Presentation and discussion
Accompanying event of the exhibition Video in Progress 3: Fields of the Performative
Wednesday, 21st October 2009, 5 pm
Photon Gallery, Poljanska 1, 1000 Ljubljana
Participants: Evelin Stermitz, Michał Brzeziński, Aldo Giannotti
Discussion moderated by: KOLEKTIVA
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Video in Progress 3: Fields of the Performative
October 20 – November 15, 2009
Kino Šiška, Ljubljana
Opening view on Tuesday, October 20 at 7pm
Curatorial Initiatives by Artists, talk and presentation on Wednesday, October 21 at 5 pm at Photon Gallery, Poljanska 1, Ljubljana
Participating: Michał Brzeziński, Aldo Giannotti, Evelin Stermitz
Talk will be moderated by KOLEKTIVA
The third edition of Video in Progress exhibition project is the result of international competition on the subject of performance for video. 46 selected videos featuring various formal and conceptual premises present heterogeneous interpretation of performance in relation to motion picture within the contemporary visual art. Continue Reading »
PHOTONIC, LUMINATIC: New Slovenian Photography and Video
October 15 – November 15, 2009
Cankarjev dom, mala galerija
Opening on October 14, at 8 pm.
A presentation of the latest trends in Slovenian photography and a video featuring a selection of artists from the younger and middle generations who have been involved in the wider context of visual art. The photo part of the exhibition is divided into sets of various topics which highlight certain artistic perspectives and methods (e.g. from the viewpoint of documentarism, intimism, etc.), while the video selection presents an integral overview of works denoted by a special title – City Perspectives.
Members of KOLEKTIVA Vesna Bukovec and Metka Zupanič curated a video section of exhibition.
Curator for photography is Dejan Sluga.
Participating artists:
Photography: Uroš Acman, Tomo Brejc, Vanja Bučan, Dejan Habicht, Jernej Humar, Nataša Košmerl, Peter Koštrun, Andrej Osterman, Borut Peterlin, Boštjan Pucelj, Bojan Salaj, Damjan Švarc, Bojana Tomše, Špela Volčič
Video: Jasna Hribernik and Zmago Lenardič, KOLEKTIVA (Vesna Bukovec, Lada Cerar, Metka Zupanič), Tanja Lažetić and Dejan Habicht, Polonca Lovšin, Anja Medved
The exhibition is a project of Ljubljana based Photon Gallery and it was conceived in order to present new Slovenian photography and video to international scene. So far the exhibition was presented in v K2 Contemporary Art Centre in Izmir, Turkey (September – October 2008), Culture Centre Korotan in Vienna and in Photoport Gallery in Bratislava (May – June 2009). Video section of the exhibition was also presented in the frame of Video in Progress series (Video in Progress 2: City Perspectives) in Photon Gallery in Ljubljana (September 2008) and as special programme of namaTRE.ba 3 project in Trebinje, Bosnia and Hercegovina (September 2009).
Catalogue cover, photo by Nataša Košmerl
September 24-26, 2009
Academy of Fine Arts, Trebinje Bosnia and Hercegovina
The selection of Slovenian videos Video in Progress 2: City Perspectives is part of the special programme of namaTRE.ba 3 project in Trebinje, Bosnia and Hercegovina.
namaTRE.ba is an independent platform for contemporary art (video, film, performance and new media) initiated by artist and curator Igor Bošnjak.
Video in Progress 2: City Perspectives is a selection of 5 videos with the joint characteristic of conceptual research of contemporary society’s peculiarities and of individual comprehension of the urban city reality.
Artists in the selection: Jasna Hribernik and Zmago Lenardič, KOLEKTIVA (Vesna Bukovec, Lada Cerar, Metka Zupanič), Polonca Lovšin, Tanja Lažetić and Dejan Habicht, Anja Medved
Selected by: Vesna Bukovec and Metka Zupanič
Produced by: Photon Gallery, 2008/2009
More about Video in Progress 2:
http://www.kolektiva.org/archives/10
http://www.kolektiva.org/archives/15
September 24-27, 2009
Palais am Tiergarten, Berlin
We will be presented by Photon Gallery, booth: C5, 2nd floor
KOLEKTIVA will present a video from the series Visions together with a newly produced multiple corresponding with the video.
From the series Visions
Sommerloch / Silly Season, 2006-2009
(story by: Christof Huemer, Ein neues Kapitel im Leben von Angelina Jolie)
video (duration: 0:03:57), object (38x23x33cm, various material), booklet
Edition: 3 + 1
Kultur Zentrum Korotan, Vienna May 7 – 12, 2009 | Opening on Thursday, May 7 at 7 pm
Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, May 15 – June 6, 2009
The exhibition was produced by Photon Gallery, Ljubljana in 2008/2009.
Curator of photography: Dejan Sluga
Curators of video: Vesna Bukovec and Metka Zupanič
Participating artists:
Photography: Uroš Acman, Tomo Brejc, Vanja Bučan, Dejan Habicht, Jernej Humar, Nataša Košmerl, Peter Koštrun, Andrej Osterman, Borut Peterlin, Boštjan Pucelj, Bojan Salaj, Damjan Švarc, Bojana Tomše, Špela Volčič
Video: Jasna Hribernik and Zmago Lenardič, KOLEKTIVA (Vesna Bukovec, Lada Cerar, Metka Zupanič), Polonca Lovšin, Anja Medved, Tanja Lažetić and Dejan Habicht
The exhibition was first presented in K2 Contemporary Art Center in Izmir, Turkey in 2008. The video section Video in Progress 2: City Perspetives was also presented in Photon Gallery in Ljubljana in 2008. In 2009 the video section expanded with additional video of Anja Medved.
Updated press release of Video in Progress 2: City Perspetives (pdf)
Anja Medved: EU-foria, video still
