About

Their performances present an exploration and study of a collective identity, intimacy and behavior within mutual experience. In most of the works they strive to reveal and understand a marginal and subconscious nature of the collective mind

 

Buba Čvorić and Marina Tomić (born in Serbia 1980 and 1982, currently living in The Netherlands and Switzerland) are a collaborative artist team that perform actively since 2005

 

Education:

2007- 2009 Dutch Art Institute, Enschede, The Netherlands (MFA)

2001-2006 University of Novi Sad, Academy of Arts, Serbia (BFA)

Commissioned performances:

2011 (Baar, CH) "I have never seen a house that always stands on the way"

(Basel, CH) "Trust II"

(Štaglinec, CR) "Avaz"

2010 (Belgrade, SR) "Mum's the word"

(Uppsala, S) "Lament"

2009 (Dublin, IR) "Poor unfortunate girls"

(Dublin, IR) "Nothing can't happen"

(Dublin,IR) "It does not have to end"

(Utrecht, NL) "Whispering"/Publishing as performance

(Harlem, NL) "Zero Intensity"

(Amsterdam, NL) Presentation performance/ DOLMUS project

(Amsterdam, NL) Presentation performance/"Subjective atlas of Serbia"

2008 (Rivoli, IT) "In between II"

(Enschede, NL) "Could I sleep well?" theater piece by an artist collective

(Cappadocia, TU) "Roots"

(Enschede, NL) "In between I"

(Enschede, NL) "Trust"

2007 (Novi Sad, SR) "Among us and between us"

2006 (Belgrade, SR) "Dream Destination"

(Belgrade, SR) "Self-portrait"

2005 (Belgrade, SR) "Invulnerable I"

Group exhibitions:

2010 Gallery "O3ОNE" Belgrade, SR

2006 Gallery "CHAOS" Belgrade, SR

Workshops and Collaborative works:

2009/08 (NL/IR) project "If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution" The Masquerade/Public gesture serial. Workshop and performance participants.

2009 (NL/SR) "Subjective Atlas of Serbia" publication made by Annelys de Vet. Publication works.

2009 (NL) Live interviews/performances made by Sarah Pierce to artists involved in the project "If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution" as part of the exhibition "Coalesce: Happenstance", Smart project space, Amsterdam. Performance participants.

2008 (NL) IFAA, International Festival of the Arts in Arnhem, MMKA, Museum of Modern Art Arnhem/ Lux Theatre, Nijmegen, performance "The Speaker" by Teresa Maria Diaz Nerio. Performance participants.

2008 (NL) "Generale Staten" Workshop & Game/performance by Mieke Van de Voort. Workshop and performance participants.

2008 (NL) "Mapping the City, Weaving the spine" Rijksmuseum Twente Enschede. The performance workshop by Monali Meher. Performance participants.

2008/2007 (NL) Performance workshop with Sanne van Rijn. Workshop participants.

2006 (SR) Butoh dance seminar. Workshop with choreographer/butoh dancer Kacura Kan. Workshop participants.

Publications:

2009 Publication Project "Marina" and "Buba", booklets. Publisher Dutch Art Institute/ArtEZ, Institute of the Arts, Arhnem, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-90294-13-7 (for "Marina") ISBN 978-94-90294-14-4 (for "Buba")

2009 Publication Project "Subjective Atlas of Serbia". Publisher Dom Omladine, Belgrade, Serbia. The project was an initiative of De Balie in Amsterdam, Dom Omladine and the Dutch designer Annelys de Vet. (P. 94-95, 96-97) ISBN 987-86-7698-020-8

2006 Publication Project "Made in Novi Sad". Publisher Gallery Tableau, Novi Sad (P 42-43-44-45, 222-223-224-225) ISBN 86-909377-0-6