International Artist Exchanges in Former Yugoslavia Margaret Tittemore Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater Review Volume 21 | Issue 1 Article 6 Jun-2002 International Artist Exchanges in Former Yugoslavia Margaret Tittemore Bridgewater State College Recommended Citation Tittemore, Margaret (2002). International Artist Exchanges in Former Yugoslavia. Bridgewater Review, 21(1), 8-9. Available at: http://vc.bridgew.edu/br_rev/vol21/iss1/6 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. International Artist Exchanges in Former Yugoslavia by Margaret Tittemore In the fall of 1999, I, with other members of the Mobius Benedictine monastery for my second piece, Crossing Artists Group in Boston, was invited to go to the Istrian Over/Prekoracaj, which was a combination of installa- region of Croatia. The project developed from an initial tion and storytelling. I collected personal anecdotes contact with Croatian artist Silvo Saric, who had been from American friends who had experience with the an Artslink fellow at Mobius the year before. Mobius is consequences of a “mixed” marriage. I felt these stories an arts organization with a 25 year history in Boston about people who had crossed a barrier of race, religion for experimental work in all media. and/or class would resonate in Croatia. I was fortunate to collaborate with a Croatian artist, Robert Sosic, who The Trust for Mutual Understanding, a private philan- became more than just a translator of the stories but a thropic organization in New York, provided major part of the performance. Each time a story was com- funding for the project. Dedicated to promoting closer pleted, I lifted a veil of white tulle from my head and let cooperation between the people of the United States, it drop to the ground.
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