zastranienie

Zastranienie is a dynamic duo formed by two highly strong individuals - Boško and Ida. The two reside in Belgrade, Serbia and they feel rather frustrated with the environment - which is not refered to their homeland alone, but more in general terms of the world we live in. The concept of Zastranienie is based on the theory of defamiliarization (better known as 'Ostranenie' to which Boško and Ida paraphrased their name), as conceived by Viktor Shklovsky, the Russian essayist.

Formed during summer of 2009, Zastranienie came up with the idea of creating virtually notorious but also a humourous project which will focus on audio-visual misconceptions of who they actually are or might be. Deliberately dismissing any 'cult of personality', they chose the musical concept as their 'political' ideology, a cabaret, preaching art phrases twisted into social issues.

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