Vahida Ramujkic – Curriculum Vitae

Nascuda el 1er d’Agost, 1973 a Belgrad, Yugoslavia (actualment Serbia)
Desde 1998 viure I treballa en Barcelona
En el any 2001 amb Laïa Sadurní inicia el duo-collectiu RoToR donde se llevan a cabo numerosos investigaciones en los ambitos socio-teritorriales y practicas artistico /culturales (rotorrr.org)

Exhibicions (e) / Presentacions (p)  / Workshops (w) / Accions (a) / Screenings (s)

(2008)

(e) 	Aixo no es una exposició, Exposició collectiva en occasió d’inaguració del Centre d’Art Contemporani, Huarte

(e) 	Kits for an Encounter, Western Front, Vancouver, Canada.

(p)  	Urban Act, Participacio en la presentacio del llibre on es inclou els treballs del RotoR, Public Space, London

(2007)

(p)	Presentació sobre el llibre Schengen senza esforç – En organizació d’Equip d'Investigació en Antropologia dels Processos Identitaris (ERAPI) de l'ICA, Pati Maning, Barcelona

(w/p)	Participació en el taller y seminaris sobre ecologia, arte y tecnologia, “Luminous Green”, en organizacio de FOAM, Dinant, Brusseles, Belgica

(s)	Emisió d’video Self Aid (Auto-Ajuda) en el Canal televisiu BTV, dins el programa D.O. 

(w)	Direcció del taller “Bestia urbana en ficción social”, para el Centro de Producció Artistica, HANGAR, Barcelona en col.laboració amb artista pedagoga Txus Pedrosa

(p)	Presentació de methodologies desenvolupats en trajectoria del Rotorrr dins el programa de postgrau del’Universitat de Arquitectura I Disenny de Bogota, Columbia com a part del programacció del projecte Ciutats Occasionals a carrec de Martí Peran

(w)	Participació en els xerradas de ideació d’metodologies per desenvolupament del Projecte “Europe Lost and Found”, Centrala Foundation, Rotterdam, Holanda

(a/w) 	Organizacio de l‘equip de expedició y workshop en Skopje, Macedonia dins del Projecte Lost Highway Expedition

(e)	RoToR_retro, exposició retrospectiva dels treballs del collectiu Rotor (2001-2007), Galeria Dispari e Dispari, Reggio Emilia, Italia

(s)	Participació en el Festival ‘Reheat. Utopie un die Sommer’ amb el video interactu del Festival d’AutonomiAereA, Kleylehof, Austria

(a)	Participacio amb RoToR en els Rencontres  nationales  des  pratiques
	socioculturelles de l’architecture, Marseille (France

(2006)

(p)	Book presentation - Schengen with Ease - Open Friday, Straddle3, Platform for art science and new media, Barcelona

(t)	Funding an alternative university in Barcelona - Universitat Pirata, where imparting Urban Phys-Culture Classes, exploring the relation between an individual and urban environment

(e)	NitCasm, presenting the process of book elaboration- Schengen with Ease – on annual event of showing works produced in collaboration with Hangar, Center for Art Production, Centro de Arte Santa Mónica, Barcelona

(p)	How to loose papers? - Creation of knowledge capsule for BCC, Banco Comun de Conocimiento, (Bank of Common Knowledge), project led by Platoniq, CCCB, (Center for Contemporarry Culture), Barcelona

(w)	Instant ladder test#1, Workshop within Cycle of Intersticies, organized by AAA (Atelie d’Architecture Autogenere), Community garden project ECOBOX, La Chapelle, Paris

(e) 	Carte Blanche, Presentation of Poblenou Project, Le Comissariat, Paris

(s) 	WHAT HAPPENS? – Presentation of Alt-terats video work, Dispari&Dispari Project, Reggio Emiglia, Italy

(a) 	B-series – site-specific project during the days of Conflux Festival, in charge of Glowlab, Brooklyn based creative lab, Brooklyn, New York

