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Savic Rašovic [a.k.a Pirun a.ka. Sasha
a.k.a Member of the Institute for Infinitely Small Things]
was invited to represent Upgrade! Boston at the 3rd
Upgrade! International: Chain Reaction, Skopje, Macedonia;
September 11-14, 2008. There, he will perform How Do You
Take Your Coffee?/Kakvu piješ kafu?, a public action
in Skopje's Old Bazaar. Sasha will talk about his work and report
on the gathering.
About How Do You Take Your Coffee?/Kakvu piješ kafu?
I am originally from Podgorica, Montenegro... I moved
to the US in the 90s of course, escaping an army draft, and other
things... my home is literally now a parking lot, a gas station
and a street light... although aware of the flow of life, going
"home" became a totally different experience... construction
lobby is strong, personal histories lost, old is set aside, new
is always better... What are the effects of these major changes
on the culture of the city and its inhabitants? What personal
stories and connections to various city sites are lost? What new
histories are constructed? How Do You Take Your Coffee?/Kakvu
piješ kafu? Join us for the first in the series
of events in the Balkan cities centered on social kafenisanje
(coffee time) at a specific location in Skopje, Macedonia. Enjoy
a free, freshly brewed coffee to suit your personal taste, and
join the conversation about the location and its histories, memories,
past or present issues and stories that might be disguised, transformed
and erased by the development: under the asphalt -a garden, under
the street light -a rebellion, next to the pedestrian crossing
-a brook, an old neighbourhood now a new neighbourhood. The kafenisanje
events series will be published as a multilingual "coffee
table book" guide to the specific urban locations and the
conversations surrounding them.
Savic Rašovic ... born in Titograd, Yugoslavia;
now from Podgorica, Montenegro… lives and works in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA... entrepreneur, new media artist, performer,
curator, publisher, designer, programmer, political activist…
1995-2000 Montenegro.com and MNNews editor and antifascist propagandist…
co-founder of iKatun, an artist-run organization whose mission
is to foster public engagement in the politics of information…
member of the Institute for Infinitely Small Things troupe that
uses research and performance to investigate social and political
everyday "tiny things" in order to transform public
spaces dominated by corporate and political agendas…
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