01.02.2024 – 03.03.2024
The Bosnian newt / Bosanski planinski triton is still alive in the Vranica Mountains in the centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But for how much longer? The amphibian is considered to be threatened with extinction.
The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina is working on the construction of a vivarium for the ex-situ protection of the species. The aim is to ensure its survival in the museum so that it can be released into the wild at a later date if the animal actually dies out in its natural habitat.
The Bosnian newt and the planned vivarium are the starting points for an exhibition – curated by Margarethe Makovec and Anton Lederer (rotor) – of contemporary visual art, which is related to the Natural History Department of the National Museum in Sarajevo. 18 artists and groups from Central and South-Eastern Europe will be showing works of art that explore the tension between nature, human activity and (species) diversity versus endangered life forms in the Anthropocene.
References to the natural sciences are sometimes made directly in the natural science collection of the National Museum.
Participating artists: Darko Aleksovski, Lamija Čehajić, Danube Transformation Agency for Agency, Anita Fuchs, Teuta Gatolin, Ernst Koslitsch, Polonca Lovšin, Ralo Mayer, Edith Payer, Irena Lagator Pejović, Nada Prlja, Lala Raščić, Oliver Ressler, Ivan Šuković,Adrienn Újházi / Nemanja Milenković, Anna Vasof, Driant Zeneli and Dardan Zhegrova.
EX-SITU – Artistic positions on endangered biodiversity and the coexistence of species
01.02.2024 – 03.03.2024
National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zmaja od Bosne 3, Sarajevo
www.zemaljskimuzej.ba
www.bmeia.gv.at/oeb-sarajewo
