One of famous Mata Hari postcardsDance costumes as mirrors of multiculturalism

| March 7th 2011 | VEDRANA SUNKO | Even though oriental dance is quite popular in the West there is little or no scholarly research of the subject. The dance originated in Muslim countries where displaying excessive skin is avoided and dancers are in most cases forbidden to perform in public. Therefore it is not surprising that there is little information on the development of dance costumes and dancing.

Ivana Medvedec is among the few researchers of oriental dance and its socio-cultural aspect. She is a dance instructor, who recently held a lecture on this particular subject. Through her research she concluded that today oriental dance costumes have more to do with Hollywood than tradition. With that in mind, oriental dance, as we know it today could be a perfect example for Edward Said's definition of Orientalism. The Western perception of Orient is mainly based on romanticized harem images of writers, painters and explorers who portrayed the East as an exotic place marked with female sensuousness.

n.paradoxa is the only international feminist art journal in the world that explores the work of contemporary women artists and feminist theory.

| March 6th 2011 | JELENA GRAOVAC | The journal was founded in 1996 as an online issue, and the printed version was established in 1998. n.paradoxa publishes scholarly and critical articles written by women critics, art historians and artists on the work of contemporary women artists from around the world. The editor and founder of the journal is Katy Deepwell (linked in, paradoxa). For each thematic volume in print she selects well known artists and authors (Carol Duncan, Kaja Silverman, Linda Nochlin, Amelia Jones, Jo Ann Isaak, Martha Rosler) turning each issue into a mini-reader for all those interested or engaged in contemporary art practice. The latest volume of n.paradoxa explores the theme of 'Women's Work' (Vol. 27, Jan 2011).

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Nina Romić - Daljine

For years now Nina has been enchanting us with her atmospheric folk-pop acoustics and like some sort of a fairy she has been moving softly but securely through the jungle of the Croatian pop rock music scene. After the album “Daljine” was officially released, she became known beyond the closed circles of the acoustic scene in Zagreb. myspace.com/ninazg

Mika Male - Vremenom

Orlan Tus is a sort of a male soul mate of Nina Romić. And Mika Male are small but in the same time grand in their immediacy, simplicity and their feeling for urban and intimate frames that are filled while alone in the dark of our rooms. myspace.com/mikamale