Syndicate: ART CITY

["Melentie Pandilovski" <mpandil@soros.org.mk>]

ART CITY
a story for the new city


The Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje  invites you to the promotion 
of the project  ARTCITY  on Friday, 13.  June, which will take place in 
H'vzi Pashini Konaci (Havzi Pasha Palace), Skopje, Macedonia. 

- 25 Macedonian painters, sculptors, installation artists and 
performance artists will take place in the promotion of the project.
- Rock Concert by String Forces
-  GOA Techno Party 

The Palace has been built around 1840 by the Turkish nobleman Havzi 
Pasha as his private residence. It is found in the village Bardovci 
- 6 kilometers from the center of Skopje. The walls of the Palace, 
which have the shape and function of a fortress, are with an area of 
25.000 square meters. 
The complex is divided in three parts.
1. The Residence of Havzi Pasha (or "Selamluk" - the mens Palace) in 
the right
2. In the Western  part of the complex is the womens residental part 
(Haremluk).
3. The commercial part is in the Eastern part of the complex

The Residences of the Pasha as well as most of the objects in the 
commercial part of the complex have been totally destroyed in the 
Second World War. The Army has been using the complex as a garage for 
trucks up to the independence of Macedonia. 
 
This action will signify the  conquering of this space by 
the artists and the begining of the practical process of
opening of 20 ateliers for the artists.

Besides these ateliers the complex will consist of : 
- Workshops in which domestic and foreign artists are invited
- Gallery 
- Library 
- Lecture Hall
- Cafe
- a smaller and a larger scene for theatrical and musical  performances
- Appartments for the guests of Art City 
- A Computer &  Internet Center 

Several of the aletiers will be offered for rent to the International 
Art Community. This will enable , on one hand, investment in the 
building of the space, and on the other hand, a permanent exchange of 
artists.


For further information please contact

Zoran Petrovski
Director of Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje
Samoilova BB, PO BOX. 482, 91000 SKOPJE
tel: 117.734; 117.735
e-mail: moca@soros.org.mk  
zpet@soros.org.mk






Melentie Pandilovski
assistant director

Soros Center for Contemporary Arts - Skopje
Ruzveltova 34
91000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Tel/Fax: 389.91.361.855
e-mail:  mpandil@soros.org.mk    scca@soros.org.mk
http://www.soros.org.mk