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One would think that art and post-war wounds were not so connected. Aida Šehović, a Bosnian-born artist based in New York, disagreed and…
Aida Šehović beeindruckt mit ihrem Werk Spatium Memorial “ŠTO TE NEMA”, das frägt Wo bist du gewesen? Sie hat tatsächlich…
Spatium Memoriae (ŠTO TE NEMA) je arhiva globalnog umjetničkog projekta bosanskohercegovačkoameričke umjetnice Aide Šehović…
Die bosnische Künstlerin Aida Šehović zeigt in der zentralen Ausstellung Nordost Südwest in der Dresdner robotron-Kantine unter anderem…
Bewegend und aufwühlend ist beispielsweise das mobile Monument "Što te nema?/Wo bist du gewesen?" der bosnischen Künstlerin…
Bosanskohercegovačko-američka umjetnica Aida Šehović uvela je volontere u proces redanja fildžana u police i izgradnje arhive spomenika “Što te nema”, koji će biti postavljani u Historijskom muzeju BiH do…
"Spatium Memoriae" je arhiva globalnog umjetničkog projekta bosanskohercegovačko-američke umjetnice Aide Šehović, pod nazivom "ŠTO TE NEMA", posvećenog kolektivnom sjećanju na genocid u Srebrenici. Tokom svojih prvih 15 godina…
U Historijskom muzeju BiH u Sarajevu upriličeno je postavljanje izložbe "Spatium/Memoriae (Što te nema), 2006. - 2020." koja je posvećena kolektivnom sjećanju na genocid u Srebrenici, a bit će zvanično otvorena u četvrtak.
Kada je riječ o spomeniku, umjetnica je uoči otvaranja izložbe objasnila: "On je od 2006. do 2020. putovao svijetom kao živi nomadski spomenik. Sastoji se od prikupljenih fildžana gdje svaki simbolizira jednu žrtvu ubijenu tokom genocida u…
ART MARGINS, 2021
ŠTO TE NEMA began with 923 collected cups, and the collection of cups has been growing gradually every year. The question was always, what’s going to happen when we collect 8,372 cups, which is the number of confirmed deaths of people who were killed. Of course, the number is much larger, but this is the number that we use as a reference…
GENOCIDE STUDIES, 2021
Although largely overlooked in genocide and atrocity prevention scholarship, the arts have a critical role to play in mitigating risk factors associated with genocide and atrocity. Grounded in analysis of "Artivism: The Atrocity Prevention Pavilion,” the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities’ 2019 Venice Biennale exhibition and drawing…
MAHALA MAGAZINE, 2021
In the beginning, it felt like ŠTO TE NEMA grew out of rage and anger and disappointment that I didn’t want to accept, that I couldn’t believe that the world could let something like that happen. It’s completely incomprehensible to me that humans sit down and organize themselves and make a plan how to kill other humans and do that in such a brutal, brutal way…
ART DAILY, 2021
Laumeier Sculpture Park explores themes of collective remembrance, community resilience and healing through its exhibition Aida Šehović: ŠTO TE NEMA, on view September 25 - December 19, 2021 in the Aronson Fine Arts Center’s Whitaker Foundation Gallery. The exhibition is an archive of Bosnian-born artist Aida Šehović’s nomadic monument titled ŠTO TE NEMA…
LADUE NEWS, 2021
“I have worked with artists from the Balkan region on previous exhibitions and have family in the former Yugoslavia. I have an interest in the artwork that has emerged as a result of the wars in the 1990s. More importantly, though, is that the big themes and issues that Aida addresses in the work in the exhibition, as well as her own personal story…
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, 2021
At first blush, they look like regular coffee cups, stowed in neat stacks. There are thousands of them, and they are all different — some have roses climbing the sides, others are stark white — evoking kitchens and café tables, and the intimate conversations, connections and rituals those spaces allow. For well over a decade, Bosnian-American artist Aida Šehović has been…
REUTERS, 2020
The porcelain cups are part of a “Where Have You Been” exhibit that a Bosnian-born American artist created in 2006 and displayed in different countries every year before bringing them back to the site of Europe’s worst atrocity since World War Two. “This is the place where they belong. They’re here to stay,” said Aida Sehovic, a former refugee from the 1992-95…
BROOKINGS, 2020
This week in Srebrenica, a once little-known Bosnian town now synonymous with genocide, volunteers poured strong Bosnian coffee into more than 8,000 small porcelain cups called fildžani. They will remain untouched. The cups symbolize the more than 8,000 innocent victims of the Srebrenica genocide, men and boys who were brutally murdered….
