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Smirna Kulenović (BA) "The Alchemy of Fear" A performative lecture-ritual where Smirna Kulenović transmutes the residues of fear embedded in Balkan landscapes through storytelling, singing, herbalism, clay, and sensory participation — revealing the body as an alchemical instrument of knowing and remembrance. By ingesting healing clay gathered from Bosnian territories marked by genocide, she opens a dialogue with the mineral memory of the earth, where soil becomes both witness and teacher, and digestion becomes a form of listening. In “The Alchemy of Fear” Kulenović proposes a feminist poetics of transformation that refuses the extractive logic of research and instead turns toward absorption, reciprocity, and metabolic relation. Here, fear ferments within the body — through the slowness of ritual, the tactility of matter, and the intimacy of storytelling — as an embodied method for sensing what the land still remembers. ____________________ bal conference 2025 Date: November 6 Location: FLUX 1, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, Floor 3 University of Applied Arts Vienna Speakers: Agnė Bagdžiūnaitė, Jelisaveta Rapaić, Pille-Riin Jaik, Smirna Kulenović, God’s Entertainment Moderators: Lara Mejač, Magdalena Kozlovskaja Organisers: Improper Walls & LT.art Vienna bal is a transdisciplinary comparative collaboration project delving into the realms of art and culture in the Baltics and the Balkans. This project serves as an active interspace, fostering diversity tension, and opening avenues for cultural mutation and transformation. The project's framework encompasses residencies, exhibitions, conferences, and publications while its research extends across all Baltic States and the post-Jugoslav space. Supported by MA7, BMWKMS, Lithuanian Council for Culture, Lithuanian Embassy in Vienna, Art & Science department at University of Applied Arts Vienna Team: Hana Čeferin, Merete Väin, Urtė Špeirokaitė, Julija Karimžanova, Miloš Vučićević, Justina Špeirokaitė Graphic design: René Vogelmann Video: https://kajmakmedia.com/