Vojislav D. Dević
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| Vojislav D. Dević | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 Novi Sad, SFRY now Serbia |
| 🏳️ Nationality |  Serbia |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 1979-present |
| Known for | public projecting |
| Notable work | Biopolis, Olimpiapolis, Mudrapolis, Asketopolis, Serb-Bos-Cro, Centrapans |
Vojislav D. Dević (Serbian: Војислав Д. Девић; born 1952) is a Serbian researcher, theoretician and practitioner of spatial planning, city planning, architecture and the protection of architectural heritage, ecology, futurology, cartography and geo-strategic projects. He is also a notable peace activist and ecologist.[1]
Biography and Career[edit]
Dević graduated at the City Planning Department of The Faculty of Architecture on University of Belgrade in 1977. He specialized in city planning at University Paris VIII in Saint Denis in 1982/83.
From 1979 to 1994, Dević was employed at the Institute for City Planning in Novi Sad, where, from 1992 to 1994, he was a member of the board of directors. He was also a member of the Novi Sad City Board for the insight into city plans from 1990 to 1992 and 2001 to 2003. From 2001 to 2002 he was employed at the Executive Council of the AP of Vojvodina in the Secretariat for Economy, the Sector for City Planning and Construction. From 2013 to 2016 he was a member of the Council for Urbanism, Office Space and Housing at the City Council of Novi Sad.
Since 1992 Dević has been the Secretary of the Slavic Institute in Novi Sad; since 2005 the consultant of the SASA Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić”; the director of Strateg Projekt, and since 2011 the manager of the Foundation “Matica Mira” (Peace Matrix). He was elected as a professor and academician at the International Slavic Academy of Science, Education and Art in Moscow in 1995.
Dević is a public protector of Novi Sad squares, cemeteries, and churches as well as an advocate of general architectural heritage of Vojvodina[2] and civilisational heritage of Serbian Danube Area.[3]
He participated in around thirty professional and scientific symposiums of Serbian, Yugoslav, European and World level with original reports. Dević is also a collaborator and author of several dozen of city plans and projects. He authored a large number of articles published in professional journals and daily newspapers.
Dević is a member of the Association of Architects of Novi Sad, the Association of the Applied Artists and Designers of Vojvodina, the Association of City Planners of Serbia, Slavic Institute in Novi Sad, European Institute for the Research of Early Slavs in London, and the International Slavic Academy of Science, Education, Culture and Art in Moscow.
Philosophical ideas and peace projects[edit]
He is notable regional ecologist and the creator of new theoretical and cultural concepts: ″Biopolis″ — a model of healthy, harmonious and desirable town; ″Olimpiapolis″ — a balanced city of non-violent peace; ″Mudrapolis″ — the strategy of survival of the cities in the 21st century; Fruška gora as the third Holy Mountain; as well as ″Asketopolis″ — the strategy of self-limitation of the city.
Dević is the author of peace activism through urbanistic concepts and projects: Ecumenical residence, near the sanctuary Our Lady of Snow on Tekije; ″Serbalbanopolis″, the City of the Reconciliation between the Serbs and the Albanians; ″Serb-Bos-Cro″, the Palace of the Reconciliation of the Orthodox Serbs, Islamic Bosnians and Roman Catholic Croatians in Sarajevo;[4] ″Japan Polis″ in the Central Danube Area; ″Cenpantrans″ - the Centre of Pan-harmonious Transfiguration of the Man and the World (the biggest project that Serbia has ever displayed at Expo 2010 in Shanghai in the Serbian Pavilion; it was seen by more than 3,5 million visitors); ″Pan-European Danube″ Peace-making Area; ″Bel-Ber-Mos″, Belgrade-Berlin-Moscow, the City of Reconciliation of Germans and Russians in the Serbian Danube Area; Prague - the City of Reconciliation of Great Powers; Novi Sad - New Peace - New Good: Novi Sad, European Peace Capital in the 21 st century; Fruška Gora, the third Holy Mountain of Europe, the Mediterranean etc.
