The alien 

In the last decade Skopje experienced a major remake, from a city which was a symbol of progress and international solidarity, became a symbol of regress and narrow mindedness.

The extreme nationalist policies required destruction or erasure of any symbol of modernism, progress and rationalism, replacing it with kitsch and pseudo-antique architecture. The best examples of Modernist and Brutalist architecture were covered with classical columns and ornaments made from expanded polystyrene. One of the buildings that escaped this terrible process was the Opera and ballet, most probably because of its irregular shape and incompatibility with the classical standards. 

“The alien” is a model of that building, flying as a spaceship in the sky, remaining a symbol of freedom and progress in a society that became blind to its future.