A year later, in autumn 2009, STEALTH curated one of the three episodes of the Tirana International Contemporary Art Biannual (T.I.C.A.B). In an attempt to critically respond to the current development of Tirana - through ‘wild’ urbanization, fast capital investment and set within the horizon of a neoliberal context, this 4th Biannual edition expanded beyond the field of visual arts, into the domain of architecture and processes of urbanization. By involving architects, artists, cultural workers, activists and journalists from the Western Balkans region and the wider global context, the Biannual's Episode 2 examined the deficiencies resulting from the highly individual and profit driven development of contemporary cities - and pointed at alternatives that emerge from these cracks, opening the horizon to different contributions and involvement of citizen’s to what the future of our cities could be.


Ana Dzokic and Marc Neelen collaborate since 2000 in STEALTH.unlimited, a practice based between Rotterdam and Belgrade. STEALTH shape opportunities where various fields of investigation meet and where thinking about possible future(s) of the city are mobilised. In their work shifts of perspectives – from visual culture, urban research, spatial intervention, to cultural activism - are a key element. By creating devices that can take the form of a specific intervention in physical space, an occasion for exchange of knowledge, but also a piece of software, they produce test conditions to probe the shared authoring of urban space and culture.