Prefabrication of solidarity

The exhibition entitled “Prefabrication of solidarity: IMS Žeželj between Yugoslavia, Cuba and Angola”, after being presented at the Museum of African Art in Belgrade, is currently on view in the United States.

The exhibition illuminates the fascinating and little-known story of international technological cooperation between three members of the Non-Aligned Movement – Yugoslavia, Cuba and Angola – during the 1970s. The focus is on the IMS Žeželj prefabricated building system, an innovative skeletal structure made of concrete columns and ceiling slabs connected by steel cables, patented in 1957 by engineer Branko Žeželj at the Belgrade IMS Institute. Through photographs, archival material and video interviews with architects and engineers from all three countries, this exhibition explores how “triangular solidarity” created lasting connections between the continents.

The exhibition is open until November 8 and is currently hosted at Begonia Labs in Nashville, USA.

More information is available on the Vanderbilt University website.