OSLOBOĐENJE, 2020
Nomadska intervencija umjetnice Aide Šehović “Što te nema?”, postavljena posljednji put u julu 2020. godine u Memorijalnom centru Potočari, zbog svoje višegodišnje dinamike i činjenice da se više neće izvoditi, otvara niz pitanja o svojim konstituirajućim elementima, o estetskim aspektima, ali i mnogo više, pokreće lavinu pitanja o umjetničkoj i vizuelnoj…
FINANCIAL TIMES, 2020
On Friday evening, as the sun set in front of the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potocari, Mirsada Karacic poured Bosnian coffee for 21 family members and friends from a filigree pot into fildzani, round thimble cups. “This is for Babo,” she said, pouring a cup for her father, who was killed 25 years ago in the Srebrenica genocide, along with some 8,000 other Bosniak men…
AL JAZEERA BALKANS, 2020
“Umjetnost ima univerzalni jezik kojim svi govorimo”, kaže u razgovoru za Al Jazeeru Aida Šehović, bh. umjetnica s adresom u New Yorku, koja je na mjestu na kojem je u julu 1995. godine počinjen srebrenički genocid, u kojem je stradalo više od 8.000 Bošnjaka, postavila memorijalni spomenik Što te nema. U znak sjećanja na žrtve…
ANTHROPOLOGY NEWS, 2020
Months later, when I think back to July 11, 2020, it’s not the high-ranking diplomats’ messages of condolence and support or the televised scenes of the mass funeral, or even the nine coffins that come to mind, but rather images of Aida Šehović’s participatory public monument ŠTO TE NEMA (Why Are You Not Here), that circulated on social media in the days…
RADIO SLOBODNA EVROPA, 2020
Kada je 11. jula 2006. godine u Sarajevu na Baščaršiji prvi put u javnom prostoru izvela performans 'Što te nema?', Aida Šehović, američko-bosanska umjetnica, rođena Banjalučanka sa adresom u Njujorku, nije znala da će narednih 14 godina svaki 11. juli raditi isto - kuhati kafu i redati fildžane u različitim gradovima Evrope…
KLEINE ZEITUNG, 2020
Wenn von einem Denkmal die Rede ist, hat man für gewöhnlich eine Skulptur vor Augen, die an einem bestimmten Ort steht. Anders verhält es sich mit „Što te nema“ („Warum bist du nicht hier?“), einer von der in New York lebenden Künstlerin Aida Šehović initiierten Installation. Was 2006 mit einer einmaligen Aktion aus 923 Porzellantassen auf der Baščaršija…
OSLOBODENJE-Moja BiH, 2020
Bliži se 11. juli, a samim time se intenziviraju uspomene na najteže dane koje su Bosanci i Hercegovci doživjeli u toku agresije na Bosnu i Hercegovinu 1992/1995. godine. Veliku ulogu u prisjećanju na žrtve genocida i rata u našoj državi odigrala je i Aida Šehović. Njen projekat "Što te nema" je svojevrsni spomenik koji u cilju sjećanja…
BALKAN INSIGHT, 2020
Bosnian-American artist Aida Šehović’s memorial project, entitled ‘ŠTO TE NEMA’, will be set up for the first time at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre next week as part of commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the July 1995 massacres of Bosniaks. Šehović started the project in 2006 in Sarajevo. when the Women of Srebrenica association brought…
FAIRPLANET, 2020
Fildžan is a small handle-less traditional ceramic cup in Bosnia. It is used for coffee only, and some claim this ritual has been the backbone of social life for centuries. New York-based artist Aida Šehović, a former refugee from the 1992-95 Bosnian war, installed a nomadic monument of more than 8,000 fildžans at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre Potočari to commemorate…
31 MAG, 2020
Aveva quindici anni quando è iniziata la guerra, diciotto quando c’è stato il massacro di Srebrenica. È bosniaca, nata a Banja Luka. Fuggita con la sua famiglia prima della guerra, prima in Turchia, poi in Germania e infine negli Stati Uniti. Negli anni successivi, l’artista Aida Sehovic l’artista Aida Sehovic ha provato “una sorta di rabbia impotente” al pensiero…
N1, 2020
"Danas se nalazimo u Potočarima gdje ćemo postaviti spomenik sjećanja 'Što te nema' po 15. put. On je zadnjih 15 godina putovao širom svijeta i ove godine se prvi put postavlja na mjestu zločina, ovdje u Potočarima, u Memorijalnom centru. I ustvari fildžani se vraćaju kući", izjavila je Šehović. Kako je kazala, danas će biti poredano preko 8.372 fildžana koji su…
