Miloš Trakilović: Not a Love Song

Not a Love Song is the first institutional solo exhibition of the Bosnian-Dutch artist Miloš Trakilović (b. 1989, BA) in Germany. In his practice, the artist questions how digitalization processes influence our perception of history and reality. Often focusing on contemporary warfare, its mediatization and lingering consequences, he examines mechanisms of dissolution, fragmentation, memory and loss.

At KW, Trakilović presents the installation 564 Tracks (Not a Love Song Is Usually a Love Song), for which he worked with artificial intelligence (AI) to research the past. When the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, the war in Bosnia (1992–1995)—which resulted in mass expulsions as well as the genocide of thousands of Bosnian Muslims—had not yet erupted, though the tensions leading to Yugoslavia’s violent dissolution were already perceptible. In 564 Tracks, the artist revisits Yugoslav music produced between 1989 and 1992 and employs AI to analyze how the rising socio-political tensions resonated sonically. The work proposes considering to what extent cultural production could prefigure impending crises—a hypothesis that could offer insight into both past and present conflicts and their echoes.

Curators: Emma Enderby, Léon Kruijswijk
Assistant Curator: Linda Franken