Map of Disappearance

The Banat region in northern Serbia has long been marked by frequent migrations and depopulation, shaped by its barren land and harsh winds. This project creates a visual dialogue between memory, history, and imagination to explore the spirit of the place in an alternative way. With few visible traces of the past remaining in the landscape, I turn to documentation, imagination, and reconstruction suggesting that historical records can merge with personal and local memories to form new myths. Through this, I emphasize the vital role of stories and images in shaping and preserving place identity, while highlighting the need for a culture of remembrance. Map of Disappearance acts as a metaphor for the constant transformations in Banat’s natural landscape: its historical upheavals, migrations and the gradual fading of human traces over time.

Luna Jovanović (1990) earned her master’s degree from the Department of Photography at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad (2022), as well as from the interdisciplinary studies program at the University of Arts in Belgrade (2015), specializing in Art and Media Theory. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies in the field of visual arts. Her artistic practice explores concepts of cultural landscape, mysticism and memory, using photography, found materials, collage and drawing.