Vesna Bukovec

PIVKA 45°40′49.63″N 14°11′46.98″E

Exhibition: PIVKA 45°40′49.63″N 14°11′46.98″E
Venue: Hiša kulture v Pivki, Pivka, SI
Date: 13 July – 13 August 2021

Curator: Mojca Grmek

Participating artists: Nevena Aleksovski, Urška Alič, Ivana Bajec, Boris Beja, Maks Bricelj, Vesna Bukovec, Nina Čelhar, Deso, Mina Fina, Evgen Čopi Gorišek, Neža Jurman, Neža Knez, Simon Kocjančič, Maria Karnar-Lemesheva, Polonca Lovšin, Petra Matijevič, Erik Mavrič, Tanja Milharčič, Mia Paller, Miha Perne, Oliver Pilič, Zoran Pungerčar, Rone84, Nika Rupnik, Marko Šajn, Helena Tahir, Jaka Vatovec, Sonja Vulpes, Leon Zuodar

The exhibition presents works created as part of the multi-year project entitled PIVKA 45°40’49.63 “N 14°11’46.98 “E. The project took place during 2015–2021 in the form of an annual workshop in which invited artists created graphic works on a specific theme using a chosen technique. In the framework of each implementation, the theme was presented in cooperation with various local partners (Ecomuseum of the Seasonal Lakes of Pivka, Park of Military History, Javor Pivka, Pivka Perutninarstvo, Kovod Postojna, Slovenian Forest Service) and tied to an appropriate printmaking technique, according to the possibilities of our print studio (screenprint, woodcut, linocut). The resulting works were presented in an exhibition in the gallery of Hiša kulture and on the premises of the local partner.

The central concern of the overall project was to critically reflect on global social problems in a local setting and to find new ideas and solutions in artistic ways. We wanted to encourage a creative approach to problem solving, particularly through the dialogue that took place between the artists themselves, the artists and the local partners, and the arts and other areas of human activity.

In the seven years that the project was run, 29 artists participated, creating a total of 62 graphic works and 7 art publications.

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At the exhibition I participate with the work War is Bussiness, which was made during the woodcut workshop Vojna in mi(r) (War and Us/War and Peace) in 2016.