Milena Krstic travels to Belgrade
The City of Bern is sponsoring two scholarships for artists to work abroad. Musician Milena Krstic will travel to Belgrade for four months. Theater scholar Silja Gruner will spend the second half of 2022 in Cairo.
Milena Krstic performs solo as Milena Patagônia and in a duo with Sarah Elena Müller as Cruise Ship Misery. Ever since she was engaged for a Balkan theater project, she has wanted to get to the bottom of her family's roots in Serbia. Her partner Markus Mezenen will document this research in a film. According to the City of Bern, this is the first time that a studio grant has been awarded to a collective or family in collaboration with the Städtekonferenz Kultur (SKK).
Theater scholar Silja Gruner will spend the second half of 2022 in Cairo. She has been working at the auawirleben Theaterfestival Bern for five years and wants to use the time to deepen her research into inclusive theater practice and the Arab theater world.
Together with other members of the Swiss Conference of Cities and Towns of Culture (SKK), the City of Bern offers residencies every two to three years for artists of all disciplines in Belgrade (4 months), Buenos Aires (6 months), Genoa (3 months) and Cairo (6 months). The scholarship covers the costs of a studio apartment and a contribution to living expenses. The working and living spaces in Belgrade are reserved for a collective, duo or family as part of the Bernese scholarship.
