Elevate January 2020 | Air Serbia

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BILJANA VILIMON, MULTIMEDIJALNA UMETNICA / MULTIMEDIA ARTIST NE LETIM BEZ BLOKA ZA CRTANJE

ZAŠTO VOLITE AVIONE? – Volim visinu. Kao mala u mislima sam letela u oblacima i kad sam prvi put se- la u avion, moj dečji san se ostvario. Radost letenja avionom osećam i da- nas. BEZ ČEGA NE ULAZITE U AVION? – Bez bloka za crtanje. Najlepše mini- jature uradila sam olovkom, u avionu. Pošto je nedavno Manjo Vukotić obja- vio moj autobiografski roman SELFI, poslednje putovanje avionom pamtim i po tome što sam se prvi put u avio- nu do Njujorka zabavljala listajući svo- ju knjigu umesto uobičajenog šaranja po papiru. ZAŠTO BEOGRAD? – Beograd volim zato što je pun kontra- sta. U prošlosti je nažalost često rušen, ali su spojevi starog i novog u arhitek- turi nešto što Beogradu daje poseban šmek. Volim Beograd i zbog neobičnih splavova na rekama, zbog Kalemeg- dana, gde svakodnevno šetam, zbog moje ulice, Gepratove, koja je lepa u svako doba godine, a najviše zbog Be- ograđana, koji su najgostoljubiviji lju- di na svetu. WHY DO YOU LIKE PLANES? - I love heights. As a little girl, I ew through the clouds in my mind, and my childhood dream was realised the rst time I sat on a plane. I still feel the joy of ying today. WHAT DON’T YOU BOARD A PLANE WITHOUT? - Without a sketchpad. I’ve created my most beautiful miniatures with a pencil, aboard a plane. Given that Manjo Vukotić recently published my autobiographical novel SELF- IE, I recall my last journey by plane accord- ing to that, because for the rst time I enter- tained myself aboard a ight to New York by listing through my own book, instead of the usual scribbling on paper. WHY DO YOU LOVE BELGRADE? - I love Belgrade because it is full of con- trasts. It was, unfortunately, often devastat- ed in the past, but the architectural fusion of the old and the new is something that gives Belgrade a special charm. I also love Belgrade for its unusual raft venues along the rivers, because of Kalemegdan, where I stroll every day, because of my street – Ge- pratova - which is beautiful during all times of the year, and mostly because of Belgrad- ers, who are the most hospitable people in the world.

I DON’T FLY WITHOUT A SKETCHPAD

Tekst/Words: Ljiljana Perović Fotografije/ Photography: E-Stock / Dragan Kadić

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