Vesna Bukovec

Work in Progress. Deceptive Working Time in Meduza Gallery

Exhibition: Work in Progress. Deceptive Working Time (solo exhibition)
Venue: Meduza Gallery, Čevljarska 34, Koper (Piran Coastal Galleries)
Date: 21 June — 19 September 2025
Opening: Saturday, 21 June 2025, 8 pm (Summer Museum Night)

Curators: Ana Čigon and Vesna Bukovec, Coordination: Tatjana Sirk

Left: Ana Čigon, Malicanje maličenje, 2024, detail. Right: Vesna Bukovec, The End of Capitalism, 2024, detail

The exhibition project was selected in the Open Doors 2024 open call of the Piran Coastal Galleries.

A critical view of work and contemporary forms of exploitation of workers, such as extended working hours, non-standard and insecure forms of work, curtailing workers’ rights, hyper-production, and mindless demands for constant economic growth, the aim of which is not to improve the living standards of the most vulnerable, but to accumulate wealth in the hands of the wealthiest individuals, increasingly frequent occurrences of burnout resulting from the unlivable demands of neoliberalism, environmental pollution, etc. are themes and problems of today’s society in its broadest sense and scope. The Work in Progress with a decentralized exhibition approach represents a multi-year artistic-curatorial research created by visual artists Vesna Bukovec and Ana Čigon in collaboration with curator Tia Čiček.

At the exhibition at the Meduza Gallery two documentary videos will be presented. In The Deceptive Working Time (2024) Ajda Pistotnik from Policy Lab presents the views on the organisation of work and society proposed by the degrowth movement. Professor Dr. Lilijana Burcar addresses the historical differences in working conditions for women in socialism and capitalism and presents the significance of systemic emancipation of women. In the video Precariat of the World… (2022) unionist Tea Jarc, classical philologist, anthropologist, and writer Dr. Svetlana Slapšak, and Jadranka Vesel from the engaged Research in the Social Economy (RISE) institute reflect on the position of contemporary workers, communities, past and future. In addition to the videos, drawings on paper and mind maps created during various stages of artistic research will be exhibited. The exhibition will culminate in a public discussion in September.

More about the exhibition on the gallery’s website

Thanks: Flopitisk

Meduza Gallery
Čevljarska ulica 34, 6000 Koper, Slovenia

Opening hours:
Monday: 10.00–15.00
Tuesday-Friday: 10.00–17.00
Saturday: 10.00–14.00
Sundays and holidays: closed