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zamelte | dihtung
performance, 2024
performance, 2024
zamelte | dihtung is centred around a collection of everyday Germanisms spoken by my family. Some arrived during the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia, lingering in the names of tools, household goods, and types of work. Others travelled with my great-great-great-grandfather, settling into cakes and cookies, soups and stews, into adjectives we use to describe people.
On the second anniversary of my never-processed application for permanent residency in Germany, I walked to the Landesamt für Einwanderung / Immigration Office wearing a veil of our common language. When I arrived, I left my Germanisms in front of the entrance.
There they stood as a makeshift memorial to our shared past.
Perhaps our shared future.
Concept, performance & editing: Katarina Gotic Damiani
Sound design: Vincent Damiani
Camera: Nemanja Šipka