Sweet Movie (1974) was the first Dušan Makavejev film that I ever watched. I remember…
Arts and culture
Bulgarian Habibi: How Orientalist Stereotypes in Chalga Music Recover Memories of the Balkans’ Ottoman Past
The tension inherent to chalga and turbofolk music – is it local or foreign? –…
A Lost “Third Way”: The Radicalism of Yugoslav Art Before the War
The 1989 Jugoslovanski dokumenti exhibition sought to put Sarajevo on the map by curating a…
Q&A with Susan Curtis-Kojakovic of Istros Books: Bringing Balkan Literature to the World
Istros Books is a London-based independent publisher that works on bringing contemporary literature from South…
“We Want Censorship”: A Brief Introduction to Yugoslav Queer Culture
A small queer cultural scene briefly surfaced in 1980s Yugoslavia, leaving behind a few great songs. …
How One Photographer is Analyzing the Intersection of Class and Pseudo-Luxury in Post-Communist Albania
In a new book of photographs by artist Anna Ehrenstein, Tales of Lipstick and Virtue,…
An Interview with Buta, the King of Albanian Trap
Buta is the freshest new face in Albanian rap. He’s the reigning revolutionary of trap…