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Jugoslavijo
A much more elaborate vernacular experiment in creating a digital video historical narrative,
indeed a distinctly straightforward type of digital memorials is the video made by dugmicmala. On
her YouTube Channel she states:
I‘m living the dream of Yugoslavia, I‘m living in a world where it is not important who
you are, how you‘re called and what religion you belong to. You can take me everything,
but not my idea of a better world. Fascists will always happen, but in my world, they have
no access. Stop the silence and speak up. We need to be brave in a world full of
corruption and hate! Maybe we can‘t change the world, but we can change our attitude! 280
In the video the maker used as a musical structure Boban Rajović‘s song ―Jugoslavija‖ which is
dubbed over an edited series of digitised images/photographs intercepted by textual captions,
much like in a silent film. 281 The video starts with the text: ―Yugoslavia... What has happened? It
all fell apart,‖ which is followed by an image of the map of Yugoslavia. The first ‗chapter‘ begins
with a caption: ―Comrade Tito... 1892-1980, Glorious President, combatant, communist,
fisherman, maker of freedom,‖ which is followed by a series of digitised photos (Tito during
WWII; meeting politicians and celebrities, addressing people, rebuilding the country, on the cover
of the Time magazine etc.). The next chapter is called ―1980, Yugoslavia is crying. Yugoslavia is
afraid of the future. Comrade Tito is gone,‖ depicting the year 1980 when the president of the
country died. It features photographs of his last farewell in Yugoslav capitals. The chapter ―After
Tito... The country is falling apart...‖ presents the flags of the newly established countries and the
inscription: ―Independence is no guarantee for peace.‖ Photos follow of the war in Bosnia, dead
people, concentration camps... ―Did we really need this? Nationalism rules, this has nothing to do
with religion, it has everything to do with people and the blood that was spilled.‖
280 See dugmicMala‘s channel www.youtube.com/user/dugmicMala.
281 dugmicMala, ―Jugoslavija,‖ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7SorJzdBtc.
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