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A screening of Šejla Kamerić’s 1395 Days Without Red, a poetic meditation on human persistence during the Bosnian War, will take place on 26 March 2025 at 7 PM at KW Studio, Berlin.

In conjunction with Miloš Trakilović’s exhibition, KW presents a screening of two works: Trakilović’s Colorless Green Freedoms Sleep Furiously and 1395 Days Without Red, by Šejla Kamerić in collaboration with Anri Sala and Ari Benjamin Meyers.
Both works reflect on experiences and memories of the Bosnian War (1992–1995) and its aftermath, revolving around the central presence of a color in the constitution of memory.

1395 Days Without Red follows a woman making her way through the nearly-deserted streets of Sarajevo. At every crossing, she stops, looks, listens and runs. The taken route became known as Sniper Alley during the siege of the city between 1992 and 1996. At this time, its citizens were advised not to wear bright colors that might alert the snipers in the hills surrounding the city. Throughout the siege, the Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra continued to play. While the woman is reliving the experience of the siege as an individual journey in the collective memory of the city, the orchestra stops and starts to play, the woman’s movements alike. As such, the work is a poetic mediation on human persistence despite severe challenges of war.