Në Kosovë, që prej kur jemi përpjekë për shtetësi e pavarësi, kemi tentu me imagjinu të ardhme më të mira. Tash, si shtet i ri, vazhdojmë të imagjinojmë utopi. Në këtë përzgjedhje do të përqëndrohemi në veprat që, drejtpërsëdrejti ose tërthorazi, kanë për temë teknologjinë. Bisedat do të përqëndrohen në çështje shoqërore, etike, morale, si dhe në idenë se utopia kuptohet më qartë përmes shqyrtimit të distopive.
“Pse të humbasim kohë duke…” program eksperimental me vepra audiovizuale 5, 6 dhe 7 shkurt 2026 nga Kino Armata, Termokiss, StoryLab, Undesignate Institute
As part of our StoryLab Communities collaboration we invite you to an infosession of the European Solidarity Corps.
Are you 18 – 30 years old and interested in discovering opportunities to volunteer abroad?
We are hosting an infosession at Kosovo StoryLab in Prishtina. Focusing on the European Solidarity Corps (ESC), an EU programme that offers young people the opportunity to join impactful projects across Europe.
Join us on this presentation to learn more about how to be part of this program through Gaia Kosovo.
See you at StoryLab in Prishtina on the 24th of February from 16:00 – 17:00.
During our tenth and final session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we reviewed works in progress of participant’s personal zine and artbook projects. From works in early conceptual stages and all the way to finished mockups, we commented on the work of our peers, discussed things that worked well and gave constructive suggestions.
We discussed the importance of prototyping your artbook at different stages of the process, the benefits of small and bite sized print runs, as well as editorial and design processes.
We were honored to have such a variety of talented and hardworking individuals who produces amazing artworks that we are very excited to share with you in our upcoming publications.
This program is made possible with the generous support of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo.
On the second day of “In Between | Në Mes | Dazwischen” on Saturday 15th of November, the halls of the Prishtina Bus Station were transformed by the sound and the musical performance of ZWADA.
On a cold November night many a traveler stumbled upon unexpected tunes like “Burn in Hell”, “Lady’s Eyes”, “Falma Hanën” and “Hajde puthëm”, as they found themselves in between destinations.
As the performance in Munich was going as scheduled within a moving bus, back in Prishtina we organized a metaphorical welcome with music – like triumphs of old – for the bus that would be indefinitely held “in between”.
The Prishtina-Munich link was again reinforced through “Interstitial Ghosts”, an interactive digital art installation, by Endrit Jashanica and Futur Studio, where audiences met and interacted with each other.
Special thanks to Prishtina Bus Station for the exceptional cooperation and support of the public art projects.
Special thanks to Prishtina Bus Station for the exceptional cooperation and support of the public art projects.
We kicked off “In Between | Në Mes | Dazwischen” at Prishtina Bus Station on Friday 14th of November with “Well for Fountain”, a performance by Valdrin Thaqi and Svenja Schafer, interpreted by Klara Grapci-Gërmizaj and Art Pasha with music composed and interpreted by Viola Rrecaj. The performance took place against the backdrop of passengers rolling their luggage and buying bus tickets, in an “in between” space amidst a static audience and people in transition.
It was followed with a culinary experience by Rebeca Werkmann, that fused Kosovar and German cuisines. These “in between” delicacies epitomize through food the conceptual link between Prishtina and Munich.
While the Prishtina event, organized by StoryLab, was ongoing, the event in Munich organized by dasvinzenz, happened at the same time in the form of a series of performances inside a moving bus (which would symbolically transport the Munich audience to Prishtina).
Both events spread across time and space were brought together by “Interstitial Ghosts”, an interactive digital art installation, by Endrit Jashanica and Futur Studio, where audiences from both Prishtina and Munich could meet and interact with each other in a virtual “in between”-space.
Stay tuned for info and images from the second day of “In Between | Në Mes | Dazwischen”.
Special thanks to Prishtina Bus Station for the exceptional cooperation and support of the public art projects.
StoryLab was part of the Art Book Fair in Tirana in November/December 2025 organized by 28 November.
Visitors could buy our publications such as zines, art books, comic books, bookmarks, stickers, tote bags, and other literary and art merchandise.
If you want to get a copy of StoryLab publications you can DM us on Instagram and we will deliver it to you by the post office. For more information on our publications check our E-Shop at https://storylab.al/shop/
During our eighth and ninth session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we welcomed Olson Lamaj from Albania with a double-header workshop “Rediscovering the Archive”.
Presentations of publications by Pararoja helped us see the potential zines and artbooks have as a medium. While the exhibitions provide “white walls” to artworks, this is done by paper for artbooks and zines. We also saw the importance and advantage of working with restrictions when publishing.
During the first part of the session, each participant created an eight page A3 zine, with archival photographs they brought from home. On the second part we all worked together on a joint project to create a collective A5 zine with the draft title “Memory Box”.
Olson Lamaj is a visual artist, editor and founder of Pararoja platform.
Pararoja is an alternative publishing house specialized in artistic publications, focused primarily in promoting visual artists through realizing publications in the form of zines. The platform experiments with the concept of limited edition as an alternative artistic space for creative expression and dialogue. Since the founding in 2020, Pararoja has realized over 22 publications, collaborated with around 15 artists from different parts of the world and has taken part in international book fairs in Greece, Istanbul, Paris and Vienna.
This program is made possible with the generous support of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo.
During our seventh session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we welcomed Arif Muharremi with “FantaZINA” lecture on hand drawn zines.
We saw how a zine is a medium that can contribute to social change, and how it is always important to create your artworks and writings and put them in the social context.
We saw how images are the perfect medium for the times we live in where the contexts change rapidly.
In the second part of the workshop, participants worked in groups to create their own mini publications that tackled current social issues relevant to Kosovo.
Arif Muharremi is a journalist and editor of culture in Koha Ditore, Express and author of the weekly Culture in Kosovo (BIRN).
He has coordinated EU programmes for education in cultural heritage, has managed projects for Manifesta 14-Western Balkans.
He is the author of the book with poetry and strips (OH!) and of educational games based on culture, heritage and visual art “Discover Prishtina” and “Who am I?”.
This program is made possible with the generous support of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo.
Ftojmë krijues(e) që duan të ndajnë punë eksperimentale në formë të videos, të çdo lloj cilësie. Një përzgjedhje e veprave do të shfaqet publikisht. Preferohen punë nën 31 minuta. Afati i fundit: një javë para 28 nëntorit 2025.
During our sixth session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we brainstormed ideas for our upcoming zines and artbooks. We focused on the concept as the most important part. We discussed format, typography, special features, and use of unconventional materials. For inspiration we looked at some hardcover artbooks and zines.
This program is made possible with the generous support of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo.
During our fifth session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we welcomed Ferdi Limani with his lecture on “Storytelling through photography”.
We discussed how to communicate important social issues to the public through photography and how by mastering the frame we guide the eye of the audience.
We learned good practices in photography by exploring Ferdi’s beginner mistakes and evolution of his style towards simplicity, as well as the importance of learning from mistakes.
We explored the strength that comes from limitations (either in equipment or environment), how to take photos with respect for the people/subjects, as well as the importance of taking your time to take a picture.
Ferdi Limani is an independent photographer, who works with Getty Images. He studied journalism and with local and international media in news and documentary projects.
This program is made possible with the generous support of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo.
Ksci-Fi Video Klub comes back with a Halloween Special, with the screening of The Thing (1982) directed by John Carpenter.
Come by the StoryLab space on Friday, 31st of October 2025, at 18:00.
What better way to deal with chilling weather than with this seminal science fiction horror set in Antarctica. Feel the solitary chills at the back of your neck from vast snowy expanses and all the way to claustrophobic corridors of research stations.
During our fourth session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we welcomed Fatmir Mustafa Karllo with his lecture performance titled “Book of ideas”.
Karllo discussed how we complement each other as a group during the process of co-creation, as well as the role of instinct, improvisation, and spontaneity in the creative process.
