Hamsters
In the summer of 1989, around 7,000 visitors attended the opening of the biennial exhibition "Yugoslav Documents 89" at Sarajevo's Skenderija. Today, art historians consider this exhibition to be the…
Hamsters
In the summer of 1989, around 7,000 visitors attended the opening of the biennial exhibition "Yugoslav Documents 89" at Sarajevo's Skenderija. Today, art historians consider this exhibition to be the most significant ever held in former Yugoslavia. delves into this significant story from Sarajevo's cultural past, but at the same time, it is a story about two visual and conceptual artists, Jusuf Hadzifejzovic and Aleksandar Sasa Bukvic, who, in the years after the war, maintained the artistic continuity and tradition of "YU Documents" through the galleries Charlama and Zvono. However, this struggle is a losing one in the face of the world of capital that dominates around us. The film was shot over two years in galleries and museums in Sarajevo, Belgrade, and Zagreb, with the participation of artists, historians, and art collectors from the former Yugoslavia region. The film's story begins in 1984 at the Collegium Artisticum gallery in Sarajevo when a group of artists initiates a series of exhibitions featuring creators from the "other line." Soon, this local artistic project sparks interest on a broader scale within the then Yugoslav territory and gradually evolves into the most significant event in the field of contemporary and visual arts. Their project holds historical significance for the development of contemporary art in Sarajevo and the entire region. The film is an author's portrayal of the current state of two artists who have left an indelible mark in the world of contemporary art in the environment in which they operated but are slowly being forgotten.
Hamsters
Comedy
Film Details
In the summer of 1989, around 7,000 visitors attended the opening of the biennial exhibition "Yugoslav Documents 89" at Sarajevo's Skenderija. Today, art historians consider this exhibition to be the most significant ever held in former Yugoslavia. delves into this significant story from Sarajevo's cultural past, but at the same time, it is a story about two visual and conceptual artists, Jusuf Hadzifejzovic and Aleksandar Sasa Bukvic, who, in the years after the war, maintained the artistic continuity and tradition of "YU Documents" through the galleries Charlama and Zvono.
However, this struggle is a losing one in the face of the world of capital that dominates around us. The film was shot over two years in galleries and museums in Sarajevo, Belgrade, and Zagreb, with the participation of artists, historians, and art collectors from the former Yugoslavia region. The film's story begins in 1984 at the Collegium Artisticum gallery in Sarajevo when a group of artists initiates a series of exhibitions featuring creators from the "other line." Soon, this local artistic project sparks interest on a broader scale within the then Yugoslav territory and gradually evolves into the most significant event in the field of contemporary and visual arts.
Their project holds historical significance for the development of contemporary art in Sarajevo and the entire region. The film is an author's portrayal of the current state of two artists who have left an indelible mark in the world of contemporary art in the environment in which they operated but are slowly being forgotten..