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Belgrade sound map - Svakodnevnica u Geozavodu - A day in life of Geozavod

from ImprovE 2​.​20 Sounds of Savamala by improvE 2

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Ja sam ulazila kao u dvor, kao u crkvu. Sećam se vremena kad su se nosile one dugačke suknje, ja ono kao da sam princeza... ono bukvalno dvor. To je bilo ono kako ih zovu trokrako stepnište, na sredini veliko stepenište pa onda ide levo i desno stepenište pa se onda gore ovako penje, ali to sve mermer onda neke figure velike neke devojke koje drže svetiljke, to je sve bilo božanstveno, isto one pličoce prelepe, ja sam to samo u onim starim filmovima takve pločice i radijatore viđala. Radijatori su bili sve ručno rađeni, veliki radijatori, oni ogromni ovako široki, tučani, ali sve rezbareni, sa onim šaram sa ornamentima, božanstveno je bilo. Sve je bilo božanstveno... to je u stvari rađeno to je bila banka, kao prvo to je rađeno za banku, ta zgrada ima trezore, jedan ili dva ja ne znam. I imala je veliku šalter salu, ta šalter sala postoji i sada ali su bila predivna vrata, staklena vrata, ta vrata više ne postoje, kako se to zove kad su vrata iscrtana. I kad otvorite vrata ona šalter sala božanstvena i unutra daktilobiro u moje vreme, pun daktilo biro je tada Geozavod bio jedinstven i bio je jedan daktilo biro i posle te OUR-i te odeljenja onda počinje odvajnje , pa su se onda i daktilografiknje rasturile, a tad kad sam došla bile su sve tu, recimo njih dvadeset i one sve starinske mašine to je bilo božanstveno, pa ond računske mašine one stare po kancelarijama... sve je bilo starinsko kad sam ja došla, na kraju sam završila na kompjuteru, zadnje četiri godine sam radila na kompjuteru na unosu podataka o bušotinam i uopšte svrstavanje. Inače sa crtala fantastično, retko ko piše kaligrafiju, mislim vi možete da naučite da crtate i da pišete pomoću šablona, ali ja sam pisala kaligrafiju što retko ko piše, tako da sam. Bila me tražila i vojska da pišem kaligrafiju za njih.

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I would go in the way you go in to a palace or a church. Those were the days when those long skirts were in fashion, it was like being a princess... literally like I was going into a palace. There was one of those, what do you call them, three-part staircases, in the middle was the main staircase, with a staircase either side, all climbing up like this, and all in marble with these statues, these big ladies holding up torches, it was all so heavenly. And the tiles were beautiful, I’ve only seen tiles and radiators like that in films. The radiators were handmade, big radiators, those huge ones this wide, made of brass, but with these patterns and decorations, it was heavenly. It was all so heavenly... in actual fact the building was a bank, with a vault, one vault or two, I’m not sure. And it had a great big hall for the tellers, the doors in the hall were wonderful, glass doors, those doors don’t exist anymore, what do you call it when doors are decorated like that? And when you go through those doors, the hall was magnificent, and inside there was a typists’ office. In my time it was full of typists. Back then Geozavod was integrated and there was one typists’ office but later it was OUR this, department that and then the division began so the typing girls were broken up. But back then, when I arrived, they were all there, about twenty of them and all on those old-fashioned typewriters – it was heavenly. And those office calculators in the offices... Everything was old fashioned when I arrived and by the end I ended up on a computer – the last four years I was working on a computer, entering data about drilling and general categorisation. I also used to write fantastically well, not many people can write calligraphy – I mean, you can learn to write or draw with the help of a template but I wrote calligraphy, which not many people can do. Even the army asked me to write calligraphy for them.

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Improve 2 is a musicians' collective, based in Belgrade.
Is a monthly platform for creative performers, experimentators and electro-acoustic-visual communication. The series is devoted to new music performance, by way of concerts, installations, workshops and site specific interventions. ... more

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