WORD GAMES

‘WORD GAMES is a performative reading event organized by current resident of Footnote Hadar Kleiman, former resident Marianna Karava and dear friend Kelli Shay Hix who will each read fragments of their writings, word-experiments and short stories. After the reading, there will be (as usual) a small social gathering in the kitchen, with snacks and wine and a chance to chat informally with the artists.

Special guest: Isabel Candia, will be providing music & ambient sounds

Tuesday 25/06/24, 7pm

Footnote Centre, Kralja Milutina 34, Belgrade, Serbia

Artists' bios

Hadar Kleiman is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She earned her BFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Kleiman's mixed-media practice incorporates materials such as terrazzo, ceramics, found objects, fabric and wood. Her work explores the aesthetic interplay between high and low within consumer culture, new-ageism, and symbolic archetypes.

Marianna Karava is a multi-desciplinary artist and educator (Greece, 1982). Her artistic practice ranges from contemporary dance and performance to visual poetry and book arts. Her educational practice includes movement based classes and workshops.

Kelli Hix is an archivist and artist from the United States. Her spoken word, light installations, and visual art has shown at Zeitgeist Gallery Nashville, Third Man Records Blue Room, and the Mary Pickford Theater, Library of Congress. She is currently living in Belgrade as a Fulbright Specialist working with regional archives in Serbia.