The Centre for Cultural Decontamination (Serbian: Центар за културну деконтаминацију, Centar za kulturnu dekontaminaciju) is an independent cultural institution located in Belgrade, Serbia. The centre was established in 1994 as a response to the political and cultural climate in Serbia. The centre works against "nationalism, xenophobia, intolerance, hatred and fear." The institute functions as a gallery, community and a professional forum. It was founded by Borka Pavićević, previously a principal of the Yugoslav Drama Theater.[1]
What I was saying was directed at one type of people that I passionately, frankly can not stand, not them personally, but the job they do, these centers for decontamination, where I ask the question of who has the right to put oneself in the role of some decontaminator, [to decontaminate] let's say me. Here we return to the Bible, who is the one who is allowed to cast a stone. I am and we all are contaminated, but who is the one who considers himself or herself pure enough to decontaminate us others. And then when you look through it a little bit it turns out that this is quite another matter. It's not about criticizing their community to the world, that's fine, but about ratting their community to the world for big money. That's something I am ready to die fighting against it. My whole life I am fighting against things that I think are not good and that cost me, of course, but it was worth it, but to do any of it for money, for foreign money, I am deliberately saying foreign money, because...you don't go outside to clean your own backyard, and if you do go outside to clean your own backyard, then cleaning your own backyard wasn't on your mind. Anyway, had I done what was expected from a large part of my profession, the so-called colleagues and so on, had I done what they [decontaminators] almost requested from me, somewhere in '94, '95, '96, and that was to return to Zagreb where I came from, today I would have been welcomed on the red carpet from those ladies and gentlemen who decontaminate this situation. I would have been welcomed as a symbol – here, we are fixing the situation, we are all brothers, we are all this, we are all that. Why – because that is a performance, because that is a show, and based on that performance someone says – fine, here you go the reward of $100,000.
^Weiss, Srdjan Jovanovic; Kulic, Vladimir (Spring 2001). "Nationalism and Catharsis: The Center for Cultural Decontamination, Belgrade". Mapping Conversations Issue 2. Cabinet Magazine. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^Bećković, Olja (30 October 2005). . Utisak nedelje (in Serbian). B92. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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centre, cultural, decontamination, serbian, Центар, за, културну, деконтаминацију, centar, kulturnu, dekontaminaciju, independent, cultural, institution, located, belgrade, serbia, centre, established, 1994, response, political, cultural, climate, serbia, cent. The Centre for Cultural Decontamination Serbian Centar za kulturnu dekontaminaciјu Centar za kulturnu dekontaminaciju is an independent cultural institution located in Belgrade Serbia The centre was established in 1994 as a response to the political and cultural climate in Serbia The centre works against nationalism xenophobia intolerance hatred and fear The institute functions as a gallery community and a professional forum It was founded by Borka Pavicevic previously a principal of the Yugoslav Drama Theater 1 Contents 1 Criticism 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksCriticism EditWhat I was saying was directed at one type of people that I passionately frankly can not stand not them personally but the job they do these centers for decontamination where I ask the question of who has the right to put oneself in the role of some decontaminator to decontaminate let s say me Here we return to the Bible who is the one who is allowed to cast a stone I am and we all are contaminated but who is the one who considers himself or herself pure enough to decontaminate us others And then when you look through it a little bit it turns out that this is quite another matter It s not about criticizing their community to the world that s fine but about ratting their community to the world for big money That s something I am ready to die fighting against it My whole life I am fighting against things that I think are not good and that cost me of course but it was worth it but to do any of it for money for foreign money I am deliberately saying foreign money because you don t go outside to clean your own backyard and if you do go outside to clean your own backyard then cleaning your own backyard wasn t on your mind Anyway had I done what was expected from a large part of my profession the so called colleagues and so on had I done what they decontaminators almost requested from me somewhere in 94 95 96 and that was to return to Zagreb where I came from today I would have been welcomed on the red carpet from those ladies and gentlemen who decontaminate this situation I would have been welcomed as a symbol here we are fixing the situation we are all brothers we are all this we are all that Why because that is a performance because that is a show and based on that performance someone says fine here you go the reward of 100 000 Ranko Munitic film amp TV critic essayist theorist 2 See also EditGroup MOSTReferences Edit Weiss Srdjan Jovanovic Kulic Vladimir Spring 2001 Nationalism and Catharsis The Center for Cultural Decontamination Belgrade Mapping Conversations Issue 2 Cabinet Magazine Retrieved 27 May 2014 Beckovic Olja 30 October 2005 Kritika Utisak nedelje in Serbian B92 Archived from the original on 25 April 2014 Retrieved 8 March 2015 External links EditOfficial website nbsp This Serbia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Centre for Cultural Decontamination amp oldid 1014691693, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
