Vukša Veličković (''Вукша Величковић''; born 18 February 1979) is a Serbian

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and

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based in

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. He is a recipient of Milena Jesenska Journalism Fellowship, and a former

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at The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna. Velickovic maintained a column on

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.net from 2005-2007 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 and has published essays and magazine articles on pop culture across various European media. His first novel ''Gužva'' ('Crowd'), published in Serbian by Alexandria Press in 2003, contained a book-soundtrack CD featuring emerging electronic music artists from the Balkans. After graduating in

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at the

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, Velickovic received the UK

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in 2010 to complete his

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in Identity, Culture and Power at The School of Slavonic and East European Studies at

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. Velickovic is also a interdisciplinary artist, interacting his writings with other media such as music, video 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 beggar, a TV news presenter, or a drag queen on the trail of a mass grave. His second novel 'Vrt Uživanja' arden of Pleasurewas staged as a multimedia act at international festivals in Belgrade and Zagreb. In 2011, Velickovic founded ''Bturn'', online culture magazine for the Balkans where he worked as Editor-in-Chief until its folding in 2014. Velickovic has been the Head of Digital Media & Communications at Hominid Studio

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since 2013. In 2019, he was the

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for the award-winning advertising campaign "I am a donor, too. Because I support Serbia" 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, as well as the Kaktus Award in the category ‘Socially responsible integrated campaign’ at the festival of integrated communications – KAKTUS 2019. Velickovic performs live as a "trance blues" musician under the stage name Frank Magnolia, with a debut album "Almost There" released in 2019 and a follow-up "Night Rider" in 2021. He has performed at various clubs and venues in Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Slovenia. In 2018, he was the winner of Belgrade's "CantOut" singer-songwriter festival, with Petar Janjatovic as head of the jury.

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