PASQUART, Photoforum, Seevorstadt 71, 2502 Biel / Bienne
What does it mean to belong? How do memory, pop culture and diaspora shape our identity? In Belonging is a Strange Feeling, multimedia artist Ana Brankovic explores these questions with the help of photography, video, sound and installation. Based on her own experiences and the ex-Yugoslavian diaspora, she reflects on the construction of identity, collective memory and the aesthetics of pop culture.
The exhibition, which spans three thematically different rooms, combines personal and collective narratives and oscillates between nostalgia and futuristic reflection. Brankovic's immersive, interdisciplinary approach invites the audience to rethink prevailing narratives of belonging, hybridity and migration. Through autofictional strategies, documentary material and AI-generated images, she opens up new visual languages between fiction and reality.
By referencing the aesthetics of the 1990s and today's digital culture, the exhibition appeals to a broader audience outside the ex-Yugoslavian context. It is particularly relevant in light of the growing debates on post-migrant identities and the renegotiation of cultural narratives.
Belonging is a Strange Feeling is part of Photoforum's annual theme 2025 Reclaim the Narrative, which explores who shapes our stories and how images influence our understanding of the world.
Ana Brankovic (*1990) is a cultural practitioner, multimedia artist and creative director based in Basel. In her interdisciplinary work, she combines music, video, photography, fashion, performance and installation to reflect on social issues, identity and pop culture. She is the founder of the platform "Wie wär's mal mit" and has been curating an experimental art space in a harbor container in Basel since 2021.
The exhibition is made possible by the support of the Basel-Stadt Department of Culture and the Guggenheim Foundation. Photoforum Pasquart is supported by the City of Biel/Bienne, the Canton of Bern, the Ernst Göhner Foundation and the Foundation for Art, History and Culture.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
The exhibition, which spans three thematically different rooms, combines personal and collective narratives and oscillates between nostalgia and futuristic reflection. Brankovic's immersive, interdisciplinary approach invites the audience to rethink prevailing narratives of belonging, hybridity and migration. Through autofictional strategies, documentary material and AI-generated images, she opens up new visual languages between fiction and reality.
By referencing the aesthetics of the 1990s and today's digital culture, the exhibition appeals to a broader audience outside the ex-Yugoslavian context. It is particularly relevant in light of the growing debates on post-migrant identities and the renegotiation of cultural narratives.
Belonging is a Strange Feeling is part of Photoforum's annual theme 2025 Reclaim the Narrative, which explores who shapes our stories and how images influence our understanding of the world.
Ana Brankovic (*1990) is a cultural practitioner, multimedia artist and creative director based in Basel. In her interdisciplinary work, she combines music, video, photography, fashion, performance and installation to reflect on social issues, identity and pop culture. She is the founder of the platform "Wie wär's mal mit" and has been curating an experimental art space in a harbor container in Basel since 2021.
The exhibition is made possible by the support of the Basel-Stadt Department of Culture and the Guggenheim Foundation. Photoforum Pasquart is supported by the City of Biel/Bienne, the Canton of Bern, the Ernst Göhner Foundation and the Foundation for Art, History and Culture.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.