The MARes in Hybrid Arts program of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University cordially invites all interested parties to attend the public defense of the following Master's thesis:
Thesis Title:
Reinterpreting Waiting in the Local Landscape: Collective Memory, Thinking, and Political Potential
Candidate:
Kristina Bozhurska
Supervisor:
Maria Chalkou
Date & Time:
Monday, 6 July 2026 — 15:00 (Athens time)
Join via Zoom:
https://ionio-gr.zoom.us/j/91397363084?pwd=uH05Z9jSuZiWpu8oSCZJukVQY6Blsc.1
Examination Committee
- Maria Chalkou — Associate Professor, Department of Audio and Visual Arts, Ionian University
- Vassilis Psarras — Assistant Professor, Department of Performing and Digital Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of the Peloponnese
- Tania Tsiridou — EEP, Department of Audio and Visual Arts, Ionian University
About the Thesis
Reinterpreting Waiting in the Local Landscape: Collective Memory, Thinking, and Political Potential is a practice-based artistic research project exploring the area surrounding the final stop of an unfinished east–west railway line in a village in North Macedonia. Developed through the exhibition Waiting at the National Gallery in Kumanovo, the project investigates how the site's historical, social, and spatial specificities generate questions, new meanings, and future possibilities. By reframing waiting as an active and productive condition rather than passive stagnation, the research highlights its capacity to cultivate reflection, critical thinking, collective agency, and social transformation.
About the Candidate
Kristina Bozhurska is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose practice explores the intersections of art, pedagogy, and socio-political inquiry. She graduated from the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje in 2008 and received an MA in Cultural Studies from the Institute for Macedonian Literature in 2017, where her research focused on social art practice. Working across painting, drawing, text, video, and ready-made objects, her participatory artistic practice examines collective memory, public space, and the transformative potential of everyday encounters. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions in Sweden, Germany, and North Macedonia, and in numerous international group exhibitions and video art festivals. She has participated in residencies including the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York and the Salzburg Summer Academy, where she received a scholarship for the Arte Útil course led by Tania Bruguera. Recipient of several awards, including the Denes Award for Best Young Visual Artist (2010) and the BuzArt Award (2019), she currently teaches art at the Quality International School of Skopje.
Attendance
The defense is open to the public. Students, researchers, artists, and all interested individuals are welcome to attend.
