Alban Muja: I want to share what we experienced as a society, because we’ve forgotten
K2.0 speaks to the artist representing Kosovo at the 58th edition of La Biennale di Venezia.
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Muja's work for La Biennale was initially inspired by a series of photographs of himself with former prime minister of Spain, José María Aznar.
I snuck out, telling them that I was younger than 18, even though I had an ID in my pocket.
When we recorded the information, both from the parents and the kids, if you put them together, and remove the emotion, they are the same.
I don’t mind the project being related to politics. I think as artists we cannot only be an artist, but an activist as well.
Twenty years later, people may only remember what happened on an anniversary.
The biggest reason that someone will try to go illegally somewhere is because they have a lack of freedom.
If it’s necessary to be represented in the World Cup as a country, I don’t see a problem here.
Cristina Marí
Cristina Marí is a board member of K2.0. Cristina has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University Complutense of Madrid in Spain and the University of Bucharest, Romania.
This story was originally written in English.