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MixTape by Vesna Pavlović is a series of photographs, exhibitions, public events and performances, and a cassette tape produced by Vesna Pavlović

MixTape explores the personal documentary photography archives by Vesna Pavlović taken in Serbia during the 1990s, and offers a comprehensive look into an a certain aesthetic of resistance at the time of the dissolution of Yugoslavia. The images capture the 1996 student protests, Pavlović’s early engagement with the art collective Škart and their radio and street performances, the work of peace pacifist group Women in Black, and various other non-for profit organizations such as Radio B92 and Center for Cultural Decontamination.

As one of the early photographers of the music magazine Ritam in Belgrade, Vesna Pavlović also created an archive of concert photographs which could be seen as a counter archive to her more institutional documentary work. For MixTape Project, she selected a number of songs by bands from the former Yugoslavia, with lyrics transcribed phonetically by Vlidi, and offered to a group of Nashville musicians to create a special mixtape produced by Loney John Hutchins. The music covers were released in September 2019. For her opening in Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, the bands performed the covers live, introduced by the talk by Vlidi. The performance was filmed and edited by Bill Badi. The limited edition cassette tape with the cover designed by Slavimir Stojanović Futro was released in December 2019. The project continued in Belgrade in 2019 and evolves further

Original music on MixTape by Boye, Darkwood Dub, Ekatarina Velika, Haustor, Jarboli, Laibach, Neočekivana sila koja se iznenada pojavljuje i rešava stvar, Obojeni Program, Oružjem protivu otmičara, Partibrejkers, Plejboj, Vlada Divljan, Idoli (Ex-Yu)

Performed in Serbo-Croatian and English by Country Music, Dumbsigns, Lambda Celsius, The Mute Group, Lylas, Patrick Damphier, The Robe, Sehr Modern, The Altered Statesman, The Styrofoam Winos, Sugar Sk_lls (Nashville)

SIDE A

Jarboli, “Samo ponekad” by Patrick Damphier with Cassie Berman
Haustor, “Sejmeni” by Sugar Sk* -*lls
Obojeni program, “Nebo, nebo plavo je” by Country Music
Boye, “Dosta, dosta, dosta” by Sehr Modern
Partibrejkers, “Hocu da znam” by The Styrofoam Winos
Ekaterina Velika, “Zemlja” by Dumbsigns

SIDE B

Neočekivana sila koja se iznenada pojavljuje i rešava stvar, “Ruski gruv” by The Altered Statesman
Oružjem protivu otmičara, “Mladiću moj” by Lambda Celsius
Darkwood Dub, “Zapremina tela” by The Robe
Vlada Divljan, “Ona zna” by Rodrigo Avendano
Plejboj, “Superstar” by The Mute Group
ldoli, “Kenozoik” by lylas

MixTape mastering: Loney Hutchins, Cleft Music, Nashville.

MixTape received a huge and unconditional support by LEJN? and Anna and Zeitgeist Gallery, Marko Maršićević and MARSH, Stevan Vuković and SKC, Vlada Lenhart, and all of the musicians on both sides of Atlantic. Thank you for such ENTHUSIASTIC? participation!

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CREDITS:

MixTape by Vesna Pavlović is a series of photographs, exhibitions, public events and performances, and a cassette tape produced by Vesna Pavlović

MixTape music covers are produced by Loney John Hutchins, Music director, Cleftmusic.

This essay, the exhibition talk, public events, and this website: Vladimir Jerić Vlidi

Film by Bill Badi

An essay by prof. Milena Dragićević-Šesić

Graphic Design of the Cassette Cover: Slavimir Stojanović Futro