WOMCOM Exhibition at Bakelit Multi Art Center in Budapest, Hungary

Date: October 30th, 2023
Venue: Bakelit Multi Art Center
Admission: Free

Women Power in Comics (WOMCOM) invites you to the opening of its travelling exhibition on October 30th at the Bakelit Multi Art Center in Budapest at 5:30 pm.

The exhibition presents works created by WOMCOM artists during their residencies in Novi Sad, Serbia, and Budapest, Hungary. Aligned with the project's scope, the artists explore gender-related issues through the medium of comics.

The works created at the residence in Novi Sad are exhibited by:

Sara Dervanović (MNE), Silva Dervanović (MNE), Dora Ivković (CRO), Dora Kaštrun (SLO), Jovana Vuković (SRB), Katarina Šeme (SLO), Larisa Ackov Palić (SRB), Laura Ersek (H), Lenke Lam (H), Staša Miladinović (SRB), Teodora Tintor (CRO), Vagelis Kolotsios (GR)

The works created at the residence in Budapest are exhibited by:

Benczédi Anna Júlia (H/RO), Sara Dervanović (MNE), Silva Dervanović (MNE), Helena Klakočar-Vukšić (SLO), Ivana Geček (CRO), Georgia Kalogeropoulou (GR), Dora Kaštrun (SLO), Petja Kolenko (SLO), Anamarija Kvas (CRO), Larisa Ackov Palić (SRB), Tóbiás Tamara (H), Jovana Vuković (SRB)

Attend via the Facebook event.

Women Power in Comics (WOMCOM) is a collaborative initiative involving organisations in six Balkan countries: Students’ Cultural Center Novi Sad in Novi Sad, Serbia, as lead partner; Bakelit Multi Art Center in Budapest, Hungary; Kino Šiška in Ljubljana, Slovenia; PostScriptum in Athens, Greece; Autonomous Cultural Center Attack in Zagreb, Croatia, along with the Association for Comic Affirmation in Budva, Montenegro, as an associate partner. This two-year programme (2023-2024) aims to foster collaboration and engagement among comic artists with the goal of investigating and addressing gender issues in comics as well as empowering female comic artists through residencies, exhibitions, and conferences.

Women Power in Comics is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission.