http://dwp-kosovo.info/ en ferizi@forumzfd.de Copyright 2013 2013-05-09T19:42:37+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/27_april_national_day_of_kosovo_missing_persons/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/27_april_national_day_of_kosovo_missing_persons/ Youth Initiative for Human Right - Kosovo and the activists of My Initiative organized another symbolic action for marking the National Day of Missing Persons which took place on Zahir Pajaziti square in Prishtina. ©Youth Initiative for Human Rights - Kosovo ©Nisma Ime Prill // April 2013 2013-05-09T19:42:37+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/when_will_this_song_end/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/when_will_this_song_end/ «Über die Situation derer zu singen, die noch immer Vermisste des Kosovo Krieges zu beklagen haben, ist aussergewöhnlich schwer», meint Petrit «Rusta» Ëarkatjiu, Bandleader von «Jericho». Die Sounds von Jericho wurden sowohl durch MTV, Anfang der 1990er Jahre, das das Bild von Bands wie Nirvana, Purl Jam und anderen via Satellit auch in den Kosovo trug, aber auch durch traditionelle musikalische Einflüsse beeinflusst: Elektronischen Rock kombiniert die Band mit einheimischen Instrumenten und anfangs noch Englisch singend, sind ihre Texte heute wieder albanisch. Sein Geld verdient Rrusta als Architekt und als solcher vermisst er den Charme einer historischen Stadt, die Pristina war, bis die Kommunisten die Geschichte hinter sich lassen wollten. Unter dem Teer der heutigen Strassen wird nur noch an wenigen Stellen das Kopfsteinpflaster vergangener Tage sichtbar. Dass die Geschehnisse der Vergangenheit noch überall unter der Decke des Alltags lauern, sei vor allem während der ersten Jahre nach dem Krieg sehr präsent gewesen, in denen der Song über die Vermissten entstand: «Es ist ein Song über eine Depression der ganzen Gesellschaft. Wir widmeten ihn schliesslich den Familien der Vermissten, da für sie der Krieg in Jugoslawien noch immer nicht vorbei ist » Am Ende des Videoclips stellt sich die entscheidende Frage: «When is this song going to end?» video: http://www.youtube.com/CapoeraZ photo: AP Photo. Visar Kryeziu 2013-04-15T20:56:20+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/what_is_behind_the_destruction_of_the_monument/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/what_is_behind_the_destruction_of_the_monument/ The exhibition "Monuments in transition. Demolition of National-Liberation War Monuments in Croatia", Nova Gallery, Zagreb. 2012-11-07T14:41:02+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/friendly_fire_back_to_the_balkans/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/friendly_fire_back_to_the_balkans/ A series of landscape images from Bosnia and Kosovo, selected on the basis of the areas bombed by the NATO during the 1995 and 1999 Balkan wars, and by following the narration of four Italian veterans affected by the Balkan syndrome who have visited those places 2012-11-07T14:28:03+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/friendly_fire/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/friendly_fire/ KOSOVO BALLET & ARTHUR KUGGELEYN After the success of "OH MY GOD!" we are happy to announce a new collaboration. FRIENDLY FIRE had the Premiere on Thursday 13 October 2011 at 8 pm in the Teatri Kombetar (National Theatre) in Pristina, Kosovo. FRIENDLY FIRE is a new dance-theater choreography, created by Arthur Kuggeleyn, for the 15 dancers of the Kosovo Ballet, again with music composed by Christian Meyer. FRIENDLY FIRE is inadvertent firing towards one's own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage enemy forces. FRIENDLY FIRE is about deep memories hidden inside one's body. Mind-souvenirs of people who've grown up in trouble spots - places they nevertheless love, because they are called "home". A home where they have seen friendly fires, humanitarian bombings. Where they themselves might have been targets when waiting for love. We are playing in a shattered film, filled with a multitude of uniforms worn by different types of security forces. Bodies remember old marks and reflect the past, even after they stopped crying in crisis areas. Nowadays, we can joke and dance with the cluster ammunitions and a security that is potentially frightening. After knowing how to dance on a minefield, we dream of dancing towards a future. With the generous support of the Netherlands Embassy in Kosovo. 