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Marina Abramović the 64 year old New York-based Serbian performance artist renowned for her major retrospective 2010 performance at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) titled ‘The Artist is Present’, has had her work recreated into a browser based video game of the same title. The performance was the largest performance art exhibition ever held at MoMA, sitting for 736 hours with spectators queuing to sit opposite as Abramović sat static, immobile and silent in the museum’s atrium. The game developer Pippin Barr created the game to reconstruct the experience, including minor details such as ticketing, queuing and the environmental visuals of the museum space. Abramović has been an active performance artist for the past three decades, describing herself as the ‘grandmother of performance art’, exploring performer-audience relationships, and the artists physical limitations.

 

 

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Téa Obreht the 25 year old Serbian American novelist described by the British press as a natural born storyteller with a compelling new voice, is the youngest person to have won the ‘Orange’ award for her first novel ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ a family saga of death in Balkans. Obreht took out the prestigious literary prize against an impressive shortlist of nominated novelists. Obreht’s work is steeped in Balkans’ mythology and superstition, learnt from her family’s oral histories and visits to the region. Despite Obreht’s youthfulness, brilliance and American upbringing, she lives a life constantly guarded by superstitious awareness, complying to the many macabre rituals that ensue. As a result Obreht is cautious in her excitement at winning the prestigious award, worried of potential downside that occurs in her world of opposites. Inspired by Kira Cochrane ow.ly/5lFIm image source teaobreht.com ow.ly/5lFDY Saga about doctors and their relationships to death (June 26 2011)

Téa Obreht the 25 year old Serbian American novelist described by the British press as a natural born storyteller with a compelling new voice, is the youngest person to have won the ‘Orange’ award for her first novel ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ a family saga of death in Balkans. Obreht took out the prestigious literary prize against an impressive shortlist of nominated novelists. Obreht’s work is steeped in Balkans’ mythology and superstition, learnt from her family’s oral histories and visits to the region. Despite Obreht’s youthfulness, brilliance and American upbringing, she lives a life constantly guarded by superstitious awareness, complying to the many macabre rituals that ensue. As a result Obreht is cautious in her excitement at winning the prestigious award, worried of potential downside that occurs in her world of opposites.

 

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Ante Gotovina the 55 year old former Lieutenant General of the Croatian Army has been convicted as a war criminal by the International Criminal Tribunal for his role in expelling Krajina Serbs from Croatia during the war of independence. Captured while hiding in the Canary Islands he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment. Gotovina is seen by many in Croatia as a war hero for his role turning back the brutal Serbian forces, with his defense team supported with experts and documents paid for by the Croatian government. Gotovina was convicted of allowing troops he commanded to loot and kill civilians, and to indiscriminately bomb villages. Gotovina claims that incidents occurred with the active help of US military and CIA personnel. Inspired by Mike Corder ow.ly/4DdW1 image source EuroHeritage ow.ly/4DdUm CIA and Pentagon helped plan the operation (April 23 2011)

Ante Gotovina the 55 year old former Lieutenant General of the Croatian Army has been convicted as a war criminal by the International Criminal Tribunal for his role in expelling Krajina Serbs from Croatia during the war of independence. Captured while hiding in the Canary Islands he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment. Gotovina is seen by many in Croatia as a war hero for his role turning back the brutal Serbian forces, with his defense team supported with experts and documents paid for by the Croatian government. Gotovina was convicted of allowing troops he commanded to loot and kill civilians, and to indiscriminately bomb villages. Gotovina claims that incidents occurred with the active help of US military and CIA personnel.

 

Inspired by Mike Corder ow.ly/4DdW1 image source EuroHeritage ow.ly/4DdUm

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