Marko Marković: Extreme Bodies in Transition: Transformations of Performance Art from Socialist Yugoslavia to Neoliberal Post-War Regimes (1980s–2020s)
2.6.–2.6.2026.
Tijekom rezidencije KAMOV u organizaciji MMSU Rijeka, Marko Marković održat će performativno predavanje Ekstremna tijela u tranziciji.
Marko Marković is a performance artist, independent curator, and art producer, currently residing in Rijeka as part of the Kamov Residency Program.
On Tuesday, 2 June at 6 p.m., he will give a performative lecture titled Extreme Bodies in Transition: Transformations of Performance Art from Socialist Yugoslavia to Neoliberal Post-War Regimes (1980s–2020s).
The lecture is based on his research into performance art created during the transitional period and developed under conditions of war and post-war recovery, systemic instability, and postsocialist neoliberal restructuring. Through the body as a site of resistance, endurance, and public engagement, performance becomes both a means of survival and a method of critical reflection. Drawing on his own artistic and curatorial practice, particularly within the Open Performance Days Archive, Marković will also speak about artists whose performance practices were transformed under the influence of socio-political changes in Croatia and the region. The lecture will also feature, for the first time, footage of the funeral of artist Marijan Crtalić.
Biography:
Marko Marković is an artistic researcher focused on collective engagement in self-organized societies, developing autonomous models of coexistence through performative communication strategies.
As a performance artist, independent curator, and artistic producer, his work has centered on international cultural exchange and educational platforms in performance art, particularly through the international performance festival DOPUST / Days of Open Performance (2008–2018), held in Croatia, the United States, and Austria. He was awarded the YVAA / Young Visual Artist Award in 2011.
He has worked in artistic and film production, including as a project coordinator at Matthew Barney Studio in New York (2012–2014). Marković has presented his work at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2016), La Biennale di Venezia – Biennale Sessions (Giardini, 2019), the International Biennial in Moscow (2016), and Kunsthalle Wien (2023).
Marković holds an MA in Art & Science from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where he also worked as a program coordinator for the European Capital of Culture Rijeka 2020. He has been a visiting professor at UDK Berlin, TU Graz, the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He has also worked as an independent curator and collaborator with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka and mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien.
photo: Marijan Crtalić Crta, funeral Sisak, 26. 10. 2020.
Supported by: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Rijeka
