Exhibition “The Nineties: From dissent to resistance” in the Cultural Center Požarevac

On Monday, December 22 at 6:00 PM, the exhibition
he Nineties: From Dissent to Resistance will open at the Cultural Center Požarevac. The exhibition is the continuation of a long-term research project dedicated to exploring and presenting alternative perspectives on the turbulent decade of the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia. Through six thematic sections, it introduces audiences to stories of non-compliance, resistance, and civic courage.

At a time when war, hatred, poverty, and violence shaped the daily lives of millions, there were individuals, collectives, and organizations who chose not to remain silent—they chose resistance. The exhibition The Nineties: From Dissent to Resistance, presented three decades after the end of the wars, pays tribute to those who stood against nationalism, war, repression, and injustice, often at great personal risk.

A significant segment of the exhibition is dedicated to independent and anti-war media, both print and electronic, which played a crucial role in exposing propaganda and reporting on war crimes and authoritarian regimes. The exhibition also explores art as a space of resistance, highlighting how artists used performance, photography, music, and film to challenge dominant political and ideological narratives. In addition, the exhibition presents protests, civic initiatives, and everyday forms of resistance organized across the former Yugoslavia, including often invisible yet courageous individual acts of solidarity, assistance, and refusal to participate in violence. A central feature of the exhibition is the Wall of Heroes, an homage to individuals who demonstrated exceptional civic courage, including Srđan Aleksić, Nedjeljko Galić, Goran Čengić, Vladimir Barović, and others. A particularly moving section, Goranka’s Niche, is dedicated to Goranka Matić, an outstanding photographer and chronicler of social change during the 1990s.

The exhibition The Nineties: From Dissent to Resistance will be open until January 10, 2026, at the Požarevac Cultural Center (Jovana Šerbanovića 1), daily from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

This exhibition emerged from the Museum of the Nineties initiative,which has previously presented acclaimed exhibitions in Belgrade, Sarajevo, and Podgorica. In June 2025, the permanent exhibition The Labyrinth of the Nineties opened in Belgrade.The exhibition is organized by Cultural Front, M90 – Museum of the Nineties, and the Požarevac Cultural Center, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands through the MATRA programme, NED – National Endowment for Democracy, as well as the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and the Shared Horizons project, funded by the Republic of France and implemented by Expertise France Groupe AFD. The content of this exhibition is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of the donors.