Vesna Bukovec

Video Festival Natures 12

Exhibition: Video Festival Natures 12 (Videofestival Narave 12)
Location: Bežigrad Gallery 2 (Bežigrajska galerija 2), Vodovodna 3, Ljubljana, SI
Date: April 14 – 18, 2015
Opening: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 7 pm

Artists: Uršula Berlot (SI), Vesna Bukovec (SI), Jessica Gnyp (CA) & Víctor Ballesteros (CL/CA), Izabela Ołdak (PL/NL) & Ruben van Klaveren (NL), Davorin Marc (SI), Amir Muratović (SI), Rok Oblak (SI), , Nejc Saje (SI) & Jeffrey Young CH), GRUPPO SINESTETICO: Matteo Albertin, Antonio Sassu, Gianluca Scordo (IT), Ejti Štih (SI/BO)

Curator: Miloš Bašin

About the festival

Video works presented at the Festival Natures are based on images of nature, or else include images of nature in some of their sequences, or are derived from things found in nature. The Video Festival Natures is marked by people and their natures.

Projections will be present in all 3 Halls in Bežigrad Gallery 2 from Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 from 10 am to 6 pm and Saturday 18 from 10 am to 2 pm.

PROGRAM

Lobby
Ejti Štih, Ojos / Eyes, 2014, 15.25 min

Hall 1
Davorin Marc, ( , 2014, 7.42 min
Nejc Saje, Jeffrey Young, Every true poet, 2014, 11.50 min

Hall 2
Amir Muratović, With the Flow, 2014, 5.40 min
Vesna Bukovec, When I wake up, I am going to create something beautiful, 2011, 4.0 min
Gruppo SINESTETICO, Synaesthetic Wall, 2013, 8.23 min
Izabela Ołdak & Ruben van Klaveren, Uroboros, 2013, 8.23 min

Hall 3
Jessica Gnyp & Víctor Ballesteros, You Fig, 2014, 9.22 min
Uršula Berlot, Fluid topography, 2014, 6.33 min
Rok Oblak, 3600 Fallen trees, 2014–2015, 9.55 min

More info

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I am participating with my video When I wake up, I am going to create something beautiful

Konceptualna umetnost Vesne Bukovec

Konceptualna umetnost Vesne Bukovec
Osmi dan, RTV SLO 1, 12. 3. 2015
Avtorica: Andreja Kočar
Trajanje: 4 min. 42 s.

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Portrait of Vesna Bukovec on the national TV station RTV SLO 1
(in Slovene language only)

Vesna Bukovec: In če se motim? / And if I am wrong?

Exhibition: Vesna Bukovec: In če se motim? / And if I am wrong? (pregledna razstava risb / survey exhibition of drawings )
Location: Hiša kulture v Pivki, Snežniška cesta 2, Pivka, SI
Date: February 13 – 27, 2015
Opening: Friday, February 13, 2015 at 7 pm

Curated by: Mojca Grmek

Vesna Bukovec, from the series I am aware of the possibility to be misunderstood, 2011

O razstavi

Umetnica bo na razstavi predstavila izbor iz aktualne produkcije risb, ki na kritično-humoren način obravnavajo zagate posameznice ali posameznika ob številnih potrošniških, identitetnih, poklicnih in političnih izbirah, ki jih ponuja današnji čas. Njene risbe, vselej povezane v serije, nastajajo po fotografijah, ki jih najde na svetovnem spletu, večkrat pa vanje vključi tudi besedilo, ki je večinoma v ‘univerzalnem’ angleškem jeziku. V ospredju teh konceptualnih risb, ki so kolaž večinoma citiranih podob in izjav, je njihova sporočilnost, s katero umetnica podaja svoj komentar in kritiko sodobne družbene realnosti.

