Destrukcija kao stimulans za nove oblike kreativnosti: Umjetnost i kultura u vrijeme opsade Sarajeva
Destruction as a Catalyst for New Forms of Creativity: Art and Culture during the Siege of Sarajevo

Summary/Abstract: Through insight into the cultural events that marked the period of the siege of Sarajevo (1992-1995), which were a phenomenon not only because of the number of events held and the unprecedented attendance, but also due to their improvised creativity and innovation, the question arises as to how the city continued to live, not only in the face of the negation of everything that made it urban, but also in maintaining civilizational values. The art events enabled its citizens an escape from the everyday life of the siege, but also created places where social space was produced, places that revived the notion of the city as a place of meeting, social interaction and communication. Their emancipatory character in social, even political aspect, is being observed through the Foucault’s concept of “other places” or heterotopias, as well as through the creation of micro communities that played a significant part in revitalization of social body as well as humanizing the reality of war.

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