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ANA NEDELJKOVIĆ: RABBITLAND

Young Belgrade artist Ana Nedeljkovic has created Rabbitland, a garishly pink world, full of rabbits with holes in their heads where their brains used to be. The overwhelming aesthetic of low cost materials is somewhere between a war zone and a favela. 

Each rabbit is required to fulfil three daily tasks, hitting their head on the wall, voting in an election and posting on their Facebook profile. Viewers are subsequently able to befriend the rabbits so that they can monitor the events at home.

Rabbitland is an interesting setting to an ironic critique of the political situation to be found in the real world, presented in an imaginative and fun way through the medium of a cartoon style pink rabbit.

artistsAna Nedeljković
placeBelgrade
tags
cameraVojislav Radovanović
soundVojislav Radovanović
editingVojislav Radovanović
interviewVojislav Radovanović
categoryReports
published21. 5. 2010
languageČesky / English
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