Residencies

• 19.10 > 30.10.2026

Zemlja is a per­for­man­ce situ­a­ted in a hybrid per­for­ma­ti­ve spa­ce that brings together poli­ti­cal the­a­tre, live art and move­ment. The work exa­mi­nes con­tem­po­ra­ry stu­dent pro­tests in Serbia from the per­spec­ti­ve of the Serbian dias­po­ra in Belgium, dra­wing on the author-performer’s per­so­nal expe­rien­ce of dis­pla­ce­ment and poli­ti­cal distance. 

Unfolding as an inquiry into how indi­vi­du­als choo­se to act within a world incre­a­sin­gly sha­ped by pola­ri­sa­ti­on and vio­len­ce, the per­for­man­ce inter­ro­ga­tes the psy­cho­lo­gi­cal and poli­ti­cal con­se­quen­ces of geo­grap­hi­cal dis­tan­ce and dis­pla­ce­ment, echo­ing Mitrović’s own expe­rien­ces of migra­ti­on. At a time when dis­sent and acts of refu­sal are incre­a­sin­gly cri­mi­na­li­sed, even within libe­ral demo­cra­cies, she poses a vital ques­ti­on: ​“How do I stay con­nec­ted to a col­lec­ti­ve strug­gle when dis­pla­ce­ment frac­tu­res the ties of belonging?”