Sarajevo Red Line
| Sarajevo Red Line | |
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Sarajevo Red Line Poster
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| Genre | Memorial Event |
| Location | Marsala Tita Street, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Creative team | |
| Director and Author | Haris Pasovic |
| Set Design | Lada Maglajlic |
| Costume Design | Oshyosh – Irma Saje Vanja Cira |
| Music Director | Merima Ključo |
| Artistic Director of "Art Vivo" | Danijel Zontar |
| Performers | Ensemble “Art Vivo” Jasna Diklić |
| Soloists | Ivica Šarić Aida Corbadžić |
| Accordion | Merima Ključo |
| Music | All arrangements and compositions by Merima Ključo and Danijel Žontar |
| School Choirs | Sarajevo Elementary and High school students |
| Art Director (Design) | Bojan Hadžihalilović |
| Poster Design | Vedad Orahovac |
| Video Design | Antonio Ilić |
| Photography | Midhat Mujkić |
| Brochure Design | Enes Huseinčehajić |
| Other information | |
| Accountant | Sanela Brcic |
| PR Manager and Production Assistant | Bruno Lovric |
| Program Manager | Lejla Abazovic |
| Executive Producer | Ismar Hadziabdic |
| Producer | Haris Pasovic |
| Official website | |
Sarajevo Red Line (locally: Sarajevska Crvena Linija) is the name of the memorial event organized in cooperation between the City of Sarajevo and East West Theatre Company which commemorated the Siege of Sarajevo's 20th anniversary. It was held April 6, 2012 in the main Sarajevo street and it consisted of a large chair installation, street exhibition of war posters and a concert. Authors describe Sarajevo Red Line as a drama and music poem dedicated to the Sarajevo citizens killed during the 1992-96 siege of their city.
The central event of Sarajevo Red Line was staged near the Eternal Flame monument.
From the stage near the flame down the Maršal Tito Street, 11,541 empty red chairs were arranged in 825 rows (as an audience). This red “audience” stretched for 800 meters and ended in the area between the building of the Presidency of BiH and Ali-pasha’s Mosque. 11,541 empty chairs symbolized 11,541 victims of the war which, according to Research and Documentation Center were killed during the Siege of Sarajevo. 643 of the chairs were small, representing the slain children. On some of them, during the day-long event, passers-by left teddy bears, little plastic cars, other toys or candy.
The program consisted of poetry and music. It was performed by Merima Ključo, internationally renowned accordion player, along with the Sarajevo classical music choir, Art Vivo led by Danijel Žontar, composer and choir’s artistic director, soloists; Ivica Šarić, Aida Čorbadžić, Ivan Šarić, Amir Saračević, Dragan Pavlović, Leo Šarić and Deniza Đipa. The program also included a large school choir consisting of 750 students from Sarajevo elementary and high schools. At the end of the ceremony, they lined up among the red chairs and sang John Lennon's legendary song: "Give Peace a Chance.". The plan for the Sarajevo Red Line, was first publicly presented on March 27 at the Sarajevo City Hall by a team of artists and officials.
According to the Research and Documentation Center, of the 11,541 people killed in the siege, 643 were children. Therefore, 643 of the chairs in Sarajevo Red Line were small - representing the slain children. On some, passers-by left teddy bears, little plastic cars, other toys or candy.
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