Karllo also focused on the importance that the process of transformation plays in creating artworks, and made us think about impossible books: how to create an invisible book; what if we create a book that no one reads; a book that is present only at certain times; a book that is only one copy; a book that deletes itself.
During the workshop we collaborated with Karllo to create a book in the form of conceptual artwork.
Fatmir Mustafa Karllo graduated from the University of Prishtina, Faculty of Arts in the Department of Painting. From 2009 until 2018 he lived in Finland, where he also finished his master’s degree in the Department of Sculpture in the University of Arts “Kuvataideakatemia” in Helsinki.
In 2007 he won the award for “Artists of Tomorrow” from the National Gallery of Kosova.
His performances, installations and his visual works have been presented in different exhibitions, solo as well as group exhibitions in Prishtina, Helsinki, Brussels, Milano, Zagreb, Skopje, and New York.
He is the initiator of the project “On Top Residency” (2020) on a panoramic hill near the village of Butovc, where he built a “gallery without walls” with a view of Prishtina. He also founded the institute for Art and Culture Epifani in 2022. His personal exhibition “Strange Seed” was showed in the National Gallery of Kosovo in 2003.
During our third session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we looked at several examples of artists’ books. We discussed technologies of mass production and how they affect artworks, especially when compared to classical art
We saw how some art movements used artbook making as a utopian project. We focused on the relationship between form and content, experimentation as a process, and saw some examples of how randomness and permutations were incorporated into different works.
We also saw examples of how new technologies were integrated into artbook projects starting with the early avant garde of the 1900s all the way to some current examples.
During our second session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we discussed history of contemporary art and how it relates to artbooks and zines. The importance of concepts and ideas, social context, use of ready-made objects, intentionality, and transfromation in art were discussed, among others.
We discussed questions like: What is art; Who decides; what is its role in society; value of an artwork; how can we make art more accessible; etc.
In the second part we discussed zines, what makes them a unique art form, and some of the advantages of the medium.
During the first session of “Book as an Artwork” workshop we welcomed participants from Kosovo, Albania, Germany, and the United States.
As always, we are super happy to have such a diverse group that includes architects, artists, designers, university professors, writers, game designers, publishers, economists, journalists, multimedia artists, as well as established zines and book artists who constantly enrich our classes with their unique views and discussions.
As StoryLab we are very honored for the opportunity to learn from their diverse experiences and have a chance to cross pollinate ideas.
All of the participants shared their great ideas and concepts for their upcoming zines and artbooks, and artworks and books relevant to their projects were recommended.
Recognizing the importance of public spaces, we present StoryLab Communities, where people can come and use the StoryLab space for their activities, meetings, community events, etc.
Considering the lack of public spaces in Prishtina we would like to open our doors free of charge to students, clubs, artists, informal groups, culture workers, collectives, upcoming or existing organizations, etc.
Now there’s no excuse to delay that meeting or event!
Events can be one-time or recurring.
We are starting with Tuesdays and Thursdays, 15:00 to 18:00.
StoryLab Communities currently receives no public funding or grants, and is solely supported by the dedicated StoryLab team. If you love what we are doing and would like to contribute and help us keep the lights on, please contact us at info@storylab.al
Join us for a 5-day workshop in Prishtina to examine walkability as a lens and method for exploring memory, trauma, and gendered experiences in a post-conflict city.
Through embodied practices, we will uncover hidden narratives, alternative memories, and everyday experiences shaped by past violence, resistance and ongoing reconfigurations of who has the right to claim the city—and whose history and memory count—rendering various stories and footpaths (in)visible.
We invite students, researchers, practitioners, and activists from fields such as social sciences, humanities, architecture, urban studies, geography, and more to collaboratively experiment with interdisciplinary research methods and creative mapping.
The workshop offers a shared space to develop an inclusive, durable, and embodied research framework for an in-depth exploration of walkability through the intersections of gender, space, memory, history, agency and trauma, within the dynamic center of Prishtina.
