[spectre] Interview with Šejla Kamerić about the cinematic project '1395 Days without Red', the use of memory and self-representation as critical tools, and the relationship between art and politics.

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*Interview with Šejla Kamerić about the cinematic project '1395 Days without
Red', the use of memory and self-representation as critical tools, and the
relationship between art and politics.*

Link: http://bit.ly/vcd8j9

'1395 Days without Red' is a cinematic project by Šejla Kamerić and Anri
Sala in collaboration with Ari Benjamin Meyers. Conceived, developed and
filmed collaboratively, it led to the production of two separate films,
which were presented together for the first time at MACBA.

'1395 Days without Red' delves deep into the experience of the siege of
Sarajevo, which took place from April 5th 1992 to February 29th 1996: a
total of 1,395 days. The two films take viewers on a journey into the past
from the perspective of the present, through the artists' daily routes in
today's Sarajevo, which recreate what was once known as 'Sniper Alley'.

For Šejla Kamerić '1395 Days without Red' is a personal journey through her
own recent history, a recreation of events experienced first-hand growing up
in Sarajevo during the siege. This experience has not only decisively
influenced her attitude as an artist, but also her way of understanding and
practising art. She uses photography and video to develop a very personal
narration that refers to local collective experiences – framed mostly within
the political context of Bosnia Herzegovina and either in relation or
opposition to the global socio-political context – and to other, more
personal experiences that lead her to reflect on universal values. An
artistic practice firmly rooted in seeking and exploring her own identity as
an artist.

Son[i]a talks to Šejla Kamerić about her work, the use of memory and
self-representation as critical tools, and the relationship between art and
politics.

Link: http://bit.ly/vcd8j9
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