An interview with the famous Serbian American artist Marina Abramović
(with many photos of her spectacular body performances) > full text
(c) A Sky filled with Shooting Stars, 2010
Archive for Serbia
“The knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Marina Abramović, New York, Performance art, Serbia, USA, Yugoslaovia on 7 February 2014 by delclem“Nationalist Copyright on WW1?”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags 20th century history, Austria-Hungary, cultural memory, Europe, First World War, Nationalism, Serbia on 17 January 2014 by delclem
“As we are entering the anniversary of the centenary with the outbreak of World War One, controversies over how to commemorate the past are heating up. A few day ago, I published a comment in the Austrian daily Die Presse on debates and controversies over the commemoration of World War One. As unfortunately these debates are mostly published in German (and Serbian) only. Thus, some key points and links here.” Reblogged text by Florian Bieber, professor of SE European Studies, University of Graz
WW2 genocides in Croatia/Bosnia
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Bosnia-Herzegovina, concentration camp, Croatia, genocide, Holocaust, Jasenovac, Serbia, Ustasha, yugoslavia on 29 November 2013 by delclem“From August 1941 to April 1945, hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, and Romas, as well as anti-fascists of many nationalities, were murdered at the death camp known as Jasenovac.” A documentary with English subtitles. (Later, unfortunately, the camp of Jasenovac would me used to legitimize and/or relativize Serbian war crimes in the Yugoslav Succession Wars of the 1990s.)
First Lady of Yugoslavia dies
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Communism, Croatia, Jovanka Broz. obituary, Serbia, Tito, yugoslavia on 28 October 2013 by delclem
“Jovanka Broz (1924-2013) was the first wife of a Communist leader in Eastern
Europe to become a celebrity in her own right.” >text & photo (c) NYT, 2013
Alternative read (c) balkaninsight.com 2013
The Serbian Chetniks & the Jews
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Balkans, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chetniks, history, Holocaust, Jews, Marko Attila Hoare, Muslims, Serbia, World War II on 15 May 2013 by delclem
British historian Marco Attila Hoare explores the ugly sides of World War Two & the Holocaust in the Balkans: the hidden agenda of local nationalism/s. >text (c) KOSOVO-NEWS 2013
Vampire Threat to Serbia?
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Balkan, Sava Savanović, Serbia, Vampirism on 29 November 2012 by delclem
A recent ABC story starts: “For the people in a tiny Serbian village there is nothing sexy or romantic about a vampire. In fact, they are terrified that one of the most feared vampires of the area has been roused back to life. Rather than ‘Twilight’s’ Edward, the people of Zorazje fear that Sava Savanovic is lurking in their forested mountains of western Serbia.” >full text
Image: Sava Savanovic the vampire, of Serbian folklore (story & illustration (c) ABC, 2012).
Balkan Gay Pride Made Joyful
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Balkans, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, film, homosexuality, Serbia on 20 October 2012 by delclem
“A homophobic, middle-aged Serbian gangster ends up sacrificing himself to protect Gay freedom in his country…” The surpise success movie in the Western Balkans this Fall. It promotes nothing less than the Utopian reconcilation of the ex-Yugoslav peoples (or, of their gangsters, at least;) over the protection of Serbian LGBT rights. Or does it take to be a mobster to support gays and lesbians (which would be a less nice message)?
Kusturica’s Nationalist Disneyland
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Andrićgrad, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Drina, Emir Kusturica, film, Ivo Andrić, Literature, Nationalism, Serbia, theme park on 23 August 2012 by delclem
“On 28 June, which is the anniversary of the battle of Kosovo, the Bosnian Serb film maker was going to inaugurate Andrićgrad: a town (theme park?) built to celebrate the work of writer Ivo Andrić. Belgrade journalist Boško Jakšić dénonces a project, which he claims is intent on instrumentalising history and memory for nationalist ends.” Full text (c) presseurop.eu 2012
Another text (c) THE GUARDIAN, 2012
Srebrenica: A town still divided
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnian War, Europe, genocide, memorial, Serbia, Srebrenica on 11 July 2012 by delclem
“Ethnic divisions continue to plague this town, where more than 8,000 people were slaughtered in July 1995.” >Full report (c) AL JAZEERA, 2012; photo (c) AFP.
Tesla’s birthday
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria-Hungary, Croatia, electricity, inventions, Nikola Tesla, science, Serbia on 10 July 2012 by delclem
Today would be the 156th birthday of NIKOLA TESLA (1856-1953), Austro-Hungarian / Serbian / Croatian / American genius of electrical engineering, the epitome of a mad professor born into a multi-ethnic territory…
delirium clemens 