Attitudes of experts from Novi Sad on the use of the authentic setting of the Petrovaradin fortress as the venue for the exit festival

Snezana Besermenji,Tatjana Pivac,Ksenija Wallrabenstein

doi:10.5937/geopan1003092b

Abstract

The EXIT festival is one of the biggest cultural and social projects running in Serbia based on the concept of modern European festivals. The festival takes place on the Petrovaradin Fortress, which is immovable cultural asset of extraordinary importance. It belongs to the category of unique cultural and historic fortification structures with distinctive architectural and artistic values, with special emphasis on its cultural history. Former researchers and practice have showed that both the attendees and organizers are satisfied with the Fortress as the festival venue, conversely to the experts in the field who are attempting from the outset to highlight the negative impact of the festival upon this cultural asset with some of them advocating the relocation of the festival. The aim of this paper is to establish the experts' views on the use of the Petrovaradin Fortress as the venue for the EXIT festival. For the purpose of this paper, sixty experts responded to a questionnaire made by the researchers. The results obtained will draw attention to attitudes and opinions of experts and will be useful in future planning and organization of the festival.

Highlights

The EXIT festival was established at the end of the twentieth century and operates as a consortium of non-government organizations and industrial companies
At the time of the EXIT festival the Fortress is transformed into the gathering point of cultural tourism in Serbia
In the evaluation of the importance of the EXIT festival for the culture of Novi Sad, no significant differences were observed between the attitudes of the ‘experts’ who attended the festival and those who did not (x2=4.341; df=3; Sig.=0.227)

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The EXIT festival was established at the end of the twentieth century and operates as a consortium of non-government organizations and industrial companies. The festival takes place at the Petrovaradin fortress which becomes the centre of youth, culture and art at the time of the festival. At the time of the EXIT festival the Fortress is transformed into the gathering point of cultural tourism in Serbia. The Petrovaradin Fortress, as a historic, architectural, art and tourism gem, has proven itself as an ideal place for the festival such as EXIT. In addition to the original atmosphere, felt by all of the visitors and participants of the festival, the Fortress offers high-quality acoustics so that it is possible to have stages close to each other without sound clashing (Besermenji et al, 2009)

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