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2003, art project on TV space (mockucumentary video), 15min
co-author Sasho Talevski a.k.a. HA (Chronically Arrogance)

Mockucumentary video that was screened on the national TV Channel A1 as a true documentary. The video made in a manner of the most of the Macedonian TV documentaries, is showing OPA and their “great success” on the Parisian art scene while exhibiting in Palais de Tokyo, Pompidou, etc. The prestige of exhibiting in Paris is exaggerated beyond a joke and OPA’s international escapades are depicted with sarcasm, unnoticeable to the unsuspecting viewers who watched the documentary with admiration and awe when it was screened on the national television.

In this work OPA symbolizes and draw attention to the social and cultural relations within Macedonia and the attitude of one small country towards the information to and from “the great centers”. The video work relates to the phenomenon of the Macedonian media of nonobjective and often false presentation and recognition of the matters including cultural events, twisting the criteria of what is important for “the international recognition of the cultural scene of the country”.

In the documentary, the original video works from the authentic galleries and the real posters of billboards are replaced with OPA video works or posters by editing and postproduction.

Screenplay and editing: Slobodanka Stevceska & Denis Saraginovski
Text: Sasho Talevski
Camera and postproduction: Denis Saraginovski
Narration: Elena Stojcevska (French)
Voice over: Yane Calovski (English) and Aneta Veterova Soskic (Macedonian)
Production: OPA
Thanks to: Elena Stojcevska, Hristijan Sanev and A1 TV station

Press announcement: 29.08.2003 (Macedonian / English)