Abstract

In the Western Balkans, one can still find many city enlargements produced in the era of socialist Yugoslavia. There is a renewed interest by architectural historians and critics in Yugoslavia's architectural production between 1948 and 1980. However, and more remarkably, we find the images of the former socialist urban utopias back in recent music videos, especially rap videos, where it serves as the backdrop to an unusual mix of violence, drugs, sex, religion, and dance. Somehow the raw beauty of the Brutalism in Novi Beograd and the Modernism of Split 3 crosses over from its socialist ideological origins to contemporary youth culture in unexpected ways. The built environment from the time of Tito gets a different meaning altogether. We do not try to explain HOW or WHY this has happened. This article aims to raise the awareness THAT this happens, and we do so with pictorial means.

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  • Когда хулиганство и социалистический город становятся единым целым / When hooliganism and the socialist city melt into one текст Франк ван дер Хувен Милена Ивкович / text Frank van der Hoeven Milena Ivković v Рис. 1

  • Large urban development projects like New Belgrade (Novi Beograd) and Split 3 are classic examples of collective mass housing projects with features usually associated with the socialist city

  • We present four storyboards of Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian rap videos by Grše, Surreal, Bombe Devedesetih and King Mire, whose lyrics may describe a rough life but at the same time know perfectly well how to highlight and frame the photographic and aesthetic qualities of their neighbourhoods

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Когда хулиганство и социалистический город становятся единым целым / When hooliganism and the socialist city melt into one текст Франк ван дер Хувен Милена Ивкович / text Frank van der Hoeven Milena Ivković v Рис. 1. Новый Белград стал перевернутым проект байкал 2(68) project baikal социалистический город / socialist city

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