IN/VISIBLE CITY 2007 / 2008
Niš, Leskovac, Vranje, Subotica, Inđija
The main goal of the Un/Visible City project was to make the multiethnic structure of cities in Serbia and the richness of different ethnic cultures more visible. To rediscover what exists and has been a part of our culture for centuries but has become hidden.
After the success of the pilot project, in 2007/08, DAH Teatar expanded the project to Serbia (Novi Sad, Subotica, Inđija, Niš, Leskovac, Vranje). The texts of the plays were created based on research into history, documentary materials and testimonies, demographic and social structure of the cities in which the project took place, conducted by the creative team of In/Visible City.
Through performances in city transport buses, which “told” the multiethnic history of cities, through cultural exchange and debates on interethnic 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 the travels of the DAH Teatar Center for Theater Research throughout Serbia, we wanted to contribute to the normalization of relations between different ethnic communities living in Serbia. To contribute to the development of a civil society based on tolerance.
Through these activities, we remind that our culture, history, state, and everyday life are interwoven with the influences of different cultures and that the cities in which we live today were created by the work and creativity of citizens who lived there before us, of different
ethnicities.
PLAY
DAH Teatar: Jugoslav Hadžić, Aleksandra Jelić, Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, Ivana Milenović, Maja Mitić; Collaborators: Lidija Milić, Dragan Simeunović, Donka Torov, Ariana Ferfila, Goca Marčetić; Musicians: Dejan Marković- violin, Marija Kovačević – violin, Vera Bukvić – violin, Dragan Simeunović- percussion, Jugoslav Hadžić- accordion, Ivana Rašić- rap, Aleksandar Zlatarov- rap
SCENARIO AND DIRECTION
Jadranka Anđelić and Dijana Milošević
CHOREOGRAPHY OF GROUP TRADITIONAL DANCES
Aleksandra Jelić
ELEMENTS OF SCENOGRAPHY AND COSTUME
DAH Teatar and Antonella Diana
PROJECT MANAGER
Maja Mitić
COORDINATOR OF THE “Open City” DEBATE CYCLE
Sanja Krsmanović Tasić
ORGANIZATION/PR
Kristina Mladjenović
ORGANIZATION
Suzana Tasić Anović
EVALUATION
Jelena Mićić
PHOTOGRAPHY
Đorđe Tomić
DOCUMENTARY FILM, EDITING AND DIRECTION
Nenad Miladinski
CAMERA
Dušan Mirković, Eveline Costa and Nenad Miladinski
LOCAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
NIŠ – Humanitarian Association of Roma from Niš Participants in the debate and cultural exchange: KUD Crvena Zvezda, Association of Citizens of Greek Origin, Young Roma Hip-Hop Group.
LESKOVAC – RESURS Center Leskovac Participants in the debate and cultural exchange: Association of Citizens of Macedonian Origin ILINDEN, Society for Culture and Education of Roma HISAR.
VRANJE – Committee for Human Rights Vranje Participants in the debate and cultural exchange: Roma KC Vranjska Banja, Association of Macedonians “Goce Delčev”, School of Animated Film (ŠAF).
SUBOTICA – Center for Multiculturalism Participants in the debate and cultural exchange: Association of Germans, Association of Hungarian Youth VIFO, Educational Center of Roma, National Council of Bunjevci, Association KROV, Society of Slovenians -TRIGLAV.
INĐIJA – Cultural Center Indjija Participants in the debate and cultural exchange: Slovak KUD -Vinogradi, KUD “Stefan Radić”, Roma Theater SUNO E RROMALE, KUD “Šandor Petefi”.
The project was realized in cooperation with transport companies: Niš Ekspres, Jug Ekspres Leskovac, Jedinstvo Vranje, JP Subotica Trans, SP Lasta a.d. Belgrade
Special thanks to:
Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade, Drita Tutunović, pastry shop “Mali Princ” Belgrade, KUD “Abrašević” Belgrade, Gradimir Kostić and Olga Tasić from Belgrade; Media Center in Niš, Tourist Organization of Niš, Anita Kurtić,
Mitić family from Niš, Marija Mitić; Society for Culture and Education of Roma “Hisar”‘Leskovac, Tourist Organization of Leskovac, Historical Archive of Leskovac, Municipality of Leskovac; library ” Bora Stanković” Vranje, Tourist Organization
Vranje; Petar Mitrić, Mirko Grlica, Ruža Hauzer, Lidija and Bane Segedinčev from Subotica; Tourist Organization Inđija, National Library “Dr. Đorđe Natošević” Inđija, Saša Milivojević, Gorana Petrović, Aleksandar Mihajlović,
Radmila Dražić from Inđija.
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