Where are you from? From the Danube?
2023, self-published, 56 pages, 13 x 18,5 cm, riso-printed, spiral binding, edition of 42
From 22nd of August until 17th of October 2021 I’ve been travelling the river Danube on board the research vessel MS-FUSION.
What if I become part of the flow? What if the land passes by – trees, cities, industrial areas, stretches of land, islands, history? What if I am between the banks, floating on the border? The publication “Where are you from? From the Danube?” shows views of the riverbanks, photographed from the shipping channel of the Danube, which come together to form a long, diverse, and yet continual line, that has no defined beginning.
After having travelled the Danube for 60 days from Austria to the Danube Delta, we stayed the first night in a pension in Tulcea. The lady of Pensiune Melisa welcomed us with the question “Where are you from? … from the Danube? It is nice, I went with my husband to Vienna – and you come here!”
Project Phase I: Research & Collecting
MS-FUSION A.I.R. (22nd of August until 17th of October 2021) supported by BMKOES – Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, Austria
Project Phase II: Reflecting & Creating (Publication)
Residency in footnote – centre for image and text, Belgrade (February–April 2023) supported by Culture Moves Europe Mobility Fund (financed by the European Union, implemented by Goethe-Institute)
Publication and presentation supported by Kultur Oberösterreich.
Printed on Gestetner CP6334 in Jovan Jovic’s studio (Praksa Makerspace / KC Magacin), Belgrade, March 2023
Spiral binding by Copy World BSK, Belgrade
Paper clips found on the streets of Belgrade (January–March 2023)
Special thanks to: MS-FUSION A.i.R and crew; Jovan Jovic and Praksa Makerspace / KC Magacin; Footnote – center for image and text: Mia Ćuk, Viktor Vejvoda, Maxim Polyakov, Lavinia Lanner.
Photographed and published by Pira Tin.
Exhibition DOWNSTREAM #01 at Grad Gallery (KC Grad, Belgrade; 3.–15.4.2023)
Participating Artists in order of boarding on MS-FUSION: Rainer Prohaska, Florian Sorgo, Carola Schmidt, Hanna Priemetzhofer, Christina Helena Romirer, Anita Fuchs, Kerstin Reyer, Sabrina Rosina, Kilian Jörg
Exhibition supported by the DANUBE SMALL PROJECT FUND (www.danubeculture.eu), Austrian Cultural Forum Belgrade, Goethe-Institute Belgrade, the Provinces of Lower Austria / Styria / Upper Austria, Federal Ministry Republic of Austria, Upper Austria Landes-Kultur GmbH, RD Foundation Vienna.
Disclaimer: This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.
Presentation during the exhibition DOWNSTREAM #01 at Grad Gallery (KC Grad, Belgrade; 3.–15.4.2023)
photographic documentation of the exhibition setup © 2023 ph: vladimir opsenica
Printing process on Gestetner CP6334 in Jovan Jovic’s studio (Kvaka printing workshop / Magacin MKM Beograd), Belgrade, March 2023
