Bit the Apple, So What?

Bit the Apple, So What? is an experimental musical-theater game that follows the 1920s Yugoslav Zenitist drama Eastern Sin. You navigate digital theater scenes and space installations as the story of Adam and Eve is recontextualized in a contemporary, globalized Eastern European setting. The work explores the influence of Abrahamic religions and American pop culture on global civilization.

Four songs

The game consists of four songs:

• Adam: Adam laments the loneliness of existence.
• Eve: Eve sings an ode to sensuality that references iconic Balkan pop lyrics.
• Abrahamic God: God warns of doom; this part retains the shape of the original 1920s drama.
• Adam and Eve: Adam and Eve leave the Garden of Eden in an adaptation by writers Suzana Džuver and Una Kapetan.

Music and influences

The music combines experimental pop, psychedelic and techno sounds with electronic textures, pop melodies, and Middle Eastern and Balkan elements. It draws on both alternative and mainstream music, and is intended as a high-energy expression of vitality and joy of life.

The work brings together influences that have shaped contemporary global monoculture since the 19th century. Its settings provide a wider context through varied landscapes, architectural styles and historical events, while its approach combines spatial and sound installations, video art, musicals, opera, theater, film and video games.

Culture and art

The work presents positive influences of globalism and American pop culture on Eastern and Western Europe, highlighting shared values across the USA, Europe and “the East.” It encourages artists to draw freely on both Eastern and Western cultural heritage rather than separating them by identity. It also brings elite and popular art together, showing how they inform and inspire one another.