Sarajevo 13/5/05

Parking Non-Stop were invited by the Association of Writers of Bosnia-Herzegovina to give a performance in Sarajevo as part of the Sarajevski Dani Poezije. Again Dewi was only able to be present in a virtual capacity, but Alan and Zoë were joined on stage at the Caffee Karabit in Sarajevo by Bosnian writer Zlatan Persic, who performed the Bosnian texts, as translated by Mario Hibert and Islada Sertovic.Together, they performed an extended version of "Formula For A New City", together with 4 shorter pieces.

Over the following days, various field recordings were made, notably of Zlatan reading the Bosnian "Formula..." texts in the park adjacent to the spot where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on 28th June 1914.

Karabit Cafe / Buybook bookshop, Sarajevo

The complete setlist for this performance was:

1 The Mirror Trade 2:52

2 Pause 3:39

3 Undergrowth 3:43

4 In Certain Cities 2:49

5 Formula For A New City 28:20

all music was written by Parking Non-Stop with texts by Zoë Skoulding and Bosnian translations by Mario Hibert and Islada Sertovic

Zlatan Persic

click on the mp3 ikon to hear "Formula for a New City" performed with Zlatan Persic in Sarajevo, May 2005

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