* Vesa Sahatçiu is a writer, researcher in art history, and a cultural worker. She pursued her studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, and The University of Auckland, majoring in Art History, and Contemporary Art Theory. Early on, she worked for the National Gallery of Kosovo as a researcher in art history, and wrote articles for various national newspapers, covering culture, and occasionally politics.
In 2018 she was a key player in the bidding process for Manifesta 14, co-writing the winning bid on behalf of the Municipality of Prishtina for Manifesta 14. In 2022, she was named Advisor for Culture to the Cabinet of the Mayor of Prishtina. She subsequently served as a board member of Manifesta 14, Europe’s largest nomadic art biennale. She works and resides in Prishtina.
**JAAM (Just Another Art Movement) was a literary journal published by the JAAM Collective in Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded in 1995 by Mark Pirie and other members of a writer’s group at Victoria University.
JAAM grew into a popular national literary journal and receives funding from Creative NZ/Toi Aotearoa. It had a strong emphasis on promoting the work of younger and emerging Aotearoa/New Zealand writers, while still publishing the work of international writers and established New Zealand authors.
