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Aleksandar Bošković Interviewed about Nothing
November 7, 2025

On the latest episode of the NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies) podcast, Aleksandar Bošković discusses insights from his latest book, Nothing (:) Made in Yugoslavia. In the interview, Aleksandar Bošković explores the relationship between negation practices and systems of value – artistic, economic and symbolic.  His analysis centers various media from former Yugoslavia, arguing that the works show that ‘the invisible, indefinite, inaccessible nothing [beyond all systems of value] resists our conditioning, manipulation, and exploitation, while opening up a space of freedom.’

 

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