September 22, 2015
“As simple as burek (baked filled pastries made of a thin flaky phyllo dough), is a popular phrase used by many young people in Slovenia. Jernej Mlekuz, researcher at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, maintains that the truth is just the opposite. Whether on the plate or as a cultural artifact, it is in fact, not that simple. After a brief stroll through its innocent history, Mlekuz focuses on the present state of the burek, after parasitical ideologies had attached themselves to it and poisoned its discourses.
September 22, 2015
In this book, Zoltan Kekesi, associate professor at the University of Fine Arts, Hungary, offers case studies on the representation of the Holocaust in contemporary art practices. Through carefully selected art projects, the author helps to understand the specific historical, cultural and political circumstances that influence the way people in Eastern Europe speak—and do not speak—about the Holocaust.