For more information and the application visit this link.
We are delighted to present Ksci-Fi Video Klub, a series of sci-fi movie screenings. We are starting off with Blade Runner (1982) directed by Ridley Scott.
Join us at StoryLab space on Saturday, 14th of June 2025 at 18:00.
Let’s join detective Deckard in this quintessential cyberpunk feature in his quest to find and exterminate a group of replicants, as we explore issues of artificial intelligence, identity, and what truly makes us human.
A big thank you to all who came to the soft opening of StoryLab Space. We hope you had as wonderful a time as we did.
The space is now open so don’t hesitate to come grab a coffee and spend time in our cozy corner or maybe grab a book from our library collection.
Visit us soon and browse through our local books and zines and perhaps purchase something that catches your eye.
Make sure to check out our merch stand where upcoming and established fashion artists showcase and sell their works.
See you all soon, whether you use StoryLab as a coworking space, stop by to grab drinks with friends, or explore our curated selection of local and regional zines and artbooks.
During Memory Jam’s session 4 with Mishka Henner, Antony Hall, and Artrit Bytyçi, we continued workshopping participants’ artworks which included videos, sound art, images, illustrations, 3D models, text, etc.
After feedback from peers and mentors, we brainstormed novel and unconventional ways to represent and integrate digital art contributions into the printed zine. We narrowed down three main ideas.
We ultimately decided on the idea that involved the creation of a map-sized printed zine illustrated to look like chips and circuits on an electronic board with merged architecture of Manchester and Prishtina. We then discussed best ways to integrate it with Augmented Reality.
This project was made possible with support from the British Council.
Special thanks to Fondacioni 17 for lending us the space at Rezidenca17.
During Memory Jam’s third session with Antony Hall and Artrit Bytyçi participants worked on their ideas, concepts, and artworks.
Several works in progress were presented and received feedback from peers and mentors. More importantly, these works sparked new ideas, discussions, and possibilities through a process we like to call “crosspollination”.
We also followed up on our previously assigned networking activity. Young professionals from Kosovo and UK independently met with their peers virtually to work on joint assignments, collaborate on the upcoming zine project, and create connections for future collaborations.
Antony presented a prototype of the digital exhibition and showcased how participants’ digital artworks could be overlayed into the real world through augmented reality (AR).
This project was made possible with support from the British Council.
Mishka presented a short history of artist books. We began by ridding our minds about what a book could be. From a book as sculpture, furniture, conceptual art, printed matter, digital data, and all the way to a commentary on how we consume culture.
These seminal works were used as references and a starting point for the creation of Memory Jam’s own publication which seeks to integrate the physical (printed zine) and the virtual (digital artworks).
After an activity where we brainstormed in smaller groups, we brought ideas that could be applied for our zine project to a larger discussion. We explored concepts of memory and how it relates to time, memory loss, disintegration, instability, disappearance, distortion, destruction, connection, interconnection, etc.
During Antony’s workshop we experimented with augmented reality and placement of 3D virtual objects (that we had previously scanned) into the real world.
This project was made possible with support from the British Council.
Special thanks to Fondacioni 17 for lending us the space at Rezidenca17.
We kicked off our first session with lectures, presentations, activities, and workshops with Audrey Albert and Antony Hall. Two groups met IRL in Prishtina and Manchester simultaneously, and communicated virtually via online teleconference link.
Audrey presented a series of her works that linked physical objects to memory, especially how they relate to Chagossian and Mauritian cultures. They focused on the practice of storytelling through objects as well as exploring food memories as a different way of telling stories, especially among the diaspora, who often know home only in memories (and how cooking often becomes an act of resistance).
For the first session, each participant was asked to bring a physical object that is significant to them, and during the class exercise led by Audrey, they worked on a response about how it relates to memory.
Antony led a workshop in which the participants 3D scanned their object with various apps that used photogrammetry and/or LIDAR scanning.
This project was made possible with support from the British Council.
Special thanks to Fondacioni 17 for lending us the space at Rezidenca17.
