SHE. AHEAD OF HER TIME is an original scenic installation, which integrates live performance, exhibition, installation, video works, and photography. This work deals with women who were the pioneers in their fields in Serbian society. Even though their achievements were significant for our culture, their work is still not sufficiently known and visible in Serbian cultural and historical heritage.
The project is intended for gallery spaces. The artists in the project use a contemporary artistic language that has the potential to draw the attention of a younger audience to the achievements of women who are part of our cultural heritage, but have not been given the importance and visibility they deserve. The inspiration and reason for the project are the life and work of women who worked in the periods of construction and modernization of civil society, who pushed the boundaries in their fields and were very often the first women who worked in certain fields – ahead of their time. We dedicate this project to them as well as to our contemporaries.
This scenic installation consist of several rooms and each room will be dedicated to one or more of the women who are the inspiration for the work. Neither performative nor audio/visual works have a biographical approach, but a conceptual and transformative approach, which brings artistic originality to every element-part of this multimedia project.
Concept and Direction:
Jadranka Anđelić i Dijana Milošević
Music performance REACH BY VOICE:
Ljubica Damčević – Inspired by Ljubica Marić, the first Serbian woman composer
Scenic intervention LIFE AS A REBELION:
Ivana Milenović Popović – Inspired by Jelisaveta Načić, the first Serbian woman architect
Scenic intervention FEAR OF FLYING:
Milica Petrović – Inspired by Danica Tomić, the first Serbian woman pilot
Interactive performance IN THE SALON OF PATROARCHY: Zoran Vasiljević –Inspired by patriarchal way of thinking
Performance TRANSPOSITION OF TRANSPOSITION:
Snežana Arnautović Stjepanović, Ivica Stjepanović and Teodor Stjepanović – Inspired by Beta Vukаnović, Serbian painter, pionir of the first artistic caricature and Jelena J. Dimitrijević, first published woman travel novelist
Performance Installation SONJA’s BRIDGE:
Zoe Gudović a.k.a Zed Zeldich Zed – Inspired by Sonja Drljević, anarcho-communist, feminist and activist of the anti-war movement
Photography J. Š:
Nemanja Maraš – Inspired by Jelena Šantić, dancer, choreographer, anti-war activist
Interactive Sound Installation WAVE:
Dijana Mitrović
Video FIRST:
Jelena Rubil – Inspired by women ahead of their time
Music: Ljubica Damčević, Ljubica Marić
Light design: Milomir Dimitrijević i Radomir Samolov
Women Costume: P….S…. Fashion [Collection Reflection]
Costume adaptation and head accessories: Ferenc Varga
Table and chair processing: Ana Milutinović, Rafael Emmet
Production manager: Nataša Novaković
Technical production: Milomir Dimitrijević i Radomir Samolov
Marketing manager: Ivana Milenović Popović
Audience development: Milica Petrović
Production assistant and social networks: Meri Zec
PR: Tanja Rapp
Financial manager: Dragana Živanović
Financial and administrative assistant: Lidija Stojanović Janković
Photo documentation: Nata Korenovskaia
Video documentation: Aleksandar Milošević
Graphic design: Andrej Dolinka
SUPPORTED BY: The City of Belgrade – Secretariat for Culture, Austrian Cultural Forum, P.S Fashion, Cultural Center Parobrod