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For several years, Belgrade was regarded as the epicentre of war and aggression. Nobody seems to have wanted war, but every individual had to deal with it nonetheless. Today Serbia has more than ten million inhabitants. Each one of them has his or her own opinion on the country’s history, identity and future. As one of the authors of this atlas puts it, “I don’t know what personal is, what I am, who I am, what Serbia is. All the borders change continually; everything changes from day to day. Nationality, identity – I don’t know, I don’t know what that is.”
For this atlas, Dutch designer Annelys de Vet invited more than thirty young Serbian artists and designers to map their country from an individual perspective. Born of personal experience, the contributions portray moving stories, some cynical or critical, others intimate and vulnerable. The unconventional images offer a new insight into a nation whose identity is scattered. They do not voice opinions but share human observations. The works reach directly to the soul of the society and constitute a confrontational crash course in Serbian culture. Through mapping cultural identity in this way, the Subjective Atlas of Serbia functions as a tool for understanding contemporary society at this place, at this moment.
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Published by
Dom Omladine, 2009
Concept & editing
Annelys de Vet
Introduction
Vladimir Arsenijević
Details
English, 128 pp, 16,5 x 22 cm, paperback
ISBN
987-86-7698-020-8
Price
E 15,-
Distribution
Pegasus
Order at
www.pegasusboek.nl
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CREDITS
Subjective Atlas of Serbia
www.subjectiveatlasofserbia.info
The Subjective Atlas of Serbia is an initiative of De Balie in Amsterdam, Dom Omladine in Belgrade, and the Dutch designer Annelys de Vet. Its publication was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. Most of the work was done during a workshop held at Magacin in November 2008. More than thirty Serbian designers, artists, architects and students contributed to the project.
Concept & editing
Annelys de Vet
Production
Dom Omladine (Marija Kovač)
Introduction
Vladimir Arsenijević
Contributors
Ivana Barandovski, Filip Cakić, Olja Cvijanović, Buba Čvorić, Smaragdina Garić, Dragana Grujičić, Nataša Jovanović, Nevena Kocić, Stevan Kostić, Marija Kovač, Simon Kuzmanović, Vuk Kuzmanović, Milena Ljubojević, Maja Lukić, Zorana Lužanin, Milena Maksimović, Predrag Marković, Marko Marović, Marija Miković, Vladimir Milenković, Miroslav Milović, Svetlana Pavković, Milorad Pejanović, Aleksandra Petković, Nevena Popović, Dunja Rezić, Iva Spasojević, Maja Stević, Marija Strajnić, Tatjana Stratimirović, Hana Tegeltija, Marina Tomić, Tijana Vitomir, Mina Vukosavljević, Dimitar Vuksanov, Ana Zekonja
Proofreading
Vladimir Brašanac
Graphic design
Annelys de Vet i.c.w. all contributors
Typeface
Adam BP by A. Koovit
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Publisher
Dom Omladine
Makedonska 22/IV
11 000 Belgrade
Serbia
www.domomladine.org
Distribution
Pegasus
PO Box 11470
NL-1001 GL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
pegasus@pegasusboek.nl
www.pegasusboek.nl
Printing
Tim Agency, Belgrade
With special thanks to
Sergej Beuk, Richard de Boer, Jenneke den Bol, Sebastiaan ter Burg, Miško Čeperac, Karel Deckers, Ivar Hoekstra, Vinca Kruk, Milan Lučić, Lode Luijters, Rudy J. Luijters, Miroslav Milović, Jasmina Tešanović, Ana Vilenica, Ellen Walraven
© 2009 The authors
Permission is granted to freely use and disseminate any of the material in this book, provided that the source is correctly acknowledged and the author(s) informed.
ISBN 987-86-7698-020-8
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