NRC, 2020
Ze was vijftien toen de oorlog begon, achttien toen de massaslachting plaatsvond. Ze is Bosnisch, geboren in Banja Luka. Ze vluchtte met haar familie voor de oorlog, eerst naar Turkije, daarna naar Duitsland om uiteindelijk in de VS te belanden. In de jaren die volgden, voelde kunstenaar Aida Sehovic „een soort machteloze woede” bij de gedachte…
GELDERLANDER, 2020
In Srebrenica zijn meer dan 8000 traditionele Bosnische koffiekopjes neergezet als gedenkteken voor elk van de moslimmannen en -jongens die door Servische soldaten en milities werden vermoord. De porseleinen bekers maken deel uit van de Where Have You Been--tentoonstelling van Aida Sehovic, een in Bosnië en Herzegovina geboren Amerikaanse kunstenaar…
RTV BH, 2020
Projekat je napravljen od fildžana u koji se u znak sjećanja na žrtve genocida iz 1995. godine sipa kafa. U postavljaju ovog spomenika u znak odavanja počasti žrtvama srebreničkog genocida učestvovali su i volonteri iz različitih dijelova BiH. "Danas se nalazimo u Potočarima gdje ćemo postaviti spomenik sjećanja 'Što te nema' po 15. put. On je zadnjih 15 godina putovao širom…
OSLOBODENJE, 2020
Memorijalni projekat “Što te nema”, umjetnice Aide Šehović, postavljen je danas u Memorijalnom centru Srebrenica – Potočari povodom obilježavanja 25. godišnjice genocida nad Bošnjacima “SZ UN-a” Srebrenica, kojeg su u julu 1995. godine počinile snage Vojske Republike Srpske. Projekat je napravljen od fildžana u koji se u znak sjećanja na žrtve genocida…
LA VANGUARDIA, 2020
Un total de 8.372 tazas de café típicas, sin asa, llenadas de café, simbolizan en el Centro memorial de Potocari la ausencia de las víctimas. Es una instalación itinerante de la artista Aida Sehovic que por primera vez llegó a Srebrenica el viernes, en la víspera de la conmemoración de hoy. Las tazas fueron recolectadas de familias bosnias de todo el mundo…
BHRT, 2020
Jedan od fildžana koji će biti dio postavke biće posvećen Mustafi Hrustiću. Fildžan će postaviti njegove unuke Amina (9) i Adna (12) koje su se rodile i žive u Srebrenici.”Mi našeg djeda znamo samo preko fotografija, jer je ubijen u genocidu. Nažalost, nismo ga uspjele. Mi ćemo čuvati preko slika sjećanje na djeda. Često dolazimo u Memorijalni centar, obiđemo mezar i proučimo…
N1, 2020
A number of foreign diplomats in Bosnia each donated a small, traditional Bosnian coffee cup to an art installation consisting of more than 8,000 cups which the artist fills with coffee for all those killed in the Srebrenica genocide. Drinking coffee with their family after waking up is usually the first thing people in Bosnia do in the morning. That tradition has turned into a painful… r
AZRA, 2020
U znak podrške sjećanja na žrtve srebreničkog genocida, ali i vid podrške za ovu postavku, švedska ambasadorica u BiH, Johanna Strömquist, koja dužnost ambasadorice u našoj zemlji obnaša od septembra, podijelila je fotografiju s s tradicionalnom bosanskom džezvom i fildžanom. – Ne smijemo dopustiti da se žrtve genocida u Srebrenici zaborave…
EL PERIÓDICO, 2020
La historia de Aida Šehović comenzó cuando volvió a Bosnia, desde el exilio, y oyó que una mujer que había perdido a su marido en Srebrenica confesaba que lo que más echaba de menos es tenerlo cerca para poder tomar el café. El café turco, suave, casi una infusión, que la tradición dice que debe tomarse en un 'fildžani', una taza sin asas que se agarra con las dos…
ARTICOLO 21, 2020
Sempre in questi giorni, l’artista bosniaca-americana Aida Sehović proporrà per la prima volta a Srebrenica la sua installazione Što te nema (“Perché non ci sei”), che consiste nella disposizione di circa 8.000 tazzine di caffè bosniaco (i fildžani) raccolte nel corso degli anni da famiglie bosniache di tutto il mondo. È un “monumento nomade” che, secondo le parole…
AZRA, 2020
Britanski ambasador u BiH Matthew Field na svom Twitter nalogu podijelio je fotografije s fildžanima doniranim u okviru akcije ŠTO TE NEMA. “Da nikada ne zaboravimo voljene koji su ubijeni u Srebrenici, i lekcije koje nas njihova ubistva uče o strašnim posljedicama mržnje…- poručio je Field, pružajući podršku obilježavanja 25. godišnjice od genocida u Srebrenici.”
