Alesia Todorovic
Born in Vienna, Austria in 1998.
Biography
Handelskai, Vienna, Austria
I am the third child of my Serbian-Romanian mother and the first child of my French-Serbian father
Handelskai, Vienna, Austria
At age 2, my parents split up, and together with my father and four aunts and uncles, I live at my grandparents’
Siccardsburggasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 3, my grandmother has custody of my sister, my brother, and me in order to prevent my mother from taking us with her
Siccardsburggasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 6, I am jealous of my younger sister when my grandmother is nice to her
Siccardsburggasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 6, I steal cigarettes, which we smoke in the attic; our grandmother punishes us with beatings and detention
Laxenburger Straße, Vienna, Austria
At age 7, I am run over by a lorry, get treated in hospital for a year, and my father gets back together with my mother
Schlachthausgasse, Landstraße, Vienna, Austria
Since age 8, I steal cigarettes, videotapes and sweets, and have picnics with my friends; my grandmother punishes me for this
Knöllgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 9, my parents move and my mother forces me to attend school
Knöllgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 9, my periods start
Schlachthausgasse, Landstraße, Vienna, Austria
At age 9, my mother orders a neurological examination because of my aggression disorder. I am prescribed tranquilisers and I pretend to take them
Schlachthausgasse, Landstraße, Vienna, Austria
At age 10, due to my anger, laziness, as well as my smoking and lying, my mother sends me to a school for children with special educational needs and I live with my grandmother again
Hardtmuthgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 10, my father is imprisoned for some drug-related charge, and my mother makes me leave my grandmother against my will
Schlachthausgasse, Landstraße, Vienna, Austria
When I’m 10, my mother blames my grandmother for me being the way I am
Hardtmuthgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 11, my brother is sentenced to three years in prison for dealing drugs
Leipziger Platz, Brigittenau, Vienna, Austria
At age 12, my boyfriend spikes my drink with a date-rape drug, rapes me, and threatens to kill me if I don’t retract my report to the police and withdraw the charges I made against him
Jägerstraße, Brigittenau, Vienna, Austria
At age 12, I try to jump out of a window and my parents have me committed to a crisis centre because of my habit of skipping school and self-harming
Kainachgasse, Floridsdorf, Vienna, Austria
At age 13, I run away from home
Leopold-Rister-Gasse, Margareten, Vienna, Austria
At age 14, my mother pays me to go to school and I graduate from a special needs school
Spandau, Berlin, Germany
At age 15, my boyfriend’s parents are allowed to take me with them to Germany, where I assist them with fraud, theft, burglary, robbery, and dealing with drugs and stolen goods
Kainachgasse, Floridsdorf, Vienna, Austria
At age 16, my father brings me back from Germany because my boyfriend’s parents beat me
Hamburg, Germany
At age 17, I move back to Germany
Frankfurt, Germany
At age 18, I take ecstasy and look after my boyfriend’s siblings in Frankfurt
Hamburg, Germany
At age 18, after my marriage of convenience, I am cheated out of the promised house in Serbia
Springergasse, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 20, I am pregnant, suffer a miscarriage, take heroin and cocaine and break up with my Serbian boyfriend
Heiligenstädter Straße, Döbling, Vienna, Austria
At age 20, I look after my brother’s children, while their mother is in Romania
Springergasse, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 21, I am aggressive after the death of my grandfather
Karl-Gunsam-Gasse, Simmering, Vienna, Austria
At age 21, I do cleaning work at sauna clubs, am an addict, and raise hell in order to get drugs
Schützengasse, Landstraße, Vienna, Austria
At age 22, I am unwell, I lie and betray my violent, drug-addict boyfriend because of my inability to break up with him
Wickenburggasse, Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 23, I am fully hooked on drugs, get sentenced to prison, and am wrongly accused of dealing drugs
Wickenburggasse, Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 23, my brother receives a long prison sentence for grievous bodily harm
Mauerbachstraße, Penzing, Vienna, Austria
At age 23, I submit a request for treatment instead of prison, which is granted, and I take part in an anger and aggression management course
Mauerbachstraße, Penzing, Vienna, Austria
At age 24, I feel guilty, hate my relapses, and long for harmony
Related spaces
The conceptual architecture of TBDWBAJ is based on the investigation of various social spaces, isolated space, cultural space, public space and virtual space. Each of these rooms describes a phase of the project and takes on a different perspective.