Andreas Broeckmann on Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:01:36 +0100 |
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:22:32 +0200 From: Marcel van Kerkvoorde <marcel@kerkvoorde.demon.nl> Pressrelease Showing the cruel face of war in Yugoslavia With the artwork: The Silence/Arkan, an sequence of 14 colour slides, titled: The Silence/Arkan, is Marcel van Kerkvoorde, dutch visual artist, showing us the real and cruel face of the war in Yugoslavia. An animated serie of 14 slides is showing (a short sequence of) Arkan being interviewed and speaking out the following phrase.:I dont give a damn if they call me The Terrible. This artwork can be experienced at www.kerkvoorde.demon.nl The slides are taken from an interview for the BBC in 1992. They showed Arkan an Yugoslavian warcriminal and leader of the Arkan Tigers at the beginning of the Yugoslavian civil war. Slowly the cruelty and arrogance is being showed on his face and horrific experience . The artwork is availabel on video, photo and colourslide and can be seen on the the internet. ZELJKO ?ARKAN? Raznatovic is well-known in Belgrade as oneof the countrys and most wealthiest businessmen. But for several years, the West and former Yugoslavia countries have tried touncover Raznatovics darker side ? looking for the truth behind widespreadallegations that he led a group of brutal Serb prisoners-turned-paramilitaries, so-called ?volunteer? defenders of theSerbian nation, on a horrific campaign of ethnic cleansing in the Croatianand Bosnian wars from 1991-1995. In 1991when the war ignited under centuries-old Balkan tensions , Arkan wasreleased from one of several prison terms. He soon founded the Serbian Volunteer Guards, or Arkans Tigers. They fought alongside Bosnian Serbs in the 1991 war with Croatiaand the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. The Tigers are believed to be responsible for many ethnic atrocities, including the systematic rape and murder of Croatian and Bosnian Muslimcivilians. This accusations Arkan firmly denied. Two weeks ago the War criminal tribunal in The Hague, Holland, accused Arkan of warcriminals and is trying to get him to trial. The Silence/Arkan, colour slides photo, video; www.kerkvoorde.demon.nl (coming exhibitions and projects, cv, etc); Marcel van Kerkvoorde, dutch visual artist, A Romeinstraat 14, 2135 SJ Hoofddorp, +31-235640426, marcel@kerkvoorde.demon.nl ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/east/ to unsubscribe, write to <syndicate-request@aec.at> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe your@email.adress