VANDALISM IN NOVI SAD: Exhibit dedicated to Vukovar destroyed (PHOTO)

- The message behind this act is that young and angry world still exists. I am sorry about that, because they probably have it hard in life - said the author of the exhibit "Vukovar - killing of a city", Srdjan Veljovic

In the passage of Milana Mladenovic in Zmaj Jovina 22 in Novi Sad, the exhibit was placed on 18th November by Srdjan Veljovic " Vukovar - killing of a city", and it has been completely destroyed, after the vandals broke the glasses and ripped the photos. 

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Two days ago writings appeared on the glasses: "What about killed Serbs?", "Bastards", "F*ck you'r Vukovar", and they were smashed last night.

The workers in the nearby stores said for portal 21 that the police was called and now they are waiting for investigation to be completed, while the author of the exhibit said that the intention of this was to remind on destruction of Vukovar.

He adds that he is not surprised by this action.

- Firs impression is that vandals are lazy, because it took them quite a while to notice the exhibit and to react. However, we had that in mind, because the subject causes that kind of reaction. While i chose the photos i picked them to be unquestionable and cleansed of all politics about who started what first, who are "we" and who are "them" - said Veljovic and added:

- The message behind this act is that young and angry world still exists. I am sorry about that, because they probably have it hard in life. So destruction brought them aesthetic comfort, and at least that is some use of the exhibit. 

He added that the idea of exhibit was to show that there was a city and that i has been destroyed, and to show that after a quarter of a century, the cards turn.

- It is a entire generation of adult people. We should consider about relationships between us, what could be better? Just like i had fear that my exhibit will cause something like that, there is fear that mine or someone else's children will come in the same situation of something like this happening again - he said and continues:

- Again, opposite of that, there is a paradox that everybody want to leave the territory my generation so passionately fought and butchered for. That energy about missing territories brought the feeling 25 years later that people don't want to live in these areas anymore. 

The exhibit was posted by "Art klinika" and "Women in black" on 25th anniversary since the fall of Vukovar and it was supposed to last for a month, and Veljovic said they still haven't decided what are they going do to with it, if they will repeat the exhibit on the same or some other location.

(Telegraf.co.uk / 021.rs)