Vesna Bukovec

KOLEKTIVA: V dialogu / Within a dialogue

Exhibition: V dialogu / Within a dialogue, solo exhibition by KOLEKTIVA
Location: Gallery Mihelič, Ptuj, SI
Date: May 10 – June 17, 2012
Opening view: Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 7 p.m.

Curators: Stanka Gačnik (Mihelič gallery) and Petja Grafenauer (independent curator)

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After ten years of working together in an art group KOLEKTIVA, artists Vesna Bukovec, Metka Zupanič and Lada Cerar present their first mid-career retrospective.

In their collective work they research various aspects of communication, inter-personal relationships, and everyday life. In their projects they search for all kinds of personal stories and are interested in both storytelling and voyeurism at the same time. As a group they create projects in response to given situations.

They frequently collaborate with the public. They invite different individuals, passersby or specially targeted groups to collaborate and they include them in their projects as a source or co-authors of the work. The artists understand the process of art making as a mixture of imagination, negotiation, exchange and cooperation.

In ten years of collaboration KOLEKTIVA have presented their works in several solo exhibitions and participated in significant international group shows in Slovenia and Europe. KOLEKTIVA is mostly known for different projects within their platform Special Place in the City for which they gain international recognition.
Besides working in KOLEKTIVA all three authors work as successful solo artists. Metka Zupanič and Vesna Bukovec also curate video screenings and exhibitions of international contemporary video art in collaboration with the Photon Gallery.

Exhibition catalogue (pdf)

More about the exhibition

Exhibition photos

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Gallery Mihelič
(Regional museum Ptuj Ormož)
Dravska 4, 2250 Ptuj, Slovenia
Opening hours: Tue – Fri: 10 am – 4 pm,
Sat: 10 am – 1 pm
http://muzej-ptuj-ormoz.si

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The exhibition is part of the program of European Capital of Culture Maribor 2012.
Production: Regional museum Ptuj Ormož and Kolektiva Institute
Sponsors: Albin Promotion d.o.o., Hotel Mitra
Thanks: Tomaž Kučer (Moderna galerija, Ljubljana)

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Exhibition opening
Photo: Boris Farič, Vesna Bukovec

Living Archive Interview: Ida Hiršenfelder with Vesna Bukovec

Recorded at the occasion of the exhibition Bring In Take Out Living Archive Ljubljana, March 7-10, 2012 in the framework of the International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns
More info: http://bringintakeout.wordpress.com

Curated by: Red Min(e)d
Video by: Ana Čigon

The interview is in Slovene language.

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We talk about works:

• Contemporary Art for Parents
• Why Do I Do This?
  
• Important News
• Endless Game
• It Will Be OK
• How to fail successfully
• Ali me nočete, ker sem kritična / Do you not want me, because I’m critical

Nagrada skupine OHO 2012 / The OHO Award 2012

Exhibition: Nagrada skupine OHO 2012 / The OHO Award 2012
Location: Vžigalica Gallery, Ljubljana
Date: April 25 – May 13, 2012
Exhibition opening and winner announcement: April 25 at 8 p.m.

The OHO Award was established in 2005 by the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute in collaboration with the Foundation for a Civil Society and with the support of the New York based Trust for Mutual Understanding. The aim of the OHO Award is to support young visual artists and to take them from a marginal social position to a more central role in society, with an emphasis on a positive context based on openness and creativity.
The OHO Award is a major international fellowship award program for young visual artists till 35 year, including media of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, video, new media and performance.

The jury for the 2012 OHO Award: Katerina Mirović (curator, Ljubljana), Jože Barši (ALUO, Ljubljana), Dalibor Martinis (artist, Zagreb), and Miran Mohar (artist, Ljubljana).

Nominees for the 2012 OHO Award:

Vesna Bukovec (1977) graduated and completed her post-graduate studies in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. She is collaborating with the group KOLEKTIVA (with Metka Zupanič and Lada Cerar). In recent years she has presented her works at numerous solo and group exhibitions in Ljubljana, Zagreb, Athens, Berlin, Beijing, Graz, Vienna, New York, Verona and Venice. She used different media like drawing, video, photography, installation and approaches (research, appropriation, participation, etc.), with irony.

Alja Piry (1982) gained BA in Art history studies from Faculty of Philosophy in Ljubljana in 2007 and in 2010 a MA in Fine arts from University of applied Arts Vienna. From 2010 she is self-employed as artist/cultural worker. Alja Piry is concerned with the idea of artworks as generators of intersubjective impulse. In her practice she uses various mediums, including drawing/text, voice-based installation, painting, video and book.

Tina Smrekar (1978) has completed her Photography MA in 2005 at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig after graduating in design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. She works in photography, video, installation and research projects as well as occasionally performance. Her works have been exhibited in Slovenia, Croatia and Germany .

Tomaž Furlan (1978) graduated on Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. In his staged works he used video and installation. He exhibited in Maribor, Padova, Ljubljana. He lives and works in Ljubljana and Škofja Loka.

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Vžigalica gallery

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I participated with a new series of drawings I can make another turn.

Artist talk with Vesna Bukovec

Recorded at the occasion of the exhibition Bring In Take Out Living Archive Ljubljana, March 7-10, 2012 in the framework of the International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns

Curated by: Red Min(e)d
Video by: Ana Čigon
Edited by: Anja Perše

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I talk about works:

• How to fail successfully
• Ali me nočete, ker sem kritična / Do you not want me, because I’m critical
• It Will Be OK
• Endless Game

Nominees for the 2012 OHO Award

The jury for the 2012 OHO Award – consisting of Katerina Mirović (curator, Ljubljana), Jože Barši (ALUO, Ljubljana), Dalibor Martinis (artist, Zagreb), and Miran Mohar (artist, Ljubljana) – has at their first meeting chosen this year’s four nominees from the submitted proposals.

The nominees are Vesna Bukovec, Tomaž Furlan, Alja Piry, and Tina Smrekar.

Now in its seventh year, the OHO Award is presented by the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute in collaboration with the Foundation for Civil Society and Trust for Mutual Understanding, both based in New York.

The nominees have until the last week in April to prepare a new work or present a work that has not yet been exhibited. The works will be presented at the Vžigalica Gallery.

The programme of the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport and by the Municipality of Ljubljana, Department of Culture. The OHO Award is sponsored by the KD Group d.d.

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