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Art project The Plot was created in a span of three years and it consists of about 5,000 drawings that have been turned into a sound film by frame-by-frame animation. Fragments taken from various cinematographic achievements made during the period of Cold War by major film productions of "Western Powers" (USA, UK) are drawn on book sheets, maps and encyclopedias written and published during the same period in the territory of SFR Yugoslavia. Books and encyclopedias used as a background for the drawings have for subject theoretical reflections on the socialist system, while maps represent cartographic documents of cities, borders, states and continents from the same era. In this historical period, Yugoslavia was one of the few countries behind the "iron curtain" in which Hollywood movies, TV series, jazz, rock'n'roll and Coca-Cola were not only allowed but were an integral part of everyday life. American film, as the most massive form of artistic expression, entertainment, and often propaganda, played a special role in Yugoslav society, holding absolute dominance among foreign cinematography in domestic cinemas. Getting to know luxury, wealth and unconventional way of life through it, the ordinary man in Yugoslav socialism had the opportunity to dream the American dream in non-American conditions.

Nemanja Nikoli? (born 1987) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2010, department of Painting. He finished his PhD studies at the same faculty in 2019. From 2018 he works on Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade as assistant professor. Nemanja Nikoli? is initiator of Belgrade based U10 Art Space, independent artist-run space dedicated to supporting young contemporary artist. Nemanja has presented his works on solo exhibitions since 2010: in the Art Gallery of the Cultural Center of Belgrade, Gallery Dix9 Helene Lachermoise in Paris, ERD Gallery in Seoul, Rima Gallery in Belgrade, U10 Art Space in Belgrade, etc. He has participated in many group exhibitions in the country and abroad: Caixa Forum in Madrid and Barcelona, Kunsthal KadE in Amersfoort in the Netherlands, Kunstlerhaus in Vienna, 56th and 57th October Salon in Belgrade (Belgrade Biennale), Center for Contemporary Art of Montenegro, etc.