Across the River - Tales of a Divided City
Across the River is a long term project by Jasper Bastian about the divided city of Mitrovica, located in the northern section of Kosovo.
The #city was once one of the wealthiest areas in the former country of #Yugoslavia. Today, it is split into two parallel worlds divided by the river Ibar that builds both, a physical and an ideological barrier between the North and the South of #Mitrovica. While South-Mitrovica claims to belong to the independent state of Kosovo, North-Mitrovica still pledges allegiance with #Serbia.
In his series, Bastian illustrates the distance and isolation that is caused by the constant uncertainty and distrust between the two sides that creates a much bigger hurdle than the river itself. Fifteen years after the end of the #Kosovo #War, many #Serbs and #Albanians still have not made the view steps across the water.