(e) 	Use no hooks, joint exhibition with Dionís Escorsa; presentation of the video ‘Self-Aid’, Antic Ajuntament, Tarragona

(a) 	Lost Highway expedition, Itinerary project during the month of August taking place in the capital cities of Western Balkans (Ljubljana, Zagreb, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Skopje, Pristina, Tirana, Podgorica and Sarajevo) – investigation and collecting the material for the development of further project on Elementary Balkan History

(p/e) 	Ittaca Final Event, exhibition and presentations; Exhibition and presentations celebrating the end of Ittaca seminars, MAP Projects, Brusseles, Belgium; project carried out by a multidisciplinary partnership comprising the Fondation Hicter (Belgium), Arcada Polytechnics (Finland), the Casino Luxembourg- Forum d’art Contemporain (Luxembourg) and a multimedia company, Tapatoovu (Belgium); supported by the European Commission (DG Culture and Education- Program Leonardo) and Commission Communautaire Française of the Region of Brussels (Cocof).

 (p) 	Schengen with ease, book launch, Eyebeam, Center for Art and New Media, New York

(p) 	Streaming conference at Fadaiat Festival on Interior borders and foreign policy of EU in relation to the US current Immigrant law, Hangar, Barcelona / Eyebeam, New York

(e) 	Invisible layers, electric cities, presentation of video Alt-Terrats; expeditions trough Barcelonas roofs, Island 6 Arts center, Shanghai, China

(e) 	Jornades Terme Raval. Presentation of interactive DVD realized after Air Autonomy Festival, La Capella, Barcelona.

(t)	Lecture on Cultural Activist Practices at the Post Graduate Studies of Cultural Studies for Cultural Management in Culture and Cultural politics on Balkans, Belgrade University

(2005)

(a/w)	Journeys of AirAutonomy (Jornadas de AutonomiAereA), One-week of self-organized festival that took place on very different public and private roof-surfaces of Barcelonas old town Raval, Barcelona

(p) 	Occasional Cities, lecture on experiences and past works intervening in public space realized with Rotor collective, Centro de Arte Santa Mónica and Hangar, Barcelona

(w) 	Border meetings, two days workshop on the Spanish/French border, Festival Macart, Maçanet de Cabrenys, Spain

(e)	Cloudung Europe, Gandy Gallery, Bratislava

(w/p) 	ITTACA Project seminary and cultural activist training, Istanbul, Turkey

(w) 	System D, different interventions and presentations on the Festival organized by Syndicate D’Initiatives, Bordeaux, France

(s) 	NCSU, Nothing Can Surprise Us Festival, participation with the video work Self-Aid, Cube Microplex, Bristol, UK

(e) 	Tele-Chronicas, elaboration the project on telecommunication for the exhibition ‘Look how do they move’, Telefonica Foundation, Madrid

(e) 	GPSmanual, presentation of the results of the project developed trough one year, Caja Madrid Project Awards, ARCO, Madrid

(w/p) 	ITTACA Project seminary and cultural activist training, Lampedusa, Italy

(e) 	Parc Attacs, presentation of the ParcCentralPark, collaborative project of community park; Col·legi d’Architectes de Barcelona

(2004)

(a) 	Journeys of Creactivism, Public space collective intervention, part of GPSmanual project, Sevilla / Bilbao / Madrid / Barcelona

(a) 	Aereal encounters, Series of meetings and discussions around the issue of use and administration of the city ‘top-level’ - roofs of Barcelona (Ciutat Vella)

(a) 	ParcCentralPark, Collaborative project of community park with CityMine(d), Context and neighbors, Poblenou, Barcelona, (issuing of fanzine, PCPk)

(a) 	Loi…Loi…Loisir! - Elaboration of society game for exercising the everyday struggle taking the model of the city of Brussels, Residence, Plein Open Air, Brussells

(p) 	Woman, Art and Activism, Participation at the conference, Almazen, Barcelona

(e) 	Border cases, Presentation of works in process ASSIMIL (Schengen with ease) and Pateras (Turn the Barrier), April Festival, SKC, Belgrade

