The publication A Short History of Crying is selected by Photo Eye as one of “The Best Books of 2011″.
The publication documents the development and realisation of the production A Short History of Crying by Sanja Mitrovic, which premiered in November 2010 at the Hetveem Theatre in Amsterdam. It is conceived as an investigation into the phenomenology of tears, touching upon themes of memory, emigration and death. In this work, and the accompanying publication, Sanja Mitrovic explores social and cultural mechanisms related to public display of emotions.