The exhibition Partizan★ke Art features scientific and artistic positions which illuminate the scarcely visible female resistance against the German occupation forces and the Axis powers in Yugoslavia and Carinthia/Koroška. The term "partisan art" describes art as resistance or culture as a subversive practice of Yugoslav and Carinthian-Slovenian partisans. Cultural struggle included both avant-garde female artists and peasant women who expressed themselves in traditional forms of folk art. The subversive culture they created – literature, visual arts, film, photography, comics, textiles, graphics, theater, dance, and monument architecture – is contextualized as a crucial part of a European history of resistance.

An all-day program of events is planned to mark the opening:

●     1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Brunch with Partizan★ke Art Collective and Amo Collective

●     2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Talk by Elena Messner (University of Vienna, Partizan★ke Art Collective) Title Solidarity and Collectivity as Key Values of Feminist Self-Education, Self-Narration and Self-Mobilization in Yugoslavia during World War II

The talk is part of the colloquium of the Institute for European Ethnology of HU Collaborations and Solidarities in Troubled Times

●     4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Reception for the exhibition opening with a cocktail in the garden of the Institute.

The touring exhibition was brought to Berlin with the support of Hana Ćurak from Project C02. It can be viewed until July 18, 2025 during the Institute's opening hours.