Galerijski list (pdf)

Objave v medijih:
Kritika razstave, avtorica Nina Jesih, tečajnica Svet umetnosti. Šole za kustose in kritike sodobne umetnosti
Prispevek v Osmem dnevu, RTV SLO 1, 12. 3. 2015 (avtorica Andreja Kočar)
RTV SLO 1, Kultura ob 22h, 25. 2. 2015 (od 02:57 do 03:46)
Veronika R. Ženko: S provokacijo nad instant družbo, Primorske novice, 16. 2. 2015
Najava v Mladini, 13. 2. 2015


Dela na razstavi:

• Na čigav račun / At whose expense, 2015
• As if, 2014
• Ali me nočete, ker sem kritična / Do you not want me, because I’m critical, 2012
• Ni družbe brez spektakla / There is no society without spectacle, 2011–
• Kako se uspešno spopasti z neuspehom / How to fail successfully, 2011
• Obstaja možnost, da boste napačno razumeli / I am aware of the possibility to be misunderstood, 2011
• Obljubim, da bom spremenila svet, ampak le, če bo to storilo tudi 10 drugih / I promise to change the world but only if 10 other people will do the same, 2010
• Pozitivna iluzija / Positive Illusion, 2009

Hiša kulture v Pivki
Snežniška cesta 2
6257 Pivka

Galerija je odprta v času prireditev in po dogovoru (031 768 427).

http://hisakulturepivka.com

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About the exhibition

The exhibition brings forward a selection from the current production of drawings by Vesna Bukovec. The drawings, always conected in series, are based on the photos found on the Internet and often include text. They address the dilemma of the individual on a vast number of consumer, identity, professional and political choices offered today. The message of these conceptual drawings, which are collages of mostly quoted images and statements, is the artist’s comment and critique of contemporary social reality.

Works at the exhibition:

• Na čigav račun / At whose expense, 2015
• As if, 2014
• Ali me nočete, ker sem kritična / Do you not want me, because I’m critical, 2012
• There is no society without spectacle, 2011–
• How to fail successfully, 2011
• I am aware of the possibility to be misunderstood, 2011
• I promise to change the world but only if 10 other people will do the same, 2010
• Positive Illusion, 2009

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Opening of the exhibition

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Exhibition view
Photo: Simon Avsec

Open Systems 2-01-04/14

Exhibition: Open Systems 2-01-04/14
Location: WUK Projektraum, Vienna, AT
Date: February 4–12, 2015
Opening: Tuesday, February 3, 7 – 9.30 pm

Artists: Ovidiu Anton / Vesna Bukovec, Bernhard Cella, Giulia Cilla, Yolanda Domínguez, Gani Llalloshi, Swoon, Sašo Sedlaček / Iman Issa, Jelena Jureša, Ruslana Lichtzier, Eduard Freudmann / Cut and Scrape, Schorsch Kamerun

Curators: Marius Ertelt / Vasja Nagy / Sarah Mendelsohn / Christian Egger

About the exhibition

With its award winning background, Open Systems has functioned as an online platform since 2013, whose primary focus is to bring different critical perspectives on art and visual culture to the surface in order to reach a broader audience after five successful years of highly acclaimed international exhibitions and events.

The set-up of the second edition of the annual exhibition Open Systems 2-01-04/14 aims to present the works at the verge of all those flows and spaces of encounters on the paradigm of the potentiality of the space and the structure within an inter-disciplinary creative realm at WUK Projektraum.

ARTSLAB, Illusion and Exodus
Project curator: Marius Ertelt
Artist: Ovidiu Anton

ARTSLAB, What if… and beyond

Project curator: Vasja Nagy
Artists: Vesna Bukovec, Bernhard Cella, Giulia Cilla, Gani Llalloshi, Swoon, Sašo Sedlaček

ARTSLAB, Memorial and Revision
Project curator: Sarah Mendelsohn
Artists: Iman Issa, Jelena Jureša, Ruslana Lichtzier, Eduard Freudmann

ARTSLAB, Gocce nella città di sole degli Spettri
Project curator: Christian Egger
Artists: Cut and Scrape, Schorsch Kamerun

The main focal point of this engagement within the year exhibition Open Systems 2-01-04/14 centres on the different creative practices concerned with building an inter-disciplinary network.

