displacement anamnesis aleksandar maćašev     the town where i was born

bečej is the town where i was born on tuesday, 3 august 1971. i lived there for 24 years. in 1991 i left to belgrade to study architecture. in 1997 i came back again after my studies to leave for belgrade again in 2001. 2010 series of photos of the house where i was born with marcel duchamp's étant donnés in mind.   bečej | small town horror was a 2006 postcard art project where i tried to promote bečej as a stereotypical horror town from the movies. www.macasev.com/becej   Stevana Doronjskog Street The Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church and the Winged Victory monument Catholic cemetery every now and then i go back in search for something that just isn't there anymore. and i take the same photos over and over again.

unbelong is an ever growing archive of documents about personal displacement.   aleksandar maćašev is an ex-yugoslavian visual artist known for crossing and recrossing the line between fine and applied arts. he lives and works in new york city. www.macasev.com 2012 © aleksandar maćašev