Boarding & Europe

Belgrade-based artist Siniša Ilić returned to Serbia the day the State announced a State of Emergency following a rise in the number of local coronavirus cases. From this day, 15 March 2020, Ilic has been required to remain quarantined within his house for a period of one month. The isolation he has experienced is documented through a series of drawings developed as a daily practice, reflecting on the pandemic that connects and divides us. 

“After sharing his new drawings with me I have invited Sinisa to contribute to this journal with series of drawings for the duration of his quarantine. They will be published in a few phases in the upcoming weeks.”

Biljana Ciric

5 April 2020

BOARDING

Drawings “Boarding” and “Europe 1” deal with the topics of circulation and its sudden change; controlled and shaped by fear, uniformed bodies, States, the virus, care for our health and the health of others.

Drawings “Social distancing” and “Europe 2” question new patterns of social choreographies and fears, including our physical presence in the public space or its absence from consuming habits and rituals.

On this occasion “Boarding” is presented as an album of single images, simulating individual panic and fear, and “Europe 1 and 2” and “Social distancing” are exhibited through several photographs captured by smartphone within the home studio.

The series of drawings were created using pencils and ink pen in March and April 2020 and are of similar dimensions approx. 21 × 29 cm.

EUROPE 1

Drawings “Boarding” and “Europe 1” deal with the topics of circulation and its sudden change; controlled and shaped by fear, uniformed bodies, States, the virus, care for our health and the health of others. 

Drawings “Social distancing” and “Europe 2” question new patterns of social choreographies and fears, including our physical presence in the public space or its absence from consuming habits and rituals.

On this occasion “Boarding” is presented as an album of single images, simulating individual panic and fear, and “Europe 1 and 2” and “Social distancing” are exhibited through several photographs captured by smartphone within the home studio.

The series of drawings were created using pencils and ink pen in March and April 2020 and are of similar dimensions approx. 21 × 29 cm.

EUROPE 2

Drawings “Boarding” and “Europe 1” deal with the topics of circulation and its sudden change; controlled and shaped by fear, uniformed bodies, States, the virus, care for our health and the health of others. 

Drawings “Social distancing” and “Europe 2” question new patterns of social choreographies and fears, including our physical presence in the public space or its absence from consuming habits and rituals.

On this occasion “Boarding” is presented as an album of single images, simulating individual panic and fear, and “Europe 1 and 2” and “Social distancing” are exhibited through several photographs captured by smartphone within the home studio.

The series of drawings were created using pencils and ink pen in March and April 2020 and are of similar dimensions approx. 21 × 29 cm.

Siniša Ilić is a visual artist working also in the field of performance art. His work includes drawing, painting, installation, video and artist books.