Belgrade, town of two rivers

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8 October 2015

The avant-garde scene of the Belgrade youth, at the crossroads between past and future. By Filippo Bardazzi and Laura Chiaroni, co-published with Rassegna Est

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Ada Ciganlija
Ada Ciganlija is an island of relax and amusement for the people of Belgrade. Throughout the summer, the island becomes an urban beach, attended by young people and families on the shores of the Sava river.
Katarina
Katarina Vlašić is the leader of the all-female punk band, the Replicunts
Waterfront
A couple of newlyweds inside the Eagle Hills headquarters, an Abu Dhabi-based company that will realize the Belgrade Waterfront. The building area plan will consist of offices and luxury apartments, 8 hotels and a huge shopping mall, in addition to the Belgrade Tower, a skyscraper taller than 200 meters. The project will take 3 billion Euros and 12 years to be completed
Balkanska
A view over the Balkanska, a residential street in the city centre
Kalemegdan
During a music festival in the Kalemegdan park
WWII
A young man showing the Serbian flag during the ceremony marking 70 years since the end of World War II in Republic Square
Squat
Inside the Zvezda bioskop. The legendary cinema was squatted by a collective of young artists in November 2014. They are struggling against the movie theatre being turned into a supermarket
Tanks
WWII tanks exhibited at the Military Museum in Kalemegdan
Europe
In 2014 Serbia started the negotiations on EU accession. The path towards the entrance into the European Union seems very complicated. There are several associations raising public awareness on this matter, but their efforts are often received with a general disregard
Beogradjanka
The city view from the Beogradjanka tower
Marija
Marija Stanišić is a young stylist. Her studio is located inside the Belgrade Design District, a fashion centre that hosts shops and studios of young Serbian artists and designers
Mikser House
Mikser House is an important cultural centre in Savamala. Over the last few years, this old district of Belgrade changed a lot and now hosts new clubs and promising designers studios
Pink TV
Recordings at Pink TV Stars, the talent show of Željko Mitrović’s broadcasting. Pink TV has 3 classic channels and 55 satellite ones, as well as 25 studios in Serbia, a record label and a private air fleet
Maja
The dancer Maja Pantić during a pole dance exhibition
In disco
Throughout the weekend, private bus services carry young people to clubs and discos
Savamala
Graffiti on a building in the Savamala district
Jelena and Jovan
Jelena Miletić and Jovan Vesić inside their home studio. They are members of Inje, one of the main Serbian electro-pop band
Breakdance
Young break dancers performing in Knez Mihailova, a stylish shopping street in the city centre
Chic
Having a break on the Caruso terrace, the chic café of the city
Writers
The writers Barbara Dimić and Tijana Tripković posing in front of one of their graffiti in the Savamala district
Music
Young spectators attending a concert at the Drugstore Club
Faculty of Philosophy
University square is one of the most popular places among the young people of the city
Edi and Ivan
Brothers Edi and Ivan Bon posing with a few sculptures in their studio near the Danube river. Edi, astrophysicist at the University of Belgrade, and Ivan, sculptor, are members of MistakeMistake, one of the most influential bands of the Belgrade scene in the beginning of 2000. Their style has changed during the years and nowadays they are performing minimalistic music shows, sampling the “sound of the universe”
Hammer and sickle
At the ceremony marking 70 years since the end of World War II, in Republic Square. Behind the stage, the scaffoldings cover the National Museum of Serbia, closed since 2003 for undefined renovation works
Sava and Danube
At sunset, a lot of young people gather on the walls of the Kalemegdan Fortress, the most famous viewpoint of the cityCREDITS info@sooschronicles.com 349 67 13 515 – 392 22 35 036www.sooschronicles.com