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Severe Period Pain Simulator - Heavy Shots Cocktails

Speculative design and fiction video project, speaking about a dark future world where pain tourism is a main attraction and menstrual pain is converted into the digital currency CrampsCoins. The work discusses dysmenorrhea using speculative fiction, poetry, and various visuals such as samples from live coding videos.

  • Milica Denkovic
    Director
    Astronaut/2x2m, Look at you blacksheep, Schrodinger's cat is not dead
  • Milica Denkovic
    Writer
    Astronaut/2x2m, Look at you blacksheep, Schrodinger's cat is not dead
  • Milica Denkovic
    Producer
    Astronaut/2x2m, Look at you blacksheep, Schrodinger's cat is not dead
  • Milica Denkovic
    Scenographer
  • Milica Denkovic
    New Media Designer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Serbia
  • Country of Filming:
    Serbia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Milica Denkovic

Milica Denković

milica.denkovic@gmail.com
www.milicadenkovic.com
https://theshapesofthebooks.com
https://www.instagram.com/spatial_odyssey/
https://filmfreeway.com/projects/2122541

Education: 2011. -2013.
MA New Media Arts Academy of Arts Novi Sad

Membership:
Art Association of Vojvodina

International projects:
2018-2022 International art project ‘LETTERS’, Creative direction and production, c/o Kultivera, Tranås

Lectures and workshops:
2021. Guest artist - Presentation of the porject Destination dystopia, subject Graphic design/theme Graphic novel, Year 2 - Undergraduate Academic Studies Scene architecture, technology and design, Faculty of Technical Science, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2022. Intermedia Hemmingway: Hemmingway experimented on by the artist, introduction + practice class, Kultivera and Holavedsgymnasiet, Tranas, Sweden.
2022. Astronaut/2x2m. Intermedia workshop, Tranas at the Fringe festival, Tranas, Sweden.
2023. Space is…, Experimental workshop, Master students of Academy of Applied Arts – Scene design, Rijeka, Croatia.

Residencies:
2018. 2nd Studio Bibliothek – Kultivera, Tranas, Sweden.
2019. Letters, Kultivera, Tranas, Sweden.
2020. Letters, Kultivera, Tranas, Sweden.
2021. Librogrpahics, Kultivera, Tranas, Sweden.

Acquisitions:
2018. Work „Loop“ digital illustration, Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia
2021. Work from the collection „The shapes of the books “, Eriksbergs Museum, Tranås, Sweden

Permanent collections:
2022. Video Schrodinger Cat is not Dead and Look at You, black sheep, Las Cigarreras Cultural Center´s Video Art collection, Alicante (Spain)

Shortlisted:
2014. Rovinj Photodays, Rovinj, Croatia.
2021. Reset Artist in Residence, Kontempora, Kyustendil, Bulgaria.

Video:
2021. /2022.
Video poem „Astronaut/2x2m“
Semifinalist in the Best super short film category at Lulea International Film Festival, Lulea, Sweden.
Semifinalsist in the Covid-19 film category at City Film Festival Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Finalist in the Super Short Film category at Košice International Film Festival, Košice, Slovakia.
Official selection, Across the Globe Film Festival, New York, USA.
Finalist Best COVID-19 film, at City Film Festival Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Semifinalsist in Best Super Short Film category on City Film Festival Stockohlm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Semifinalist in the Best Super Short Film category at Boden International Film Festival, Boden, Sweden.
Finalist in category Super short film, Prague Monthly Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic.
Semifinalist in the category Best Super Short Film, Boden International Film Festival, Boden, Sweden.
Official selection, Video poetry - main program, Coracle Europe Literary Festival, Carmarthen, Wales.
Finalist Best Super Short Film, Paris International Film Awards, Paris, France
Finalist Best super short film, Lacorne International Film Festival, Paris, France
Official selection Best super short film, International World Film Awards, New York, USA.
Official Selection International shorts, TATVA 2021, India.
Official selection Short video, Online Isolation Short Video Festival, Moscow, Russia.
Finalist Best super short film, Fotofilm International Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
Official selection Micro short film, Metropolis Film Festival, Milano, Italy.
Official selection Experimental film, Experimental Superstars, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Official selection Experimental film, Interface video art festival, Zagreb, Croatia.
Semi-finalist Super short film, AltFF Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, Canada.
Official selection Super Short Film, Aarhus International Film Festival, Aarhus, Denmark.
Official selection 10th International Video Poetry Festival, Athens, Greece
Official selection, Festival del Cinema del Cefalu, Palermo, Italy.
Official selection, Black Cat Award International Film Festival, La Paz, Bolivia.
Official selection, Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest, Hungary.

