Guided Tour (in Serbian): “Architecture of Yugoslav Modernism, Belgrade: 7 + 1”

Join us on Saturday, August 29, at 1 p.m., for a guided tour by the authors of the exhibition section “Architecture of Yugoslav Modernism, Belgrade: 7 + 1”.

The tour will be led by Nikolina Đorđević, a student at the Faculty of Applied Arts, and Ognjen Marković, a student at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Belgrade, together with museum curators Marija Đorgović and Aleksandra Momčilović Jovanović.

During the tour, we will talk about the curatorial process behind the exhibition, examining ways in which contemporary interpretations of Yugoslav modernist architecture were developed through collaboration between architecture and art students, and the curators of the Museum of Yugoslavia. The exhibition features student works resulting from research into and reflection on Yugoslav architecture, presented across a range of media.

By looking into selected buildings, like the Belgrade Fair, the Military Medical Academy (VMA), Genex Tower, the Eastern City Gate of Belgrade, the “May 25” Museum, the Palace of Serbia, the Sava Centre, and the Generalštab complex, we will explore questions surrounding the universal values of this heritage, its social role, as well as its status in the present moment.

The tour will also focus on the section of the exhibition designed for younger visitors, where play is used to foster an awareness of the importance of cultural heritage. Visitors will have the opportunity to build stylized buildings, made from wooden blocks, to recreate recognizable symbols of Belgrade’s modernist architecture.

The tour will be held in Serbian! Admission is free.