Regardless of where I currently stay, every year on May 11th I celebrate the birthday of Josip Štolcer Slavenski, one of the most important Yugoslav avant-garde composers. If you would like to know more about him and the Slavenski project klick here. Here you can see the 125th anniversary celebration that took place in the small German town of Görlitz, Saxony. Due to the complicated situation caused by the lockdown restrictions, it was initially forbidden to organize any kind of event, exhibition or anything similar.

I designed a total of 125 posters showing 125 of Slaveski’s compositions. My goal wasn’t to make the titles clear and legible, rather they should blend together and fill the entire space. Next to the posters, I laid a Serbian rug called Ćilim on the floor as a reference to Slaveski’s love for Balkan culture and especially for the traditional rugs.

I asked the Canadian musician and composer Nina Platiša to play and record a short piece by Slavenski that could be heard continuously in the loop though the window. This gave the impression as if Slavenski was exercising it himself in the background.

Regardless of where I currently stay, I try to celebrate Slavenski’s birthday on May 11th every year. If you want to find out more about my Slavenski project klicken here. In 2021, the 125th anniversary year, the celebration happened in the small and picturesque town of Görlitz in Saxony, Eastern Germany. Due to the complicated situation caused by the pandemic restrictions, it was initially forbidden to organize an event, exhibition or anything similar.

I designed a total of 125 posters showing 125 of Slaveski’s compositions. My goal wasn’t to make the titles clear and legible, rather they should blend together and fill the entire space. Next to the posters, I laid a Serbian rug called Ćilim on the floor as a reference to Slaveski’s love for Balkan culture and especially for the traditional rugs.