ISTOÉ, 2020
Outra obra, com o nome “Por quê vocês não estão aqui?”, da artista americana de origem bósnia Aida Sehovic, consiste em mais de 8.000 xícaras de café (uma para cada vítima do massacre) colocadas no gramado do centro memorial. “Ainda não respondemos a pergunta ‘por quê vocês não estão aqui?’. Como isto aconteceu no coração da Europa, na zona…
RTV SLO, 2020
Tradicionalne porcelanaste skodelice so del razstave Kje hodiš (Što te nema / Where Have You Been), ki jo je v Bosni rojena umetnica Aida Šehović prvič postavila leta 2006. Od takrat z razstavo potuje po svetu in jo vsako leto na obletnico pokola postavi v drugi državi. Točno 25 let po najhujšem vojnem zločinu v Evropi po koncu druge svetovne vojne je…
KLIX, 2020
Performans "Što te nema" je prvi put u javnom prostoru izveden 11. jula 2006. godine na Baščaršiji. Njegova autorica i umjetnica Aida Šehović od tada ga je svake godine, uz prisustvo i drugih ljudi koji su posjetili ovo mjesto stradanja, izvodila u Srebrenici, ali i u različitim gradovima Europe i Sjeverne Amerike s obzirom da je njena adresa u New Yorku…
LATIN US, 2020
Un total de 8 mil 372 tazas de café típicas, sin asa, llenas de café, simbolizan en el Centro memorial de Potocari la ausencia de las víctimas. Es una instalación itinerante de la artista Aida Sehovic que por primera vez llegó a Srebrenica el viernes, en la víspera de la conmemoración de hoy. Las tazas fueron recolectadas de familias bosnias de todo el mundo…
AVAZ, 2020
Umjetnica Aida Šehović po prvi put ove godine je i u Srebrenici predstavila postavku "Što te nema". Riječ je o poznatoj putujućoj izložbi koja se kreira od 8.372 fildžana, koji simboliziraju isti toliki broj žrtava genocida. Instalacija je postavljena pored Memorijalnog centra u PotočarimaU fildžane se iz autentičnih džezvi sipa kafa. Na ovu ideju Šehović je došla…
24UR, 2020
V okviru obeleževanja 25. obletnice genocida v Srebrenici so na zelenici v spominskem centru Potočari postavili poseben "spomenik". Že od jutra namreč kuhajo kavo, z njo polnijo majhne skodelice in jih polagajo na tla – za vse tiste, ki se nikoli več ne bodo vrnili. Do sobote, ko bo osrednja slovesnost in pogreb devetih v zadnjem letu identificiranih žrtev srebreniškega…”
SEE CULT, 2020
Genocid u Srebrenici obeležen je, osim izjavama svetskih političara i različitim reakcijama zvaničnika u regionu, i nizom akcija organizacija civilnog društva, uz pridržavanje mera zaštite zbog pandemije korona virusa. Povodom 25 godina od Srebrenice, umetnica Aida Šehović realizovala je projekat Što te nema, instalaciju u javnom prostoru sastavljenu od 8.372…
SALTO, 2020
Što te nema – Warum bist du fort? Diese Frage zeichnet heute noch das Leben der Mütter, Frauen, Töchter und sonst all jener, deren Liebste aus ihren Leben gerissen wurden. Što te nema heißt die Installation der Bosnischen Künstlerin Aida Šehović, die seit 2006 an verschiedensten Orten der Welt in Erinnerung an die Opfer des Genozids gezeigt wurde…
KLIX, 2019
"Što te nema" je naziv rada, spomenika sjećanja, autorice Aide Šehović koji u cilju sjećanja na žrtve genocida u Srebrenici svake godine 11. jula bude postavljen u drugom gradu. Ove godine priliku da učestvuju u kreiranju ovog spomenika sjećanja imaju stanovnici Venecije. "Spomenik sjećanja 'Što te nema' baziran je na istinitom događaju…
KLIX, 2019
Ove godine spomenik sjećanja "Što te nema" postavljen je u sklopu izložbe "Artivizam: Paviljon za sprečavanje zločina" u organizaciji Auschwitz Institura za mir i pomirenje (AIPR), međunarodne nevladine organizacije koja je posvećena sprečavanju masovnih zločina.. Običaj da se ostavlja fildžan viška, pjesmu "ŠTO TE NEMA" Jadranke Stojaković i 8.372 žrtve…
