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Saturday, January 28, 2012

26 Abandoned Yugoslavian Monuments That Look Like They're From The Future


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Posted by saza at Saturday, January 28, 2012
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4 comments:

noyeah accessories said...

Monument at the last photo is from my town :D They all really do look funny and unusual... but it's shame that no one takes care of them any more...
btw.. I like your blog!

February 9, 2012 9:36 PM
bilmoko deals said...

This rock sculptures are so great! I can't keep my eyes off! Thanks for sharing.

March 5, 2012 2:47 PM
Anonymous said...

You post good stuff. This one is one of the best, most wonderful. Any names, meanings,or history to them?

April 1, 2012 12:06 PM
saza said...

I'm glad you guys like my blog. ^^

I found this additional information for you. It's from http://www.featureshoot.com/2012/02/photos-of-abandoned-and-mysterious-yugoslavian-monuments/

"Jan Kempenaers is an Antwerp based photographer and is attending the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at the University College Ghent in Belgium where he is working on a PhD in the visual arts about the picturesque landscape.

Kempenaers undertook a laborious trek through the Balkans in order to photograph a series of these mysterious objects for his book Spomenik. These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place, or where concentration camps stood. After the Republic dissolved in early 1990s, they were completely abandoned, and their symbolic meanings were forever lost. Kempenaers did not set out as a documentary photographer, but first and foremost as an artist seeking to create a new image. An image so powerful that it engulfs the viewer. He allows the viewer to enjoy the melancholy beauty of the Spomeniks, but in so doing, forces us to take a position on a social issue."

April 1, 2012 5:50 PM

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