Studio Orta

For the 60th October Salon, Lucy + Jorge Orta staged the 47th act of  70 x 7 The Meal. Under the framework of ‘Trace’ curated by Lorenzo Balbi and Dobrila Denegri, this inaugural commission for the biennale was devised as a collective proposition to create a dialogue between artists, the city's cultural scene and the structures that determine cultural policy at the local and state level.
 
200 guests convened in front of the Cultural Centre of Belgrade on Friday, October 18, around a table setting which aimed to answer questions devised in conversation with Serbian artists and cultural sector workers. Four thematic areas explored the conditions under which artists are working, the role of the artist in society today, the needs of the cultural organisations and how national policies effect cultural practices. To facilitate conversations, guests found provocations printed on the table runners and embroidered on napkins realized by collective NEpraktične žeNE forming a collective manifesto that further unfolded through interactions during the meal courtesy of chef Vladimir Zoplet.