New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Project category

Identify the award category for which this project is being submitted
Regaining a sense of belonging

Email user
clementdeyan@yahoo.com

Basic information
Project title
Places we love

Full Project Title
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Please provide a short, catchy description of your project to be used in communication towards the public.
“Places we love exist only in us”
Ivan V. Lalic

What was the geographical scope of your project?
Cross-border/international

Where was your project implemented?
Location 1
Austria

Location 2
Serbia

Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries
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If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
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Does your project address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your project refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your project benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your project won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Is your project fully completed
Yes

Please indicate a date (mm/yy)
2022-01-31

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project).
- First name: Dejan
  Last name: Markovic
  Gender: Male
  Nationality: Serbia
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Stanoja Glavasa 93
  Town: Uzice
  Postal code: 31000
  Country: Serbia
  Direct Tel: +381603707722
  E-mail: clementdeyan@yahoo.com
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
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In case my project is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my project in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
Social Media

Description of the project
Please provide a summary of your project.
“Places we love exist only in us” is the opening sentence in a poem by Ivan V. Lalic. This video series is a project where I ask different people to tell their stories about belonging. Every episode contains 3 art workers of younger generations having creative control over how they want to be filmed, where, and what they want to speak about.
series can be seen here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ6MHj9ciVnclEDzPH5RbFtXBx1Awk0Mq

Please indicate the main themes of your project with 5 key words.
migration

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
youth

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
diversity

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
socio-political enviroment

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
artist position in sociaty

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of sustainability and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
With this project, I am telling a story about belonging. This question is very important, especially among the younger generation. It covers so many topics, from ecology to language, I filmed people from several countries, and while thinking it will be diverse on a deeper level all the stories come to the same point, we are all lost. Why this hopeless statement can be helpful to anyone? Sometimes all that we need is to see that we are not alone in our struggle and that is where the real power of this work is.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
I often film monochromatic, so that the story can be the real main actor of the films, this time I also used all my knowledge from previous art education in the field of visual arts, to create great visual scenography for the story that is so painful and powerful at the same time. This project also can teach us that without any financial support and any expensive tools you can create beautiful art if you have an honest and important idea to share with the world.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
As a gay man living with HIV in a small city in western Serbia, I know the feeling of exclusion very well, being discriminated against and marginalized, this project was impossible in my country, but someone recognized my quality and asked me to come to Vienna and show some of my works, I wanted to give something back and started first talking about and that soon filming this. I choose to have different people I meet (all residents of Vienna) tell their stories in their native languages and express freely talking about anything they want. This project is free for presentation and distribution.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the project and civil society have been involved in the project and what has been the impact of this involvement on the project
All of the people participating in this project and those who had a chance to watch the series were so interested in this discussion, and they share my view of this theme as very important in contemporary society and that they don't feel like we are dealing with this topic enough. I chose very different people, among them, there were many who don't think they have enough to offer, not because they are less important, but just because no one ever asked them to express how they see the world around them. After presenting this work every time I get the same reaction, so many people are interested to share their own experiences, and that for me is a great outcome.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the project. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was.
I did this project independently, without any organisational or financial support.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your project. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was.
I was filming, editing, sound designer, and full creator of this project.

Please give information on the results, outcomes and impacts achieved by your project in relation to the category you apply for. This includes also benefits from the project for direct and indirect beneficiaries
I feel full of life and extremely motivated because this project opened so many doors for the future development of my career, in a way that I found a new fresh voice I feel really excited to use more in work. I was always interested in the human experience in contemporary society, but this was the biggest project I ever did and the most serious one. I plan to continue with filming when I get the opportunity because I feel there is great potential here.

Please provide documents showing the results, outcomes and impacts of your project
Web link
Web link
- https://improperwalls.com/improperdoseyouneed/interview-with-dejan-klement
Please highlight the innovative character of the project, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the project
My visual language, specific monochromatic way of filming, and interest in humanistic themes, everyday struggles without flirting with sensationalism, starting from my own experience, from an honest place, differentiates me from the mainstream. Connecting different approaches, from film to documentary and experimental journalism, influenced by literature and philosophy, this project makes special.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your project.
A lot of consulting, discussion, speaking and asking people to participate, working individually with everyone, giving them all the trust and freedom to express themselves.

Please describe which elements of your project could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and context. This may involve for example aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings etc.
Commercial television can use this idea and translate it into their language, using connections with influential people who can cover a much bigger audience and make a greater impact. Other artists can see that they have bigger responsibilities and much more power they can and should use.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the project addresses by providing local solutions
For me, what I feel is the answer provided in this project, is that belonging often is much more about people around us than physical places. In this world of great migrations, this vibrant new world of everything and everyone, the only recipe to feel at home is to find a home in yourself, your chosen family, and your culture inside of books and films and paintings and music, etc. This project is trying to communicate that, only together we can grow. I read in a sociology book recently - the closer we are to "us", the further away we are from "them", that is our enemy and I'm doing what I can to fight it.
Please attach at least 6 high resolution images (or other types of visual representations, if images are not possible) to your application.
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By submitting your application you confirm that you are the copyright owner of the images provided and that they can be used by the European Commission for the purposes of promoting the New European Bauhaus on all platforms (websites, print, social media and other).
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By ticking this box, you declare that you are not in in one or more of the exclusion situations foreseen under Article 136 of the Financial Regulation.
Yes

By submitting this application, I declare that I am not related to the entities subject to EU restricted measures under Article 29 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and subject to Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU)1, and entities covered by Commission Guidelines No 2013/C 205/05), which are not eligible to participate in any capacity.
Yes

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By submitting your application, you understand that all the applications that meet the eligibility requirements will be shared for the purposes of the selection processes, and notably published on the secured platform prizes.new-european-bauhaus.eu and for the purposes of the promotion of these on the New European Bauhaus website and/or other European Commission communication channels. In this sense, the applications would be widely available. Applicants should ensure that they present their projects, in such a way that they could be shared without giving rise to intellectual property related concerns. If your submission is selected as one of the finalists, it will additionally be shared for the purpose of the public vote that will take place. The European Union is granted a licence to use and share your application with the general public and the official external experts for the purposes of the selection process, including the voting. The European Union has the right to use the images and visual materials and the description provided in the application for communication purposes related to the contest and beyond. Rights granted comprise the right to store, reproduce, display, publish and communicate or distribute copies in electronic or digital format, including, but not only, through the internet. Unless you have disclosed your name, the European Commission has no obligation to share your name when using or disseminating your contribution to the public. The European Union cannot be held responsible in case any submitted project, is found to infringe third party’s rights. The European Union shall be neither responsible for the use that third parties may do of the applications or related content.
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By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you read and understand that the ‘Guide to Applicants’ of the NEB Prizes 2023, available online in the website of the NEB Prizes 2023, is an integral part of this application form and that it must therefore be observed when completing and submitting your application.
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