Literature After AI: New Literary Practices
from the ninth edition of LiTeritorija, a literary festival of the KIC Budo Tomović
A literary festival of the KIC Budo Tomović
LiTeritorija
The ninth edition of LiTeritorija, a regional literary festival of the KIC Budo Tomović, was held from the 16th to the 18th of June 2025. This year’s edition of LiTeritorija, titled Literature After AI: New Literary Practices, focused on current trends in the literary scene of the region, featuring writers, critics, and editors active within it. Special emphasis was placed on new poetics and creative practices developed by the younger generation of writers, on the question of creativity in the time of rapid development of digital technology and artificial intelligence, as well as on the influence that all of that has on reading, reception, and, finally, on the future of literature. This year, the festival gathered critics, theorists, writers, and editors from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
During the three days of the festival, a representative overview of the most important new literary practices in the region was presented through a series of conversations; Vladimir Arsenić spoke with Ana Vučković, Ivana Dražić with Lara Mitraković, Nedžad Ibrahimović with Melida Travančić, and Vasko Raičević with Ilija Đurović.
They final segment of the festival was dedicated to the Young Writers Forum, a group which has been active within the KIC Budo Tomović for the last ten years, and which gathers young authors from Montenegro. The Forum members that participated in the segment are Nikola Ćorac, Marko Stanojkovski, Marija Vujošević, and Sofija Drakulović.
The ninth LiTeritorija was included in the programme of the Podgorica Cultural Summer.
Where is the Story, 7-9. 5. 2024
The eight edition of LiTeritorija, titled Where is the Story?, was dedicated to the short story, to the place it holds among other literary genres, as well as to its affirmation. It gathered seven short story authors, writers from Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenia. Like previous years, the programmes were dialogic. During the first two evenings, conversations with Željko Janković, Marina Gudelj, and Tijana Rakočević (7.05.), as well as with Alena Begić, Srđan Gavrilović, and Nikola Nikolić (8.05.) were held, moderated by Vladimir Arsenić, a literary critic. On the third evening, all authors participating in the festival read their short stories.
During all three days, there was a short story workshop for a group of university and high school students, led by the writer Srđan Srdić.
Poetry in Movement, 24-26. 5. 2023
The seventh edition of LiTeritorija, a regional literary festival of the KIC Budo Tomović, titled Poetry in movement, gathered poets from Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Austria, and Switzerland. It was conceived as a continuation of VERSschmuggel/reVERSible, a project by the Haus für Poesie and the Berlin festival of poetry, in which KIC Budo Tomović participated as a partner from Montenegro. Within the project, poets who write in German and poets who write in BCMS language worked in pairs, translating each other’s verses into their native languages. It was made available through moderation by an interpreter, as well as through rough translations prepared in advance, so that, in teams of three, they could smuggle (schmuggeln) their verses, stylistic contexts, and cultural connotations across language borders.
The first two evenings featured conversations with writers Alen Brlek, Stefan Schmitzer, Maša Seničić, and Nikola Ćorac (24.05.), as well as with Sascha Garzetti, Bojan Vasić, Jana Radičević, and Franziska Füchsl (25.05.), while on the third evening, the multilingual anthology that came out of the project was presented through a reading series by included authors, with the help of simultaneous interpretation. The programme was moderated by the critic Vladimir Arsenić.
During all three days of this edition of LiTeritorija, the translator Elvira Veselinović led a translation workshop with a group of students of the Department of German Language and Literature of the Faculty of Philology in Nikšić.
The festival was supported by the Embassy of Austria in Montenegro and by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council.
Art and Crisis/es, 9.-11. 5. 2022
The sixth edition of LiTeritorija, a regional literary festival of the KIC Budo Tomović, titled Art and Crisis/es, focused on the artistic response to a crisis, primarily on the global crisis caused by the Covid 19 virus pandemic.
Within the main programme, writers Semezdin Mehmedinović, Jana Radičević, and Alen Bešić (09.05.), as well as Tanja Stupar Trifunović, Vasko Raičević, and Marinko Koščec (10.05.) presented themselves through conversations and readings. The programmes were moderated by the literary critic Vladimir Arsenić. On the third evening of the festival, there was a forum within which artist from different fields of art exchanged experiences and stances on the topic of art and crisis/es. The participants in the programme were: Nataša Nelević, Tanja Markuš, Boris Stanić, Edin Jašarović, and Vladimir Arsenić.
