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     Konstrukcija majstorluka (in collaboration with my father), pipes, glass wool, inox sheet, high temperature paint, bakelite,          screws, nozzles, thermocouples, gas valves, pop rivets, 96cm x 51cm x 76.5cm, stand 94cm x 85cm x 64cm, 2023        
    The Construction of Mastery explores the collaborative effort between father and son in creating a gas oven, a trade central to      my family. It reflects shared experience, practical learning, and spontaneity. The work documents the process, relational dynamics,      and the transmission of skills, emphasizing craftsmanship in shaping family identity.    

     used welding glass (clear), 10 x 10 cm     Culinary intervention, Making of Keške in collaboration with my grandmother Radmila
    Ingredients:
    • 2 kg wheat
    • Whole chicken
    • Water
    • Salt
    Tools:
    • Found grenade shell
    • Modified crowbar
    Keške1, found Howitzer brass shell, metal wedge, self-published cookbook, 1992-2024
         https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/ceremonial-kekek-tradition-00388             My father transformed a grenade shell into a mortar for cracking wheat, using it to prepare the Christmas dish Keške.        This act of repurposing reflects cultural transfer, showing how emerging situations, such as war, shape and adapt tradition,        creating a new dynamic of survival and community.            Ꭰ⯎⭇⯺ć⮖ ⯶⯎⮮⯺ć, print on linen, 129 x 97 cm, 1998/2024         This series draws directly from memories, situations, dialogues, and, materially, from the drawings I made as a child in        the cookbooks my mother collected. These cookbooks served as both a guide in learning to draw and a means of communication        between us. It was a dynamic akin to that of an artist and a critic—was she collecting cookbooks, or was she collecting        my drawings? They became an open field for practice, alteration, and reinterpretation, shaping my early visual language        and the way I engaged with images and text.      
    Microarchives, metal, 15 x 22 x 5.5 cm, 2014-ongoing
    Installation view
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