MLADEN MILJANOVIĆ (BA

Projekt Didaktični zid umetnika Mladena Miljanovića je subverzivna izobraževalna instalacija, ki se osredotoča na problematiko migrantov, beguncev, razseljenih oseb in apatridov ter na težave, s katerimi se srečujejo pri premikanju do želenega geografskega cilja. Angažiran sklop ilustracij neposredno naslavlja tiste, ki poskušajo na ‘nezakonit’ način prestopiti državne meje, da bi prišli do svoje ‘dežele sanj’. Didaktični zid je nekakšno navodilo, kako premagati naravne in umetne ovire, na katere nemara naleti ‘človek na poti’. Didaktični zid je bil najprej predstavljen v Bihaću kot site-specific projekt, kot kraj množične blokade, ki jo je povzročilo dejstvo, da so zeleno mejo dobesedno zaprli obmejni organi sosednje EU/Hrvaške. Za migrante in begunce je Bihać dobesedno postal mesto ‘na robu’. Kraj ujetništva med dvema resničnostima – ene, iz katere brezglavo bežijo, in druge, h kateri silno tečejo. Bihać se je v bistvu spremenil v nevaren kraj, ki odraža težaven in neprijeten položaj “ljudi na poti”. Postal je simbol zasužnjene človekove svobode, čeprav je prehodna lokacija, kjer migranti ne želijo ostati dlje časa. V takšnem umetniškem kontekstu je zasnovan Didaktični zid in Miljanović z njim potrjuje svoje lastno pravilo, da je umetnost lahko in tudi mora biti, kritika uničujočih politik, neetičnih pravil in nemoralnih vrednot. Didaktični zid je angažirana akcija, ki jasno in glasno zavzema položaj občutljivega in ranljivega prebivalstva, ki se je po naključju zataknilo ne le v Bihaću in Bosni in Hercegovini, temveč tudi v številnih drugih krajih na tem planetu. Kot pravi umetnik v besedilu razstavnega kataloga, “v mestu Bihać ta projekt/razstava deluje kot site-specific intervencija ali kot umetnost v kontekstu, katere namen je delovati kot prostor za učenje in pomoč pri premagovanju praktičnih ovir in situacij, s katerimi se soočajo ali se bodo morali soočiti migranti.” Miljanovićev namen je ustvariti funkcionalno in učinkovito navodilo za premagovanje naravnih in umetnih ovir, kot so vodna telesa, poškodbe v divjini, ograje, infrardeči žarki, radarji itd. Delo je utilitarna vizualna misija z angažiranim predznakom, izvedena v mediju didaktičnih ilustracij. (Irfan Hošić) 

The project Didactic Wall by Mladen Miljanović is a subversive educational installation that focuses on the issue of migrants, refugees, displaced persons and apatrids, and the difficulties they face when moving towards their desired geographic destination. This is an engaged set of illustrations that address directly those who are trying, in an ‘illegal’ way, to cross national borders to get to their ‘land of dreams’. The Didactic Wall is a kind of instruction on how to overcome natural and artificial barriers a ‘person on the move’ may possibly come across. The project was shown first in Bihać as site specific, as the place of massive blockage caused by the fact that the green border was closed by the border authorities of the neighboring EU/Croatia. For the migrants and refugees, Bihać has become a place ‘on the edge’ in the literal meaning of the expression. The place of imprisonment between two realities – one that they are headlessly running away from, and the other – they are madly running to. Essentially, Bihać has turned into a dangerous place that reflects a difficult and unpleasant position of the ‘people on the move’. It has become a symbol of enslaved human freedom, although it is a transit location, where migrants don’t want to stay for a long time. It is this artistic context where the Didactic Wall has its place, and Miljanović confirms his own rule that art can, but also should be, a criticism of disastrous policies, unethical rules and immoral values. The Didactic Wall is an engaged action that clearly and vocally takes position of sensitive and vulnerable population that has, by chance, been stuck not only in Bihać and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also in numerous other places on this planet. As the artist says in the text of the exhibition catalogue, “in the City of Bihać, this project/exhibition acts like a site-specific intervention or as art in context, aimed to act as a space for education and assistance in overcoming the practical obstacles and situations faced, or threatening to face by migrants.” Miljanović’s intention is determined by the motive to create a functional and effective instruction for overcoming natural and artificial barriers, such as water bodies, injuries suffered in the wild, fences, infrared rays, radars, etc. This is a utilitarian pictorial mission with an engaged prefix that is carried out in the medium of didactic illustrations. (Irfan Hošić) 

Didaktični zid / The Didactic Wall, 2019 instalacija, priročniki, vgravirane risbe na marmor, knjige installation, handbooks, engraved drawings on marble, books