Female Authors in Focus, 3.-5. 9. 2021
The fifth edition of LiTeritorija, a regional literary festival of the KIC Budo Tomović, titled Female Authors in Focus, was held within the “Podgorica Cultural Summer“ festival in the courtyard of the Risto Stijović Gallery. This edition of the festival, dedicated to female writers and their creative work, examined this topic through multiple aspects: in the context of literature, as well as regarding the position and the role of female writers in the contemporary literary scene.
The fifth edition of LiTeritorija featured female writers from various generations, established as prominent authors of the contemporary literary scene, alongside singer-songwriters, editors, and literary theorists. Within the main programme, writers Senka Marić, Dragana Mokan, Dragana Tripković, Tea Tulić, Marija Dragnić, and Ljubica Pupezin, the editor of the publishing house Štrik, presented themselves through conversations and readings. The programmes were moderated by the literary critic Vladimir Arsenić.
On the third evening of the festval, a book by Marjana Đukić, titled The Production of Literary Values, was presented, and the author had a conversation with the literary theorist Jelena Knežević and the writer Vasko Raičević. Within the accompanying programme, Barbara Delać, a member of the Young Writers Forum, and Sara Renar, a singer-songwriter, performed their multimedial project Tell Me Where We Are.
Writers vs Critics, 22.-24. 4. 2019
The fourth edition of LiTeritorija, titled Writers vs Critics, examined this relationship through examples from the contemporary regional literary scene with guests, writers, and critics who create within it. The main programme featured Robert Perišić, Faruk Šehić, and Barbara Delać in a conversation moderated by Vladimir Arsenić (22.04.), as well as Filip David, Vladimir Arsenić, and Rumena Bužarovska in a programme moderated by Andrej Nikolaidis (23.04.). On the third evening of the festival, there was a screening of two short films, one adapted from a story by Ognjen Spahić (Puna glava radosti / Head Full of Joy, 2018) and the other from a story by Stefan Bošković (Peloid, 2018), followed by a conversation with the authors of the stories and the directors of their film adaptations.
During all three days of the festival, the writer and critic Srđan Srdić led a literary criticism workshop with a group of literature students.
The festival was closed with a concert by the singer-songwriter Kralj Čačka.
Between Cultures, 25.-27. 4. 2018
The main programme of the third edition of LiTeritorija, titled Between Cultures, featured writers Andrej Nikolaidis, Miloš Živanović, and Roman Simić (25.04.), as well as Vladimir Vojinović, Tanja Mravak, and Lejla Kalamujić (26.04.), in conversations moderated by the literary critic Vladimir Arsenić.
On the third evening, Jelena Knežević, Marinko Koščec, Vladimir Arsenić, and Đura Mićanović had a discussion on the topic of literary translation, which was moderated by Marinko Vorgić.
First Book, 25.-27. 04. 2017
The main programme of the second edition of LiTeritorija, titled First Book, featured writers Stefan Bošković, Marija Pavlović, and Uroš Bojanić (25.04.), as well as Slađana Kavarić, Natalija Miletić, and Nemanja Jovanović (26.04.), in conversations moderated by the literary critic Vladimir Arsenić. In the second part of the evening, there was a discussion on the topic of the first book between Vasko Raičević, Natalija Miletić, and Vladimir Arsenić, moderated by Anica Vujnović.
The participants of the first part of the third evening, titled Literary magazines of the region, were: Dejan Aleksić (Povelja), Alen Bešić (Polja), Tibor Hrs Pandur (Idiot Balkan), Muanis Sinanović (Idiot Balkan), Milorad Popović (Ars), and Đorđe Šćepović (Script). The conversation was moderated by the literary critic and editor of the literary magazine Ulaznica, Vladimir Arsenić. The second part of the evening consisted of a poetry reading.
During all three days of the second edition of LiTeritorija, the writer Vasko Raičević led a creative writing workshop, which was attended, to a large extent, by members of the Young Writers Forum.
Literature and Music, 25.-26. 4. 2016
The main programme of the first edition of LiTeritorija, titledLiterature and Music, featured Ognjen Spahić, Srđan Srdić, and Damir Karakaš (25.04.), as well as Vladimir Đurišić, Marko Pogačar, and Zvonko Karanović (26.04.), who participated in conversations moderated by the literary critic Vladimir Arsenić.
Within the music part of the programme, there was a performance by Sara Renar.
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