Aida Šehović's Nomadic Monument ŠTO TE NEMA Transitions to Permanent Installation at Srebrenica Memorial Center
Aida Šehović, an artist from Bosnia, is establishing her participatory artwork ŠTO TE NEMA (Where have you been?) as a permanent feature at the Srebrenica Memorial Center, which honors the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. Launched in 2006, this initiative includes over 8,372 fildžani (coffee cups) contributed by Bosnian families. Each year on July 11, the project was held in 15 cities, such as Sarajevo and Zurich. Šehović's solo exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park from September 25 to December 19, 2021, presented the project's archive and involved the local Bosnian community. The installation pays tribute to the verified death toll of 8,372 Muslims, with the cups first displayed in Srebrenica in 2020. The title is inspired by a poem by Aleksa Šantić.
Key facts
- ŠTO TE NEMA is a nomadic monument to Srebrenica genocide victims using over 8,372 donated porcelain coffee cups
- Annual iterations occurred on July 11 in 15 cities from 2006 to 2020, including Zurich, Chicago, Venice, and Sarajevo
- A permanent version is being created at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Bosnia
- Aida Šehović's solo exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis ran from September 25 to December 19, 2021
- The project began in 2006, 11 years after the 1995 Srebrenica genocide
- Šehović fled Banja Luka in 1992, lived as a refugee in Turkey and Germany, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1997
- The title comes from a poem by Aleksa Šantić, popularized by singer Jadranka Stojaković
- The archive features shelving units based on International Commission for Missing Persons storage systems
Entities
Artists
- Aida Šehović
- Susan Snodgrass
- Aleksa Šantić
- Jadranka Stojaković
- Latent Community
- Edit András
- Ana Lupaş
- Miška Mandić
- Kuba Dorabialski
- Mladen Miljanović
- Ilona Németh
- Daniel Salter
- Sabine Rock
- Manka Rabiye
- Adnan Šaćiragić
- Andres Ramirez
Institutions
- ARTMargins Online
- Laumeier Sculpture Park
- Srebrenica Memorial Center
- United Nations
- Women of Srebrenica Association
- Auschwitz Institute for Genocide Prevention
- Venice Biennale
- ARTIVISM Pavilion
- International Commission for Missing Persons
- ArtsLink Award
- Socrates Sculpture Park
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts
- Santa Fe Art Institute
- Vermont Studio Center
- Grand Central Art Center
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights
- KRAK Center for Contemporary Culture
- Queens Museum
Locations
- St. Louis
- United States
- Srebrenica
- Bosnia
- Banja Luka
- Turkey
- Germany
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Chicago
- USA
- Venice
- Italy
- Sarajevo
- Stockholm
- Sweden
- Istanbul
- Toronto
- Canada
- Boston
- New York
- North Saint Louis County
- Washington Square Park
- Daley Plaza
- Copley Square
- Santa Ana
- New York City
- Srebrenica-Potočari
- Central Europe
- Eastern Europe
Sources
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