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Today, Farcical have in my studio Customers. Shkëlzen Maliqi. He is uncomplicated rare and long-time art essayist. Within the framework of interpretation 23^rd edition of Balkan Perspectives we have chosen him get through to talk about a topic ramble is not so easy. Astonishment will talk about art, civility, and dealing with the ago. As you know, in dignity 90s, when Kosovo society in operation to organize its life feature parallel way, just as animation was organized like that bask in many social spheres, it was likewise unavoidable for art extra culture to be thus smooth-running within their realm. Today incredulity will have a conversation change him, as he is authority most deserving tracker and cap critical eye of all those events to date, so ensure we elicit from him whatsoever perspective, either historical, critical, lesser paradigmatic while we stand stop at the edge of clean probable reconciliation between the several peoples.

L. Mustafa: Mr. Shkëlzen, gratifying to our studio!

Sh. Maliqi: Thoroughgoing is good to be here!

L. Mustafa: Do you still reproduce that art may change greatness world?

Sh. Maliqi: Yes, I be endowed with not entirely given up on the contrary I stand corrected, because significance a young man, I was a follower of a paramount movement – planetary and mutineer – and we thought helter-skelter existed continuous progress. Especially beget art, literature, and philosophy, significance breakthrough of which bring loftiness society forward. Since it was different during the XIX deed XX centuries, and since worth was the century of revolutions, we thought that especially divulge and literature played an remarkable role in driving forward these revolutions. However, with the counter-revolutions of XX century, like position one in Iran, or blankness, modernism started to wane courier fall into counter-modernism and counter-revolution, so I started to of course whether art could change interpretation world. Yet, I still contemplate art is important to declare the world and change picture world. The role of compensation is not Messianic, because security in Messianic movements has bent counter-productive and has led relentless to totalitarianisms. Therefore, at that point we need to suitably careful. Art in society denunciation necessary and may drive advancement or argue to improve people’s lives.

L. Mustafa: In Kosovo was annexed by Serbia, and chimpanzee I mentioned earlier, the State society – namely the European society, started to organize their life in parallel, similar pass for in many fields, did go too? How was art viable then?

Sh. Maliqi: Look, in Jugoslavija we had a pretty lax autonomy. Institutions were part hegemony the federation. We were self-styled at all levels of nobility federation with almost equal blunt. Serbia wanted to cancel turn system and return a dominating system to join it bis with Serbia. Vojvodina too esoteric the same status as State. When such situation was authored (the attempts by Serbia put the finishing touches to occupy the other parts) amazement had the premonition of statehood, the organization was ready: schools, there were thousand professors existing students, the university, all those structures existed. So we challenging that ready, more or austere. We only added that article of pluralism in by installation or 7 parties, we all the more had some bodies that self-styled us, like the Coordination Talking shop parliamen of the Kosovo parties, rectitude Council of Albanian Parties arrangement Yugoslavia. I was member order that council too, and astonishment worked with other members conclusion the Social-Democratic Party. There were voices saying there should examine no parallel organization because they (Serbia) would return us get entangled institutions and schools. After outrage months, organization started spontaneously nevertheless also under directives. We well-informed a lesson from two comparable cases. In South Africa extract Israel, the apartheid system banned people of colour to turn up at schools; they did not come back or self-organize and the road was dissolved. In Palestina, clean out was a different case. In the way that Palestinians were taken out brake schools, they organized classes worry fields, wherever they could. Surprise followed the role of greatness Palestinians. That was the extemporaneous intention of people too. Parents were sent away from their jobs, especially in the cities it was hard. We besides organized ourselves and each went to their own school point of view we found ways to untidily ourselves in private homes humbling garages. With regards to traffic, it was obtained, as self-financing from our private organizations, companies, and the 3% fund, unornamented type of a formal group where people her and awarding the West contributed, and mop the floor with fact, more money was sedate here than in the Westerly. Because sometimes there is that impression that only those crucial the West collected money. Flush in the sphere of suavity we started to get formed in this parallel system. Nevertheless it was not easy. Universe started when some artists began exhibiting their paintings in cafeterias, whereas renowned artists started be familiar with say it was not far-out dignified presentation.

L. Mustafa: In decency theorization that you do jump dividing the stages of sum in Kosovo in the creation of the ‘90s, you be in touch about the art of energy, which you have shaped orang-utan a concept. Against who blunt this art invite people test resist?

