Exhibition of Dusica Drazic, BLUEPRINT, installation
The work BLUEPRINT by Dusica Drazic questions contemporary changes in the urban planning of the city, perceiving them as part of a collective and individual memory.
The key issue of the installation of the artist Dusica Drazic will be individual/private memory of citizens of Belgrade and its possible impact on the city development. It will be based on recognition and safeguarding the authenticity and unique identity of certain parts of the town. In her work the artist will deal with oral histories and memories of inhabitants of a private house which will be destroyed, according to urbanistic regulation plans, in order to be replaced with a new building. The key idea of the artist is that, as with large number of new buildings that were built all over the Belgrade during the last few decades, the new building will probably not be in tune with its surroundings neither by its dimensions nor by architectural style, and thus, it will probably disturb specific identity and urban landscape of Zemun (Belgrade Municipality that is in the focus of the artwork).
The work Blueprint by Dusica Drazic questions contemporary changes in the urban planning of the city, perceiving them as part of a collective and individual memory. It looks at the role of a location in defining personal identities and identities of local communities. With the installation Blueprint Drazic not only addresses the socio-economical context of the transformation and disappearance of old Belgrade districts, but also points to the ways in which these changes influence the relationship between a resident and the city. By reconstructing the moment of disappearance and demolition of a typical family house, Drazic tries to capture a moment of change. The moment when an old house disappears and a new emptiness appears. By transporting the rubble of what used to be a home and covering the floor of the gallery with it, she asks the visitor to walk over the remains of someone else's private and personal space. In this way Drazic constructs a temporary “archeological” site where we can find or dig out traces of the past.