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