Ines Borovac (1996, Cro.) is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in the Netherlands. She holds a Master degree from Design Academy Eindhoven, MA Social design where she developed her practice in the field of performance and movement research. As a Balkan feminist in her practice, Borovac often infiltrates various patriarchal, religious or traditional systems with aim to create altering speculative scenarios. Working in a domaine of performance art, the foundation of Borovac artistic practice unfolds with gesture research analyzing harmful bodily behaviours, rituals and systems of corporeal surveillance. Furthermore, deconstructing the social behaviors by embedding the feminist values and decolonizing the rituals and gestures of harmful gender roles. Through her work, possible futures, systems and rituals come alive, materializing through visual art, live performances and multimedia installations. Since 2022 together with Ginevra Petrozzi Borovac is working as a co-founder of art duo Xsenofemme.
In samenwerking met: Janneke Bexkens, Simon Bus, Marko Milas, Urh Pirc, Ema Šajatović, Ema Kani, Nino Bokan, Una Matija Štalcar, Vid Vugrinec
Locatie: Croatia, Kamešnica
Through performative design research in a collaboration with the dance therapist author identified the embodies gender and social norms embedded in the Kolo (a basic folkdance popular among Slavic people). It was then re-choreographed with a woman (kolovođica) as leader and based on movements that express vulnerability, sexuality and self-expression. Techno music and tie-dyed embroidered clothing contemporise the project to today's rave aesthetic.
It is a pleasure to introduce to you the artist duo Xsenofemme, a newly formed duo, made by Ginevra Petrozzi and me. We are for the first time performing live "Secrets to selling your design services", an interactive performance taking place within the space of Drop City, Milano (IT)
Kamen art residency
Residenties / uitwisseling
01-09-2022 t/m 21-10-2022
In samenwerking met: Vasilla organisation, Etnographic museum Trebinje, Family law specialist
Locatie: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Orah
"Why won’t you marry me?" is a performance researching the patriarchal issues embedded in Balkan marriage. During my stay at residency I used my feminist background to researched a notion of marriage. Together with ethnographer and family law specialist I was investigating the values within the Balkan love. “Why won’t you marry me?” is an intimate performance where the artist invites an audience on dating apps and visitors to join her on on a date to discuss a newly written prenuptial agreement.
In samenwerking met: MPAKT [Centre for Media Culture] (Utrecht), School of Machines, Making & Make Believe (Berlin), Werktank (Leuven) and Privacy Salon (Brussels/Antwerp). With the support of the Creative Industries Fund NL, City of Utrecht, Democracy and Media Fund, Fonds Soziokultur, Cultural Participation Fund, the Dutch Embassy in Belgium (Brussels), the Dutch Embassy in Germany (Berlin) and the Goethe Institut.
Locatie: IMPAKT CENTER, Utrecht
During the CODE 2022 I participated a residency workshop together with artists and specialists from different fields of digital culture. With the leadership of IMPAKT curators and together with AI specialst, cyber-security specialist we developed a video performance "Physio·gnomy". The project developed in an online performance demonstrating the use of system to predict the criminality rate based on your appearance. The project aims to highlight the biases embedded in algorithms.
