Vector> Profile

Vector> activities, from exhibitional and educational programmes to research and publishing activities, are analyzing the relationships between the art and visual culture practices and the socio-political context. The cultural actions of Vector> Association are questioning the status of artist and art institutions in a post-communist society which is introducing aggressively the rules of a new socio-political and economical order and also are reflecting how art can function in a context without having a cultural infrastructure.  As a consequence of questioning and reflecting, Vector> is supporting those artistic practices related to the social re-articulation, political awareness and economical re-structuration that require a reflexive and critical analysis which could offer the coordinates of an attitudinal and behavioral re-orientation from the perspective of the cultural action.

The most important projects Vector> are:

1. Periferic – International Biennial for Contemporary Art (platform for promotion, production and cultural exchange in the contemporary art field)
2. Center for regional artistic expertize which contains:
   1. Regional archive VAD – Vector Art DataBank (platform for research and mediation)
   2. Vector> Magazine - art and culture in context (teoretical, critical and informal platform)
   3. Vector> Gallery (exhibitional and educational platform)
3. cARTier Project (platform for social and cultural action)