KLIX, 2019
Bosanskohercegovačka umjetnica Aida Šehović učesnica je na ovogodišnjem Venecijanskom bijenalu, koje će svečano biti otvoreno 9. maja izložbom "Artivism: The Atrocity Prevention Pavilion" i trajat će do 24. novembra. "Artivism" je prva izložba u historiji venecijanskog bijenala koja spaja umjetnost, ljudska prava i prevenciju genocida. Posjetioci će…
SARAJEVO TIMES, 2019
Each successful annual rendition of the monument represents a triumph over the forces of rejection, exclusion, and denialism that encourage societies to look away from past atrocities and prevent vital communal remembrance and healing processes from taking place. Reflecting the inclusive and universal spirit of the monument, passersby are invited…
EAST JOURNAL, 2019
Ogni anno, ogni 11 luglio, la piazza di una città diversa ospita il monumento nomade ŠTO TE NEMA (perché non ci sei?) sotto la guida dell’artista Aida Šehović, sua iniziatrice e oggi custode. 7856 fildžani (tazzine) vengono deposti in terra e riempiti di caffè per commemorare gli 8372 bosniaci musulmani uccisi nel genocidio di Srebrenica nel luglio del 1995…
HYPERALLERGIC, 2018
In this context, Aida Šehović’s Family Album (Što Te Nema): Wall 6 and 7, 2018 stands out for its stark tonal difference. Along a corner wall, the artist has affixed two Self Adhesive Vinyl wallpaper rectangles, each over 10 feel long and containing a dense, uneven grid of yearbook-esque headshots of Muslim men killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre…
BROOKLYN RAIL, 2018
Though Aida Šehović’s Family Album (Što Te Nema): Wall 6 and 7(2018), a project on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre made in collaboration with the grassroots activists Women of Srebrenica, requires a written handout outlining the atrocity’s history, its form of a wallpapered photo installation of life-sized portraits is more effective than text alone at humanizing…
TAGES-ANZEIGER, 2018
Die Knaben und Männer, für die heute auf dem Helvetiaplatz Kaffee ausgeschenkt wird, kommen nicht zurück. «Što Te Nema» bedeutet auf Bosnisch «Wieso bist du nicht da». Das temporäre Denkmal besteht aus über 7500 bosnischen Kaffeetassen, «fildzani». Zusammen stehen sie für die über 8372 Knaben und Männer, die im Juli 1995 in Srebrenica umgebracht wurden…
BALKAN DISKURS, 2018
Banja Luka native Aida Šehović was hit by war when she was just 15 years old. To escape the realities of conflict, her family first fled to nearby Turkey, then to Germany, and, finally, to the United States. Now, Aida has made it her mission to use art as a means to commemorate the victims of genocide and to educate citizens worldwide about…
AARGAUER ZETUNG, 2018
Auf dem Helvetiaplatz in Zürich wird am Mittwochabend Kaffee ausgeschenkt. Doch die Knaben und Männer, für welche der Kaffee ausgeschenkt wird, werden nie wieder zurückkommen. «Što te nema» bedeutet auf Bosnisch «Wieso bist du nicht da». Das temporäre Denkmal auf dem Platz besteht aus über 7500 bosnischen Kaffeetassen, «filidzani»…
TACHLES, 2018
Mit Mit dem wandernden Denkmal «Warum bist du nicht da?» soll an den Genozid in Srebrenica (Bosnien und Herzegowina) erinnert und somit ein Zeichen gegen Verdrängung, Unterdrückung und Gewalt gesetzt werden. Das Denkmal besteht zurzeit aus rund 7000 bosnischen Kaffeetassen, «Fildžan», und wird dieses Jahr durch weitere Spenden...
