{"id":1116,"date":"2011-01-15T13:51:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T11:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2011-09-13T23:29:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T21:29:28","slug":"lost-in-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/archives\/1116","title":{"rendered":"Lost in Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exhibition:<\/strong> Lost in Communication, solo exhibition by KOLEKTIVA, Vesna Bukovec, Lada Cerar and Metka Zupani\u010d
\nLocation:<\/strong> A+A Gallery, San Marco, Venice
\nDate:<\/strong> January 18 – February 8, 2011 <\/p>\n

Curator:<\/strong> Aurora Fonda<\/p>\n

Artists:<\/strong> KOLEKTIVA, Vesna Bukovec, Lada Cerar, Metka Zupani\u010d<\/p>\n

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\nKOLEKTIVA, Lost in Communication, 2010, installation view<\/p>\n

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Lost in Communication<\/em> is an exhibition that assembles three Slovenian artists born in the seventies and belonging to the same generation \u2013 three artists who individually pursue their own practice while working together in the group KOLEKTIVA.<\/p>\n

A collective project of KOLEKTIVA, Lost in Communication<\/em> (2010) features interweaving coloured tubes that chaotically invade their surrounding environment. Using modular drainpipes that can be reconstructed depending on the exhibition site, the structure can change from day to day, and in some contexts presents an audible component that emanates into the outer space from within the tubes. The drainpipe\u2019s grey, metal surface is covered up with vibrant and cheerful colours. The installation is often accompanied by wall pieces that offer thumbnail views of alternate configurations for the drainpipes, always highlighted by their bright colours. KOLEKTIVA\u2019s projects vary in nature, ranging from artistic production to curatorial endeavours, organizing art events characterized by their great inventiveness and realized through simple means. Initiatives have involved a vast number of artists and other participants, who have directly collaborated on projects such as Visions<\/em> (2006), Special Place in the City<\/em> (2004\u2013) and Secret Heart<\/em> (2010). Additionally, se\u00acveral projects began with open calls for proposals and submissions, allowing general public and artists to actively participate. The group has been very productive, particularly in the past year. Numerous projects have been developed contemporarily in various exhibition venues, giving rise to a widespread and networking presence that is constantly evolving.<\/p>\n

In addition to KOLEKTIVA, each artist partakes in independent practice. For some years, Vesna Bukovec has engaged herself with artistic interventions that directly involve citizens. Her work invites them to express views on issues related to community, demonstrating how the arts can interact with heterogeneous situations. Recent project, Positive Illusion<\/em> (2009) probes the stock images archives on the web produced by apt designers and marketing professionals, which were conceived to represent our notions of certainty and increase our feelings of security. With a simple, black line Bukovec outlines figures, situations and settings. Details or aspects are isolated to later be transformed into representations incongruent to their original form. The procedure is opposite to the work of designers, who eliminate any traces of ideas that disrupt our notions of comfort. Bukovec, on the other hand, uses this is her point of departure, eroding the positive illusions with which we surround ourselves. These images are juxtaposed with psychological tests, typically found in insipid magazines, which assess levels of satisfaction, happiness and other values sought after by consumer society. Unlike the copy in these magazines, which tend to avoid direct questions, Bukovec poses queries that can only have a single, concrete answer. <\/p>\n

Excerpt from the text by Aurora Fonda<\/p>\n