NAÐA KRAČUNOVIĆ: In the Name of Mother, in the Last Name of Father

Nadja Kracunovic (born in 1996) is a Serbian-born artist based in Germany.

https://nadjakracunovic.com/

Her interdisciplinary art practice intersects performance, visual arts, and theater, focusing on the personal experience of survival. Born to a single mother in the Balkans, she investigates how gender, sexuality, citizenship status, dis/ability, family relations, and social norms are embedded in the cultural realities of women. Reviving stages in public spaces, Nadja either brings female characters to life or invites real protagonists into her narratives through performative investigation. Her work employs voice, documentation, humor, and poetry, drawing the materials from her diaries, folk tales, family history, and intimate encounters.

In addition to her exhibiting practice, Nadja is a professional outcrier and advocate for self-governing communities. She co-founded the ‘Crying Classroom’ project (https://cryingclassroom.net/) and the never-ending radio station ‘Future Nostalgia FM’ (https://www.futurenostalgia.digital/). Moreover, she has been conducting voice and performance workshops titled ‘How to Perform a Scream?’ since 2023.