Public preparations 2022 are conceived as a year-long work of the Biennale Organizational Team on the design, development and production of the Youth Biennale 2023. During this process, young people have the mentoring support of prominent experts in the field of fine arts and a coordinator named in front of Association of Fine Artists of Serbia.

Radionice se realizuju kao razgovori, čitalačke grupe i diskusije, tokom kojih se početne ideje i koncepti umetnika što potpunije razvijaju uz pomoć mentora. Program je sastavljen iz serije zajedničkih razgovora kroz koje se pokušava odgovoriti na postavljena pitanja mladih, te pokrenuti mlade na promišljanje društvenih tema. Na ovaj način, začeta problematika, inicirana od strane mladih, dobija dodatnu strukturalnu dogradnju i širu kontekstualizaciju. Platforma je koncipirana kao prostor za eksperiment, dijalog, razmenu mišljenja, u cilju što bolje pripreme za izvođenje finalnih radova (nove produkcije mladih umetnika) i njihovog predstavljanja (same izložbe) – Bijenala mladih 2023.

The mentors of the Public preparation and educational program Storytelling II during 2022. and 2023. are: Jelena Vesić (independent curator) Jovana Trifuljesko (independent curator) Noa Trajster (Začin/ULUS), Maja Ćirić (independent curator) Stevan Vuković (art theorist, curator , Students Cultural Centre, Belgrade) Ivana Momčilović (PhD in One Night/Migrative Art), Katarina Živanović (SANU), Milan Đorđević (artist and producer, Desk Creative EU/ULUS) Nina Mihaljinac (cultural management, FDU) Vladan Jeremić (artist and producer, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast EU/ULUS) Milica Ivić (Matrijaršija), Sanjin Ćorović (artist and producer, Production Pool) Frederik Andrersson, Dex Grodner, Liv Wynter (QYAC Art Collective (UK))

As part of the Public preparations, a group of young artists and other protagonists in the field of culture created a model of a multifunctional space for the work of young artists (collective studio), which would solve the long-term problem of poor working conditions for young artists and the realization of new productions as part of the Biennale.

Also, during this phase of the project, the organizing team of the Youth Biennale worked intensively on creating a network in cooperation with a number of institutions and organizations from the country, the region and the European Union, keeping the focus on organizations led by young people, or organizations that have rich experience in working with young artists