NENAD BOGDANOVIC
Odzaci, Yugoslavia
"MODERNISATION OF THE MAN-GALLERY"
25 minutes, 9/09/20012001atPall Mall Club

by Victor Petrov
Nenad Bogdanovic is the first Yugoslav performer to visit Minsk. The performer's art is connected with the interactivity of the audience, and he simultaneously captures the whole process, particularly its concluding phase, in snapshots. The simple materials required for the performance (sheets of paper, barbed wire, pieces of string) are just simple elements, although the process of handing them out gradually draws the spectators into the process. The tactile side is an important part of the entire performance. The creation of living sculptures is a kind of archaic shamanic ritual (characteristic to pagan cults) which brings with it the joy of mutual creativity. A large number of young people actively decorate this festive sculpture, while the performer captures the process which, for him, is a continuation of his photo-project "Photo In The Context Of Performance".