2012-11-07T14:18:34+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/the_valley_of_her_sufferings/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/the_valley_of_her_sufferings/ October 31, 2012, 20:00, Dodona Theatre, Pristina. The show presents the stories of women and girls from the Balkans (Kosovo, Croatia and B&H) used as an instrument of war. The stories are true: the characters tell us about crimes, loss, love, friendship in difficult times and the strength to continue life for themselves and others. The show is based on the stories presented in the books "Feminine side of War" by ZuC and "Horror histories 1998 - 1999" by Sanije Gashi. Directed by: Zana Hoxha Krasniqi Actors: Anisa Ismaili, Egzona Ademi, Dardana Mehmeti Vocal: Elbenita Kajtazi Assistant director: Pajtim Morina Sounds and lights: Skender Latifi 2012-10-30T15:42:57+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/artists_of_tomorrow_for_the_artistic_dialogue_of_majlinda_hoxha/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/artists_of_tomorrow_for_the_artistic_dialogue_of_majlinda_hoxha/ Naked body of Majlinda Hoxha and her friend in front of some monuments in Kosovo are just a few of the images she brings. Further, she has photographed tents, umbrellas, football stadiums - most of them having a circled shape. With them, Hoxha says to create a dialogue between the past and the present. With the concept and pictures under the title "In tandem" on Tuesday night (16 October), Majlinda has become the tenth artist to win the "Artists of Tomorrow" award in Kosovo. photo: Koha 2012-10-17T09:32:36+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/graphic_novel._sketching_w._g._sebald_in_pristina/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/graphic_novel._sketching_w._g._sebald_in_pristina/ GRAPHIC, NOVEL. SKETCHING W. G. SEBALD IN PRISTINA shows the work of 8 young comic strip artists, who gathered during a one week workshop in Pristina. Taking the work of W.G. Sebald as a source of inspiration, the artists rethought the dynamics between image and text and - by this means - dealt with the city of Pristina, its history, architecture and their own subjective perception of it. The book is now available in Dit e Nat 2012-08-10T11:49:35+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/history_in_the_move/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/history_in_the_move/ Ana is a high school student, and this summer she has a friend visiting her from abroad. To get the guest fully acquainted with Belgrade, Ana decides to take a walk and meet her with the monuments. Monuments came to life for a while! History in the Move is an audio guide, designed and created by a group of students of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Using the guide is easy, just download the audio files from the website (www.istorijaupokretu.rs), transfer them to your telefon/mp3/i-pod and out for a walk! The guide is completely free. source: istorijaupokretu.rs 2012-06-25T12:41:13+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/our_death_others_dinner_by_flaka_haliti/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/our_death_others_dinner_by_flaka_haliti/ Flaka Haliti on her work “Our death/Other’s dinner”: "It sounds only like a phrase in our place, but it is much more than that. It is a moment when Albanian families get together again, bringing back the social and traditional solidarity, but unfortunately even this time it is about a tragic moment for someone. For centuries within Albanian families, during the occasion of death and mourning, relatives would bring lunch and the others would bring dinner prepared in their homes to the bereaved house to share the pain. Now we have a different case: this phrase is transferred into the opposite connotation of what it was used for before...." [More on the external website] 2010-02-19T11:06:58+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/kseniya_simonova_-_sand_animation/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/kseniya_simonova_-_sand_animation/ This video shows the winner of "Ukraines Got Talent," Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. 2010-01-26T10:17:06+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/rape_as_a_weapon_of_war/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/rape_as_a_weapon_of_war/ The atrocities that took place throughout history towards women, particularly rape in the context of war is depicted in this video. You will understand, after watching this video, how rape not only affects women, but also their communities, children, and surrounding men. More importantly, you will see that this type of crime against humanity still occurs and is not to be solely associated with previous wars. 2012-04-26T12:40:12+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/barefoot_gen/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/barefoot_gen/ Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン Hadashi no Gen?) is a Japanese manga series by Keiji Nakazawa. Loosely based on Nakazawa's own experiences as a Hiroshima survivor, the series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima, Japan, where the six-year-old boy Gen lives