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SERBIA, 1996, 00:05:20
Production : FONDATION POUR LA SOCIETE OUVERTE, ZAREVAC Dragana
Genre : Video art
Keyword : Human rights, War, Death, Music
Summary :
Documentary material (silent VHS) filmed by unknown authors during the war in ex-Yugoslavia. The instrumental musical theme is based on Nikola HERCIGONJA's "Solemn Song" (a revolutionary song celebrating communist Yusgoslavia). The words are those of the popular medieval song "The Death of the Yougovics' Mother", which is sung according to the tradition of the Balkan mourners. It tells of the mourning and death of a noblewoman whose nine sons and husband perished in the battle of the Kosovo field, between Serbs and Turks in 1389. BODY AND EARTH ARE THE TWO MATERIALS WHICH HAVE CAUSED SUFFERING IN ALL AGES AND IN ALL LANDS.
The Video belonging to the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade.
Original language : serbian
Technical information : Music and speech : Dragana Zarevac
Original format : video
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Chroma : Couleur
Available version(s) : Version serbe
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