NMP (art collective)

NMP (НМП in Macedonian; it is a proper name, not an abbreviation) is a multimedia art collective from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. The collective was first conceived as a movement rooted in applied philosophy in February 2002, but it did not have a specific form until 8 April 2005 when Version 1.0 of its official website (www.nmp.com.mk) was launched. NMP focuses primarily on digital art (such as photomanipulation and vector) and street art (stencils, stickers, graffiti), but it also supports photography and non-visual arts, such as poetry and music. Due to the specific nature of the medium, and the growing number of writers, a separate section of the site dubbed NMP Reader (NMP Chitanka) was opened at the end of 2006, featuring some “celebrities” from the Macedonian blogger scene. There is no set membership in the collective; all artists and project developers participate on a revolving-door basis. Works of the collective are made public online, as well as through collective and individual exhibition. As of June 2007, about 30 artists are associated with the NMP collective.

Exhibitions

So far, there have been three offline NMP-organized exhibitions:

• The Beginning of the Collective Hallucination, Youth Cultural Centre, 8 April 2006;
• Pandora’s Drawer, ap-art, 30 December 2006; and
• Skopska Street, press to exit/Open Graphic Studio, 10 April 2007 (co-organized with Line I+M; a video detailing this exhibit can be found onlineVideo of exhibit:......
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