with his family. After Hiroshima is destroyed by atomic bombing, Gen and other survivors are left to deal with the aftermath. Barefoot Gen ran in several magazines, including Weekly Shōnen Jump, from 1973 to 1985. It was subsequently adapted into three live action film adaptations directed by Tengo Yamada, which were released between 1976 and 1980. Madhouse released two anime films, one in 1983 and one in 1986. In 2007, a live action television drama series adaptation aired in Japan on Fuji TV over two nights, August 10 and 11. (wikipedia) 2012-04-22T19:17:45+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/uganda_the_challenge_of_forgiveness/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/uganda_the_challenge_of_forgiveness/ In dealing with the aftermath of war crimes by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), many people of Uganda are choosing a path of reconciliation as they welcome back child soldiers and LRA officers into their villages. "Uganda: The Challenge of Forgiveness" chronicles religious leaders, elders, and parents who are exercising remarkable leadership and courage in choosing to forgive as they seek to rebuild their communities. 2012-04-19T09:42:07+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/sarajevo_marks_20th_anniversary_of_beginning_of_siege/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/sarajevo_marks_20th_anniversary_of_beginning_of_siege/ An event called the "Sarajevo Red Line" consisted of a line of empty chairs, one for each of the 11,541 citizens killed during the siege of the Bosnian capital in the years 1992-95. On the 20th anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo, the city commemorated the victims with 11,541 empty seats along the main avenue, one for each of the civilians killed in Sarajevo during the war. Video by Tina Jelin Dizdar, RFE/RL's Balkan Service Photo credit: www.sonar.ba 2012-04-11T12:29:38+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/patriotic_hypermarket/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/patriotic_hypermarket/ The performance is part of the multidisciplinary project “View from my Window”, which started in 2010 with the aim to enable Kosovars and Serbs to tell their life stories from their individual perspectives. A great deal of misunderstanding, distrust and hate between Serbs and Kosovo Albanians is based on generalized perceptions about the other ethnic group, which creates and reinforces prejudice. Yet, if the stories are clearly marked as subjective it means that a story can be true, even if the other person tells a different story. In this way both sides are able to accept and listen to the stories of the other. As a first step of the project, 40 individuals of Serbian and Kosovo Albanian origin were interviewed. Each of them told his/her life story, memories of the Serbian-Albanian conflicts as well as their vision of the future and of co-habitation. Students from both backgrounds were trained in the method of oral history telling to conduct the interviews. An exhibition and publication completed this phase of the project. Based on the stories of the anonymous interviewees and the exhibition, Milena Bogavac, a dramaturge from Belgrade, and Jeton Neziraj, a dramaturge from Prishtina, collaborated in writing a documentary, post-dramatic text, which Dino Mustafić, a Sarajevo based director, will direct for Belgrade’s Bitef Theatre with actors and actresses from Belgrade, Prishtina, Skopje and Tirana. Another interesting aspect of the play is that it will be bilingual, in Serbian and Albanian language, which makes the piece unique and innovative for this region. A tour across Europe is planned. Organisers: Kulturanova Association, Novi Sad Multimedia Qendra, Prishtina 2012-02-07T14:32:33+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/alice_-_dancing_under_the_gallows/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/alice_-_dancing_under_the_gallows/ Official Trailer of a documentary about the oldest Holocaust survivor in the world, Alice Herz-Sommer. "Music, yes music saved my life", says 106-year-old Alice Herz-Sommer. The documentary portrays the story of this remarkable woman, a former concert pianist from Prague who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and now lives in the UK. Music has been an inextiguishable source of life and optimism for her and those around her in the past as well as in the present. 2010-11-05T11:25:38+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/capturing_history_a_documentary_by_jeta_abazi/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/capturing_history_a_documentary_by_jeta_abazi/ The city of Pristina is full of statues and monuments. Many of them have been added in the recent past. Each of them represents a society's interpretation of history, i.e. how it wants its past to be remembered. But what values and aspirations are the monuments exactly supposed to stand for? What about sculptures of former, e.g. socialist times? In her documentary "Capturing History", Jeta Abrizi examines Pristina's sites of memory, unveiling some of the monuments' stories and contradictions. 