Young Montenegrin multimedia artist Milica Jankovic At the 20th Biennial of Young Mediterranean Artists, she presented Montenegro with the site-specific sound installation "Passage".
The sound installation "Passage" was installed in the Koštanjevica II tunnel, which is a 230-meter-long passage that physically and symbolically connects the Slovenian Nova Gorica and the Italian Gorizia.
"The tunnel, once an infrastructure point between two countries, is today a passageway connecting cities and spaces of different linguistic and cultural identities. In this context, 'Passage' uses the tunnel's architecture as a matrix for a "listening space", the sound expands, reflects, drowns and layers, following the acoustic properties of this open space," the artist points out.
The installation consists of ambient footage, fragments of everyday conversations, and spontaneous sounds created by visitors passing by: footsteps, noises, conversations, silence, she reveals.
"All these elements form a soundscape that is constantly changing in direct dialogue with the audience. The installation does not offer a narrative, but a state - an auditory interspace in which the boundaries between planned and accidental, private and public, internal and external are erased," said Janković.
“Passage” is part of the exhibition “Our Collective Limits”, curated by Tia Cicek i For example, Adnan Yildiz. The exhibition brings together more than 70 young artists from the Mediterranean region, who use various media to question boundaries - physical, political, emotional and social.
Mediterranea 20 is organized by BJCEM - Association Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (Turin, Italy) and ŠKUC (Ljubljana, Slovenia), as part of the official program of the European Capital of Culture 2025 - Nova Gorica/Gorizia - GO!2025.
The “Passage” installation will be open to the public until June 30, 2025, and was realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Media of Montenegro.
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