(p) 	Teixit*PobleNOW, elaboration of interactive map of Poblenou neighbourhood; Maps for Disorientation in charge of Web-side, CaixaForum, Barcelona

(e/w) 	Aire incondicional, the emergence of community-based and migrant e-strategies in Southern Europe, Taking part on the exhibition–tour with a work Turn the barrier; building and testing the lake raft prototype, Shedalle, Zurich, Switzerland

(e)	Vincles-alt-terrats, Initiation of the ‘roof project’ with series of expeditions over the Barcelonans rooftops and launching the project to the public sphere, at the exhibition Quórum, La Capella, Barcelona

(a/e)	Cantar la calle (Singing the Streets), elaboration of audio interactive guide of Terrasa, within Open Processes Project, Sala Moncunill, Terassa

(p) 	RACMaps, Participation on the conference/workshops hosted by CityMine(d); Cite Administrativ, Brussels. 

(e/w) 	Turn the barrier, workshop of raft building, navigation and orientation training, Cultural Center of Barceloneta, Barcelona

(e) 	Barreras unidas, exposing the raft made out of recycled material in Maritime Museum (Museu Maritime), Barcelona

(a/w) 	What is Forum Really about? - Barcelona collaborative mapping project with an aim to situate and explain the impact of current urban remodeling projects and cultural politics led by government to the social economic conditions of the citizens and their mobility 

(a) 	ASSIMIL, Research travel to Morocco related to work on the book/project – Schengen with ease – a guide for managing bureaucratic tasks for immigrants

(2003)

(e) 	Mess Hall, Temporary Stations, Participation on the group exhibition gathering different works using maps as a social tool, Chicago, US

(e) 	PobleNOW I, II & III, 150min of Poblenou adventures, LOOP Festival, Video-art fair, Sants Hotel, Barcelona

(e) 	Olladas Oceánicas, presenting of the video Rumbo Balsero, building the rafts out of recycled material from constructing sites on the river Besos, Museo do Mar, Vigo

(e/w) 	Turn the barrier presented at the exhibition Exploraciones, Editing the Manual for building rafts in urban areas, Capella de l’Antic Hospital, Barcelona

(a) 	Urban Collective Maneuvers, organized by duo.irrational, Bristol, UK; Taking part in the gathering by organizing competitions in various disciplines; building and testing the river raft prototype

(p) 	Presentation of Rotor practices; Open Fiday, Straddle3, Barcelona

(s) 	Showing the PobleNOW videos (I-III), Next 5 minutes, Festival Video, Amsterdam

(e) 	Explorations Poble NOW – Showing the complete work on Poblenou area on the exhibition, After the notice, CCCB, Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Barcelona

(a/e) 	Peralta no calle, Public art intervention within the project Proyecto Calle, organized by Casa de Cultura, Peralta (Navarra), Spain

(a) 	Olympic Sculpture Guide of Barcelona, publication of the guide with a support of Fundation 50km/s, Sant Jordi, Barcelona

(t)	Seminary on Ephemeral Art at art school Metaphora, Barcelona

(s) 	POBLE NOW 24/05/02, video presented on OVNI Festival of Documentary Films, CCCB, Barcelona

(e) 	Planariae PobleNOW, launching the 3rd temporal map of Poblenou area on Hangar’s “All Open”, Barcelona

(2002-1997 resumed)

