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Slika 16 | Mapping audio spots of memory, www.memoryloops.net.<br />

A particular phenomenon in creating a digital memorial was the attempt of two former Yugoslavs<br />

who migrated to the Netherlands after the collapse. They decided to put up a parallel, virtual<br />

country, Cyber Yugoslavia, with all the works: the constitution, ―variable‖ symbols, digital<br />

passports, located on the internet and occupying the area of 0 m 2 . 244 They explain:<br />

For us, the only reality that could be real was virtual. The last ten years look like a<br />

dream, an illusion. People might say that the site was made by nostalgic ex-<br />

Yugoslavs but I don't see us as that. We spent our youth in a country which at that<br />

time was very good if you were young. But nobody wants to make a political<br />

statement, we don't want to say that this was a better country. It was a very tolerant<br />

and interesting intellectual climate – this site doesn't refer to the country or the<br />

politics, it's supposed to be fun. 245<br />

244 The site was available at www.juga.com since late 1999, but has apparently been shut down; today it plainly<br />

displays ―It works!,‖ accessed 31 August 2011.<br />

245 Apparently the site attracted not only former Yugoslavs, but other ‗nationals‘ as well: even before the official<br />

launch, 400 Bangladeshi applied for citizenship, see Chris Nuttall, ―Sci/Tech Birth of a Nation,‖ bbc.co.uk,<br />

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/413420.stm, accessed 31 August 2011.<br />

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