Summer temperatures are slowly conquering this northern capital. Life somehow seems to speed up when the heat and the sun push away the cold and the eclipse. The inhabitants of the city of Copenhagen seem to have rushed uncontrollably these days to get as much as possible of what the cultural, festival, gastronomic and every other offer offers on such and such days.
And yet, the end of May and the beginning of June, or more precisely the evening hours of this early summer, are reserved for TV screens. Quite unexpectedly, the audience of millions in this country sits down on Tuesdays at 20 pm to watch the series called "Black Swan". He wants to watch shows that mean a real mini-revolution, given that they more than obviously expose the level of corruption in the current system, the extent to which money laundering is widespread, and how easy it is to obtain social privileges and temporary pensions in a dishonest way and other things. The program is recorded on a hidden camera, which means that most of the actors involved, the criminals and rockers behind the extensive scams, speak openly and in great detail. There are also lawyers, then communal officials and various experts, based on whose expertise criminal groups enter into legal business with the state. A striking example is the sale of contaminated land. One of the companies owned by the underground buys exactly that land-waste, as land that is much more polluted, therefore, more expensive than it is in reality, and then that same land, instead of destroying it in one of the ways provided for by law, simply spills it on agricultural land nearby, in one of the nearby communes. So that waste land ends up on farmland that feeds the capital city itself! Of course, everything is done with the help of municipal experts who first falsely categorize waste soil and the owner of agricultural land on whose land tons and tons of this kind of soil are unloaded. Everyone, criminals, experts and owners of the land, participate in the distribution of the profit of the money gained in this way, judging by this show.
In that hour, as long as one episode lasts, rockers parade, bizarre types of the multi-ethnically colored criminal milieu of this city, polished and legally well-versed lawyers, experts of various levels employed in the communes, and the mastermind behind everything is Amira S., who allows everything to be secretly recorded and forwarded to the secret services. She is our child, a child who is our top leaf, as we would say. In some other circumstances, we would certainly be proud of her, as we are proud of each of our children who came in a refugee package during the war in the 90s and made a career on these northern sides in conditions that were not easy. This way, a bitter taste remains in the mouth, but also a question: why did a 35-year-old woman with such a high education end up in such a milieu? Why did the white swan turn into a black swan in an accelerated process? Are there three cars, one of which is even? bentley and another 50 pairs of shoes, and at the end of the uncontrolled consumption that, according to her own words, completely surprised her, worth all that she went through and what she will go through?
After all, her case is more than interesting for the study of the identity and identity problems of the second generation of our world, which is trying to establish itself in Western societies, and how these same young people find emotional and other stability when they still carry the legacy of war in their suitcases. And Amira S. definitely wears it. It is enough to hear her story about her arrival in Denmark, about the war camp, her father's departure, and then her feverish effort to establish herself in the new society in which she found herself as an elementary school student. According to her own words, since elementary school, so to speak, she has been building a strategy to rise among Danish children by suppressing her own family heritage and any other heritage. Through complicated psychological processes, about which she herself says something here and there in the show, she tries to position herself as an equal member of the peer group. In the circle of her schoolmates, where they talk about interesting trips, all the possible world destinations to which they go for annual vacations, and rich parents who make it possible, she never talks about the fact that she came to Denmark as a refugee, she is smart enough to realize even then that it would put her in a subordinate position, possibly bring her a bit of pity, something this smart girl didn't even need.
In order for the Montenegrin reader to understand the significance of what is happening up here in little Denmark, we will mention that this series has aroused unprecedented public interest. The signatory of these lines does not remember that something was discussed so fiercely at work, where for a long time during the breaks, stupid YouTube and other video jokes are usually watched and light daily conversations are held here and there about everything and nothing. This time is different. A series of shows called "Black Swan", or "Den sorte svane", as they say in Danish, turned the usual daily routine of most employees upside down.
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To somehow absorb the huge disappointment in the system, as well as to try to restore trust in the society I love because this Denmark is really a gem that should be preserved and taken care of so that it does not disappear, I decide to reward myself with a visit to something cultural and beautiful in the company of my old friend . We are leaving for the weekend in Louisiana (Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art). To Louisiana, that gem that is an expression of subtlety and care that culture and cultural production are truly valued and presented at a high level, I go on trips at most twice a year and I always get what I need. The two of us sacrifice a little less than 100 euros to spend a more than nice Sunday morning.
Fortunately, everything is stable and as it should be in Louisiana. I'm already a long line of people waiting for the clock to show 11 o'clock and with the portal already well lit by the sun Museum of Modern Art they enter the shade, into the rooms reserved for permanent as well as current exhibitions, shows that it is so.
Coincidentally or not, given the current political reality of Europe dominated by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, magic lantern this time it shines a light on the French painter of Belarusian origin Chaime Soutine (1893-1943). He is represented here with more than 50 of his paintings and supported by clips from films that the French continuously made to support their painters and ensure their worldwide promotion. Soutine is a Jew by origin, who came from his hometown near Minsk in 1913 to Paris, then the Mecca of world painting. The colossal energy that he possessed, young Soutine did not use to push himself into some of the ruling artistic circles and directions, but he got down to work and painted. He leaves at one point in the Cesar, a provincial town where he paints day and night and literally sleeps with his art, having painted as many as 200 paintings in a relatively short period of time. Accustomed to poverty, Chaime tolerates his own anonymity and almost no passing of his pictures. Only the appearance of the American art collector Albert C. Barnes in the winter of 1922/23 will be an opportunity for Soutine to sell as many as 52 paintings. At the same time, it will be an introduction for his works to be valued properly, for his fantastic portraits, those "slanted" still lifes and various landscapes to become known. Portraits of chefs, postmen, various artists, and numerous female portraits, as well as self-portraits, and those unusual fish that almost jump out of plates and trays, city districts that seem to waver between waking and dream, all painted very expressively and with thick spreads color, form a unique and complete whole.
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We end this text with events in our diaspora. And not without reason. The society of ex-Yugoslavs, relying on the official system and thanks to the social democratic local politician Sandra Marsenić, as well as her many local volunteers, ended this season with a big folk festival on the plateau in front of the church in Ballerup, a commune that is known throughout the Montenegrin world, which gravitates towards the town itself and this commune in general. The association, which has since changed its name, is called Drina, as an association to the fact that today this river connects three states, as it was explained to us, it continued to work on elevating and popularizing folklore, to take care of the child population, and to mark some traditional holidays. The latter has been shown to work particularly successfully. So this year, the Orthodox New Year was celebrated on a completely different level, we would say, civil, classy, with sparkling drinks, taking care of the children present, beautiful speeches, and with a superb New Year's menu. Thanks to the excellent organization, at no time was there a danger that any of the events would turn into a rampage of primitivism and a demonstration of atavistic behavior. In any case, the association helps all of us who live here in Denmark to be closer to, if not a desired citizen of the world, then decent and convenient residents of the small, but cozy and comfortable Kingdom of Denmark.
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