Studies on (Post-)Yugoslav Spaces I - Ja sam Jugoslavija

Typology
Art
Project
Studies on (Post-)Yugoslav Spaces I - Ja sam Jugoslavija XXX
Partner
Andrijana Ivanda & Tobias Hönig

year
2013
Location
Jugoslavija, Jugoslavija, Jugoslavija
- Artistic research on spatial practices of nationbuilding in music videos form the area of the former Yugoslavia - then and now. Objects of investigation: Fahreta Jahić-Živojinović 'Lepa Brena' - 'Jugoslovenka' & Severina Vučković - 'Italiana'.
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Fig.001

All the different landscapes of Yugoslavia are represented in Lepa Brena's 'Jugoslovenka' and explored with planes, helicopters and by walking.
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Fig.002

Severina explores the country behind the steering wheel of a car entrusted by the german car manufacturer in whoms commercials she appears regularly. The road signs shown in the video suggest that she pretty much crosses all successor states of the former Yugoslavia.
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Fig.003

While Lepa Brena makes unambiguously clear 'Ja sam Jugoslovenka' (engl. 'I'am a Yugoslavian woman')...
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Fig.004

...Severina states to be a 'Italiana'.
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