Thesis Project: Balkan Song

Documentation

Nada Miljković's Balkan Song, performance and multi-media installation, explores Sevdah, a musical tradition and emotion about the pain from separation of love. In the Balkans, Sevdah is a tradition sung by those forced into marriage in an extreme patriarchal society, a culture that objectified women as commodity. Sevdahlinke (sevdah songs) are of slavery. Through experiencing the endurance piece and/or video documentation, Balkan Song inspires the participants to reflect on identities, gender and agency in the past and present.