Skopje is a city with the largest Roma population, as a percentage out of its total population, in the world.
Topaana is an area where a substantial percentage of the Roma people in Skopje live, and although its central
position within the city matrix, the area remains marginal to the developments that surround it. The residents
themselves, without any official authorization or regulation, are constructing the neighborhood whose housing
conditions are substandard and the access to electricity and water is improvised. Topaana however, offers an
insight in a specific culture and way of living in its full diversity and entirety, often being part of a scenography
in movies and frequented by tourists searching for sites that are not part of the typical route. ‘Revisiting
Topaana’ aims to explore and to question the area that is visited by ones that seek authentic experiences while
experiencing poverty firsthand.