Miloš Trakilović's exhibition 'Not a Love Song' at KW examines the connections between sound, history, and technology by using neural networks trained on war-zone recordings. These recordings reveal tonalities in Yugoslav pop music before the Bosnian War, creating a dynamic soundscape that assembles segments reminiscent of love songs. Trakilović reflects on how the memories of war persist in culture, noting the different perceptions across generations regarding conflict. He emphasizes that for his generation, the experience of war is not distinct but rather a persistent backdrop fading into their daily lives.
For my generation, such distinct categories don't exist—we don't have a clear pre-war period. This childhood experience is quite difficult to articulate.
The result is a dystopian, quasi-production studio filled with a constantly evolving soundscape, where extrapolated fragments are reassembled according to melodic structures commonly found in love songs.
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