Esma Bronkovič - Double Feature 

By: Ulrike Möntmann (University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria), Esma Bronkovič (Prisoner, Austrian detention centre), & Stefanie Elias (Research Assistant)

Description: Esma Bronkovič (*2001, AT), imprisoned in Austria for drug-related offences until 2025, is the author/performer of the rap song in this video. This medium offers her a way of authentically voicing her concerns and melding the conflicted interior world of her conscience with the exterior reality in prison. Through this performative sharing of her experience, she addresses the mental impact of incarceration and her internalised guilt towards her parents, gives glimpses of her religious belief system and draws the viewer in with her honest portrayal of the effects of and imprisonment.