REVISITING APRIL ENCOUNTERS: ENACTING ALTERNATIVES

Authors

  • Milica Pekić Kiosk Platform for Contemporary Art, Belgrade Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/f_zsmu.2026.22.5

Keywords:

April Encounters, Student Cultural Centre, institutional change, neoavant-garde, students’ protests, engagement

Abstract

Inspired by the student-led program developed during the recent fivemonth occupation of the Student Cultural Centre in Belgrade, an integral part of the wider student protests in Serbia, this paper revisits the April Encounters as a key manifestation that marked a formative and conceptually significant phase in the history of the Centre. Through an analysis of its programs, ideas, discussions, and art practices, the text seeks to explore the potential resonance of April Encounters within contemporary student struggles. The programs, with their numerous international and Yugoslavian participants, explored the new logic of artistic production that inherently aimed at transforming the institutional framework. Today, the question of institutional forms and their possible alternatives emerges as a central concern for a new generation of students, pointing to the continued relevance of examples and knowledge created within our neo-avant-garde tradition.

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2026-01-01

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REVISITING APRIL ENCOUNTERS: ENACTING ALTERNATIVES. (2026). THE JOURNAL OF MODERN ART HISTORY DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE, 22(1), 71-84. https://doi.org/10.18485/f_zsmu.2026.22.5