ARTTERROR's Video Art Exhibition in Belgrade Explores Politics, Technology, and Identity
Between April 5 and May 3, 2018, the Podroom gallery at the Belgrade Cultural Centre showcased 'ARTTERROR—Fragments of Duality,' an exhibition featuring video artworks from the Belgrade-based art group ARTTERROR, under the curation of Vladimir Bjeličić. This display included pieces by Milica Lapčević (Lilie Ewgraphovitch) and Vladimir Šojat (Maximilian von Dada), established in 1989. Divided into five sections, it presented earlier works such as 'The Death of Mrs. Lenin' (1989) and 'Chants of Mercy' (1992), alongside modern pieces that tackled themes of regressive politics and capitalism. The exhibition underscored the progression of video art in Serbia and Yugoslavia, criticizing the absence of institutional backing while enhancing public awareness of Serbian art over the last thirty years.
Key facts
- ARTTERROR—Fragments of Duality was held at Podroom gallery, Belgrade Cultural Centre from April 5 to May 3, 2018.
- The exhibition featured video works by ARTTERROR, an art association founded in 1989 by Milica Lapčević and Vladimir Šojat.
- Curator Vladimir Bjeličić described the show as a site-specific installation based on critical self-reflection, not a retrospective.
- ARTTERROR's videos address themes like history, philosophy, identity, politics, and knowledge production with ironic distance.
- The exhibition was divided into five segments: The Archive, Lessons About Universe, The Landing, Digital Analogies, and The Body of the Message.
- Early works included 'The Death of Mrs. Lenin' (1989) and 'Chants of Mercy' (1992), which mix political audio with visual motifs.
- Video art in Yugoslavia gained momentum in the 1980s, often recording political and social circumstances, unlike Western Europe's formal focus.
- The exhibition sought to exercise public memory about Serbian art and highlight the marginalization of video art in institutional contexts.
Entities
Artists
- Milica Lapčević
- Vladimir Šojat
- Vladimir Bjeličić
- Lazara Marinković
- Barbara Borčić
- Dubravka Đurić
- Miško Šuvaković
- Lidija Merenik
- Dejan Sretenović
- Marina Gržinić
- Edit András
- Donna Haraway
- Biljana Purić
Institutions
- Belgrade Cultural Centre
- Podroom
- ARTTERROR
- MIT Press
- Radio B92
- Fund for an Open Society
- Center for Contemporary Arts
- The Ludwig Museum-Museum of Contemporary Art
- ARTMargins Online
Locations
- Belgrade
- Serbia
- Vršac
- Yugoslavia
- Cambridge, MA
- Poland
- Hungary
- Romania
- Soviet Union
- East Germany
- Eastern Europe
- Western Europe
- New York
- Budapest
- Minneapolis, MN
Sources
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