Vladimir Nedeljković

By definition, punk is a subculture, alternative culture and youth culture based on the interaction of cultural elements different from the elements of popular culture and other sub-genres.It has its own distinctive music, ideology, dress code, visual identity, dance, literature and film. Punks are mostly young people with a different opinion, who in common have the spirit of anti-establishment and non-recognition of the canon. As a musical direction, it existed in full swing in the 70s and 80s of the last century, exerting an influence on the rock scene of that time. How did appear in ex-Yugoslavia? What were the "hotspots"? Did he pose a danger to the state and socio-economic system of that time? Can one see punk as a way of life?

To promote their book Bosnian Flat Dog, Swedish comics creators Max Andersson and Lars Sjunnesson tour the countries of former Yugoslavia with a mummified Marshal Tito in a refrigerator. They encounter a number of artists, musicians, publishers and other characters populating the post-Yugoslav indie cultural scene. As the journey continues through increasingly improbable surroundings, the protagonists begin to question themselves and the reality they find themselves in. Watching border controls turn into improvised snapshot sessions, admiring mutant iron-curtain Disney toys, buying souvenir grenade shell handicrafts and discovering sniper art in blown-out apartments, they find that truth may indeed be stranger than fiction.