BUKA, 2018
"Beskrupulozno blaćenje žrtava genocida predstavlja novu dimenziju tog zločina, koje, što je najgore, kako godine prolaze, ne blijedi, ne gubi svoju težinu, nego se u riječima političara i javnih osoba perpetuira i prenosi javno i glasno na buduće generacije", kaže za BUKU Nada i dodaje da su sve ove godine pružale dovoljno vremena kritičkom suočavanju…
WYBORCZA, 2018
Samo słowo "ludobójstwo" buduje mury między ludźmi. Nie mamy języka, w którym moglibyśmy mówić o ludobójstwie bez oskarżania innych. Zurych. Plac Helvetii. W powietrzu czuć zapach kawy. To nie espresso z którejś z tutejszych kawiarni. Na płycie placu stoją jedna przy drugiej, jak w plastrze miodu, fildżani, porcelanowe czarki z kawą…
NYFA, 2018
ŠTO TE NEMA is a nomadic monument led by Aida Šehović that began as a one-time performance in 2006 and has since traveled across the U.S. and Europe to cities including Boston, New York, Stockholm, Geneva, and Istanbul. Each July 11, Šehović brings members of the public together to commemorate Srebrenica Memorial Day...
SARAJEVO TIMES, 2018
BH artist Aida Sehovic set up the art installation “Why you are not here” in Zurich as a sign of remembrance of victims of Srebrenica. A total of 8372 cups was placed in the center of this town in Switzerland, on Helvetia Square. No one will drink coffee from them. “We placed cups and poured the coffee in them for 8.372 people of Srebrenica who will never return to drink it….”
BORDERLESS MAGAZINE, 2017
At its heart, ŠTO TE NEMA is about the physical rituals of loss, remembrance, and healing. Anyone who passes by is invited to assist in the assembly of 8,372 delicate fildžani — small porcelain coffee cups donated by Bosnian families around the world — that are then filled with strong Bosnian coffee. Their number roughly corresponds…
AL JAZEERA BALKANS, 2017
Običaj da se gotovo u svakoj bosanskohercegovačkoj kući ostavlja fildžan viška star je, otprilike, koliko je staro i ispijanje kave iz fildžana - malih šalica bez drške, karakterističnih za ovo podneblje. Taj se običaj vezuje uz tradicionalno gostoprimstvo Bosanaca i Hercegovaca, jer „nikad ne znaš ‘ko može naić’, a nije red da čeka“. Pjesma Što te nema Alekse…
BALKAN INSIGHT, 2017
Every year on July 11, Aida Šehović and her team of volunteers pour coffee into thousands of small ceramic cups and lines them up on a city square somewhere in the world. But the people that the coffee was made for never show up to drink it. Some of them are being buried that day at the memorial centre in Srebrenica after their remains have been exhumed…
HUFFINGTON POST, 2016
For most, the Srebrenica Genocide has become a footnote in history once again linking horrific crimes against fellow man that many thought could "Never Again" occur after the horrors of the Holocaust, particularly on the same continent, Europe. For me, it is still a responsibility to demand…
WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION, 2016
On July 11, 2016, the twenty-first anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the installation, “Što Te Nema?” (why aren’t you here?) by Aida Šehović, was hosted in Boston by the New England Friends of Bosnia and Herzegovina…
MUFTAH magazine, 2016
Amid the torrent of global tragedies that have dominated headlines in recent months, a particularly tragic and important anniversary seems to have gone unnoticed by many. July 11th marked the 21st anniversary of the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II: the genocide in Srebrenica…
POLITICS RECONSIDERED, 2015
"Što Te Nema?" attracts not only Bosniaks, but Bosnians of all ethnic backgrounds and genocide survivors. This year all collaborated on the project that the artist called an ‘antidote to genocide’ because it remembers though building community and collaboration...
NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC POLITICS, 2014
This article examines diaspora mobilization through transnational cultural production within Bosnian diaspora communities in Sweden and the United States in response to genocide. A discussion of diaspora mobilization in response to homeland politics is underlined with data from interviews and participant observation…
THE GLOBE AND MAIL, 2014
Bosnian coffee will be poured into thousands of small porcelain cups placed together on the ground at Dundas Square Saturday. They will remain full, however, because the people whom they are meant for won't be there to drink them. The Toronto Bosnian community will commemorate the Srebrenica genocide with a travelling monument – 3,500 cups donated…
BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, 2013
White as snow and barely bigger than a thimble, the Bosnian coffee cup represents more than just a porcelain container for a stiff, caffeinated drink. It brings Bosnians together to talk, to enjoy life, to keep the bonds of family and friendship strong. When war hit Bosnia two decades ago, those bonds were broken violently and, in many…
KLIX, 2014
Povodom 19. godišnjice najvećeg zločina poslije Drugog svjetskog rata u Evropi, genocida u Srebrenici, pod pokroviteljstvom Instituta za istraživanje genocida iz Kanade (IGK), Kongresa Bošnjaka Sjeverne Amerike (KBSA) i bošnjačkih organizacija i zajednica u Kanadi, umjetnica iz New Yorka Aida Šehović, inače članica Internacionalnog ekspertnog tima…
NOVO VRIJEME, 2013
Findžan i kahva simbol su, između ostalog, bosanskog gostoprimstva, sabura i dobrote. U Bosni postoji nepisano pravilo da se prilikom pravljenja kahve postavi i taj “findžan viška”, ukoliko neko u međuvremenu “navrati”. Aida Šehović rođena je Banjalučanka koja već dugo živi u Americi i svake se godine 11. jula upravo pomoću findžana i kahve sjeća…
RADIKAL HAYAT, 2012
Türkçesi “Niye yoksun?” olan “Şto Te Nema?” projesi kapsamında katliamı unutmadıklarını gösteren Genç Boşnaklar, soykırımda hayatını kaybeden her bir Srebrenitsalıyı temsil eden dört bine yakın fincanı Taksim Meydanı’na koydu. Ziyaretçiler, gün boyunca meydanda kalan fincanlara kahve doldurdu. Bu yıl soykırımda katledilen 8 bin 372 kişinin anısına…
EMEL, 2012
It is said that the tradition of serving and sharing cups of coffees with visitors has been passed down from the Bedouins of Arabia. We see it all the in the time in a consumer sense, but it has managed to retain its traditional meaning in Bosnia. People would almost never drink coffee by themselves in Bosnia, and even if they were by themselves at home…
HURRIYET, 2012
Genç Boşnaklar Derneği tarafından organize edilen ve ilki 2004 yılında Bosna Hersek’te düzenlenen "Niye Yoksun?" (Şto Te Nema) adlı anma etkinliği Taksim Meydanı’nda gerçekleştirildi. Srebrenica’da 1995 yılında katledilen 8 bin 372 Müslüman erkek ve çocuk için düzenlenen anma etkinliğinde kahve fincanlarından bir ’Niye Yoksun?’ anıtı oluşturuldu…
KLIX, 2012
Asocijacija bošnjačke omladine u Istanbulu postavila je danas instalaciju pod nazivom "Što te nema" u znak sjećanja na 17. godišnjicu genocida u Srebrenici. Instalacija bosanskih fildžana postavljena je na poznatom istanbulskom trgu Taksim, a prisutni su sipali kahvu u fildžane i simbolično se sjećali žrtava srebreničkog genocida…
KLIX, 2012
Udruženje "Mladi Bošnjaci" iz Istanbula saopćilo je da će povodom obilježavanja godišnjice genocida u Srebrenici na istanbulskom trgu Taksim biti postavljena instalacija pod nazivom "Što te nema". Riječ je o instalaciji umjetnice Aide Šehović koju čine fildžani za "one kojih nema". Ova instalacija je prvi put postavljena 11. jula 2004. ispred Baščaršijske…
SEVEN DAYS, 2011
In Bosnian culture, drinking coffee isn't done mindlessly, on the go or during other activities, such as reading the newspaper or checking email. To Bosnian Muslims, the act of sitting down to drink a cup of coffee is a deliberate, shared and intimate activity that usually involves family or close personal friends. The Bosnian language has several idioms that refer…
BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, 2011
Enver Šehović watched Sunday from the steps of Burlington's City Hall as passers-by poured coffee into hundreds of white, porcelain cups arranged on the brick promenade. His daughter conceived the memorial to honor the 8,372 Muslim men and boys systematically killed 16 years ago in Srebrenica, a city in Šehović’s…