Jovana Stulic (1989) was born in the Netherlands but is originally from Serbia.
Growing up in different cultures, she formed a melancholic view on the past, which is an essential component in Jovana’s work.
Looking for a place that until now only existed in the mind,
Jovana tries to capture this place or moment in time and history,
by searching for the meaning of her cultural background.
The idealisation is a desperate act to glorify a memory that never happened.
She will show a video installation in which she composed an atmosphere and understanding of this
longing feeling to the place that doesn’t exist.
žalost – život – želja
(droefheid – leven – verlangen)
(sadness – life – desire)
despair and melancholy make
you yearn and idealize
the construction of my memory of the past and
the search for that ultimate place in the presence makes
connecting these 2 worlds
an endless metaphor
when I look out the window and
say, I don’t know where I am
wanhoop en weemoed doet
verlangen en idealiseren
de constructie van mijn herinnering van het verleden en
de zoektocht naar die ultieme plek in het heden maakt
het verbinden van deze 2 werelden
een oneindige metafoor
als ik uit het raam kijk en
zeg ik weet niet waar ik ben
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