Ljiliana and Dragan of Artbox discussing art works at exhibition

An interesting work which ironically takes on the history of the balkans and the ever changing borders

Rules of the game

Playing with borders

As artist in residency at Artbox i visited an exhibition at “Fabrika” gallery, displaying the works of students of Novi Sad University art academy, to see and discuss their work and for me a chance to introduce my own work here. It was a very good exhibition with many intesting works, expecially in photography.

In particular, one piece stood out for me and i had a good discussing on borders with the artist: a board game based on history and political/religious conflicts in the balkan region. The artwork consisted not only of the board game, incredibly well manufactured and with excellent graphic work, but also of 2 players, one dressed as Imam and the other as Orthodox Priest,, playing to destroy and conqueer each other positions. as the artist explained to me, he was little when Nato bombed Novi Sad and as many young people he views past conflicts as something determined by interests of political and religious elites.

i found his artwork very ironic and we had an interesting comparison. Between my photographic project and his views on the region.