"The Beauty of Ignorance" is an art project curated by Aceska Aleksandra, where the emphasis is placed on creative solutions in the form of photos, statuses and texts stimulated by the air pollution situation in Macedonia in December 2017 and January 2018.
The Beauty of ignorance - The text that combined the idea
"A summary of the electronic news: A woman drowned in Vardar. Then another hung on a tree. A dog stoked a child. Or children. Or was it the other way around? The woman hung herself and then the dogs began to bite, so one local hero started to poison home pets. I also heard that children blew a dog up with firecrackers. The dog killed the home kitten from the neighbor. The same neighbor who smashed a dogs head in the daylight with a pole, while people were drinking their morning caffe in the caffe shops in Debar Maalo.
Likewise, the other day I read that a car fell into the river Vardar at the Stone Bridge. Or was it a trolley with a child. In any case, it was a hit. Or it wasn't ... I'm not quite sure, but I will still mention it as a fact.
And finally, today is the birthday of Tamara. What is Tamara? Insensitive fool! How can you not know by now? It's because of people like you, we fell apart.
And now, it's time for the weather: The Air in Skopje quit his job the other day. Thank God someone from the crowd reasoned with him so he returned. But I talked to him and he is very unstable. No one knows when he will leave us in the lurch again. But we are strong, we are good people and we love each other very much, and even without the Air we can manage, because Holidays are coming, and the holidays are in order for us to spend them with our loved ones. So, friends, let the New Year holidays be happy to you! And do not forget to send a postcard home. If you forgot to buy one, do not worry, take one from here."
- Aceska Aleksandra
This project was attended by Dragana Dautovska, Hanis Bagasov, Jasmina Trpevska, Maja Nestoroska, Natalia Markoska, Natasha Geleva, Oliver Nasteski, Petranka Ivanova, Sarah Alexandrova and Teodora Pavlovska with one or more photos from the air pollution in Skopje.
Besides the curatorial text, the exhibition had copies of the exhibited photographs, in a form of Christmas postcards, which were free for visitors to take.
