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Extravagant Bodies is the name of the international festival of contemporary art, first held in 2007, that deals with the politics of normality, difference and social acceptability. What is considered normal (and not normal) is ideologically established and deeply ingrained in society. The fact that difference and otherness exist, especially in relation to body and mind, elicits negative identification, social expulsion, fear and hatred. A different, extravagant, body/mind serves as a creative starting point for artists who present their work at Extravagant Bodies, something only the most courageous can face. The first edition of the festival tackled the issue of physical disability whereas this year’s festival, titled Extravagant Bodies: Extravagant Minds, takes up the issue of mental health. It is the first international project of this kind in this region that introduces to the audience some of the most relevant works of the contemporary international art scene, at the same time encouraging the development of local producation. The presented works do not aim to rehabilitate in the institutional sense, but are projects that put into question the very existence of mental illness and intellectual disabilities, institutions, institutionalization, demarcation and borders; and they speak up from the position of the mental condition itself. Through an elaborate program composed of exhibition, performances, film program and conference, accompanied by the bilingual catalogue and reader, the visitors will have a chance to get acquainted with inspiring artworks, presentations and lectures from the spheres of art, medicine, sociology, philosophy and (anti)psychiatry. Concept Extravagant Bodies is the name of the international festival of contemporary art, first held in 2007, that deals with the politics of normality, difference and social acceptability. What is considered normal (and not normal) is ideologically established and deeply ingrained in society. The fact that difference and otherness exist, especially in relation to body and mind, elicits negative identification, social expulsion, fear and hatred. A different, extravagant, body/mind serves as a creative starting point for artists who present their work at Extravagant Bodies, something only the most courageous can face.
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Festival Ekstravagantna tijela izrastao je iz Kontejnerovog projekta Bolnica i od samih svojih početaka bavi se politikama normalnog. Ono što se smatra normalnim (kao i ono što nije) ideološki je utemeljeno te duboko utisnuto u društvo. Činjenica da postoji drukčije i drugo, poglavito u odnosu na tijelo, izaziva negativnu identifikaciju, društveno odstranjivanje, strah i mržnju. Također, društvo takve osobe percipira i etiketira kao beskorisne, ili nedovoljno korisne/produktivne, te samim time i kao teret društva. Osobe s invaliditetom, osobe koje pate od mentalnih i psihičkih poremećaja, LGTBQ osobe vide se kao neproduktivna i ne-reproduktivna tijela - ona koja ugrožavaju neometani tijek proizvodnog rada, koja društvu ne donose nikakve vrijednosti (a ponajmanje njezin višak), već samo crpe ili ugrožavaju društvenu strukturu i resurse. Upravo takvo drugačije, ekstravagantno tijelo ishodište je kreativnosti umjetnika koji se prezentiraju na ovom Kontejnerovom festivalu. Autori su često i sami pripadnici manjina i različitih marginaliziranih društvenih skupina, i u svojim se radovima bave onime po čemu su prepoznati kao drukčiji od drugih. Bez straha od društvene kritike i osude, oni pozivaju publiku na inače zabranjeno gledanje, buljenje, dodirivanje, naglašavajući katarzičnost tog voajerističkog momenta. Festival kroz takve radove kritički propituje socijalnu, političku, kulturološku i ekonomsku poziciju i identitete ekstravagantnih tijela, umova i zajednica. Pritom je bitno naglasiti da nisu posrijedi radovi koji imaju patronizirajuću, humanitarnu ili rehabilitacijsku ulogu u institucionalnom smislu, već radovi koji govore iz samog stanja drugosti, tematizirajući samo postojanje društvenih normi i tabua, kao i širi okvir granica i razgraničenja, institucionalizacije i stigmatizacije u kojima se one događaju. Festival se do sada bavio temama tjelesnog invaliditeta, mentalnim i psihičkim zdravljem, društvenim i individualnim implikacijama starenja i starosti te kriminalitetom - kažnjavanjem, prepoznavanjem i zakonodavnim okvirom društveno nepoželjnog ponašanja.