[spectre] War Memorials: Première Circle of Memory, De Balie, Amsterdam, October 23, 20.30 hrs

[Eric Kluitenberg]

De Balie - Centre for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam, presents:

War Memorials

Première Circle of Memory | with director Andrea Oskari Rossini
Tuesday October 23  | 20.30 hrs | movie, lecture and conversation |  
language: English

At the occasion of the first Dutch screening of Circle of Memory  
(Andrea Oskari Rossini, Italy 2007, 60”, English subtitles), De Balie  
presents an evening on war memorials and the role they play in the  
politics of memory.
In his film, Rossini potrays several memorials that were built by  
Tito in remembrance of the German invasion of former Yugoslavia in  
1941. The memorials, being important actors in Tito’s proud  
nationalistic retoric after the Second World War, did not only  
witness the nineties’ brutalities from up close, but were then  
‘recycled’ in an ideological way. They became part of the hate  
raising retoric, that set up the different so-called ethnic-religious  
groups up against each other.
The film analyses the memorials in order to underline the importance  
of the historical situation which led to their construction as well  
as the consequences of the changed political and cultural context of  
the period up to the wars of the nineties.

The film will be introduced by historian Frank van Vree (professor of  
Journalism and Culture, University of Amsterdam). Afterwards,  
filmmaker Andrea Rossini will be discussing with Francesco Strazzari  
(political scientist) and Satko Mujagic (Optimisti 2004 Foundation,  
striving for an Omarska memorial centre). The discussion, moderated  
by Dragan Klaic (cultural scientist), will elaborate further on the  
political and cultural forces that (actively) influence the  
construction of memories, and on the transforming roles of war  
memorials within changing political contexts. What is the role of  
memory in the elaboration of conflicts and conflict prevention?

Live Webcast:
http://www.debalie.nl/live

Practical details
De Balie, Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10, 1017 PR Amsterdam
Tuesday October 23, 20.30 hrs
Tickets 6 euro / 4 euro reduced price
The program will be streamed live via www.debalie.nl/live
Reservations: De Balie 020-5535100. Ticket office open on weekdays:  
17.00 – 21.00 hrs. Reservations can also be made on www.debalie.nl/ 
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