Honey and Rakija for Lunch
2023–2024

During the Bosnian War (1991 –1995), Bosnia experienced one of the worst humanitarian crises in Europe. With the encirclement of the Usora region by the Serbian military, all food supplies were cut off for almost a year.

Ariane Mandić‘s family comes from the village of Jelah and survived the Bosnian war, which formed the basis for the project and collaboration with the local people.

The work combines personal memories, documentary footage and historical archive material to create a multi-layered, transmedia narrative of the Bosnian war and enables a vivid approach to the realities of life in surrounded areas.

Prints on Paper and Video Installation
Transmedia Project created by Evelyn Nietlisbach and Ariane Mandić
Term assignment at Camera Arts,
coached by Salvatore Vitale and Thomas Knüsel

Mentioned at
Akut Mag, Honey & Rakija for Lunch, 2024

Exhibited at
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design, Film & Art, April 2024
Goetheanum Dornach, August 2024
Self-Published as “Honey and Rakija for Lunch”

Book “Honey and Rakija for Lunch”, Self-Published

Book “Honey and Rakija for Lunch”, Self-Published

Book “Honey and Rakija for Lunch”, Self-Published

“Honey and Rakija for Lunch” exhibited at Goetheanum Basel, August 2024

“Honey and Rakija for Lunch” exhibited at HSLU DFK, April 2024