Visiting Artist’s Talk – Jelena Sofronijevic

For this week’s Visiting Artist’s Talk we welcome curator, producer and writer Jelena Sofronijevic to talk about to us about the challenges and rewards of starting self-initiated projects in the arts.

Jelena Sofronijevic is a producer, curator, writer, and researcher based in London. Their curatorial projects include the group exhibition ‘Invasion Ecology’ (2024) and the podcast EMPIRE LINES, which uncovers the unexpected flows of empires through art. They also produce HISTORICITY, a new series of audio walking tours exploring how cities got to be the way they are, recorded on location in London (2022) and Tokyo (2023). Their reviews and profiles have been published in print and online.

Jelena works at the intersections of cultural history, politics, and the arts, highlighting continuities over time, and seeks to make complex ideas accessible, not simple. Much of their research is focussed on pluralising representations of CESEE/diasporic communities and cultures, particularly from the Balkans and Yugoslavia. More widely, they seek to platform perspectives often marginalised or excluded from representation, especially in anti-colonial and environmental activism.

Jelena’s full portfolio is available on their website and Instagram.

About the Visiting Artists’ Talks series

The Visiting Artist’s Talk (VAT) series hosts talks by an exciting range of arts practitioners from around the world every Monday afternoon from 2 to 4pm during teaching weeks.

All of our talks are compulsory for our Fine Art students but are also open to anyone else who would like to join us. There’s no need to book – please just turn up!

For more information, please email Nick Thurston.

Find out more about the Visiting Artists Talks series.

Directions to Roger Stevens Lecture Theatre 24

See the campus map for location of the Roger Stevens building.

Enter the Roger Stevens building at levels 6 (lower ground), 7 (ground floor) or 10 (red route), take the lift or stairs to level 10 where you will find Roger Stevens Lecture Theatre 24.

Accessibility information for the lecture theatre can be found here.

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Portrait. Courtesy Jelena Sofronijevic.