XENIA: A PROJECT is a hybrid lecture-performance that deconstructs the media image and posthumous mythologization of Ksenija Pajčin to examine the intersections of tabloid culture, patriarchal violence, and the commodification of the female body in the Balkans. Blending fiction, documentary material and critical analysis, the piece confronts the audience with their own complicity in a culture that turns femicide into spectacle.

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Biography

Sofija Dimitrijević

Sofija Dimitrijević (2001) is a playwright, writer, and screenwriter whose works have been staged at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade Drama Theatre, and Bitef Theatre. She is the author of several plays and short films, a participant in the Slavic Soundwalking and Playground 24/26 projects, and a recipient of the Gašino pero, Josip Kulundžić and Slobodan Selenić awards. She is also one of the founders of the KAMEO film festival. On project XENIA: A PROJECT she was Dramaturg/Coauthor (Mentor Gordana Goncić).

Ana Janković

Ana Janković (1992) is a Serbian theater director whose authorial work has been presented at the Belgrade Drama Theatre and Bitef Theatre. She received the Annual Directing Award from Belgrade Drama Theatre for Quiet, quieter listed among the season’s top ten performances by Politika. Her productions have appeared at Desire Festival, Sarajevo Fest, and RUTA Sarajevo. On XENIA: A PROJECT Ana had Director role (Mentor Gordana Goncić).