My View - tour with Jana Dolecki

What We Hear in the Shadows

A guided tour which will focus on the musical aspect of selected works by Želimir Žilnik as presented in the current exhibition Shadow Citizens.

As one could detect when analyzing and, more precisely, ‘listening’ to his movies, Žilnik very often uses music as constructive dramaturgical material. Resorting to different genres (traditional music, local and international songs of anti-fascist rebellion, popular music, etc.), Žilnik often gives the music a central role in telling stories, explaining the socio-political context, or giving emotional background to people featured in his films.

The here-proposed tour would focus on detecting and investigating the most interesting musical aspects of his works, pointing out the general importance of musical scores as used on-screen.

Jana Dolecki is a theatre scholar, cultural producer, and PhD candidate at the Institute for Theater, Film, and Media in Vienna, on the topic of theater in the context of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. She is the conductor of the Viennese choir HOR 29. Novembar, a singing self-organized collective dedicated to anti-fascistic, workers’, and migratory musical heritage which was part of Želimir Žilnik´s latest film, The Most Beautiful Country in the World and the opening of the exhibition … of bread, wine, cars, security and peace at Kunsthalle Wien.

The tour will be held in English.

My View – is a series of tours in which experts, amateurs, and interesting people are invited to present their personal view of the exhibition.