Tonight we are talking about the border between art and real life, professional and existential experiences. Incorporating her own work experience, Jelena Micić examines the economic, social, and political postulates of the Austrian labor market, as well as the hierarchical system that defines and regulates the gender and professional roles of (non-)citizen-migrant women from the former Yugoslavia, which is not part of the European Union.

In her contribution to the Wienwoche – Festival for Art and Activism, whose artistic director Jelena is, she problematizes the issue of labor rights, transforms the hierarchies of relations within the world of art and physical labor, and thus makes social inequality visible. The issues of labor rights, and green policies are the theme of the festival that opens on September 16 and until September 25, 2022.

WORKING CLASS ECOLOGIES: READY TO MARCH!

https://wienwoche.org/en/1138/home

Jelena Micić (b. 1986 Knjaževac, Serbia) is an artist and curator. Micić graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna where she also worked as a study assistant at the Painting and Exhibition Management Department. During her studies, she was involved in the Student Union at the Office for Social Policy and the Office for Economic Affairs. She obtained a master’s degree in Philosophy and a diploma degree in Philology at the University of Belgrade. Awarded the Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award (2021), and Ö1 Talentestipendium Bildende Kunst (2018). As part of her kültür gemma! Fellowship (2018) in IG Bildende Kunst, she was working on the PAY THE ARTIST NOW! campaign. She is interested in socio-political aspects of color (systems), and economic conditions of labor and material. Founder of the informal group UMETNIK*. Currently working as the Artistic Director of the WIENWOCHE Festival for Art and Activism…jelenamicic.com