What, How & for Whom/WHW

National Network
Croatia
Address

Ribnjak 16
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

Telephone
+ 385 99 779 40 13
E-Mail
office.whw@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+ 385 99 779 40 13
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2001
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information

What, How & for Whom' (WHW) is a non-profit organization for visual culture and curators’ collective formed in 1999 (legally established in 2001) and based in Zagreb, Croatia. Since May 2003 WHW has been directing the program of Gallery Nova - non-profit, city owned gallery in Zagreb. Currently, members of WHW curatorial collective Ivet Ćurlin, Ana Dević, Nataša Ilić and Sabina Sabolović are curators of Istanbul Biennial (to open in September 2009). WHW has three full-time employees and its annual budget is cca 110.000 Euro. The main sources of funding include: Ministry of Culture of Croatia, City of Zagreb, National Foundation for Development of Civil Society, European Cultural Foundation, European Union. Occasionally programs are funded by various foundations and cultural institutes such as American Center Foundation, British Council, Goethe Institute, etc. Main organizational partners include: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and the Arts, Istanbul; Anadolu Kultur, Istanbul; multimedia institute mi2, Zagreb; Center for Dramatic Arts, Zagreb, kuda.org, Novi Sad; Prelom Colective, Belgrade, Tranzit.hu, Budapest; proba, Sarajevo.

Mission and Objectives

The mission of WHW is to open up discussions on relevant social issues through art, theory and media, through supporting contemporary art production, organizing exhibitions and art projects, and developing models and strategies for collaboration and exchange of knowledge among organizations from different cultural fields. The goals of What, How & for Whom/WHW are promoting and supporting contemporary art production, fostering and protecting freedom of artistic expression in Croatia, fostering international collaboration in the field of contemporary art and theory, increasing public knowledge on contemporary art and theory, creating strong links among artists and cultural practitioners in Croatia, as well as on the regional and on wider international level.

Main Projects / Activities

Besides exhibitions, WHW projects encompass lectures and public discussions conducted by international artists, curators and cultural theoreticians, publications and a book edition on contemporary cultural practice and cultural theory, radio broadcasts and interventions, screenings and live acts. The main WHW activities are: curating exhibitions in Croatia and abroad; supporting production of new art works; running non-commercial gallery space in Zagreb – Gallery Nova; publishing books on contemporary art theory and practice; organizing public lectures and discussions on contemporary art theory and practice; developing links between Croatian and international visual arts scenes; developing multidisciplinary projects with Croatian organizations from dance, architecture, media and education, aimed at influencing cultural policies.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ivet Curlin
Job Title
Curator & Project Coordinator
Head of the organisation
Ana Dević
Contact (2) Full Name
Ana Seba, Office Coordinator