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Trees as Militarized Bodies

Interview 32: Wounded Lindens along the Miljacka

"Trees exposed to open fire were spared as they were too dangerous to be logged. As a consequence of the shelling, they still bear traces from shrapnel and bullets. If a tree is wounded physically by the shelling it creates scar tissues around the wound or even around the piece inside it, similar to scar tissue that forms knobs and bulges. In protected places some trees were planted, presumably fruit trees for food, as well as fast-growing conifers for firewood." 

From an interview with Sead Vojnikovic

Location: Vilsonovo šetalište, Sarajevo 71000.





The Heroes of Treca Gimnazijy: A war school in Sarajevo, 1992-1995:

"Carrying all these nice memories from my school days in Treca Gimnazija, memories of endless laughs and the fun we had - playing soccer in the backyard, holding hands and strolling down Wilson Promenade with my high school sweetheart, I was deeply saddened and horrified when I first saw on CNN the mortar round hit the bench on Wilson Promenade where I had stolen my first kisses, windows of the chemistry lab smashing in the blast, walls of my classroom pierced with bullets.

While my generation of Treca Gimnazija students was stealing kisses and exchanging laughs on their way to and from school, the 1992-1995 generation was dodging snipers and hiding themselves from the firefights on the frontline that cut through the city, right in front of the school building."








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