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PLATFORMAT 2023 - INDEPENDET CULTURE FESTIVAL
Location: Youth Center Split(Ulica Slobode 28)
Date: October 4th - October 7th, 2023
On Wednesday, the eleventh edition of the independent culture festival PLATFORMAT 2023 will kick off at the Youth Center Split and will last until Saturday, October 7th.
PLATFORMAT will present an artistic, educational, musical, and entertaining program at the Youth Center over the course of four days, with the majority of the programs being free of charge.
"Despite changes in format, duration, and the level of involvement of all participants over the years, PLATFORMAT, just like eleven years ago, continues to celebrate the strength of the independent cultural scene, holding firm with a clear direction forward despite all the challenges it has faced in terms of legal, financial, administrative, institutional, and other frameworks that have not kept pace with cultural changes and have not been in its favor," said Antonia Vuletić, the president of the Youth Center's Platform, the organization behind the festival.
This is evident from this year's visual identity of the festival (designed by Segor Garber), which references the incredible resilience of cockroaches, vividly depicting how the overall independent cultural scene must be resilient to survive within legal, financial, administrative, institutional, and other frameworks that are not up-to-date with cultural changes and do not work in its favor.
Therefore, it is not coincidental that PLATFORMAT opens with a panel discussion that will present the guidelines for the development of cultural policies related to cultural infrastructure and social activities. The panel will take place in the Classroom at the Youth Center on Wednesday, October 4th, at 1 pm, and everyone is invited to participate, including Mayor Ivica Puljak and Marina Kuzmanić Petreš, the head of the cultural department.
Antonia Vuletić added: "What PLATFORMAT celebrates and what needs to be emphasized is that enthusiasm, will, ambition, and an unwavering desire for contemporary and free action are absolutely resilient and will always push boundaries, both on a small scale and on a much larger one."
Visitors to PLATFORMAT can expect a diverse program, and while the festival will start with serious topics, organizers guarantee plenty of socializing and dancing. On Friday, the Kocka club will reopen after a summer break with concerts by the bands Mašinko and SIČ (Stranci i Čudaci), followed by a drag performance and a party on Saturday. See the full program below.
PLATFORMAT 2023 PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4th:
- 1 pm - Presentation of guidelines for improving cultural policies - Classroom
- 2 pm - Participatory screen printing workshop - Terrace Trokut
- 2 pm - KLFM live - Terrace Trokut
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th:
- 8 am - KUMovanje@KLFM radio
- 7 pm - NMG@PRAKTIKA_Martina Miholić: Gallery of Floating Archipelagos, exhibition - Kocka Club Gallery
- 9 pm - Let's Kill Boredom: Screening of Croatian short films - Courtyard
- 10 pm - Music in the Courtyard - Courtyard
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6th:
- 6 pm - Cultivating Your Own Food Using Biowaste, lecture - Courtyard
- 6 pm - Bazaar - Plaza
- 7 pm - NMG@PRAKTIKA_Martina Miholić: Gallery of Floating Archipelagos, exhibition - Kocka Club Gallery
- 9 pm - Kocka Club Opening: Mašinko + SIČ (Stranci i Čudaci), live - Kocka Club
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7th:
- 10 am - Nikolina Komljenović&Ivana Vratarić: Which Planet Are You?, children's workshop - Small Stage
- 6 pm - Nikolina Komljenović: Which Planet Are You?, dance performance - Small Stage
- 7 pm - Cirkviz, knowledge quiz - Classroom
- 7 pm - NMG@PRAKTIKA_Martina Miholić: Gallery of Floating Archipelagos, exhibition - Kocka Club Gallery
- 10 pm - ZVJERINJAK/Dance, Otherwise We’re Lost’ All Night, drag performance OBJEKT PLESA + party - Kocka Club
PLATFORMAT is held under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia and the City of Split. The Youth Center's Platform is supported by the Kultura nova Foundation and the National Foundation for Civil Society Development.
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