(e) 	Safari Poble Now Co., El Millor cel de Barcelona, Can Felipa, Barcelona, promotion of 2nd temporal map of Poblenou; 
(p) 	T.A.O. Riu Ripoll, Lecture on seminaries organized by Sitesize.org, Escola d’Art l’ILLA, Sabadell; 	
(e)  	All Open, Hangar, Barcelona, promotion of 1rst temporal map of Poblenou; 	
(a)  	Sculptural Olympiad of Barcelona, Organization of five days Olympiad of climbing Olympic sculptures for the occasion of 10th anniversary of Barcelonans Olympic Games in ‘92
(a) 	Feliz Nadidad, actions in downtown streets, Barcelona; 
(s) 	SUBJECTV, Triennial of Art in Barcelona, participation in the video magazine; 
(e) 	Anti-interactive intervention based on the history of singing frog, Claramunt Gallery, Barcelona;
(e) 	Biennale de Cerveira, Portugal; 
(e) 	Traveling and The Magical Garden, solo-exhibition, FLU Gallery, Belgrade; 
(e) 	left /right, IV Yugoslav Biennale of young artists, Vrsac; Serbia
(e)  	One light in Example, Barcelona, Spain; 
(e)  	En Fin, Exhibition organized in collaboration of Center for Cultural Decontamination and UNESCO, Paris, France 
(e)  	Crying of Lot, 3er Biennale young artists, Vrsac; 
(e)  	Glasseyeeasycry, solo-exhibition, Dom Omladine Gallery, Belgrade

Estudis:
 
1991/96 	Fine Arts Academy, Belgrade
1997/98 	Film and video University DUNAV Film, camera department, Belgrade,
1996/98 	Post-graduate studies on painting department, Fine Arts Academy, Belgrade
1997/98	Fellowship at Archeology department of SANU, Serbian Academy for Science and Art
1997/98 	Spetialisation on Fine Arts Faculties, Universad de Complutense, Madrid and Universad de Bellas Artes, Barcelona

Awards / Grants / Subventions:

2006		Culture Department of Barcelona support the distribution of the book Schengen with Ease, that is actualy printted and distributed trough Print on Demand Services provided by OpenMute editorial, trough internet

2006		Sebian Ministry of Culture supports the printing of the book Schengen with Ease in Sebia; Printed with Publikum

2006		Won funded residence in Eyebeam, Center for Art and Technology, New York, provided by Hangar, Art Production Center, Barcelona, for the period of six months

2005 	ITTACA – won participation in Ittaca program, European research project exming demands on new educational tools and politicaly engaged art practices in Europe; Trough meetings and seminairs programm will take place on different european locations (Lampeduza, Istanbul, Helsinki, Brussels) during one year period. Project is carried out by a multidisciplinary partnership comprising the Fondation Hicter (Belgium), Arcada Polytechnics (Finland), the Casino Luxembourg- Forum d’art Contemporain (Luxembourg) and a multimedia company, Tapatoovu (Belgium); supported by the European Commission (DG Culture and Education- Program Leonardo) and Commission Communautaire Française of the Region of Brussels (Cocof).

2004 		Funding for project developement by Caja Madrid, Generation 2004, for the project proposal GPSm (manual GPS), Topografy game, Generación 2004, Caja Madrid, Madrid

2004 		Funding for developement of interactive map of Poblenou Teixit*PN on open call Maps for desorientation, led by Fundación Rodríguez, Mediateca, Caixa Fòrum, Barcelona

2003 		Subvention for research and investigation on ASSIMIL project, Books edition, Schengen with ease, Departamento de Cultura, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona

2003 		Serial POBLE NOW, Videographic production, Hangar, Barcelona

1998 		Scholarship from Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for one year specialization on University of Fine Arts, Complutence, Madrid and University of Fine Arts Barcelona. 

1997 		Exhibition Glasseyeeasycry, won the special Award of Belgrade Critics and has been presented on annual exhibition of awarded works Od Aprila do Aprila, Andricev Venac, Gallery, Belgrade

1996 		Award from the “Miodrag Janjusevic Fund” for the best work in painting on the V year of studies

1995 		Award from the Academy of Fine Arts for the work in Mosaic, Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade

Residencies:

2002/04 	HANGAR, Center for Art Production, Barcelona
2004		Residence, CityMine(d)/Tilt, Brussels
2006		Eyebeam, Art and Technology Center, New York

Contact:

Vahida Ramujkic
In Spain:
c/ Balmes, 48, 2ª, 1ª
08007 Barcelona
Spain
++34 665 840 275

wah@rotorrr.org