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Vukša Veličković (Вукша Величковић; born 18 February 1979) is a Serbian writer,[1] journalist,[2] cultural critic,[3] artist[4] and online producer[5] based in New York City. He is a recipient of Milena Jesenska Journalism Fellowship,[6] former Chevening Scholar and a former Visiting Fellow at The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)[7] in Vienna.

Velickovic maintained a column on B92.net from 2005-2007[8] and was the culture editor in Serbian newsmagazine Evropa until its folding in February 2008. He has written about London culture and lifestyle on his blog City of Doom[9] and has published essays[10] and magazine articles[11][12] on culture and politics across various European media.

After graduating in International Relations at the University of Belgrade, Velickovic received the UK Chevening Scholarship in 2010 to complete his MA Degree in Identity, Culture and Power at The School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London.

Velickovic has been the Creative Director and Head of Digital Media at Hominid Studio[13] advertising agency with offices in Belgrade and New York City since 2013.

In 2019, he was the Creative Director[14] for the award-winning[15][16] advertising campaign "I am a donor, too. Because I support Serbia"[17] by Hemofarm Foundation, which won two silver awards for Socially Responsible Campaign – Profit Sector, and Corporate and Internal PR, which are presented by UEPS – Serbian Association of Market Communications,[18] as well as the Kaktus Award in the category ‘Socially responsible integrated campaign’ at the festival of integrated communications – KAKTUS 2019.[19]

His first novel Gužva ('Crowd'),[20] published in Serbian by Alexandria Press in 2003, contained a book-soundtrack CD featuring emerging electronic music artists from the Balkans.

In 2011, Velickovic founded Bturn, online culture magazine for the Balkans[21] where he worked as Editor-in-Chief until its folding in 2014.

Velickovic is also a interdisciplinary artist, interacting his writings with other media such as music,[22] video[23][24] and photography. From 2003 to 2006, he was the author of "If I were" column in Belgrade's 'Prestup' magazine, where he dealt with political provocation, enacting different social roles – the prime minister's chauffeur, a street beggar, a TV news presenter, or a drag queen on the trail of a mass grave. His second novel 'Vrt Uživanja' [Garden of Pleasure][25] was staged as a multimedia act at international festivals in Belgrade[26] and Zagreb.

Velickovic performs live as a "trance blues"[27] musician under the stage name Frank Magnolia,[28][29] with a debut album "Almost There" released in 2019[30] [31] and a follow-up "Night Rider" in 2021.[32][33] He has performed at various clubs and venues in the US, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Slovenia. In 2018, he was the winner of Belgrade's "CantOut" singer-songwriter festival,[34] with Petar Janjatovic as head of the jury. His Live EP "Got Juice Got Gas" was released in April, 2024.[35]

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  1. ^ "Gužva : roman : Vukša Veličković". Knjizara.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ "E.L. James intervju - Ne želim uopšte da zamišljam svoje čitaoce kako vode ljubav!". Novi magazin (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. ^ "B92 - Život - Vuksha". B92 (in Serbian). September 28, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  4. ^ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Noćni program - Putovanje do ugla". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 2022-11-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ ""Nothing But Advertising": Vukša Veličković on Cultural Production, Propaganda and PR". Balkanist. 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  6. ^ "IWMpost 107". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  7. ^ "Former Visiting Fellows at IWM". Archived from the original on January 19, 2021.
  8. ^ "B92 - Život - Vuksha - Transforman". 2007-05-09. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  9. ^ "City of Doom".
  10. ^ "Serbia's Guilty Pleasures: Who's Afraid of Turbo?". Archived from the original on October 10, 2017.
  11. ^ "Nightclubbing: Belgrade's Industria Was The Soundtrack to the Bosnian War in the '90s".
  12. ^ Velickovic, Vuksa. "Silence of statues in Budapest's Memento Park, House of Terror". Cafébabel. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  13. ^ "Hominid Studio".
  14. ^ "Golden Drum". Golden Drum. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  15. ^ "Hemofarm Foundation - AWARDS". Fondacija Hemofarm. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  16. ^ "Na licu mesta | Dodeljene nagrade KAKTUS 2019". instore.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  17. ^ "Hemofarm Foundation - I AM A DONOR, TOO. BECAUSE I SUPPORT SERBIA". Fondacija Hemofarm. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  18. ^ "Hemofarm Foundation - AWARDS". Fondacija Hemofarm. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  19. ^ "Dodeljene nagrade #kaktus2019!". Media Marketing (in Bosnian). 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  20. ^ "Vukša Veličković 'Gužva'(novel + soundtrack CD)".
  21. ^ "Bturn – Music, Culture and Style of the New Balkans".
  22. ^ "Frank Magnolia".
  23. ^ Frank Magnolia - She Do What She Like (Official Video), retrieved 2022-04-18
  24. ^ Frank Magnolia - 96 IN THE SHADE (Official Video), retrieved 2022-04-18
  25. ^ Vrt_Uzivanja (2006-10-29), Vrt Uzivanja Soundtrack Promo EP, retrieved 2022-04-18
  26. ^ "Suspended Adolescence, Centar za Kulturnu Dekontaminaciju, Beograd (B92)".
  27. ^ "Frank Magnolia: Bluz je vrsta praiskonskog muzičkog univerzuma". Radio Tivat (in Bosnian). 2022-04-23. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  28. ^ Kolarić, Milica (2016-11-30). "Wednesday blues". Before After (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  29. ^ Jadran, Radio. "Frank Magnolia ispraćen ovacijama, u završnici MORŽ-a Gracin | Radio Jadran". Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  30. ^ "Frank Magnolia "Almost There" (2019)".
  31. ^ "GLAZBENE RECENZIJE: Frank Magnolia, Seine, Home Conflict". NACIONAL.HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  32. ^ "GLAZBENE RECENZIJE: She brought me gasoline, Frank Magnolia". NACIONAL.HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  33. ^ "Frank Magnolia ima novi album "Night Rider" | Balkanrock.com" (in Serbian). 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  34. ^ "Poletov kantautorski festival: Svetla budućnost nakon finala! | Balkanrock.com" (in Serbian). 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  35. ^ Got Juice Got Gas (Šapat Live Session), 2024-04-18, retrieved 2024-08-30
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