Dobrica Kamperelic (1947-2020)

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Comment by Ruud Janssen on January 18, 2020 at 5:38pm

Death is like a silent owl awaiting its prey. That thought passed my mind this morning as I was awaking to the world relaxing with a cup of coffee. Outside my window I spotted a White Owl in the woods. Then, seconds later, I read Bill Gaglione's text on Facebook informing FB friends that the great Serbian mail art networker, Dobrica Kamerelić had passed away. I was stunned by Dobrica's passing. I never met him in person, but Dobrica was always someone of importance, in my writings, and art. This quote from Dobrica especially resonates with me: "I'm still believing in OPEN WORLD and I prefer friendship."

DOBRICA KAMPERELIĆ 1947-2020
Visual poet, performance artist, and mail artist, Dobrica Kamperelic´ was a leading figure in the Yugoslavian international mail art networking movement. Born in Beograd in 1947, Kamperelc´ pursued law at the University of Beograd. His first contacts in mail art were with Guy Schraenen, Henryk Gajewski, Ruggero Maggi, and the legendary Eastern Bloc conceptualists Robert Rehfeldt and Ruth-Wolf Rehfeldt. Kamperelic´ was active in creating concrete and visual poetry during the late 70s and he also pursued writing and painting. In 1979, Kamperelic´ was a collaborator of WESTEAST International Concrete and Visual-Poetry Association. From 1985 to 1996 he published nearly 100 issues of his international underground zine, OPEN WORLD. During the Balkan Wars in the early 1990s, Kamperelic´ demonstrated his opposition to foreign-imposed censorship of cultural expression. OPEN WORLD magazine was continually published in spite of personal hardships to Kamperelic´ and other Yugoslavian mail artists. In 2003, Kamperelic´ was president of the Expanded Media Art Section in Ulus and during that same year, his performance group KVART/SQUARE appeared in the 50lBienalle Di Venezia-Section EXTRA 50. In 2004, the International Center for Poetry Researches and Translation proclaimed Kamperelic´ among seven others as Best Poet in the World. Kamperelic´ organized many international multimedia art festivals including the International Expanded Media Art Triennial (2010). He had been a member of the Serbian Writers Association (UKS) and the Serbian Visual Artists Association (ULUS) since 1992. Kamperelic´ authored four books that range in subject matter from mail art to poetry.

by Chuck Welsh, USA

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Comment by Bruno Cassaglia on January 18, 2020 at 10:49am

Un fraterno abbraccio che ti accompani nel tuo viaggio. b

A fraternal embrace to accompany you on your journey. b

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Literatur (Auswahl)/literature (selection)

• Kamperelić, Dobrica: Art as Communication, 1992.
• Kamperelić, Dobrica: Open World – Open Mind, 1996.
• Kamperelić, Dobrica: The Shortway of Mind/The Diaonal of Presentiment, 2001.
• Kamperelić, Dobrica: The Landing to the New Era of Planetary Art, 2002

Comment by Ruud Janssen on January 18, 2020 at 9:04am

https://mailartists.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/dobrica-kamperelic/

Leben und Arbeit/biography

Dobrica Kamperelić was born in Beograd, former Jugoslavia in 1947. He studied law at the University of Beograd. After his graduation he worked as lawyer in a publishing house. In the 1960s he was drummer of the group The Impossibles. In 1968 he started writing and painting. In the late seventies he began to collaborate with the international scenes of concrete and visual poetry and the Mail Art scene. He participated in various Mail Art projects and had single exhibitions all over the world. From 1985 to 1996 he published the Mail Art-Magazine Open World and he is author of four books. He is furthermore a member of the Serbian Writers Association UKS and the Serbian Visual Artists Association ULUS.

Projects/Projekte:

• 1981 Art as Idea
• 1982 Make Art no Arms
• 1984 World Artist’s Family
• 1988 Art as Communication
• 1990 Feel me

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