Workshop and exhibition
"JOURNEY TO THE WORLD OF OUR WISHES"
Exhibition: 28/12/2008, 13h - 23/01/2009
“Journey in the world of our wishes” was the second of a series of artistic-educational workshops with youngsters and was organized in December 2008 by Bureau for culture and communication.
The final exhibit at the cultural center Rex in Belgrade presents nine photomontages that were realized during the workshop at the Roma settlement in Krnjača and at several locations in Belgrade. The authors of the photo montages are between 9 and 13 years old: Dikana Bala, Dalibor Bislimi, Milica Bislimi, Suad Bislimi, Altona Behrami, Sabina Krasnić, Serđad Krasnić, Nimon Krasnići i Besim Neziraj. The workshop was conducted by the artist Rena Rädle in collaboration with grupa 484 and with kind support of family Krasnić from Krnjača.
In the center of the works are the authors themselves, who projected a scenario in which they would present themselves, using the technique of photomontage. The workshop took place in the field in small groups. Everybody took pictures of her or his “background” in the city with a semiprofessional digital photo camera. In the field, they learnt that it was not possible to photograph everything as it was planned: to enter the zoo garden they would have to pay entrance fee, it was not allowed to take pictures of the swimming pool at Tašmajdan without permission and until they reached the Pionirski stadion it was dark already… So that some ideas had to be changed and other solutions were found.
After the shooting, the best results were chosen, the figures selected and put together in one picture. For many it was the first time working at the computer, but the effort was forgotten the moment, when background and figure were joined in new, surprising pictures. In the end, everybody added a sentence commenting the resulting photomontage.
The project was made possible through the German embassy and the Ministry of Culture Serbia.
