Mikser House Sarajevo | Remiks

After 5 years of Mikser House in Savamala, Belgrade which globally promoted its neighborhood, a new regional hub is open in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Hercegovina at the beginning of September 2017. A successful concept of independent cultural institution, combined with educational, cultural, innovation-driven activities in multifunctional transformable space is transfered to another city, in a very inspirational industrial setting of Pofalici neighborhood. Remiks studio revitalized abandoned railtrack factory Vaso Miskin Crni which brings the transformation of the entire neighborhood a into creative districts open to young talents from all creative disciplines.

Mikser House is an independent culture & community center which celebrates the best of Balkan’s creativity, innovation and culture, a place where young talents are discovered, nurtured and given the opportunity to create and perfom. It is a meeting place where citizens, architects, designers, filmmakers and musicians meet and co-create a better future for the Balkans - the HOUSE FOR ALL OUR PEOPLE, a hub for reconciliation and multicultural exchange across the region.

Mikser House Sarajevo consists of Music and Theater Performing space, Art Gallery Frederic Maurice,  Innovation & Education Lab, Balkan Design Store, Mikser Canteen, while Community garden and Kids Lab are under the pipeline.

Engine behind the project is Mikser Association, a unique platform promoting synergy of culture, creative entrepreneurship and civic activism, with strong focus on discovery, development and promotion of Balkan talents from all creative disciplines. For its community impact, Mikser Association and  their center Refugee Aid Miksalište won numerous international awards: European Citizenship Award, Contribution to Europe by the European Movement International, Leadership - “Trailblazer Award” by The Fulbright Alumni Association of Serbia, etc.

One of Remiks' key projects is Mikser House - an innovative concept of cultural institution combining educational, cultural, and innovation-driven activities in multifunctional transformable spaces. One of our missions is to transform neglected urban spaces into THE destinations. Remiks is revitalizing abandoned industrial complexes and transforming surrounding neighborhoods into creative districts with global visibility. More than 50 leading foreign media made reports about our project Mikser House in Belgrade and its impact on the neighborhood revival. 

Mikser House is bringing to Sarajevo the rich experience of running cultural center in Belgrade where we have organized more than 1,500 events and hosted over 1,250,000 visitors who attended over 400 concerts, 180 dance events, 19 theater plays, 100 performances, 75 literary events and book readings, 40 conferences, 50 public debates, 240 markets & festivals, 80 art exhibitions.

WHY SARAJEVO?

People behind Mikser are connected to Sarajevo on many levels.  Strong impulse for realization of this project came from years-long collaboration between Mikser platform and numerous local artists, creative organizations and individuals from Bosnia and Hercegovina, who share a common goal – to redesign Balkan’s image from notorious moments of contemporary Balkan history when city of Sarajevo became tragic metaphor of suffering and destruction, into one of the most creative and prolific parts of Europe. Nurturing culture of memory, affirmation of ground values, multiculturalism and exchange are foundations of Mikser House Sarajevo ideological modus operandi. With Mikser House Sarajevo, regional cultural exchange will increase and widen cultural space in the Balakans with a tendency to spread to other regional centers of ex-Yugoslavia.

It's not easy to ignore the fact that one of the founders of Mikser, Belgradian Ivan Lalić, worked for International Red Cross on a humanitarian mission during the the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina until he was heavily wounded from the grenade explosion in 1992 at the entrance to Sarajevo. Unfortunately, his Swiss coleague, Frederick Moris, high delegate of International Red Cross from Geneve, did not manage to survive the attack at convoy of Red Cross. Remeberance of Moris, but also of Mufid, young defender of Sarajevo who bravely dragged both Lalić and Moris from the destroyed jeep under the bomb attack are the grounds on which Mikser is building the platform of reconciliation and multiethnical solidarity. In the Balkan region where even today the communication is a bit disturbed or even lost, we believe that intercultural platforms are essential because they improve the communication between the people of good will.