Video poem „The gap in the time of the pandemic“
Official selection, Video poetry - main program, Coracle Europe Literary Festival, Carmarthen, Wales.
Official selection Made in Serbia 2021, Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Official selection Super short film, International World Film Festival, New York, USA.
Official selection Audience award, Independent Video Film Festival of Youtube Art Club Pavlos Paraschakis, Athens, Greece

Video Unspoken
Official Seleciton Open theme, Open vision film fest, Belgrade, Serbia.
Official selection Short experimental, Clapperboard Golden Festival, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Finalist, Bordeaux Shorts Biennale - Le festival international du film minute et de court-métrage de Bordeaux, France
Official selection, Black Cat Award International Film Festival, La Paz, Bolivia.
Official selection, Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest, Hungary.
Official selection, CINEM'aMOSTr, Villa do Conde, Portugal.

Video Schrodinger's cat is not dead
Official selection Best 1-minute film, Lulea International Film Festival, Lulea Sweden.
Official selection Museoverse ALC Videoart Festival, Alicante, Spain - Honorable mention
Official selection, Festival del Cinema del Cefalu, Palermo, Italy.
Official selection, Open Vision Film Fest, Belgrade, Serbia.
Official selection, 7th Siding Festival of Film, Creston, Canada.

Video Look at you, black sheep
Official selection, Museoverse ALC Videoart Festival, Alicante, Spain
Official selection, Other Movie Lugano Film Festival. Lugano, Switzerland.
Official selection, Festival del Cinema del Cefalu, Palermo, Italy.
Official selection, Open Vision Film Fest, Belgrade, Serbia.
Official selection, Femifilms, Barcelona, Spain.
Official selection, Black Cat Award International Film Festival, La Paz, Bolivia.
Official selection, Future Vision Festival - A celebration of unusual animation 異色アニメ映画祭, Tokyo, Japan / Amsterdam, Netherlands
Official selection, Les Instants Video, Marseille, France.

Video Dyptch: Internal Landscape
Official selection, The Paus premiere festival. Manchester, United Kingdom.
Official selection, Made in Serbia 2022, Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia.

Solo exhibitions:
2018. Twisted City, Art Association of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2019. Twisted City 2.0, Cultural Center of Novi Sad, Serbia.
2020. Destination dystopia, Castle Eđšeg, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2021. The shapes of the books, At the Fringe festival, Eriksbergs museum, Tranas, Sweden.

