Eagles, Army Headquarters and Football Films, 2014-present
photographic series (three channel video installation with sound)

Since 2014, I have been documenting three specific sites in Belgrade’s ever-changing urban landscape. These locations reveal a condition in which conflict, economic speculations, and historical revisionism have disrupted and damaged not only the city's physical environment and infrastructure but also its social and cultural networks.

The photographic series focuses on architecture and its role as a “material witness” in this process. The project examines the heavily damaged Army Headquarters, bombed during the 1999 NATO airstrikes; the Belgrade Waterfront, a controversial development reshaping the city's fabric; and the remnants of a movie set that reconstructed 1930s Belgrade. As transformation appears unstoppable and its duration uncertain, my project aims to document and archive these sites, providing a visible record of the processes shaping the future.     

Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, 2025

Spot Gallery, (Office for Photography) , Zagreb, 2025

The Army Headquarters

The building of the Army Headquarters, also known as the Ministry of National Defense in Belgrade, was a seminal architectural project that symbolized a new national identity, built between 1954-1963. Architect Nikola Dobrovic's scheme won the competition held by the Yugoslav Army, as he distinguished his design from the Soviet counterpart in Moscow by stripping it of any classical representations of power. Instead, he created "Bergson's diagrams" (referring to French philosopher Henri Bergson) based on the void where the nation's identity was to be found, in non-matter and in the action of the individual moving through the void. The complex's only (physically) recognizable symbol is an evocation of the Sutjeska canyon, the site of one of the greatest battles against Fascist occupation in WWII. In 1999 NATO presented it as “the heart of the war machine” and consequently severely damaged it in bombing campaign. Though the building was emptied prior and had no military value, it was seen as a symbolic target. Today, this monumental structure, with its equally monumental holes, stands as a reminder of both the highest and lowest points in the city’s 20th-century history. In recent years, the Serbian government moved to lease the site for redevelopment, controversially removing its protected cultural-heritage status in the process. In 2025, a company linked to Jared Kushner secured a 99-year lease to develop a luxury complex on the site, but withdrew from the project in December following widespread protests. The ruined complex still stands, awaiting an uncertain future.

Belgrade Waterfront

In 2014, the Serbian government and Eagle Hills, a private company based in Abu Dhabi, launched the Belgrade Waterfront real estate development project. The project involves reconstructing the Sava Riverbank area, constructing the Balkans’ largest shopping mall, as well as building condominiums, hotels, offices, and retail spaces. The project has been linked to corruption scandals, including illegal property destruction, land appropriation, and obtaining illicit building permits. The demolition of cultural legacy and the rapid privatization of public space reflect broader European trends where nationalist politics and neoliberal urbanism converge. These changes are part of a broader movement of historical revisionisam, where the legacy of antifascist resistance is incrisingly erased in favor of political ideology and commercial interests.

Montevideo film set

This site was initially a replica of famous downtown Terazije square from 1930’. Built as a set for the film Montevideo: Taste of a Dream, 2010 (nostalgic tale of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team and their journey to the 1930 First World Football Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay). The replica square was comprised of many buildings from which some are famous hotels and restaurants, tram, fountain and cobblestone street. Later on, the “thematic park” was supposed to serve as a city tourist attraction but quickly failed and it was closed for public. After some years of useless existence, it was torn down (except the central fountain) and since then it has changed many temporary purposes like illegal Roma settlement, flea-market, dumpsite. Today, an international IT company has built its headquarters on one part of the site, while the rest is still under construction. The forgotten fountain prop remains in the midst of all this new development, with the old modernist infrastructure visible in the background. This site is located in New Belgrade, a modernistic city planned and developed after World War II, with initial urban plans designed by the architect Nikola Dobrovic.