Studio Orta

For the 60th October Salon, Lucy + Jorge Orta will stage 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 has been 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 will convene in front of the Cultural Centre of Belgrade on Friday, October 18, around a table setting which aims to answer questions devised in conversation with Serbian artists and cultural sector workers. Four thematic areas explore 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 will find provocations printed on the table runners and embroidered on napkins forming a collective manifesto that will further unfold through interactions during the meal. 
As Dobrila Denegri states, this “collective performative act is a form of a peaceful protest, […] sitting at the same table, sharing bread and food can be a way of drawing attention to some of the burning problems faced by artists and cultural workers in our country.”
 
For further information please download the October Salon press release Serbian | English.

We would like to extend our special thanks to chef Vladimir Zoplet and the embroidery collective NEpraktične žeNE.