Group exhibitions:
2006. “What do you think about sexuality?”, Jonkopins Lang Museum, Jonkoping, Sweden
2008. Festival of Independent Culture Unconquered town, Karlovac, Croatia
2008. Selection “Made in Serbia 2008”, VIDEOMEDEJA, Novi Sad, Serbia
2009. 10 years of One Minute, Kunsthalle Kale, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
2011. Signals of revolt and political posters from the workshop of screen printing organized by collective Škart and Cactus Network, REX Centar, Belgrade, Serbia
2012. Project “Love difference ”, Student Cultural Center Factory, China Quarter, Novi Sad, Serbia
2014. New members of the Art Association of Vojvodina, Art Associations of Vojvodina gallery, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2014. Project “Love difference ”, Student Cultural Center Factory, China Quarter, Novi Sad, Serbia
2014. All members of the Art Association of Vojvodina, Rajko Mamuzić Gallery, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2016. Urban ruins, Gallery Decumanus, Krk, Croatia.
2019. Quest performing the ghost, Emergence festival, Križik D, Prague Quadrennial, Prague, Czech.
2019. Resource utopia, Artget gallery, Belgrade, Serbia.
2019. Collage – creating the worlds, Hochsalzbrug castle, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
2019. Telling the time – speculation in designing a hybrid language of the time led by Ted Hunt & organization Metamedij, festival MediaMeditteranea, Pula, Croatia.
2019. Space in contemporary art in Vojvodina, organized by Art Association of Vojvodina, gallery Kazamat, Osijek, Croatia.
2020. IndustriAll, Metamedij, Pula.
2020. Fu:bar/Expo, AKC Medika and Gallery Siva, Zagreb, Croatia. 
2020. Punk letters project, digital exhibition, At the Fringe festival, Tranas, Sweden.
2020. On another view, a collaborative group exhibition of artists from the Art Association of Vojvodina and BVBK Graz, gallery of Art Association of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2020. A group exhibition of All members of the Art Association of Vojvodina, SULUV gallery, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2020. The Man and The Machine, gallery MillePiani, Rome, Italy.
2021. Post-Industrial, gallery MillePiani, Rome, Italy. 
2021. Augmented Authencity, DAI SAI, Pula, Croatia.
2021. Augmented Authencity, Xcenter, Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
2021. Art, Architecture and Design, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pančevo, Serbia.
2021. All Members of the Art Association of Vojvodina, Gallery Rajko Mamuzić, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2022. Potraits of isolation: Astornaut/2x2m c/o Fuji Hoffman, Tranas at the Fringe festival, Pirateenhuset, Tranas, Sweden.
2023. Re: fest, La Mama Galleria/Hot Shot Muffler/online, New York & Los Angeles, USA.

Workshops attendance:
Video activism and documentary film, Youth Club CK13, Novi Sad, Serbia
Slam poetry workshop, Minja Bogavac & Pesničenje, Belgrade, Serbia
Workshop Hidden corners of Belgrade, Tačka komunikacije and Europa Nostra, Belgrade, Serbia
Workshop Who needs the city?, Tačka komunikacije, Belgrade, Serbia
Resource utopia, Photography workshop with Andreas Zust and Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Quest performing the ghost, Ephemera, Prague Quadrennial, Prague, Czech.
Collages and making the worlds, Jakob Kolding, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria.
Telling the time – speculation in designing a hybrid language of the time led by Ted Hunt & organization Metamedij, festival MediaMeditteranea, Pula, Croatia
Digital strategies for creative Resilience / Culture Hub (NY- USA) + EhoAnimato (BG- SER), Belgrade, Serbia
Augmented Authencity, Speculative design workshop, Metamedij, Pula, Croatia
Rave of Ritalesque, Speculative design workshop, Post workers theatre and Metamedij, Pula Croatia.

Poetry:
2014. ''Čitanka:poučak o nizovima''', editor: Bojan Krivokapić, Youth club CK13, Novi Sad, Serbia
2022. „Review of the newest Novi Sad poetry“, editor: Branislav Živanović, Prelom Press, Novi Sad, Serbia.

Poetry readings:
Radio Studio B and April meetings in Belgrade
Versopolis, the Festival of Hope, online edition
Coracle Europe Festival, hybrid edition, Carmarthen, Wales.
Tranas at the Fringe Festival, Tranas, Sweden
FabrikSlam, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Director Statement

I have dysmenorrhea. As a neuroscience aid and behavioral-cognitive therapy method, I started to write poetry when I had the most severe period cramps. The project Menstrual Cycle of Pooems is ongoing. Some of those poems and fictional writings were the foundation for this video. Further, I would like to develop this into an audio-visual/exhibition show.