Jelsa Art Biennial 2025

July to September 2025

Jelsa and other places on the island of Hvar.


Concrete Tenderness

Like a freshly poured mass of concrete on once living ecosystems, despite the general promotion of self-care and environmental care in our anthropocentric bubble, we continue to be unconsciously rude to ourselves and the life that surrounds us. The concept of the Jelsa Art Biennial 2025 Concrete Tenderness calls for reflection, looking for alternatives in which soft and temporary life forms co-exist with solid and permanent materials, in which empathy and tenderness are embedded in the monumentality of a post-dystopian, more sustainable, more thoughtful, more caring way of life.

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LEADERSHIP
• Karmen Krasić Kožul, director
• Marija Kamber, creative producer
• Gabrijela Mamić, communication

PRODUCTION
LAB852

CO-PRODUCTION PARTNERS
• LAB852
• Održivi Otok / Sustainable Island (HR)

EXPERT ASSOCIATES
• Marija Plenković, Jelsa municipality museum curator
• Josipa Slaviček, Anatomija Otoka / Anatomy of Islands
• dr. sc. Marina Blagaić Bergman, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies
• dr. Sc. Zrinka Ljubešić, Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Zagreb

PEDAGOGICAL TEAM
• Prirodno-umjetnički Kružok

DESIGN
• Rina Barbarić

CO-FINANCING
• EU programme Creative Europe,
• Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia,
• Jelsa Tourist Board,
• City of Zagreb,
• Culture Moves Europe,
• Goethe Institute,
• Kultura nova foundation,
• Municipality of Jelsa,
• Tourist Board of Split-Dalmatia County