2018/2019
Event: Kuprom Factory, Skopje (November, 11th) *date modified from October, 21st
Collaborating w/ Longbus Collective, Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe, PhD. Nebojša Vilic,
PhD. Goran Mickovski, Environmental Activist Tony Nikushevsky
According to data from the Central Registry of North Macedonia and Govt Officials, the buildings inside the Kuprom premise have been in an unresolved legal process of re-ownership for the past twenty years; While the remaining land in the parcel is still property of the State of North Macedonia. The General Urban Plan has recently forseen qualification for A-Housing which is a confirmation that in the future this building is planned to be built residential buildings. At the same time it opens the dilemma of how safe it is to build dwellings on a land where ferrous metal production facilities have operated for decades until bankruptcy and privatization. The Municipality has not carried on any examinations on toxicity levels on the property soil and neighbouring parcels.
Kuprom has currently a mixed ownership of a former State owned property. Current creditors and buyers are not disclosed.
We do not know how exactly were the facilities sold and at what price.
What is clear is that the Municipality of Gjorce Petrov in which Kuprom is located, has needs not met for quality public spaces for the community.
We have been in contact with several local Architects who have completed their Architecture Thesis on the revitalization of Kuprom.
M.Sc. Natasha Vchkova - Preservation of urban void through re-use of abandoned industral capacities
M.Sc. Angela Dimitrova - Reusing the factory Kuprom by introducing and using new program and public contents
Program + Teaser
Public Safety Civil Action to remove hazardous elements from the premise of Kuprom
Civic Initiative to the Mayor of the Municipality of Gjorce Petrov
Presentation of Organisation Cultural Echoes - Skopje
Presentation of Project Abandoned Opportuities - Simona Dimkovska
Presentation of Architecture Master Thesis Projects for the Revitalization of Kuprom:
M.Sc. Natasha Vchkova - Preservation of urban void through re-use of abandoned industral capacities
M.Sc. Angela Dimitrova - Reusing the factory Kuprom by introducing and using new program and public contents
Panel Discussion:
Prof. PhD. Nebojša Vilic
Prof. PhD. Goran Mickovski
Tony Nikushevsky - Environmental Activist
Music Line-Up:
DJ Klaara Vedis
DJ Alexander Baltiq
DJ Soul Case (Bojan Janev)
DJ UX
by Gemma Belmonte Marquès
KUPROM - Event with Educational, Cultural, Artistic and Environmental Activities (Filip Koneski - MAPX Macedonia Architecture)
CULTURAL EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE KUPROM FACTORY ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 21 (srekja.mk)
Obstructed Event
The attempt to hold the event was interrupted by the presence of one subject pending ownership, a non practicing judge and several police officers, claiming that it was a private property subject to bankruptcy and creditors' litigation. The area the event was attempting to take place was a public property according to the State’s Central Registry. Local Authorities had been notified prior to the event.
‘The municipality of Gjorce Petrov recently received an initiative from the NGO sector to organize an event at the factory. From our side, it was approved because our tendency is always to meet the NGOs as an open and transparent municipality. What happened next, we have no information, nor did anyone inform us, and it is not in our jurisdiction either - said the municipality of Gjorce Petrov.’
samoprasaj.mk article
samoprasaj.mk article
The organizers and attendees who came to support the initiative for the second time respected police suggestions and decided to hold the event at the gates of the former factory.
Final Program:
Presentation of Organisation Cultural Echoes - Skopje
Presentation of Project Abandoned Opportuities - Simona Dimkovska
Speech - Prof. PhD. Nebojša Vilic
Speech - Prof. PhD. Goran Mickovski
Speech - Tony Nikushevsky - Environmental Activist
Thesis Presentation - M.Sc. Natasha Vchkova - Preservation of urban void through re-use of abandoned industral capacities
Simona Dimkovska, Cultural Echoes President, exposing Kuprom Case at the North Macedonia Government Office
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Presentation: Vodno, Skopje (August, 9th)
Collaboration w/ Longbus Collective, PopUp! and Architect Natasha Vchkova
First public presentation as Cultural Echoes.
Presentation of Organisation Cultural Echoes - Skopje
Presentation of Project Abandoned Opportuities - Simona Dimkovska
Presentation - Tomás Romero Talley
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