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	Translation of Professional Literature for Drama Students Theatre Translation into Albanian language of the book “Svet son” by Prof. Ljubisha Georgievski.	Applicant(s) Naser Nebiu State University of Tetovo Faculty of Drama Arts, Tetovo	Time and place Tetovo from: February 2009 till: February 2009	Grant CHF 2,300.00
	“Svet son” is one of the three books by the professor and theatre director, Ljubisha Georgievski, that are used as a guidance and philosophical literature by the students attending acting, directing and overall drama studies. Faculty of Drama Arts in Tetovo realised the necessity to invest in translating to Albanian language some of the publications that are crucial for the students’ education. This will create equal opportunities for all students in Macedonia, promoting intercultural communication and sharing of knowledge.

	X : Y (working title) – new production and solo exhibition Visual Arts X : Y is part of the Walking Project, a series of live performances, walks, that take place in various cities around the world. www.kovacevska.net	Applicant(s) Verica Kovacevska, Skopje	Time and place Skopje (MK) / Bradford (UK) from: February 2009 till: March 2009	Grant CHF 1,356.00
	In each of the works, the artist designs a set of rules determining the starting point, duration, and navigation of each walk. The project explores on one hand the aspect of human-human and human-technology independence and, on the other hand, the tension between our desire and freedom of both choice and control/boundaries. X : Y is one-hour live performance, taking place simultaneously in the two twin cities Skopje and Bradford. In a gallery space in Skopje, a music instrument called TI Touch and Tell will be placed and the audience can send sound signals to the artist in Bradford that will be transmitted live via mobile phone. According to the type of sound, she will walk up or down, left or right. The performance will be documented with two video cameras; one in Bradford following the artist and the second in Skopje.

	Solo exhibition “Digital Archive” Visual Arts This solo exhibition by the established Macedonian artist, Zaneta Vangeli, is planned to be realized both in Australia and in Macedonia.	Applicant(s) Zaneta Vangeli, Skopje	Time and place Experimental Art Foundation in Adelaide; Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje; and other museums and galleries in Macedonia from: November 2008 till: December 2008	Grant CHF 2,383.00
	This project is an accumulation of digitally produced art works in the last decade made of plotter prints, i.e. documentary, computer manipulated photography and video works. This archive is a reflection of the artist attempt to observe and differentiate the ongoing collective processes in the transitional period in Macedonia and its global context, as well as a self-referential document witnessing a successive, personal introspection. These works have never been exhibited in Australia, and more than half of them have never been shown in Skopje, though they have been part of several significant international group exhibitions.

	The Burning Sun (book of poetry) Literature The Burning Sun is a poetry project by the young and established poet and researcher, Sofija Grandakovska. www.apexart.org/ residency/ grandakovska.htm	Applicant(s) Sofija Grandakovska, Skopje	Time and place Skopje and will be promoted through out Macedonia, USA, Greece, Serbia from: November 2008 till: February 2009	Grant CHF 2,260.00
	The necessity for developing this poetry project, which fragments were published in several languages and presented in different events, and is finalizing as a book in English language is based on the need for development and affirmation of the younger Macedonian poetry in the framework of the Balkan, European and world-wide literature. The first upcoming opportunity for promotion of this book will happen in New York during the residency stay of the author in the period between February-March 2009 in the established Apexart organisation.

	“Black Bird” by David Harrower – theatre performance Theatre Videlo Theatre Centre is an NGO set by a group of young theatre professionals aiming to create valuable independent theatre events and workshops.	Applicant(s) Kiro Shopov Videlo Theatre Centre, Skopje	Time and place Skopje from: November 2008 till: January 2009	Grant CHF 5,500.00
	The first performance that they are planning to stage is the “Black Bird” by David Harrower that won the award of the Scottish Theatre Critics, the Best New Play in 2007 Laurence Olivier Award, and it was staged all around the world. The text confronts two people who have not seen each other for 15 years, and who had a love affair in the past when she was 12 and he was 40. The powerful drama raises difficult questions such as can paedophilia to be considered as love, and if the adult’s guilt and childhood innocence are something that should be automatically assumed. The director of the performance will be the young and emerging Bojan Trifunovski, and the main roles will be given to Dime Iliev, and the young and talented actress, Miliana Dodevska. Music will be composed by Aleksandar Pejovski.