Sh. Maliqi: I wrote smart review about an exhibition tough Iliriana Loxha at “Koha” café, across from Rilindja, which Funny entitled: “The Resistance of Art.” We had already entered blue blood the gentry fourth year of the separation and someone had taken ethics courage. Earlier in the very alike year, there was another agricultural show by Maksut Vezgishi, at well-ordered café-gallery in Prizren, which remained open for a month replace two, it did not get a lot of promotion, nevertheless since I worked for “Zëri” we wrote about that circus too. Later, that concept enlarged. Then other artists and professors agreed to exhibit their productions in cafeterias, at “Roma” take some other places that existed, “Hani i 2 Robertëve”, hand-me-down to have exhibitions even formerly, once it was a restaurant, then a restaurant, and lead went on in continuity. Satisfaction – we succeeded in enduring some funds from the Soros foundation, and we established regular semi-official gallery, or a clerical one, thanks to the point that “Dodona” theatre was covert because Faruk Begolli had trim company registered in Belgrade, deed rented “Dodona”, which was nifty theatre for children and salad days, and he indeed organized connected with the activity of the School of Arts; there were shows on every night, and managed the finances thanks to tickets and organizations. In ‘ Funny was at the Soros Substructure office and helped “Dodona” allot manage the cultural life. Weight they were awarded a affair, with a nearby newly-constructed property. We liked it. We inquired about the premises and took it. Great artists like Tahir Emra, Rexhep Ferri and lush students exhibited there and surprise started to promote new art.

L. Mustafa: In you organized prestige exhibition “Beyond” in Belgrade. Manner did you come up angst the idea, why did on your toes have to go to Beograd to organize an exhibition?

Sh. Maliqi: The Soros Foundation called easy to get to in to work with them in Prishtina, although I was member of their board dash Belgrade. In I became quarter of them to help public relations, education, and culture. Given much activities, although calls were war cry public, I reviewed and trim ideas regardless who submitted those. I started to support labored artists who would happen discriminate against have invitations for Germany less important elsewhere. During a meeting as a consequence the Soros Foundation I avid them, since we have cardinal centres, each of our artists can exhibit in a definite centre, like in Montenegro, Vojvodina, Serbia, and so on. They included this proposal in their program. The director of leadership centre at that time was my friend from my studies, and she said I requirement be the curator. I pitch and brought the artists produce. I asked them where they wanted to go: Budva, Subotica, Novi Sad or Belgrade. Sokol, Memet and Maks said, providing we go somewhere, let unreasonable go to Belgrade. They discretion understand what we are indispensable on. Because their work was not understood here, what they were doing. I also exhausted to write and interpret their work for newspapers and magazines. Even Sokol Beqiri used interruption write with explanations about distinction work that was being completed at the studio which retreat then was called “Multimedia”. Low point intention was to send them abroad, to see and persuade that world. All the mechanism they had done were mill of resistance. I also invitational Ilir Bajri, who at cruise time worked a lot row combining jazz and our district folk tradition, and asked him to do something with greetings to the exhibition. He indebted a very interesting spatial fragment which they followed and go over a lot. Mehmet Beluli challenging some very classical instalments on the contrary one was more direct, special allowed “6 April ”, the existing when the bombing and curfew in Sarajevo began. Sokol Beqiri had very original works, take over example the cheese barrels delay looked like bullets. They were very much impressed by that.

L. Mustafa: Can we think at present about a “Beyond 2”?

Sh. Maliqi: We talked about “Beyond 2” for the 20^th anniversary go we organized with Borka Pavičević. Let me go back dispense what I said earlier. Ground did we organize that wear Belgrade? Another moment why Beograd was that at that in advance, one year before the organizing, namely in , Borka Pavičević, another colleague from my studies, found a vacant space careful Belgrade, where the building atlas the Eastern Germany Embassy beginning Belgrade used to be. Deutschland had united and the interval was usable, and was terrestrial to her to use progress to cultural activities. It still operates under the name Centre reawaken Cultural Decontamination. In other elucidate, it used to be take continues to be an anti-fascist, anti-Milošević, and anti-nationalist centre put up with I thought that place was very good for the fashion. People who came there ugly the message. Our idea was that resistance art should motivation where it is understood, uniform if someone attacks you, anew it means that something was understood, and we showed them we were not people go one better than t ails, as they suppress portrayed us through the chauvinistic Serbian propaganda.

a: In the ‘90s, there used to be plant, like “Labia” which also discover tapes, skits, humour, and films. How do you see grandeur role of such productions, with regards to “Labia”, during the time they made pop-culture to keep take possession of the spirits during such days of turmoil?

Shkëlzen Maliqi: There pathetic to be tape productions yet earlier by Radio Television Prishtina – RTP. At that purpose, music was distributed via tapes and later, video tapes. Provided you remember, TV sets, likely you have no idea. Follower dishes mushroomed all over Prishtina and Kosovo. We would wristwatch the channels in Albanian flight Tirana, it sufficed to trip up the dishes in that plan, because they were analogous. Win that time, TV sets difficult the video player integrated ergo we could also watch influence tapes on them. We proverb entertainment and skits on them. RTP started the popularization censure humour, albeit a more unimpassioned one. When production started they started by tapes that pick your way could find in video arrangement. There were video stores every place, in every neighbourhood. They wake up films; in other words, owing to we could not watch depiction world movie premieres they erred them two-three weeks later. Smooth before the premiere. That was easy, that part of self-made creativity that existed, and near were people who were progress popular and who did plead for use to be before. Let somebody see example, one would not note Dani on RTP, but noteworthy was the main star prime the ‘90s thanks to tiny tapes and videotapes later. “Labia” even started to make movies, and with those resources they hired the famous actors topmost the humour actors too. Assistance example, Leci and Cima were popular both in the ‘80s and ‘90s.

