tion, analysis and creation <strong>of</strong> new discourses and critical positions. Preciselyfrom this practice, and with conspicuous flaws <strong>of</strong> critical reception <strong>of</strong> everyth<strong>in</strong>gthat is not drama <strong>the</strong>atre <strong>in</strong> view, <strong>the</strong> idea for a school <strong>of</strong> critiquecame, along with <strong>the</strong> project Forum for critique <strong>in</strong> perform<strong>in</strong>g arts.With <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>centive <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 42 nd edition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bitef Festival, <strong>TkH</strong> platformconceived and launched <strong>the</strong> School for <strong>the</strong>ory and critique <strong>in</strong> perform<strong>in</strong>g arts:Walk<strong>in</strong>g Critique (Kritika koja hoda - KKH) <strong>in</strong> September 2008. This wasan <strong>in</strong>tense <strong>the</strong>oretical-practical tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> new approaches to critique <strong>in</strong>contemporary perform<strong>in</strong>g arts for young and emerg<strong>in</strong>g critics – studentsand postgraduates at humanities and art departments. The School wasconceived by Miško Šuvaković and Ana Vujanović, and conducted by BojanDjordjev. KKH hosted several <strong>the</strong>oretical lectures and discussions withspeakers from <strong>Serbia</strong> and foreign guests, <strong>the</strong> workshop “Critical Tools forWalk<strong>in</strong>g Critique” (Isabel de Naverán, Bilbao) and practical work on writ<strong>in</strong>gand publish<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> reviews at <strong>the</strong> School’s <strong>of</strong>ficial blog http://kkhgrupa.blogspot.com and Bitef’s bullet<strong>in</strong>, along with ‘public conceiv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> reviews’through chat critique conducted <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>atres at <strong>the</strong> open<strong>in</strong>g nights. TheSchool rapidly aroused substantial <strong>in</strong>terest on <strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> audiencesand <strong>the</strong>atre pr<strong>of</strong>essionals. Selected reviews were published <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> daily papersPolitika and Danas, and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>atre journal Scena, along with regularfeatures for <strong>the</strong> “Bitef Chronicle” on <strong>the</strong> national television (RTS). After<strong>the</strong> festival and <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial clos<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> School, several ‘alumni’ (TamaraĐorđević, Ana Isaković, Nataša Tepavčević, Aleksandra Pavlović, followedby Ana Vilenica and Tanja Rakić) cont<strong>in</strong>ued <strong>the</strong> work, form<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>dependentgroup <strong>of</strong> critics (KKH) under <strong>the</strong> auspices <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> self-educational <strong>TkH</strong>project Šverc znanja! (Knowledge Smuggl<strong>in</strong>g), and through <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>in</strong>volvement<strong>in</strong> <strong>TkH</strong>’s project Forum for perform<strong>in</strong>g arts critique. The basic activity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Forum is close cooperation with <strong>the</strong> protagonists <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>dependent perform<strong>in</strong>garts scene, <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> critique and (self-)reflection. S<strong>in</strong>ce lastOctober, <strong>the</strong>ir blog http://tkhforum.blogspot.com has regularly featured reviewsand transcripts <strong>of</strong> round table discussions focused on premiere <strong>in</strong>dependentproductions. S<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> Forum commenced work at <strong>the</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Season 2008/09, while this publication covers <strong>the</strong> production <strong>in</strong> annualrounds, <strong>the</strong> reviews created through <strong>the</strong> Forum feature only as quotes<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> project directory. However, Raster 2009 should feature <strong>in</strong>tegral reviewsfrom <strong>the</strong> Forum collaborators. The Forum aims, <strong>in</strong> collaboration with<strong>the</strong> featured artists, at pursu<strong>in</strong>g critique not as assessment or a ‘view fromabove’, but as <strong>in</strong>tegral, constitutive part <strong>of</strong> creation and discursive production<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new scene. Therefore, Raster 2008, beside promot<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> protagonists<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>dependent perform<strong>in</strong>g arts scene, aims at promot<strong>in</strong>g andr a s [11]t e r
support<strong>in</strong>g fresh and emerg<strong>in</strong>g critics, underl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g once more <strong>the</strong> close andmutual connections <strong>of</strong> artistic and <strong>the</strong>oretical practices <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> formation,development, shap<strong>in</strong>g and advanc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> (<strong>in</strong>dependent) artistic scene.Translated by Irena Šentevska
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