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Bojan Fajfric

Theta Rhythm

Fiction expérimentale | hdcam | couleur | 17:0 | Slovénie, Pays-Bas | 2010

On September 24th 1987, the Serbian League of Communists in the former Yugoslavia held its 8th Session. The 8th Session was a meeting in which Slobodan Milosević won a significant vote over his main political rivals on his rise to power. The whole event was broadcast live on Yugoslav television. The 8th Session was an historical turning point, starting an era of ethnic conflict which ultimately lead to the break-up of Yugoslavia . Theta Rhythm is a meticulous reconstruction of that day, from the perspective of one of the administrators of the 8th Session, Mirko Fajfrić. Mirko is interpreted by his son Bojan Fajfrić, the director of this film.

Bojan Fajfrić was born in 1976, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. His professional development has not been linked to Yugoslavia, which he left in 1995, when he went to study visual arts in the Netherlands. He graduated from the Royal Academy in The Hague and was the resident of the Rijks Academy in Amsterdam. However, in his works he has always referred to the country he grew up in, its political inheritance, as well as other social circumstances. His work presents a certain way of looking at history, one which stands at the intersection of personal memories, collective historical consciousness and the inevitable course of events. He uses mostly video installations as a form of expression. His works have been exhibited in many art galleries/spaces and museums: the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; the Tirana Contemporary Art Biennial; De Appel, Amsterdam; MUHKA, Antwerp; Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp; ARCUS, Japan; Spaport, Banja Luka, October Salon, Belgrade. Film Theta Rhythm was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Seoul international NewMedia Festival, Viennale-International Film Festival Vienna, Human Rights Film Festival PRAVO LJUDSKI Sarajevo, Noordelijk Film Festival Leeuwarden, Impakt Festival Utrecht and Film Institute Netherlands.