Creativity in Complexity — A Region That Reflects the World

They told us we were peripheral.
But we’ve always been a prototype. Not broken — just ahead of our time.
We grew up in contradictions: between East and West, faith and doubt, unity and disintegration.
And we learned: creativity happens in the cracks.
We built the robot. Invented self-management.
Wrote about absurdity before it became reality.
We danced with Bach and the Balkans.
We dared to remain non-aligned.
We are a region the world visits for its beauty — but forgets to ask for its wisdom.
Now we are here. 21 nations. One experiment. One BIG SEE.
BIG SEE is not just a platform. It’s a movement.
A movement of creativity that feeds on diversity, contrast, courage, and patience.
It opens perspectives — for creators, for entrepreneurs, and for society at large.
It does not build empires — it builds relationships.
It does not seek formulas — it cultivates conditions for creativity.
We don’t invoke wisdom to boast.
We speak of it because we have lived it — through practice, through daily life, through a culture of survival that has become a culture of meaning.
This is not a campaign. It’s a quiet revolution.
A network of micro-stories showing that global relevance can emerge from the local,
and that the future can be glimpsed through the cracks.
Join us — not because we are perfect, but because we are tested.
Because the world is becoming more like us: complex, fragmented, and hungry for meaning.
And because we believe that complexity is not a problem — it is material.
And creativity, when nurtured, opens perspectives.

BIG SEE Team

Zmago Novak,
CEO

Živa Novak,
Executive Project Manager

M: +386 51 666 623
E: ziva@bigsee.eu

Ivan Lantieri,
Chief Editor & Curator

M: +386 64 26 95 27
E: ivan@bigsee.eu

Boštjan Tadel,
SEE Magazine Editor

Špela Valenčič,
Award & Event Coordinator

M: +386 64 26 64 68
E: spela@bigsee.eu

Tina Čargo,
Award & Event Coordinator

M: +386 64 26 64 71
E: tina@bigsee.eu

Vito Novak,
Award & Event Coordinator

M: +386 51 666 624
E: vito@bigsee.eu

Holly Adele Bougourd,
Award & Event Coordinator

M: +386 64 266 470
E: holly@bigsee.eu

Tanja Završki,
Curator

M: +386 64 293 441
E: tanja@bigsee.eu

Blažka Drnovšek,
Curator

Tinkara Pavlič,
Curator

Aleksander Vujović,
Curator

M: +386 40 274 945
E: aleksander@bigsee.eu

Tomaž Šimnovec, Zala Zia Lenárdič

Tomaž Šimnovec & Zala Zia Lenárdič,
Curators

Kristina Beltram,
BIG SEE Network, Award & Event Coordinator

M: +386 40 837 218
E: kristinab@bigsee.eu

Ana Bojadjievska,
BIG SEE Coordinator North Macedonia

Jovana Savić,
BIG SEE Coordinator Montenegro

Dunja Krvavac,
BIG SEE Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina

Izabela Pepdjonovic,
BIG SEE Coordinator Serbia

İlayda Köroğlu,
BIG SEE Coordinator Turkey

Linda Pezzei,
BIG SEE Coordinator Austria

Alina Dumitrescu and
Radu Matei
,
BIG SEE Coordinators Romania

Anna-Maria Sofiyanska and Eli-Naya Konetsovska,
BIG SEE Coordinators Bulgaria

BIG SEE Team member Gin

Gin,
BIG SEE PR Assistant