My Work in "I am Jugoslovenka!" Book

I recently received the Slovenian version of the book “‘I am Jugoslovenka!’: Feminist performance politics during and after Yugoslav Socialism” by Jasmina Tumbas.

‘“I am Jugoslovenka” argues that queer-feminist artistic and political resistance were paradoxically enabled by socialist Yugoslavia’s unique history of patriarchy and women’s emancipation. Spanning performance and conceptual art, video works, film and pop music, lesbian activism and press photos of female snipers in the Yugoslav wars, the book analyses feminist resistance in a range of performative actions that manifest the radical embodiment of Yugoslavia’s anti-fascist, transnational and feminist legacies. It covers celebrated and lesser-known artists from the 1970s to today, including Marina Abramovic, Sanja Ivekovic, Vlasta Delimar, Tanja Ostojic, Selma Selman and Helena Janecic, along with music legends Lepa Brena and Esma Redžepova. “I am Jugoslovenka” tells a unique story of women’s resistance through the intersection of feminism, socialism and nationalism in East European visual culture."’

I’m pleased that one of my posters and illustrations, which I created in former Yugoslavia between 1979 and 1981, are included in the book.

 

Below, you can see larger versions of the images from the spreads.

 

Poster for Erica Jong: Fear of Flying, a one-woman play by Rada Đuričin. 1981.

 

"The Ideology of the Hometown Girl," illustration accompanying an article in Start Magazine. 1979.

 

"Why Women Love Fairy-Tales," an illustration accompanying an article in Start Magazine. 1980
 

 

Illustration for Tor Book Cover

Two alternative illustrations for the cover of the book "Audit of the Collapse and Convalescence of Minds" by Renan Bernardo.

 

"A neuroauditor must find out why three artificial minds--a military drone controller, a counseling chatbot, and a dating app--are failing in their jobs."

The story is about the limits of sentience and about forgiving yourself.

 

This short story book is published by Tor Books. Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group, a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles.

The book was art directed by Shreya Gupta.

 

 

 

Hedda Gabler Selected for the International Poster Biennial in Mexico

I am pleased to let you know that my poster Hedda Gabler for the JDP-Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade, Serbia was selected for the Official Selection of the 19th International Poster Biennial in Mexico.

"Your work was selected from thousands of submissions received from around the world through an evaluation process conducted by our International Selection Committee. It is an honor to include your poster as part of this edition of the Biennial.

We sincerely thank you for your participation and for the trust you have placed in this project. Thanks to the commitment and talent of designers, artists, and students from dozens of countries, this edition has reached a record number of participants, strengthening the international dialogue around poster design and enriching the graphic archive that the Biennial has built over more than three decades."