......ghosts.

SOMETHING ABOUT THEM....something about us.

These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place (like Tjentište, Kozara and Kadinjača), or where concentration camps stood (like Jasenovac and Niš). They were designed by different sculptors (Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakić, Miodrag Živković, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, to name a few) and architects (Bogdan Bogdanović, Gradimir Medaković...), conveying powerful visual impact to show the confidence and strength of the Socialist Republic. In the 1980s, these monuments attracted millions of visitors per year, especially young pioneers for their "patriotic education." After the Republic dissolved in early 1990s, they were completely abandoned, and their symbolic meanings were forever lost.

From 2006 to 2009, Kempenaers toured around the ex-Yugoslavia region (now Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.) with the help of a 1975 map of memorials, bringing before our eyes a series of melancholy yet striking images. His photos raise a question: can these former monuments continue to exist as pure sculptures? On one hand, their physical dilapidated condition and institutional neglect reflect a more general social historical fracturing. And on the other hand, they are still of stunning beauty without any symbolic significances.

Podgarić

Petrova Gora

Kosmaj

Tjentište

Kruševo

Kozara

Grmeč

Ilirska Bistrica

Jasenovac

Sanski Most

Niš

Košute

Korenica

Knin

Makljen

Tjentište

Kolašin

Kadinjača

Mitrovica

Brezovica

Kamenska

Ostra

Sisak

Nikšić

Sinj

Zenica

VOLJNO MUSIC

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SINOPSIS srb

Voljno – dugometrazni film – sinopsis

Radnja filma se odvija uglavnom u Beogradu i počinje 1999. godine. Naš glavni junak – Ilija, došao je sa ratišta. On je kao dobrovoljac  učestvovao u oružanim sukobima u SFRJ tokom devedesetih. Kod kuće ga dočekuje njegova žena, Jovana. Jasno je da Iliju nešto muči. Kada ujutru Jovana ode na posao, Ilija joj ostavlja pismo na stolu i odlazi u posetu majci, sestri, njenom mužu i njihvoj deci .... Jovana dolazi sa posla i zatiče pismo iz koga saznaje da je Ilija ranjen na ratištu i da su mu stradali testisi. Oni nikada više nece moći da imaju seksualne odnose kao ni decu koju su planirali. Takodje, on predlaže da se odseli i poštedi je njegove novonastale mizerije. Jovana dočekuje Iliju besna i u suzama, govori mu da ga toliko voli da ga ne bi ostavila nikada i da će oni zajedno sve prevazići.

Godinu dana kasnije njihov odnos je znatno drugačiji. Ilija se redovno vidja sa prijateljima sa ratišta i stalno pričaju o njihovom pretpostavljenom koga vlasti traže radi izručenja Haškom tribunalu. Iliji se čini da Jovana nešto krije od njega. Počinje da je prati i otkriva da ona ima ljubavnika.

 On kaže Jovani da zna za njenu aferu i krenu svadje i uzajamna prebacivanja. Njihov brak propada i Ilija ostavlja Jovanu i odlazi.

Useljava se u stan pokojne babe koji služi njegovoj sestri Sonji da povremeno dovodi ljubavnike. Ilija izazove tuču u aikido klubu, gde radi kao instruktor. Dobija otkaz. Ilija  potpuno prestane da izlazi napolje i vidja prijatelje. Njemu sestra Sonja i njena namrgodjena cerka Vera donose namirnice i brinu o njemu. Ilija je toliko depresivan da jedva progovara. To njegovo stanje se sve više pogoršava.

Šest meseci kasnije Vera se useli kod Ilije jer ne može da trpi svoje roditelje i brata. Njen dolazak pomogne Iliji da polako krene da izlazi iz depresije.....

SYNOPSIS

“At ease” – feature-length movie – synopsis

The movie mainly takes place in Belgrade and the plot begins in 1999. Our main character Ilija has recently come back from the battle field. As a volunteer, he joined the army and participated in armed conflicts in SFRJ during the nineties. His wife Jovana welcomes him at home after the war. It’s clear that something bothers Ilija. After Jovana went to work in the morning, Ilija leaves her a letter on the desk and goes to visit his mother, sister, brother-in-law and their children who are in weekend-cottage. Jovana comes from work, sees the letter and finds out that Ilija was wounded in war and that he remained without testicales. They won’t be able to make love ever again and have children like they have planned. He also proposes to her to leave and protect her from his misery. Jovana awaits Ilija in tears and very angry, telling him that she loves him so much that she would never leave him and for no reason and that they will go through all that together.

A year later, their relationship is completely different. Ilija is seeing his war-friends quite often and they are all the time talking about their superior whom the authorities are looking for in order to extradite him to the Hague Tribunal. Ilija thinks that Jovana is hiding something from him. He starts to follow her and finds out that she’s having an affair. He tells Jovana that he knows about her lover and they start arguing and reproaching each other for many things. Their marriage falls apart and Ilija leaves her.

He moves to his deceased grandmother’s apartment to which his sister Sonja brings her lovers from time to time. Ilija provokes the fight in aikido club where he works. He gets fired from the work.  Ilija  stops going out and seeing his friends. His sister Sonja and her gloomy daughter Vera bring him food and take care of him. Ilija is so depressed that he barely speaks. His condition is getting worse day after day.

Six months later, Vera moves into Ilija’s home because she couldn’t stand her parents and brother anymore. Her arrival helps Ilija and he gets better. .........

ERNST TOLLER srb

  Ernst Toler je u Prvom svetskom ratu učestvovao kao dobrovoljac, i doživeo potpuni fizički i mentalni kolaps. Zbog anarhističkih aktivnosti, uhapšen je i zatvoren. U zatvoru je napisao najpoznatija dela, među kojima i "Hinkemana", a 1933. nacisti ga zatvaraju. Čuvari u koncentracionom kampu su ga terali da jede svoje knjige i pije ricinusovo ulje. Bolujući od teške depresije, izvršio je samoubistvo vešanjem u hotelskoj sobi 22. maja 1939. godine.