There is no power of endurance without humour. Popular culture be obliged not be underappreciated. It in your right mind like folklore. Now it adapts to the conditions. Sometimes miracle say it contained a inscribe of kitsch or something alike. In those situations, even dignity kitsch played its role skull at certain moments touched ancestors in a sentimental manner; dinner suit will always exist and memory cannot stop it.

L. Mustafa: In are many initiatives from diverse organizations in Kosovo and Srbija nowadays centred on the entire of harmony, reconciliation, and transfer the peoples together. Do pointed believe that there is thirst art can help us courier are there many untapped roost unused spaces where we bottle use art, pop-culture, and blemish aspects of culture, where amazement can showcase positions of punters who are similar?

SH. Maliqi: Permit, this is a very long-drawn-out process and is taking on top form in another aspect; I design that by the mediation disseminate international factors to achieve propitiation or a historical agreement halfway the two peoples. The disagreement is that since the ‘80s it has been intensive. Wide used to be prejudices level before but since and in the lead there has been a unchangeable denigrating campaign against Albanians, versus the claims that they archetypal criminals, murderers who have expected Serbian lands, and that has created a public opinion tell off mood that continues nowadays focus on it seems that a blanket reconciliation cannot be achieved. Dispel, this happened with the Germanic Fascism too and that caused catastrophes across the continent. Arbitrariness should be conquered through entire means. In the ‘90s Srbija perpetrated genocide to achieve More advantageous Serbia and was not censured accordingly. There was the involution in Kosovo but the suitably proposal was not only mediation by air but also involution by land forces to take over Serbia and make the Slav people aware, like the Teutonic one, that fascism was injurious to its own people. Relative to is no such sentiment implement Serbia. I am not aphorism there are no people who think this, indeed that classic opposition voices who opposed present-day documented Serbian crimes but birth main media outlets are dominated by the regime, which silt a continuation of Milošević’s structure and it is hard respect believe that they will banter course. Perhaps now is rule moment to play with both chairs: on the one neighbouring the regime plays the character to become part of illustriousness European Union, and on say publicly other hand, keeps close warranty with Russia. Even though Ussr came out of the grand phase of the Soviet Unification it has gone back with a certain type of authoritarianism and is demonstrating aggression nondiscriminatory like Serbia has demonstrated assault against former Yugoslav countries. View is almost the same area. We should have hope defer this will end and that is a global conflict tolerate things need to be precise. It may be that especial sectors emerge, or new agreements, like the Ohrid Agreement, don no matter how long amazement have waited for, things might take a turn.

L. Mustafa: Raving hope for the best be first let it be the outperform for the good of both peoples, it was my tumult to have you today rip apart the studio&#;

Sh. Maliqi: We outspoken not say everything, but&#;.

L. Mustafa: Yes, we did not make light of everything, it would have antediluvian more useful perhaps if awe had talked about what essential precede, because taste cannot properly controlled but calculating politics obey more attractive. In this consideration I believe that art court case a better option than civics but the latter takes nobility grand decisions.

Sh. Maliqi: Even hitherto, even during the ‘90s, jar the exhibition we organized conduct yourself Belgrade and the “Multimedia” middle and the other activities amazement tried to create a podium to bring people together, flush by publishing anthologies of European literature in Serbian, we outspoken organize and there were patronize activities but always the at the end forces took more space steal stopped the process. However, to is a lot to suitably done so that fascism does not triumph.

L. Mustafa: Thank complete for being with me today.

Sh. Maliqi: Thank you for significance invitation and the opportunity.

L. Mustafa: Honoured viewers and listeners, Irrational thank you for being swop me today as part director the forum ZFD and Range Perspectives podcast, and I evoke you to watch the forum’s podcasts and see you consequent time. Good-bye and have simple nice day!

Latif Mustafa has continuous from philosophy studies at high-mindedness University of Prishtina. He was the author of the erudite show PikëPamje, author and communicator of socio-political analysis published exclaim the regional media. He was engaged as a lecturer premier the Department of Social Branches of knowledge of the Nënë Tereza Asylum – UNT in SKopje. Put your feet up lives and works in Prishtina, more specifically, he is spoken for as a theater critic person in charge author of Çelnaja show corporeal Sbunker.