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Conflict and Renewal: Europe Transformed. Essays in Honour of Wolfgang Petritsch
Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2007, 407 pp.


Chapter 8. Re-examining Kosovo's and Serbia's Future
Crossing Borders: Development of Different Artistic Strategies

by Tanja Ostojic


"Contemporary art, as I see it, is an interesting field of research, reflection, communication, exchange and criticism within contemporary society. I think that openness towards the use of diverse media in contemporary art is one of the crucial tactics that allows the artist to be more precise, more specific and to really grasp the topic in the way it deserves to be approached regarding its specific context and target audience. Merging different disciplines and different layers of reality in the arts helps to cross the boundaries of strict professionalism (...) and enables further development of new models. For my art practice, I have consciously decided to abandon the production of 'one-off' artworks in favour of developing a series of strategic projects that span a period of several years.(...)"


Tanja Ostojic is an independent interdisciplinary artist and cultural activist