‘Relaxed
athmosphere in former gunpowder-store’Barutana is a wonderful former fortress where all the Dutch artists perform this friday evening and night. Outside between high walls at the foot of Kalemegdan, the theatre-group Boat performs under a beautiful sky with stars. Inside all the performances take place in a former store of gunpowder and other high risk materials. This rock-cut chamber was built in the middle of the seventeenth century, and forms a part of the Belgrade fortress walls. Barutana has a naked appearance, rough stone, earth, Roman sarcophagi and stele. All these set Barutana apart from the conventional urban ambiance and contribute to events by enriching the structure of its atmosphere. During the summer this place houses concerts, exhibitions, performances and theatre-plays.
The evening starts with the theatre play Boat.
Look for a report and pics here.
Directly afterwards Gerrie spits fire at Martin S. Past, who wears an
old fire brigade suite. After this Martin shows a plate in Serbian to
the crowd: Follow me, this woman is dangerous. It is a smart way to get
everybody inside, where the rest of the program will take place.
Martin
S.Past tells poems and jokes in Serbian and Dutch and afterwards
'liberated artist' Gert27 shows his film
El Gato.
DJ
Niek LeBeat heats up the audience. The people start dancing and
wandering around in different rooms. There is a very relaxed atmosphere
and it looks like everybody comes here every week. The Vj-program shows
fast moving and colorful pictures on a big screen and nine televisions.
The colorful parspots on the Roman tombs and dancing people complete the
very nice view in this old ammunition depot, where the party goes on till
five in the morning.
Before it
is The Super Dispensers turn.
look at pictures of their gig here
a small Mpeg movie (120K)
Slide-show Getver
It looks like the three photographers (Nancy Ostermann, Geertjan Cornelissen
& Paul Beekhuis) are doing two things in Belgrade. On one hand they expose
their photos in different places. Like at a techno-party, in a theatre
between two performances or in an old ammunition depot. Paul is satisfied
in the way they can show their photos on three different slide-projectors
to the audience. And the audience likes to look at the slide-shows. In
most places, people are watching at the show as if it is a film. Getver
isn't restricted to one subject, style or presentation form.
They show all kind of photos, from snapshots to documentary to highly
professional prints. People can make-up their own story every time, because
Getver shows their photos in different combinations and in different speeds.
According to Geertjan they want to show a kind of comic. ,, We don't tell
a story, but show different images. Getver is as superficial as a comic
is. With our project we want to have the freedom to show all kind of pictures."
So it seems that the people over here understand how to look at the slide-show.
On the other hand Getver has a good opportunity in Belgrade to make new
photos for their next projects. ,, It's amazing how easy it is to make
photos of the people here. Most of them don't mind at all. We were even
invited by workers of a steal factory to drink something with them, when
we were making pictures there. And the same thing happened at a nursery
school. Isn't that great? ," tells Nancy Ostermann.
Look at much more Getver photo's
More info about Getver in the
Eindhoven artists section