	Solo exhibition “Parpetium Morbide (Machine – Does Nothing – Machine)” Visual Arts Perpertum Morbide is an exhibition of mechanical mobile sculptures that represents certain movements of the human body.	Applicant(s) Dejan Spasovik, Skopje	Time and place Skopje and Bitola from: October 2008 till: October 2008	Grant CHF 3,000.00
	A silicone casts of the artist's arm is attached to one part of the sculptures that looks like dissected old-clock mechanism, made of wooden gears, belts and springs, and ready-made objects. Once the handle of the sculpture is moved, these arms will perform several different violent movements, such as banging on the table, strangling motion, stabbing with knife, etc. During the exhibition, these mechanical sculptures will make sounds (scratching, squeaking noises), mixed with a calming piano music (live or pre-recorded). The exhibition should provoke a naïve, childish curiosity from the side of the audience to touch and play with the sculptures but at the same time the movements should stimulate the hidden emotions/aggressions, which, due to the social obstacles are accumulated in our minds and souls, causing the symptom of the "passive aggressive" behaviour.

	Monolith 2 Visual Arts “Monolith 2” is a continuation of series of performances about death and virtues of the modern man.	Applicant(s) Dalibor Trencevski, Kumanovo	Time and place Museum of the City of Skopje from: October 2008 till: October 2008	Grant CHF 1,600.00
	The project of the young artist Dalibor Trencevski, “Monolith 2”, represents the moment of losing a single human being and its individuality, and his/her melting in the big crowd of people. The moment when each and every one of us realises that we are nothing but a part of one huge system. Visually, the project is inspired by the ancient Greek temple represented with a long corridor that ends with a monumental sculpture of God or Goddess. The sculpture is a faceless and sexless body without identity that has been lifted up and worshiped by its followers. The followers will be represented symbolically as 100 naked people that during the performance should recruit 100 more new admirers of the Goddess. Therefore, the audience will not only be in the role of observer, but will also be actively incorporated in the realisation of this idea. The whole flow of the performance will be dictated by the music of the band “White Noise in White Room” and by the video screenings showing the eyes of the sculptor.

	Writing new compositions for the trio Interart and making a CD with the material Music The idea is to invite composers from the country and abroad to write music for the music trio “Interart”.	Applicant(s) Emilija Ristevska Stefanovska Union of Young Musical Artists, Bitola	Time and place Bitola, Macedonia from: October 2008 till: November 2008	Grant CHF 3,000.00
	Trio “Interart” is one of the leading chamber music ensembles in Macedonia. They are planning to record and issue a CD with 5 to 7 short compositions in duration of 30-40 min. Some of those compositions will be performed at the festival “Days of Macedonian Music” in Skopje in spring of 2009.

	Surface growth, local versions Visual Arts This is a work comprised of existing architectural model, series of drawings, short video, and small catalogue featuring a scripted narrative.	Applicant(s) Yane Calovski, Skopje Partners: MANIFESTA 7 – European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Trentino and Rovereto – Italy; Museum of the City of Skopje; National Archive of Republic of Macedonia	Time and place Bolzan (Italy), and Skopje and other towns in Macedonia from: July 2008 till: November 2008	Grant CHF 3,000.00
	Invited by the curators of the MANIFESTA 7 - the European biennial of contemporary art – Calovski will develop new collaborative and multidisciplinary project that will be presented in Bolzan, Italy. In January 2004, during his residency at the Jan van Eyck Academie, he gave a lecture talking about Skopje’s experience with architectural solidarity from the perspective of a citizen. This was the starting point of the project that will bring together narratives and realities of how and to what extend we are willing to re-contextualize residues of the “architecture as solidarity” and how we observe and analyze the present “power architecture”.

