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The exhibition “Today Is the Day When No One Brought a Ball…” by Predrag Terzić opened on March 19 at the Legacy Gallery of Milica Zorić and Rodoljub Čolaković at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade. Miroslav Karić curates the exhibition.

“The line by Ajs Nigrutin, Today is the day when no one brought a ball, is not just a description of a missed game — it is an image of a missed moment in history. No one forgot to bring the ball; rather, no one wanted to take responsibility. That difference seems crucial to me. The ball is a metaphor for everything we collectively failed to pass on: care for public space, the culture of play, faith in a shared future, a sense of fun, and a different outlook on life through improvisation and the joy of living — something embodied by the court and the game of basketball. Ajs’s song and that line allowed me to articulate the entire narrative more clearly, because in them I recognized what was missing. For that, I am very grateful for his openness and support,” Terzić explains the title and concept of the exhibition.

“The exhibition by Predrag Terzić brings together the artist’s previous research and thematic engagement with the world of basketball as part of the broader phenomenon of contemporary sport. For over two decades, through individual works and series, Terzić has developed his interest in basketball along two lines: one concerned with the philosophical and artistic perception of the experience and understanding of the game, and the other grounded in the network of social, cultural, political, technological, and other relations within which sport emerges and takes shape,” emphasizes the exhibition’s curator, Miroslav Karić.

Karić further adds: “The artist constructs his narrative of basketball through a central question: what, today, remains as impression, experience, and a space of identification in sport under radically altered conditions of competitive spirit, togetherness, immediacy on the court, and the control of any attempt to step outside the rules of the game. Terzić’s works carve into a new reality—from local circumstances and the (post-)transitional fate of former sports infrastructure to the strong influence of technological innovations that are transforming everything from the functioning of team sports to unprecedented possibilities for audience engagement, tracking, and the spectacularization of sporting events. Through a wide range of media and procedures, carefully chosen for each work, the artist confronts the viewer with a series of questions about the values established in the climate of neoliberal capitalism: insatiable profit drives, status ascents, efficiency as an imperative in all segments of social life—and consequently in sport—where any form of contemplation, slowing down, or refusal to submit to manipulation may represent a valuable moment for a different course and meaning.”

Predrag Terzić (Belgrade, 1972) graduated in 2000 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Department of Painting, in the class of Professor Čedomir Vasić. He completed his M.A. at the same faculty. In 2001, he became a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS). He earned his PhD in interdisciplinary studies of theory of art and media at the University of Arts in Belgrade under the mentorship of Professor Divna Vuksanović. Shortly after obtaining his M.A., he began exhibiting extensively both in Serbia and internationally. His works are included in several private collections. He has held 23 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 40 group exhibitions in Serbia and abroad (Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Canada, Austria, USA, Italy, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Sweden, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Turkey, Moldova, Albania).

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade extends its thanks to musician Ajs Nigrutin, whose song Basketi bez lopte provided the title of the exhibition.

The realization of the exhibition was supported by: the Faculty for Media and Communications, the Museum of Science and Technology, Kinopravda Institute, ArtZona, Lenovo, Motorola, FINEGRAF, Coolmedia & W Solution.