Boris Glamocanin

This body of work began during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period that coincided with a deeply challenging personal immigration process. In 2017, at the onset of the Trump presidency, I was arrested at home despite being legally married to an American citizen. The new administration’s aggressive stance on deporting undocumented immigrants, especially from countries associated…

The decision to explore performance as a form of artistic expression arose from an invitation by Majda Turkic to participate in the “Crea Cubity” project, which was supported by the United States Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This project aimed to introduce performance art to a broader audience across Bosnia, with outdoor installations in…

The human figure has been a crucial element in the drawings and paintings . The multiple series of connect the dots by numbers have taken different forms through the years, often having autobiographical references . In this newest wall drawings, I try to moves away from the formal elements of a cartoon and opts to bring into play the…

I don’t hear, I don’t see is the action that is designed to help women from Ljubija – designed accessories for eyes and ears which will be displayed at the opening as well as for the entire duration of the exhibition. They will be displayed for sale. The money collected in this way will be…

“Ljubija Kills” is a sound installation in space, manhole cover dislocated from public space and moved into an indoor gallery space, designed as a table for four. With its domineering appearance, creating an intimate atmosphere for four people, the manhole that is apparently used as a table – table that speaks, forces (attracts) us to…

“Šaht mat” [play on words: šah mat = checkmate; šaht = manhole → šaht mat = manhole mate] is an intervention in public space, set up in several places across the city, where there usually are manholes. The final artistic move over socio-political order, the treatment of small towns, the future of the community. These…

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All the works are based on the idea of a game and search for identity in playing. The paintings, installation and mural offer the viewer different playing modes and participation in the game, so in the mural the viewer can reconstruct “incomplete identities” by connecting dots, or there is a huge toy rabbit one can…

All the works are based on the idea of a game and search for identity in playing. The paintings, installation and mural offer the viewer different playing modes and participation in the game, so in the mural the viewer can reconstruct “incomplete identities” by connecting dots, or there is a huge toy rabbit one can…

All the works are based on the idea of a game and search for identity in playing. The paintings, installation and mural offer the viewer different playing modes and participation in the game, so in the mural the viewer can reconstruct “incomplete identities” by connecting dots, or there is a huge toy rabbit one can…