The performance "We are not monsters" was developed through a unique collaboration in the dance world of today. The idea for the performance is coming from Dalibor Šandor, artist with learning disabilities, who was developing it together with Xavier Le Roy, Alexandre Achour, Scarlet Yu, Saša Asentić and with the artistic support of other Per.Art members. The uniqueness of the work is also visible in the fact that this is the first time (in Serbia, but also in a wider European context) that this kind of dance work is shown in an art gallery, where artists with and without disability question the relation between visitors and works of art in a national museum, investigating new ways of creating a performance and expanding the very understanding of the notion of a collection, which is enriched through live performance by introduction of questions, problems and position particular for persons with disability. In this case, it is the collection of The Gallery of Matica srpska, longtime partner of Per.Art.
Idea: Dalibor Šandor
Made by: Xavier Le Roy, Scarlet Yu, Alexandre Achour, Olivera Kovačević Crnjanski, Dalibor Šandor and Saša Asentić
In collaboration with: Frosina Dimovska, Dunja Crnjanski and Marcel Bugiel
Performed by: Saša Asentić, Alexandre Achour, Marko Bašica, Snežana Bulatović, Dunja Crnjanski, Frosina Dimovska, Đorđe Hrubenja, Snežana Kolarić, Olivera Kovačević Crnjanski, Aleksandra Marković, Beata Perge, Mihailo Petrović, Marko Rošulov, Xavier Le Roy, Marina Sremački, Jelena Stefanoska, Dalibor Šandor, Natalija Vladisavljević, Anja Vučević
Executive producer: Nataša Murge Savić
Production: Per.Art and Association Le Kwatt
Partner: Gallery of Matica srpska
Supported by: Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Europe Beyond Access, Foundation "Novi Sad 2021 - European Capital of Culture", Secretary for Culture, City of Novi Sad, Erst Bank, Neofyton d.o.o
20th Anniversary of per.art, Gallery of Matica srpska - Novi Sad
10-13/12/2019
Berlinische Gallerie - Berlin, Germany
09-10/10/2021