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An exhibition due to the finish of the project ”SHAKE EUROPE and WEB IT!”
A successful finish of an international youth project ”SHAKE EUROPE and WEB IT!” was marked with an exhibition of photographs of participants on the project. The exhibition was in a café-club “FRIDA” in Novi Sad. The exhibition is open from the 24th of February until the 10th of March 2010.
The international youth project “SHAKE EUROPE and WEB IT! - Mutual youth dialogue and multicultural exchange against tendencies of xenophobia and racism” was organized by Mostar Friedensprojekt e.V from Germany, an organization with which “Environment Engineering Group” have been working on several youth projects. The aim of the project was to gather the youth from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Poland, Germany and Greece and give them a chance to meet each other and spend time together, while discussing on nationalism, xenophobia, and racism in Europe.
Working together in workshops, the participants had a chance to exchange their experiences, opinions and points of views. The project was realized from the 11th until the 20th of December 2009 in the city of Potsdam in Germany. There were 5 representatives of “Environment Engineering Group”. The group was led by Ms. Biljana Rakić, and other participants were Marina Grubić and Kristina Krstić from Novi Sad and Nebojša Ivković and Aleksandar Bžović from Gornji Milanovac. Milan Mirković, a representative of “Environment Engineering Group, attended the preparatory meeting held from the 5th until the 7th of December 2009 in Potsdam.
One of the results of the project was that each group of young people who participated in the project organize in their town, an exhibition of photographs that were taken on the project. The exhibition in Serbia was opened on the 24th of February 2010 in café-club ”Frida“, in 8 Ise Bajića Street, Novi Sad and it will be open until the 10th of March.
Invitation is open to all interested in the exhibition of mutual photographs that were made on the project, in mutual work of young authors from Germany, Greece, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland and Macedonia.
Impressions of Marina Grubić, a participant
“The capital of German district Bradenburg, is located not far from Berlin, on the River Havel. The name of this little town is Potsdam and it offers many representations of architecture, history, art and culture: a beautiful “Sanssouci” park with a grand palace, The City’s palace from the 17th century, Einstein tower, Brandenburg gate, Holland quarter, Babelsberg – the greatest film studio until the II World War...And while the city boasts all these beautiful and important locations, in the main, very cute street there is also a building that does not differ from other buildings in the same street in respect to its exterior. It is yet another nice, two-floor building. However, behind the naive exterior of this building, there are cells and dungeons in which were imprisoned and tortured the handicapped and ill and those who were the target of the nationalism of German government because of their religion, nationality or race. And while the passers by would pass by this prison in the main street, they would be unconscious about the massacre of people that is going inside, with the aim of “cleaning the nation”.
Unfortunately, we cannot change the past, but we certainly must not forget what was happening in merciless the II World Word! However, we can learn from the mistakes from the past and improve the present! We have learnt that eradication of those who do not belong to one race only was a cruel mistake and we can conclude that people are not to be judged by the colour of their skin, or nationality or religion. In confirmation of this claim, a group of young people from Germany, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland and Greece gathered in Potsdam, on a youth exchange, and spent 10 day together working on an exhibition of photographs on the topic of how to fight racism and xenophobia.
As one of the participants on this youth exchange, I can give my impressions first-hand: a lot of fun, exchange of nice ideas for photographs, learning about different cultures and customs. And what was the most important: people are not to be judged by their race, nationality and religion!