The team of Open Systems: Gülsen Bal (Director, Head of Development of Projects and Programmes), Mira Turba (Executive Assistant), Dörte Eliass (Translation, managing editor), Tom Waibel (Additionary Translation), tresdelinquentes (Graphic Design)

The Open Systems programme is supported by: BKA, ERSTE Foundation, Allianz Kulturstiftung / Allianz Cultural FoundationKunstverein, Stadt Wien – Kulturabteilung MA 7, MA 7 – Interkulturelle und Internationale Aktivitäten, Kulturfonds der Stadt Freising, Europäisches Künstlerhaus Oberbayern, SKICA – Slowenisches Kulturinformationszentrum

In kind support by: WUK, Istanbul Bilgi University, Freisinger Mohr e.V, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, monochrom

Venue:
WUK Projektraum
Währinger Straße 59
1090 Vienna
Opening hours: Mo – Fr. 12:00 – 18:00

More info:
Open Systems 2-01-04/14
Open Systems flyer 2015 (pdf)
WUK
ARTSLAB, What if… and beyond (on-line exhibition)
Vesna Bukovec at ARTSLAB, What if… and beyond (on-line exhibition)

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I am participating with the work As if (2014).

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Exhibition view and opening
Photo: Vasja Nagy, Mira Turba

TRANS.form 5

Exhibition: TRANS.form 5
Location: Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt / Dom umetnikov Celovec, AT
Date: Januar 15 – February 26, 2015
Opening: Thursday, January 15, at 7 pm

Artists: Johann Fruhmann / Michael Punz, Josef Gabler / Andrea Knezović, Wilhelm Götzl / Veronika Oberlojer, Kiki Kogelnik / Chriss Hall, Heinz Peter Maya / Edith Bergmann, Karl Stark / Andrew Mezwinsky, Ludwig Willroider / Roswitha Schuller & Markus Hanakam, Albert Zahlbruckner / Vesna Bukovec

Curator: Andres Klimbacher

Supported by: Skica

Invitation card (pdf)
www.kunstvereinkaernten.at

O razstavi

Koncept razstavnega ciklusa TRANS.form temelji na vzpostavitvi dialoga med deli pokojnih članov Koroškega društva likovnih umetnikov (Künstverein Kärenten) in mlajšimi ustvarjalci iz regije in okolice.

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Sodelujem s serijo risb Ni družbe brez spektakla (There is no society without spectacle) (2011–). Projekt se ukvarja s percepcijo množice in gledalčeve lastne pozicije ter primerja raznolike kolektivne izkušnje iz specifičnih okolij današnjega časa in preteklosti. Njihova primerjava odpira vprašanja specifike družbenih in zgodovinskih okoliščin ter globalne geografske in socialne (de)privilegiranosti.

Umetniška izjava:

Fascinacija s kolektivno izkušnjo

Vesna Bukovec

About the exhibition

TRANS.form 5 presents the newest edition of a project which has been conducted with acclaim for several years now. The basic concept is the juxtaposition of old and young:

Young artists are invited to set their current work into dialogue with selected works by former members of the Carithian Artists’ Association who are no longer alive. This dialoogue is conducted through formal criteria as well as isuues of artistic content.

The young artists’ works make reference to specific original works by the deceased artists, not as any kind of hommage, but as an intrinsic part of their current practice. This sparks off an exciting communication between the past and the present, a one-to-one conversation which is conducted purely through the medium of the works themselves.

The works in the exhibition are presented as pairings, spanning a wide arc from the past into the present, from tradition to the avant-garde, from classical technique all the way to conceptual installation.

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I am participating with the drawing series There is no society without spectacle (2011–).

Artist statement:

Fascination with the collective experiences

Of the works by Albert Zahlbruckner, I was attracted by the painting ‘Feiertag in Maria Saal’ (1934). Despite the fact that at first sight there are no obvious parallels between this painting and my work, I thought it would be interesting to confront it with my series of drawings ‘There is no society without spectacle’ (2011–). The open ended series of so far nine conceptual drawings which are based on photographs found on the Internet and depict various mass events (protests in New York and in Slovenia, desperate factory workers, spectators at a tennis tournament, customers waiting for the official release of the new i-phone, the audience at a rock concert, school children at prayer, refugees struggling for their package of food and refugees rescued from a shipwreck). All these scenes have in common a crowd of people at a special pleasant or unpleasant event. As the theorist Jean-Luc Nancy would say: there is no society without spectacle; or more precisely, there is no society without the spectacle of society . … There is no society without the spectacle beacause society is the specatacle of itself. One could say that the painting of the pilgrimage in 1934 is presenting the current spectacular event in the local environment of the artist.

Vesna Bukovec

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Photos from the exhibition