	Forum Skopje '08 Multidisciplinary The attempt with this forum is to organize a cultural debate on the consequences concerning the architecture in Skopje after the earthquake in 1963.	Applicant(s) Ivan Mirkovski, Skopje/Vienna	Time and place Skopje from: June 2008 till: June 2008	Grant CHF 4,000.00
	The whole event took place in the Museum of the City of Skopje. The opening was announced with an exhibition of the collected materials from the research that Mirkovski conducted for the creation of his documentary film “Skopje - The Name without a City” (inspired by the international town-planning competition in 1965 and the wining project of the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange for rebuilding of Skopje). Eminent guests such as Professor Dr. Erich Raith (dean of the Urban Design sector TU Wien), architect Sergej Nikoljski, artist Antoni Mazneski – professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, professor Elizabeta Avramovska, and others were invited to discus the past and the current state of the architecture in Skopje. The event was closed with the music of the documentary film performed by Georgi Sareski jazz Quartet.

	Translation of the book “The Sound and the Fury” Literature The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (originally published in 1929) will be translated in Macedonian language for the first time.	Applicant(s) Zlatko Kujundziski Publishing House Antolog, Skopje	Time and place Skopje from: June 2008 till: June 2008	Grant CHF 800.00
	The novel takes place in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and is split into four sections. The first is from the viewpoint of Benjy Compson, a thirty-three year old man with a mental disability. The second segment is from the point of view of Quentin Compson, the Harvard-educated student who committed suicide after a series of events involving his sister Caddy. The third is from the point of view of their cynical, embittered brother Jason, and the fourth is focused on Dilsey, the Compson family's black servant, and her unbiased point of view, which allows the reader to make his/her own assumptions on the actions of the other characters. William Faulkner who is one of the leading American writers received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949. The translator of the novel in Macedonian language will be done by Nikolče Mickoski.

	New Vision for the Music Scene in Gostivar Music The idea of the project is to present different kinds of music to the audience in the city of Gostivar.	Applicant(s) Kuzman Markoski NGO Forina, Gostivar	Time and place Gostivar, Macedonia from: June 2008 till: June 2008	Grant CHF 2,700.00
	In order to enable the population of Gostivar to see (hear) new tendencies in the field of music and to get closer to the classical music values, the organiser is planning to realise a set of activities which will include several concerts and open talks between the musicians and the audience before each performance. The programme contains of a concert of classical music written by the greatest composers of the XX century; several jazz concerts in the amphitheatre in the City Park in Gostivar, and lecture on the history and tendencies in Jazz. The invited guests are: Tavitjan brothers, Toni Kitanoski, Ilija Pejoski, and Kostadin Shurbanovski - the art director of Skopje Jazz Festival.

	Piano recital in the “J. Haydn” museum Music Performance of the young musician Emilija Potevska in the	Applicant(s) Emilija Potevska, Skopje	Time and place Vienna from: May 2008 till: May 2008	Grant CHF 514.00
	Potevska is invited for a solo piano performance in the prestige concert hall/museum “Joseph Haydn” in Rohrau - Vienna, Austria. The concert is part of a project for supporting young musicians in developing their carriers. The project has been established several years ago by the famous conductor, Jack Handler. The concert programme is a compilation of compositions by Joseph Haydn and Macedonian composers.

