"I AM SORRY... I AM NOT SORRY" .
radio intervention

In ZAGREB, 7- 9 May 2008
on Radio Sljeme - 88,1 MHz
Urban Festival Zagreb
In collaboration with radio activists Nemeza

 

In WARSAW, 23 - 26 July 2008
on Radio Kampus - 97,1 FM
Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw

The piece consists of 3 parts:

- broadcast of the stataments
  (2 or 3 days, every hours, 18 to 25 seconds)
- open telephone
  (30 to 40 minutes of open call for the listeners)
- closing programme
  (30 to 45 minutes of mosaic program about the
   piece&interviews&parts of open calls)

STATEMENTS BROADCASTED ON RADIO "SLJEME":

"I'm not sorry that I built my apartment without license, everyone does that."

statement on croatian -> [ apartmani ]

"I'm sorry that I used my connections to enrol my son in university. It would have been better (after all, for his sake as well) had he done it himself... I live in a society where it is possible that you never enrol anywhere you wish if you don't bribe, but still..."

statement on croatian -> [ fakultet ]

"I'm not sorry that I was ripping off the firm where I used to work, the hourly wage was too small, in a way I was taking what I think belongs to me."

statement on croatian -> [ firma ]

"I'm sorry because every time I'm looking for a connection to get my medical exam, I'd be happier if i could get my turn without any "gifts", but you know for yourself how things are..."

statement on croatian -> [ doktor ]

MORE statements:
-> [ aktivizam ]
-> [ policajac ]
-> [ štrajk ]
-> [ politicki angažman ]

ABOUT THE WORK:
Many things have changed around us in the past 10 years. From the notion that we / I are the main agents of change "in our state", to the much larger responsibility (and autonomy) in our personal lives. How aware have we become of our role in the community that we live in? Which decisions of ours were important for others as well, what have we done wrong (where doing nothing is also a choice!), are we aware of that, what do we think about that, could we have done it differently, can we do it differently now...
Andreja Kuluncic's media intervention uses short statements compiled from a representative sample of Zagreb's inhabitants, with the intention to put forward these and similar questions, to incite people to assess the responsibility of their contribution to the poor state of the society we live in. The work probes the relationship between the individual and the society in a surrounding where many agree that the rule of law doesn't function as it should, and yet the majority make their decisions contrary to the kind of community they would like to live in.
by Vesna Vuković

O RADU:
U proteklih se 10 godina puno toga promijenilo oko nas. Od toga da smo "u svojoj državi" mi / ja glavni akteri promjena, do puno veće odgovornosti (i samostalnosti) u svojim osobnim životima. Koliko smo osvijestili svoju ulogu u zajednici u kojoj živimo? Koje su naše odluke bile važne i za druge, što smo pogriješili (pri čemu je i ne učiniti ništa izbor!), jesmo li toga svjesni, što mislimo o tome, jesmo li mogli drugačije, možemo li sada drugačije...
Medijska intervencija Andreje Kulunčić koristi kratke anonimne izjave prikupljene na reprezentativnom uzorku stanovnika Zagreba s namjerom da pokrene ova i slična pitanja, da potakne ljude da procijene s koliko su odgovornosti doprinijeli stanju društva u kojem živimo. Rad propituje odnos pojedinca i društva u okolini u kojoj se mnogi slažu da pravna država ne funkcionira kako bi trebala, a ipak većina donosi odluke suprotno zajednici u kakvoj bi željela živjeti.
napisala Vesna Vuković

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