2010-10-20T13:45:57+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/enki_bilal_nikopol_trilogy_hatzfeld_tetralogy/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/enki_bilal_nikopol_trilogy_hatzfeld_tetralogy/ 2010-05-26T12:44:00+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/hip_hop_musical_the_forgotten_liberators/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/hip_hop_musical_the_forgotten_liberators/ Influenced by the Hip-Hop-Culture of the suburbs of Strasbourg, this performance melts poetic texts with urban sounds as well as with a contemporary dance choreography - all this is taking place to the backdrop of historical film and photo material. The production is reminiscent of the millions of colonial soldiers from the former french colonies who fought for France in 1914-18 and helped rid the world of fascism during the Second World War. The "Mémoires Vives"-Project pays tribute to those largely "forgotten soldiers" by dealing with the topic in a contemporary and modern way. by Compagnie Mémoires Vives: Remember and share the forgotten and neglected parts of our (colonial) histories in a society totally impregnated by international migration is the aim of "Compagnie Mémoires Vives". Artists, historians and social workers from different cultural background work together in order to mould this message into contemporary art and language. Influenced by Hip Hop culture and modern dance theater, the performances not only engender enthusiastic critics, but also stir standing ovations by the the young audiences in the banlieus. Read more & watch pictures and video: 2010-05-06T11:49:03+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/disputed_histories/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/disputed_histories/ Project by Vahida Ramujkic A nation's account of it's own history as a socio-political tool for identity engineering. Comparative case studes of the text-books from countries derived from the Yugoslavian ex-federation and the European Union. The website includes pictures and scans. 2010-05-05T07:52:57+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/dictionary_of_war/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/dictionary_of_war/ DICTIONARY OF WAR is a collaborative platform for creating 100 concepts on the issue of war, to be invented, arranged and presented by scientists, artists, theorists and activists at four public, two-day events in Frankfurt, Munich, Graz and Berlin. The aim is to create key concepts that either play a significant role in current discussions of war, have so far been neglected, or have yet to be created. DICTIONARY OF WAR is about polemics in various respects: It seeks confrontation with a reality that is characterised by the concealment of power relations the more that one talks about war and peace. But it is also about finding out to what extent war may function as an “analyzer of power relations” that constitutes current changes. DICTIONARY OF WAR consists of a stringent concept on three levels: 1. Presentation Every concept will be presented in twenty minutes, the conceptual personae may use this period as they wish. At least twenty-five concepts will be created per event in this way. The formulation and selection of the respective concept, the determination of its content, and the decision with regard to the format and mode of the lecture is incumbent on the conceptual persona invited. The concepts will be presented in alphabetical order over two days, each day session lasting approximately seven-hours. The stage set is adapted to the respective premises but will be founded on a concept, as yet to be devised, that will be based on a few recurrent elements that the conceptual persona may arrange in the period available. The respective concepts and conceptual personae will be announced by an off-stage speaker. The speakers will be accompanied onto the stage by a host, who will be available throughout for support, e.g. with technical matters. 2. Documentation All created concepts will be documented. Two video cameras and a video mixer will be available for this throughout the events. The aim of the documentation is to make the lectures available on the Internet, and as such accountable and reproducable beyond the actual event. The documentation is explicitly not about creating another independent artistic contribution. However, such contributions may of course be submitted as supplements or additional material. If possible, the conceptual personae are asked to provide their manuscript. The documentation may also feature additional material exceeding the twenty-minute time-frame. The video recordings of the presentations will be published under a creative commons licence on the Web shortly after the events. They will thus be available as material for ongoing editing, comment and discussion, although, of course, always referring back to the original contribution and its conceptual persona. 