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Ivana Ivković’s new performance from the series MONUMENT: NO ONE IS LOST was commissioned by the ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen and will take place in Varna (Bulgaria) as part of the ifa touring co-creative exhibition project EVROVIZION.CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES. The project explores the current social and political climate in Europe and the idea of a European identity. The focus is on less visible and marginalised geopolitical and cultural spaces, in particular in southeast and eastern Europe.

EVROVIZION.CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES is being presented in Varna 30.05.-19.06.2025 in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Bulgaria and Varna City Art Gallery “Boris Georgiev”. Ivana Ivković’s performance takes place on May 30th at 18:00.

MONUMENT: NO ONE IS LOST by Ivana Ivković presents a continuation of the artist’s multimedia research started several years ago, in which she creates performative tableau vivant situations in specific contexts and places. Issues of identity and gender stereotypes figure strongly in Ivković’s work, whereby she uses the naked and/or semi-naked male body as a performative instrument or medium of specific sensitivity and sensuality. Ivković’s works have always been focused on their viewers’ experiences, i.e. their emotional and psychological perception of ambiences and events.

Artists participating in the EVROVIZION.CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES project:
Nevin Aladağ, Igor Bošnjak, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Lana Čmajčanin, Johanna Diehl, Petrit Halilaj, Ivana Ivković, Janine Jembere, Vladimir Miladinović, Henrike Naumann, Selma Selman, Emilija Škarnulytė, Slavs and Tatars, Adnan Softić, Maria Tsagkari.

Cities of the travelling exhibition:
Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021), Novi Sad (Serbia, 2021–22), Athens (Greece, 2023), Nicosia (Cyprus, 2023), Tbilisi (Georgia, 2024), Chișinău (Republic of Moldova, 2024), Varna (Bulgaria, 2025), Brussels (Belgium, 2025), Kraków (Poland, 2026), Vilnius (Republic of Lithuania, 2026), Kaliningrad (Russian Federation, 2027), Berlin (Germany, 2027).

Curators:
Sabina Klemm and Sanja Kojić Mladenov