Projektor

Wim Janssen & Dušica Dražić, 2017

Creation: Dušica Dražić, Wim Janssen / Production: Wim Janssen / Co-production: Werktank, Cats and Dogs production / With the support of: Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Flemish Authorities, Claerboutstudio, Film Center Serbia, Cultural Centre of Obrenovac, Yugoslav Film Archive, Austrian Cultural Forum Belgrade, Austrian Cultural Forum Brussels

Previously
2020 - 3rd Industrial Art Biennial, Rijeka (Croatia)
2018 - Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade (Serbia)
2018 - 25FPS, Zagreb (Croatia)

The starting point of “Projektor” is simple. An old 35mm film projector was entirely disassembled. A mould was made of each component, from which a bronze copy was cast. The bronze parts were subsequently reassembled. This whole process was filmed to be subsequently projected by the new bronze projector.

‘Projektor’ is not only a tribute to craftsmanship but also evokes the history of this specific type of projector. The “Iskra NP-21” was built by a company that in Tito’s post-war Yugoslavia was as omnipresent as the brands Bosch and Miele in the West. Perhaps this last 35mm projector now also becomes the first monument, dedicated to one of the most important cultural devices.