INVISIBLE CITY 2007 / 2008
Niš, Leskovac, Vranje, Subotica, Inđija
The main goal of the No/Visible City project was to make the multi-ethnic structure of cities in Serbia and the wealth of different ethnic cultures more visible. That what exists and has been a part of our culture for centuries and has become hidden, let us discover it again.
After the success of the pilot project, DAH Theater expanded the project to Serbia in 2007/08 (Novi Sad, Subotica, Inđija, Niš, Leskovac, Vranje). The texts of the plays were created on the basis of research into the history, documentary materials and testimonies, demographic and social structure of the cities where the project took place, carried out by the creative team of the Not/Visible City.
We wanted to contribute to the normalization of relations between different ethnic communities living in Serbia through performances in public transport buses that "told" the multi-ethnic history of cities, through cultural exchange and debates on inter-ethnic tolerance, through the calendar for 2008, in which each month is inspired by the culture of one ethnic community, through a documentary film about the project and travels of the DAH Theater Center for Theater Research in Serbia. To contribute to the development of a civil society based on tolerance.
Through these activities, we remind you that our culture, history, country and daily life are interwoven with the influences of different cultures and that the cities we live in today were created by the work and creativity of citizens who lived there before us, of different ethnic backgrounds.
PLAYING
DAH Theater: Jugoslav Hadžić, Aleksandra Jelić, Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, Ivana Milenović, Maja Mitić; Associates: Lidija Milić, Dragan Simeunović, Donka Torov, Ariana Ferfila, Goca Marchetić; Musicians: Dejan Marković - violin, Marija Kovačević - violin, Vera Bukvić - violin, Dragan Simeunović - percussion, Jugoslav Hadžić - accordion, Ivana Rašić - rap, Aleksandar Zlatarov - rap
SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTION
Jadranka Anđelić and Dijana Milošević
CHOREOGRAPHY OF GROUP TRADITIONAL DANCES
Aleksandra Jelic
ELEMENTS OF SCENEGRAPHY AND COSTUME
DAH Theatre and Antonella Diana
PROJECT MANAGER
Maja Mitic
COORDINATOR OF THE "Open City" DEBATE CYCLE
Sanja Krsmanović Tasić
ORGANIZATION/PR
Kristina Mladjenovic
ORGANIZATION
Suzana Tasic Anovic
EVALUATION
Jelena Micic
PHOTOGRAPHY
Djordje Tomic
DOCUMENTARY FILM, EDITING AND DIRECTING
Nenad Miladinski
CAMERA
Dušan Mirković, Eveline Costa and Nenad Miladinski
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ASSOCIATES
NIS - Humanitarian Association of Roma from Nis Participants in the debate and cultural exchange: KUD Crvena Zvezda, Association of Citizens of Greek Origin, Young Roma hip-hop group.
LESKOVAC - RESOURCE Center Leskovac Participants of debate and cultural exchange: Association of citizens of Macedonian origin ILINDEN, Association for culture and education of Roma HISAR.
VRANJE - Committee for Human Rights Vranje Participants of debate and cultural exchange: Roma KC Vranjska Banja, Association of Macedonians "Goce Delčev", School of Animated Film (ŠAF).
SUBOTICA - Center for Multiculturalism Participants of debate and cultural exchange: Association of Germans, Association of Hungarian Youth VIFO, Educational Center of Roma, National Council of Bunjevacs, Association KROV, Society of Slovenes - TRIGLAV.
INĐIJA - Indjija Cultural Center Participants in the debate and cultural exchange: KUD Slovaka -Vinogradi, KUD "Stefan Radić", Roma theater SUNO E RROMALE, KUD "Šandor Petefi".
The project was implemented in cooperation with transport companies: Niš Ekspres, Jug Ekspres Leskovac, Jedinstvo Vranje, JP Subotica Trans, SP Lasta ad Beograd
Special thanks to:
Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade, Drita Tutunović, confectioner "Mali Princ" Belgrade, KUD "Abrašević" Belgrade, Gradimir Kostić and Olga Tasić from Belgrade; The Media Center in Niš, the Tourism Organization of Niš, Anita Kurtić, the Mitić family from Niš, Marija Mitić; To the Society for Culture and Education of the Roma "Hisar" Leskovac, the Tourist Organization of Leskovac, the Historical Archive of Leskovac, the Municipality of Leskovac; the "Bora Stanković" library in Vranje, the Tourist Organization of Vranje; Petar Mitrić, Mirko Grlica, Ruža Hauser, Lidija and Baneta Segedinčev from Subotica; To the Tourist Organization of Inđija, the "Dr. Đorđe Natošević" National Library of Inđija, Saša Milivojević, Gorana Petrović, Aleksandar Mihajlović, Radmila Dražić from Inđija.
SUPPORTED IMPLEMENTATION