3. Publication Following the four DICTIONARY OF WAR events, a book will be published by Merve-Verlag, Berlin, to present the 100 concepts, appropriately adapted by the author where necessary, in printed form. 2010-05-04T11:14:48+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/architecture_of_remembrance._the_memorials_of_bogdan_bogdanovi/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/architecture_of_remembrance._the_memorials_of_bogdan_bogdanovi/ The current film by city planner and journalist Reinhard Seiß portrays seven monuments against war and destruction, which he has created over four decades. Citations from his books span a bow from the surrealist architecture to the literary oeuvre of the outstanding artist and humanist. The film also gives insight into the biography and philosophy of the "damned city architect" and retrospects, through his memorials, the history of Yugoslavia. Documentary, 125 min. Screenplay by Reinhard Seiß Architekturzentrum Wien, MuseumsQuartier, courtyard/Hof 7, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna For more information visit www.erstestiftung.org/project www.azw.at/event.php 2010-04-30T11:56:46+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/womens_perspective_on_war_directed_by_zana_hoxha_krasniqi/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/womens_perspective_on_war_directed_by_zana_hoxha_krasniqi/ The show presents the stories of 4 women and girls from BiH and Kosovo during the wars and conflicts who were used as an instrument of war by the armed forces. The stories are true: they tell us about war, loss, love, friendship at difficult times and the strength to continue life for themselves and others. However, aside from their wartime experiences they have a future which is revealed in an interactive discussion with the audience after the show ... By listening and viewing the stories of these women we will have the opportunity to confront the recent past, the rinjihemi with the present and hope for forgiveness in the future ... Besides the premiere in Pristina, the show will be presented free of charge during the months of April - June in: Mitrovicë, Skenderaj, Vushtrri, Pejë, Gjakovë, Krushë e Vogël, Prizren, Ferizaj dhe Gjilan. The show was produced with the support of the Kvinna till Kvinna Financial in partnership with Artpolis. 2010-04-28T14:33:33+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/jericho_-_shkaba/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/jericho_-_shkaba/ 2010-04-15T09:04:33+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/ghosts_of_dreams_deferred/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/ghosts_of_dreams_deferred/ Ghosts of Dreams Deferred depicts the condition of being haunted by ghosts of a past that is yet vibrant and resemble hissing for a loss that instead could be of a joyful present moment. The exhibition brings together five different practices, thus works that expand the conceptual framework in the way in which the concept of the exhibition is taken towards an expansion of resemblances and associations. Societies, individuals, and personas, in ontological sense, live with the continuous production of desire and with the drive to embody their dreams. Passion as a strong impulse may wither away by the immense accumulation of disappointments and failures of beholding the dreams to come true. As failure is not the ultimate end, but the consequence of the loss of trust in one’s engagement to political, economical, psychological, emotional and social domains; it leads to viciously circulating state of complication. That is to say, it leads to a complicated state of mind where the present moment is continuously defined by the traumatic. Hence, ghosts resemble, reiterate, and almost re-enact the experience of the trauma. In other words, ghosts are the metaphorical iconography of the traumatic, which is in the nature of personhoods (rationale of societies, characteristics of individuals). Ghosts of Dreams Deferred is a ground for activating the complication of personhoods, societies at their rationale; presupposes that haunting is a social phenomenon rather than an individual psychosis nor a pre-modern superstition; hence it investigates the potentiality of radical political, social and emotional change. That is to say, it implements change, which is possible only through flourishing of new forms of subjectivity and sociality. 