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jena prostitucija i pomaže ženama žrtvama
nasilja u porodici.
Tokom poslednje parade ponosa, u tuči s neonacistima,
navijačima i popovima, razbili su joj
glavu.
Hor:
Kada smo prolivali krv za našu svetlu
budućnost,
nismo se delili na muškarce i žene.
Bili smo drugovi i drugarice.
I najvažnije – to je bila ljubav prema našoj
zajedničkoj domovini!
Ljubav!
Prema zajedničkoj Domovini
Ljubav...
Naša Domovina je Revolucija!
[...]
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Jedan od problema delovanja u polju umetnosti
i kulture u post-konfliktnom regionu
bivše Jugoslavije jeste da se savremena
umetnost često predstavlja kao avangarda
društvene “normalizacije” (na političkom
planu normalizacija bi značila izgradnju
nacionalne države i kapitalističkog
društvenog poretka, kao i težnju ka ka
Evropskoj Uniji). Gentrifikacija zastarelih
umetničkih manifestacija u velike
međunarodne izložbe bijenalnog formata,
baš kao što je slučaj sa Spaportom, široko
je rasprostranjena pojava. Upravo kao i u
slučaju Beogradske Univerzijade iz Partizanskog
Songspiel-a, kroz ovakve događaje
se realizuje simboličko približavanje
civilizovanom Zapadu i pokazuje se da se
progresivne i kreativne snage sveta mogu
okupiti i na nekada konfliktnom Balkanu
– zemlji ‘krvi i meda’. To bi bio jedan od
eklatantnih primera kulturalizacije politike
na ovim prostorima.
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(points to his security guards). I give them jobs.
And why? Because I’m generous! Everyone
knows how much I’ve done for our people. I’ve
also done a lot to support sports, to support
our football clubs. And what’s football without
football fans? I’ll say even more—what’s Serbia
without fans?
Disabled Veteran (pointing to the Lesbian):
This is the Lesbian. Her dance is called “Love Is
a Revolutionary Force.” During the war, she and
her friends supported the deserters and all the
others who didn’t want to fight. She feels that
all war criminals should be punished. Now she’s
an activist for the rights of sexual minorities
and a social worker. She says we can change the
world with small steps, and that love should be
free. She believes marriage is legalized prostitution,
and she helps female victims of domestic
violence. During the last gay pride parade, during
a fight with neo-Nazis, football hooligans,
and priests, someone cracked her skull.
Chorus (with passion):
When we spilled blood for your bright future,
We didn’t divide ourselves into men and
women:
We were comrades.
But the most important thing
Was love for our common homeland!
Love…
Our Homeland is the Revolution!
[...]
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One of the problems of working in the field
of art and culture in the post-conflict region
of ex-Yugoslavia is that contemporary
art is often presented as the avant-garde of
social normalisation (at the political level,
normalisation would be the construction
of a national state and a capitalist social
system, as well as an aspiration to join the
EU). The gentrification of old art events
into great international exhibitions with
a biennial rhythm, as was the case with