Phantom Houses and Voyages to Nowhere
Phantom Houses and Voyages to Nowhere

Summary/Abstract: 6 November 2010. Entering Belgrade from the west along a highway linking the capital of Serbia with the airport, Budapest, and the whole of Europe, we come across the so-called West Gate or, more precisely, two huge concrete towers topped with a revolving connector. This is Genex – the highest pinnacle of the Banat Plain. I, however, entered Belgrade in another way: by leaving the highway I took a bus crawling and weaving its way amidst the rural houses of the suburbs, which unnoticeably – and in a totally natural manner - blended with the housing estates of New Belgrade. Between the houses and the blocks flickered the gloomy towers - terrifying and fascinating at the same time. This is Genex, I thought. I already knew that I would do anything to get inside, climb to the top, reach the abandoned, closed café on the 31st storey of the rotating roof...

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