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Profiles: Macedonia, Republic of
CAC - Contemporary Art Center
Orce Nikolov 109
Skopje 1000, Republic of Macedonia
Director: Melentie Pandilovski
Phone: +389 2 133 541/+389 2 214 495
Fax: +389 2 133 541/+389 2 214 495
Background, orientation and purpose
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
The Contemporary Art Center is a non-profit cultural centre and a unique institution working at the
crossroads of contemporary arts, education, information and technology.
CAC also acts as a catalyst on dynamic transformation forces in art, supporting the Macedonian and
Balkan arts communities by organising art exhibitions, electronic art and multimedia projects,
alternative projects, educational projects, conferences, festivals and symposiums. The Contemporary
Art Center (Skopje) deals with grants and transfer of knowledge via logistic and technical methods.
CAC also serves as an information centre for recent movements in art, as well as supporting and
promoting Macedonian art.
The Institution Contemporary Art Center - Skopje (Ustanova Centar za Sovremeni Umetnosti -
Skopje) was founded in June 1994 as the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts - Skopje, Macedonia, as
a program of OSI-Macedonia and part of the SCCA Network of 19 centres in Central and East Europe,
with its headquarters in Budapest. CAC is one of the founders of the International Contemporary Art
Network (ICAN) in Amsterdam.
Programme(s) and qualification(s)
Society and Genomic Culture.
Content
The main objective of the programme is the encouragement of critical discourse and of an ongoing
debate regarding the cultural, social, ethical and ideological issues of genetics and biotechnology. This
platform includes ongoing positions questioning the ideology of biotechnology and genetic
engineering, but should consequently result in the development of a sensible attitude to the corpus of
biotechnological issues. The deadline for applications is 15 June 2002.
International/European dimension
CAC is a member of SEECAN (South East European Contemporary At Network) and BAN (Balkan Art
Network).
Evaluation and assessment
Student performance is evaluated through participation and practical work/internship.
Lecturers
The number of teaching personnel is 9, 2 of whom are women. Two of the lecturers are permanent
and seven are visiting. The person responsible for the study programme is Melentie Pandilovski.
Student profile
Students are from Macedonia and abroad.
Number of students admitted
The current number of students is 20.
Course fee
250 USD.
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