Tag: Amsterdam

About

Branka Zgonjanin (1980, Belgrade) is a visual and conceptual artist, performer and choreographer based in Amsterdam. She holds an MA in Choreography from the Theaterschool in Amsterdam (2011), and an MA in Anthropology from Belgrade University (2005). In Zgonjanin’s works, visual and performing arts meet in her unique technique of “physicalising an image and pictorialising a […]

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Artworks

Tiny Kinky Herbal Temple / An Eco-sensual Journey into Your Inner Self A living art installation and a performance for one person at a time A bed with a silky bedding grown into a nature. A refuge into another world.  7 minutes journey into your own body,  under your skin, into your forgotten body parts,  into soul’s remembering how once you walked the […]

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Offerings

THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 🙂 De Macht van der Verbeelding / dance education project for the community in De Pijp, Amsterdam (2011) Subscribe to mailing list

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Poetry

Selection of poetry translated from Serbian (in English, 2009-2014) Poetry translated to English 2009-2014See here Let’s talk about war (poem-essay, in English, 2010) Lets talk about warSee here Nestašica snage otvara dušu (published poems in Serbian, 2011) Nestasica snage otvara dusuSee here

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Body That Matter

Body That Matter is visually immersing landscape of moving sculptures. This work is inspired by Roland Barthes subjective and poetic, yet culturally conscious reading of photography, in his book Roland Barthes par Roland Barthes. Pictures from performer’s personal archive, gathered from all over the world, juxtaposed with still and progressively moving postures, reveal subjective relation between her and the […]

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VoltageSpa performance still Amsterdam OT301

Voltage Spa

VoltageSpa is an audio-visual embodiment project. Based on an idea of inter-penetration between material and immaterial realms of a performance / layering of the visual, auditory and bodily elements / employment of a primitive, urban and domestic ready-made tools and practices.

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Candy

“Candy is a feminine and brutal duet between ex-prostitute and striper, activist and writer Metje Blaak (68) and dancer and choreographer Branka Zgonjanin (37). Candy is an imaginary superhero, born from the intersection of the mighty alter-egos of Metje and Branka. Candy is a lively statement about the taboos around sex-work and the ageing female […]

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