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KOŠTANA BANOVIĆ
Koštana Banović is visual artist and filmmaker. She was born in Sarajevo in former Yugoslavia. She studied at the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design in Utrecht in the Netherlands, where she currently teaches. She has regularly worked in countries like Cuba, Senegal, Angola, Brazil and Caribbean where she has developed video-art projects with local communities. Throughout her oeuvre – drawings, performances, films – Koštana Banović never hesitated to engage in rituals as a means to reduce the distance between Self and the Other, represented by the cultures encountered during her many travels. The travels have shown that the Other was to be found within, as a disturbing yet inextricable part of Self. Taking part in and researching ritual as a means of getting in touch with oneself and others is a recurring element in her work. Her oeuvre researches the boundaries of modern visual anthropology, documentary and fine art. In 2016 her film May I Enter was awarded the Grand Prix of the 2nd Apricot Tree Film Festival’s Feature-length Competition.