Searching for Grandpa

A 12 hour drive by car brought Jelena from Prnjavor, Bosnia to Salzburg.

Jelena's father drives while Jelena puts out her camera and starts interviewing her father on a family myth. Passing the alpine border region of Austria Jelena's father speaks about his grandfather Teodor. According to the family myth Teodor died in the first World War either fighting for Austria or working as a forced labourer. Jelena's father never got to know Teodor.

Arriving in Salzburg Jelena participates in Nancy Adajania's curatorial course on →Curating the Boundary Condition.

"This was a perfect opportunity for me to research the family myth."

Teodor and Alpine mountains mould in clay, paper documents and the interview with her father are part of the installation.

Jelena and Nancy inside the exhibition "Museum of Excluded Contents".

Jelena continues to do research, investigating in archives and searching for her great grandfather's grave. She considers the installation in Salzburg like a sketch of a larger scale project.