2010-04-13T07:44:09+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/will_saul_feat._ursula_rucker_-_where_is_it_evil_nine_remix/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/will_saul_feat._ursula_rucker_-_where_is_it_evil_nine_remix/ ... where is my freedom they told me it was here ... 2010-04-06T12:56:18+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/the_past_meets_the_future_directed_by_burbuqe_berisha/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/the_past_meets_the_future_directed_by_burbuqe_berisha/ THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE A play by: Seadet Beqiri Directed by: Burbuqe Berisha Costumes by: Albulena Borovci THE CAST: Arbnesha Grabovci Nixha, Anisa Ismaili, Aurita Agushi, Sheqerie Buqaj, Shengyl Ismaili, Vjosa Shala, Vjosa Abazi Implemented by KAAD “THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE” An original text that treats the after war life of the Kosovar woman. It is placed in a woman shelter. Seven woman of different ethinic backgroung. Every woman has her own story and they all are victims of psychological and physical violence. 2010-03-18T16:05:09+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/picnic_on_the_battlefield_directed_by_florent_mehmeti/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/picnic_on_the_battlefield_directed_by_florent_mehmeti/ PICNIC ON THE BATTLEFIELD Absurde comedy >Written by: Fernando Arrabal >>Directed by: Florent Mehmeti >>Acting consultant: Ilire Çelaj >Set and postumes designed by: Vesa Kraja >Music by: Liburn Jupolli >>>>THE CAST: Besnik Krapi, Ilire Çelaj, Besar Zahiti, Besfort Daka, Xhejlane Tërbunja, Alban Zogaj. A play of hysterical laughter with the characters “logics” and the events happening to them in their battlefield picnic. “Picnic on the battlefield” brings the tragicomedy of the people with the wrong logic in wrong place and time. We are fortunate we can laugh with such stories. "Picnic on the battlefield" is supported by: the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and PTK 2010-03-18T15:58:42+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/milica_tomic_politics_of_memory_curatorial_by_albert_heta/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/ARTS/milica_tomic_politics_of_memory_curatorial_by_albert_heta/ Milica Tomic: Politics of Memory Curatorial by Albert Heta 11/09/2007 - 8/10/2007 Opening: September 11th 2007, 20.00h. Location: stacion - Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina The exhibition Politics of Memory, a curatorial work by Albert Heta is structured on two works by Milica Tomic: The Belgrade Monument (2002- ) work of a group of artists 'The Monument' part of which is Milica Tomic, and her other work 'Container' (2004-2006). This is the first solo exhibition of Milica Tomic in the territory of ex-Yugoslavia since 1998. The project 'The Belgrade Monument' is a work which discusses the challenges that artists community faced on opposing the fabrication of a history, that now didn't have to do with them anymore, and even with the times that they lived during the 90ties. By the end of 2001, the City Council for Monuments of Belgrade, agrees with the initiative to build a memorial for all the heroes of the 1990-1999. With an Open call for the Memorial, a joint debate starts concerning politics and art in Serbia. For this purpose a discussion group was created called 'The memorial'. After revising the Open Call including other organizations and Associations into the discussion (Association of war invalids, Association of war fighters from 1990 and Association of parents of the died soldiers from NATO bombing) it was decided to be suspended (December 2002). This public debate has draw the intention to a wider public, the issue began being discussed in radios, televisions, critical and polemic writings in journals and also contributions from different electronic web portals. This discussion on Memorial continued until May of 2006, where the issue of building the Memorial takes the dimension of urban planning 'Landscape - Park'. Container is artistic project, developed on the idea of reconstructing the crime, a crime that happened in North Afghanistan. A massacre of 8.500 Taliban, slaves during the American invasion. The slaves were put in the truck container and have been held there without water and air, for several days. When they asked for some air, the American ally troops started to shoot in the direction of the container with the intention to create some holes through which the 'fresh air' would come in. the process of reconstructing this crime was done in different places like Belgrade, Sidney and England. By simulating this crime the discussion on global violence, hypocrisy of American wars in the name of democracy and anti-terrorism opens by default. 2010-03-12T13:03:29+00:00