Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss
Serbia
He is a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and has recently collaborated with Herzog & de Meuron architects in Basel. His book Almost Architecture, published by Merz & Solitude, and kuda.nao addresses architecture vis-á-vis emerging democratic processes. He is currently renovating Slought Foundation in Philadelphia and is in design process for Stadium Culture in collaboration with kuda.org new media center in Novi Sad to retain public spaces left from socialist planning and transform them into youth cultural centers. Recent projects include East Coast Europe (2007-08), Yona Friedman: About Cities (2007) at the Drawing Center, Evasions of Power conference at University of Pennsylvania and Slought Foundation (2007), Lost Highway Expedition (2006) and the resulting Lost Highway Expedition Photobook (2007). Jovanovic Weiss is a PhD candidate at Goldsmiths College, London researching positive aspect of Balkanization www.thenao.net