“Exodus: Bllaca 99 – Remembering Through Movement”
Session
Art and Digital Media
Description
Exodus: Bllaca 99 – Museum of Exodus is a curatorial and memorial art project that reinterprets the 1999 refugee journey of more than 400,000 Kosovar civilians through a moving gallery concept. Three original train wagons used during the mass exodus are transformed into mobile exhibition spaces — each functioning as a self-contained curatorial environment that travels between cities and borders. The project merges historical documentation with contemporary art practices, presenting multimedia installations, soundscapes, and personal testimonies that evoke the emotional and physical passage of displacement. This curatorial approach — where the exhibition itself is in motion — symbolizes the continuity of exile and return, memory and transformation. By shifting the museum from a fixed location to a mobile infrastructure, Exodus: Bllaca 99 challenges conventional modes of exhibiting history and redefines how memory can circulate across public and geographical spaces. It positions the moving wagons as both artifact and medium — a living archive that carries stories of survival, loss, and belonging. Situated in Hani i Elezit and envisioned as a regional traveling platform, the project bridges art, heritage, and humanitarian reflection, inviting audiences to encounter history as a journey still unfolding.
Keywords:
curatorial practice, moving gallery, exodus, migration, remembrance, Kosovo 1999, memorial art, mobile museum, displacement, resilience, social reconstruction, human rights, post-conflict memory
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-982-41-2
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
25-10-2025 9:00 AM
End Date
26-10-2025 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2025.35
Recommended Citation
Ejupi, Gazmend, "“Exodus: Bllaca 99 – Remembering Through Movement”" (2025). UBT International Conference. 7.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2025UBTIC/ADM/7
“Exodus: Bllaca 99 – Remembering Through Movement”
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Exodus: Bllaca 99 – Museum of Exodus is a curatorial and memorial art project that reinterprets the 1999 refugee journey of more than 400,000 Kosovar civilians through a moving gallery concept. Three original train wagons used during the mass exodus are transformed into mobile exhibition spaces — each functioning as a self-contained curatorial environment that travels between cities and borders. The project merges historical documentation with contemporary art practices, presenting multimedia installations, soundscapes, and personal testimonies that evoke the emotional and physical passage of displacement. This curatorial approach — where the exhibition itself is in motion — symbolizes the continuity of exile and return, memory and transformation. By shifting the museum from a fixed location to a mobile infrastructure, Exodus: Bllaca 99 challenges conventional modes of exhibiting history and redefines how memory can circulate across public and geographical spaces. It positions the moving wagons as both artifact and medium — a living archive that carries stories of survival, loss, and belonging. Situated in Hani i Elezit and envisioned as a regional traveling platform, the project bridges art, heritage, and humanitarian reflection, inviting audiences to encounter history as a journey still unfolding.