#yugonostalgia

[sofiaflorina2021]

"Let us protect brotherhood and unity like the pupil of our eye"

~ Josip Broz Tito

[victusinveritas]

I actually knew a bunch of this because I'm weird and took a few classes on Yugoslavia in college (two, which was a lot considering my major was medieval studies), but the screenshots are entirely from here on Instagram: @aplasticplant.

If you want to watch the Yu Mex documentary by Mazzini...

Here you go.

[afrozodijak]

bejbi bejbi

zatvori oči sada

sledi poljubac

davitelj protiv davitelja (1984)

[naumovskidusan]

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[alreadyadored]

Oh to be a young pioneer in 1960s/1970s Yugoslavia and meet Tito

[king-horus]

Survivors of The Sinai Express : European Exiles In Egypt (1944) Photographs of Croats who fled the Germans for the heat and dust of Egypt Otto Gilmore’s photographs are a “comprehensive, overall photographic study of El Shatt, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration’s refugee camp for Yugoslavs in the Sinai, Egypt”. Gilmore was the camp in September 1944 at the behest of the US Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information.

[sword-fish-trom-bones]

Strand 1 - Inspirations

For my first strand and my whole assessment in a broader sense, I wanted to focus on Yugoslavian monuments and nostalgic memorabilia intrinsically linked to our culture. Many of these things serve as an inspiration for my second assessment, as they evoke a sense of nostalgia and longing for something that I only know about through stories.

1

The Kosmaj Monument, 1970

This monument marks the lives of fallen soldiers who battled against a group of German soldiers in Belgrade during WWII.

2

Bijelo dugme, 1983

‘Bijelo Dugme’ (translates to ‘White Button’), was one of the most popular rock bands in Yugoslavia. Formed in 1974, they took the country by storm with their powerful vocals and neo-traditionalist folk music. They’re still often listened to and remain one of the most iconic bands to come from the Balkans.

Here is a link of one of their most popular songs that was featured in the 1988 movie “Time of the Gypsies”:

3

Lajanje na zvezde (Barking At the Stars), 1998, Zdravko Šotra

Whilst this isn’t technically from the Yugoslavian period, it is a very well-known coming-of-age film about a group of teenagers on their last school trip before they head off to university. It’s highly nostalgic to older generations as the film takes place in the 60′s when many of them grew up and can relate to it.

4

Rear Window, 1954, Alfred Hitchcock

This is one of my favourite films of all time. I think it also plays into the idea of my assessment, talking about stories and nostalgia-evoking objects. In this particular piece, Hitchcock explores the idea of voyeurism and the privacy of individuals. Here, the storyline is told from the perspective of one of the tenants in the building who spies on his neighbours and finds incriminating evidence against one of them.

5

Picasso’s Light Paintings, 1949

[gothshostakovich]

I took a photograph of every color of YUGO I saw in Belgrade this summer for the express purpose of making a YUGO Pride rainbow.

I just...really identify with this cute Socialist two-door car that has a reputation for barely working at all...