Books[edit]
- Tolerance Projects — globalism, ecumenism and orthodoxy, 1996. Trilingual (Original Serbian title: Projekti tolerancije — mondijalizam, ekumenizam i pravoslavlje);
- Disguised Name and Unknown Genealogy of Novi Sad, 1997. (Prikriveno ime i nepoznati urbanološki rodopis Novog Sada);
- Can an Earthquake Endanger the Security of Novi Sad?, 1998. (Može li zemljotres ugroziti sigurnost Novog Sada?);
- Ethical-ecological Message to Fellow Architects and Urban Planners of the Third Millennium, 1999. Five-language. Awarded at the Urban Salon in Niš the same year. (Etičko–ekološka poslanica kolegama arhitektama i urbanistima III milenijuma);
- The City of Reconciliation of the 21st century Serbalbanopolis, 2020. Four-language. (Grad pomirenja XXI veka Srbalbanopolis);
- The Concept of the Temple of All-Christian Meeting and Reconciliation St. John the Baptist, 2003. Bilingual. (Idejni koncept hrama svehrišćanskog susretanja i pomirenja Sv. Jovan Krstitelj);
- New creative spaces of Vojvodina-Review of abandoned and underused buildings in the AP of Vojvodina with analysis and assessment of the possibility of their transformation into cultural facilities, 2014. (Novi kreativni prostori Vojvodine — Pregled napuštenih i nedovoljno iskorišćenih objekata u AP Vojvodini sa analizom i procenom mogućnosti njihove transformacije u objekte kulture);
- New Creative Spaces of Vojvodina as a Potential for the Development of Local Communities, 2015 (Novi kreativni prostori Vojvodine kao potencijal razvoja lokalnih zajednica);
- New Creative Spaces — Cultural Centres for the 21st Century, 2016. (Novi kreativni prostori — Domovi kulture za 21. vek);
- Geopolitical Path of Svetosavlje, Conceptual Projects of Non-Violent transformation of the Balkans of Europe and the World, 2018. (Geopolitičkim putem svetosavlja : idejni projekti nenasilnog preobraženja Balkana, Evrope i sveta);
- Fruška gora, The Third Holy Mountain of Europe and the Mediterranean, 2019. (Fruška gora, Treća sveta gora Evrope i Mediterana)
Solo Exhibitions[edit]
- “Tolerance projects for the Third Millennium”, SASA Gallery, Novi Sad, 2000 (Serbian original title: Projekti tolerancije za III milenijum);
- “The Temple of All-Christian Meeting and Reconciliation”, Vojvođanska Banka Gallery, Novi Sad, 2005. (Hram svehrišćanskog susretanja i pomirenja);
- Info-maps of the goods in Novi Sad, Sremski Karlovci, Holy Fruška gora and Vojvodina, Forma Gallery, Novi Sad, 2006;
- Info-maps of the resources of Vojvodina and Serbia, Cultural Centre; Budakalász, Hungary, 2008;
- A film “Cenpantrans”, the Pavilion of Serbia, VIP lounge, EXPO World Exhibition 2010, Shanghai, China, 2010;
- Multimedia Peace-making Exhibition “Cenpantrans”, Executive Council of AP Vojvodina, Ceremonial Hall, Novi Sad, 2012. (Cenpantrans);
- Multi-media Exhibition ”Centre for All-Christian Meeting and Reconciliation”, Gallery “Most”, The Institute of Culture of Vojvodina, 2013. (Centar za svehrišćansko susretanje i pomirenje);
- “Anti-apocalyptic projects — Made in Serbia”, the house of Đura Jakšić, Belgrade, 2015. (Antiapokaliptični projekti — Made in Serbia);
- “Creative projects of the Danube area”, Gallery “ITD”, Petrovaradin Fortress, 2015 (Podunavski kreativni projekti);
- Independent author's cartographic exhibition, “Forma” gallery, UPIDIV, Novi Sad, 2016.
- Presentation of the differences of the specifics of cultural, religious and peace values of the AP of Vojvodina, ”Most” Gallery, the Institute for the Culture of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 2016. (Prezentacija diferencija specifika kulturnih, religioznih i mirotvornih vrednosti AP Vojvodine);
- “Cultural, peaceful essences of Novi Sad”, the Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 2019. (Kulturne mirotvorne suštine Novog Sada);
- “Presentation of cultural, religious, natural, tourist and peace values of Fruška gora, Mount Athos of Serbia, the Balkans-Pannonia and Europe”, Digital Youth Centre GBNS, Novi Sad, 2020. (Prezentacija kulturnih, verskih, prirodnih, turističkih i mirotvornih vrednosti Fruške gore, Svete gore Atonske, Srbije, Balkana, Panonije i Evrope)
Dević has also participated in dozens of collective exhibitions.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Војислав Д. Девић, биобиблиографија". Project Rastko. Project Rastko. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ↑ Rajević, Kosta. "Дворци без господара". Politika. Politika. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ↑ "Изложба о Подунављу у галерији "ITD"". RTV. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ↑ K., Sl. "Рукавица изазова миротворцима света". Politika. Politika. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
External links[edit]
- „Civilizacijski džinovi, birajte – rat ili mir! (Arhitekta Vojislav Dević poziva predsednike Joakima Gauka i Vladimira Putina da izmire Nemačku i Rusiju na srpskom Podunavlju)“
- „Vodič kroz prošlost čuvene škole“
- Info sajt Dobra Vojvodine
- Hram svehrišćanskog pomirenja
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