period from
30th March until 1st of April we organized a symposium
on the subject "Cultural Identity - Difference
Within Itself". The symposium took place in the
Cultural Location Mesto. We had 9 participants (four
from abroad and 5 from Macedonia). As a kind of
introduction to the theoretical part of the event, the
alternative art group Skart from Belgrade, had
the presentation of theirs work with title "Your
Shit - Your Responsibility" on 30th of Mart. Both
the presentation and the Symposium were visited by 100 -
150 people.
The symposium happened
on 31st March,
and it lasted around 5 hours.  It is an exception for
our culture because people are not used to such open
discussions. The audience participated very actively in
the discussion, which was very important. Most of the
visitors commented that the discussion with such
openness and intensity hadn't been happened for years.
The discussion was oriented towards ethnical problems.
We were surprised that there were lot of Albanians in
the audience (which is not case with most of the panel
discussions) and we have to emphasise that the
discussion, beside the tension at some moments, was
quite democratic.
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In May we published
the double issue (51/52, around 400 pages) of
Margina.
We also published the
catalogue and poster for the exhibition "The
Macedonian Strip in Movement" in Zagreb.
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On 8th of June we
organized a panel discussion in Negotino on the subject
"Center in the Out". According to the needs of
certain communities we try to offer themes that are
important for the profile of the people who are
concerned. That is why we chose this subject for
Negotino. Five participants from Skopje (Nikola Gelevski,
Sasho Bogdanovski, Pero Georgiev, Iskra Geshoska,
Sladjan Penev) and two from Negotino (Boris Kamchev,
Miki) led the discussion and over 40 people were
included as active participants.
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On 23rd June we had
maybe the most provocative event outside Skopje. After
the aggressive and destructive happenings in Bitola as a
reaction of the "war" Bitola became the most
controversial part of the country considering the
ethnical intolerance. However, after few refusals of the
local organizer we succeeded in making an arrangement
for a panel discussion and for the promotion of Margina.
The subject of the panel was Modernity and Barbarity.
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In September we
published the third issue of Margina #53 in which the
creative potential of Gevgelija and the CD of TB
Tracheri were promoted.
In October we
organized a panel discussion on the subject: Community
and Responsibility, in Gevgelija. Participants were
Nikola Madzirov (Strumica), Robert Aladjozovski (Valandovo),
Zarko Trajanoski (Skopje), Boris Kamchev (Negotino),
Nikola Gelevski (Skopje).
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What
has been produced
- 6 issues of magazine Margina (around 1500 pages, 500
copies per issue)
- 4 publications of a
catalogue "Comic in the Lift" (the first was
in 2000, the second and the third were in 2001, and the
fourth was the special issue for the exhibition in
Zagreb (total print run: 2500 copies)
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Seven big colour
placats (50x70, 400 - 700 copies; designers Filip
Unkovski, Nebojsha Gelevski, Sinisha Cvetkovski, Gordana
Goceva, Ljubo Stefanovski)
- Brochure for the
symposium "Cultural Identity - Difference Within
Itself"
- Ten jambo-placats
(100x250 cm) for the interior of the exhibition
"Comic in the Lift"
- 30 different postcards
for Disseminated Margins created by: Ana Stojkovikj,
Boban Peshov, Sinisha Cvetkovski, Nebojsha Gelevski (500
- 700 copies)
- Placats on the subject
"How to Become a Glorious Feminist" in
Macedonian and in Albanian, and also 22 second cards on
that subject in Macedonian and 11 in Albanian
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Activities
for 2001
December: promotions, film projections and panel
discussions in Shtip and Kumanovo.
December: promotion of the project "How to
become a glorious feminist", in the Theatre of
nationalities and discussion on subject "Sexism
and discrimination in Macedonia"
December: Margina #54
December: The Reader Cultural Identity - The
Difference Within Itselfe
December - January: evaluation of the first
phaze of the project Disseminated Margins, with a
presentation, an exhibition of the printed materials and
a promotion of the CD "Disseminated Margins".
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