uncertainty
a situation in which the outcome is uncertain, unpredictable, or unclear;
a state without clarity as to what will happen in the future;
a cause of insecurity, worry, and anxiety;
that which drives us, forces us to learn and discover;
a confrontation with reality…
the only certainty;
The photograph “Leap into the unknown” (Skok u neizvesnost) by Tomislav Peternek was taken in 1968. We do not see the space into which the woman in a swimsuit is jumping, nor where she will land. But we see her strength, firmness, and courage. That year, 1968, was marked by a great student uprising. This year, 2025, was marked by another one. Rage, with reason. Fighting spirit, conviction, perseverance, endurance, euphoria, pride. The student leap resembles the one in Peternek’s photograph. It is forceful, decisive, and firm.
Today, a leap into a new uncertainty follows.
For anyone who has ambitions in life, uncertainty never ceases – on a personal, family, partnership, identity, existential, professional, business, social, political, and every other level. The key question remains – how to approach it.
In the new season of the Kolektiv Gallery (Galerija Kolektiv), we are dealing with all kinds of uncertainties. We are creating a space of freedom for all who want to speak but cannot or will not do so elsewhere. We are expanding the field of activity – to photography, video, documentation, movement, body in space, sound, and conversation.
Tatjana Dadić Dinulović, programme editor
Novi Sad/Belgrade, November 2025.
Tatjana Dadić Dinulović is a curator and theorist of scene design. She engages in curatorial, artistic, and theoretical work in the field of scene design. Her primary research and artistic interests lie at the intersection of performing and exhibition arts, with a lasting interest in scene design as an independent artistic practice. She isa professor of scene design at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, where she leads a series of artistic and theoretical courses, as well as the study program for doctoral artistic studies in Scene Design.
neizvesnost
situacija u kojoj je ishod nesiguran, nepredvidiv ili nejasan;
stanje bez jasnoće šta će se dogoditi u budućnosti;
uzrok nesigurnosti, zabrinutosti i teskobe;
ono što nas pokreće, tera da učimo i otkrivamo;
suočavanje sa stvarnošću…
jedina izvesnost;
Fotografija Skok u neizvesnost Tomislava Peterneka snimljena je 1968 godine. Ne vidimo prostor u koji žena u kupaćem kostimu skače, niti gde će doskočiti. Ali vidimo njenu snagu, čvrstinu i odvažnost. Tu godinu, 1968, obeležila je velika studentska pobuna. Ovu godinu, 2025, obeležila je još jedna. Bes, sa razlogom. Borbenost, uverenje, istrajnost, izdržljivost, euforija, ponos. Studentski skok liči na onaj sa Peternekove fotografije. Silovit je, odlučan i čvrst.
Danas, sledi skok u novu neizvesnost.
Za svakoga ko ima ambicije u životu neizvesnost nikada ne prestaje – na ličnom, porodičnom, partnerskom, identitetskom, egzistencijalnom, profesionalnom, poslovnom, društvenom, političkom i svakom drugom planu. Ključno pitanje ostaje – kako joj pristupiti.
U novoj sezoni Galerije Kolektiv bavimo se svim vrstama neizvesnosti. Pravimo prostor slobode za sve koji žele da govore, a to ne mogu ili neće na nekom drugom mestu. Proširujemo polje delovanja – na fotografiju, video, dokumentaciju, pokret, telo u prostoru, zvuk i razgovor.
Tatjana Dadić Dinulović, urednica programa
Novi Sad/Beograd, novembar 2025.
Tatjana Dadić Dinulović je kustos i teoretičar scenskog dizajna. Bavi se kustoskim, umetničkim i teorijskim radom o oblasti scenskog dizajna. Njeno primarno istraživačko i umetničko interesovanje odvija se na preseku izvođačkih i izlagačkih umetnosti, sa trajnim interesovanjem za scenski dizajn kao samostalnu umetničku praksu. Profesor je scenskog dizajna na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka Univerziteta u Novom Sadu gde vodi niz umetničkih i teorijskih predmeta, kao i studijski program doktorskih umetničkih studija Scenskog dizajna.