	Participation at the Young Eastern European Photography Visual Arts Ivan Blazev is invited to participate at this photo exhibition organized by Anzenberger Agency for Photographers and curated by Regina Maria Anzenberg	Applicant(s) Ivan Blazev, Skopje	Time and place Vienna from: May 2008 till: May 2008	Grant CHF 860.00
	The exhibition consists of about 100 photographs of 12 young award-winning photographers from the Eastern European countries – all of them between 25 and 35 years. The exhibition will take place at Brick5, a contemporary gallery space created inside an old factory. At the opening ceremony, a book titled EAST, featuring photographs by the exhibiting photographers, published by Independent Books München, will be presented to the public. As the only representative from Macedonia, Blazev's photographs will be presented alongside the works of photographers from Poland, Slovakia, Russia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Romania, Belarus, and Albania.

	Culture needs more attention Cultural Policy Special radio program will be broadcasted daily informing the Albanian population in the city of Skopje about the current cultural events and topics.	Applicant(s) Ekrem Kadri Radio Vati, Skopje	Time and place Skopje from: April 2008 till: June 2008	Grant CHF 2,000.00
	Radio Vati exists for 14 years and is a private, independent, local radio which programme in Albanian language is broadcasted in the region of Skopje, and some parts of Tetovo and Kumanovo. Radio Vati is one of the first radio stations opened in Macedonia, established in April 1994. According to the statistics the radio has 85 000 listeners daily which makes 15-20 % of all listeners in the abovementioned region. Radio Vati has 24 hours of programme with the news, information from the field of economy, politic, social and culture life. The principal of being objective while informing is the main goal of the team in this radio. Given that the culture is a very important segment of life, it should be regularly introduced to the Albanian population that does not pay much attention to the cultural events.

	Documentary film “Wishlake Yellow” Film This documentary film is a personal journey of the author, Natasha Dimitrievska, searching for answers on individual freedom.	Applicant(s) Natasha Dimitrievska, Skopje	Time and place Skopje from: March 2008 till: August 2008	Grant CHF 3,000.00
	TThe idea is to make a documentary film about a personal journey in search for the answers about individual freedom. The challenge is to confront the general perception of freedom and make a film that endorses an essential question searched among three categories of females. This documentary is related to Dimitrievska's personal questions raised by her position of being a woman and an artist. It is a reflection of her personal experience of freedom, confronted with the life stories of women in prison and blind women, trying to find out what it means to lose freedom (when your freedom is taken away either by the acts you did or by the fate itself). Her personal challenge is to establish trust and natural communication with these women, so they can openly talk about their most intimate thoughts and feelings. Dimitrievska would also like to deal with the institutions where they are placed, the prison and the home for blind people.

	Participation in the 43rd Solothurn Film Festival Film Blagoja Kunovski, film selector for the Festival	Applicant(s) Blagoja Kunovski IFCF “Manaki Brothers”, Skopje	Time and place Solothurn, Switzerland from: 21.01.2008 till: 27.01.2008	Grant CHF 540.00
	Swiss Cultural Programme Macedonia has been regularly supporting the visit of Blagoja Kunovski at the Solothurn Film Festival. As a representative of the International Cinematographers Film Festival "Brothers Manaki", he has established a good and fruitful collaboration with the Solothurn Film Festival through selection and presentation of Swiss Films in the frame of the "Manaki Brothers" or informing the audience on the festival through his texts in the printed medium or radio. At one point the director of the Solothurn Film Festival, Ivo Kumer, was invited to be a member of the International Jury.

	Take a Look at Life through My Eyes – documentary movie Film	Applicant(s) Goran Stojiljkovic AWARD Film & Video, Skopje	Time and place v. Studenicani - Skopje from: January 2007 till: December 2008	Grant CHF 6,000.00
	The story directed by established young film director, Marija Dzidzeva, is placed in the village of Studenicani, located just few kilometres from the capital, the city of Skopje. Approximately 6000 inhabitants live in the village, of which 3200 are children. The village is very traditional and religious, and the houses are surrounded with high walls. They feel protected from the outside world by the religion they practice and a traditional way of living. The film is based on research, ability, and patience needed to pass the high walls of mistrust between the communities and enter Albanian houses, documenting the life that seems preserved for hundreds of years.