Vesna Bukovec

Art in a Suitcase

Exhibition: Art in a Suitcase (Curator’s intervention)
Location: Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, Ravenna, Mola di Bari, Istanbul
Date: September 1 – October 3, 2010

Curator: Vasja Nagy

Participating artists (at departure): Uršula Berlot, Marko Brecelj, Vesna Bukovec, Gani LLalloshi, Žiga Okorn, Bojan Radovič, Tilen Žbona

About the project:
Art in a Suitcase starts as a curatorial project depending on the initial communication between the curator and artists involved. Based on the idea of a travelling exhibition that can fit into one traveller’s suitcase and be presented or exposed virtually in any place. Once the initial selection is done and packed, the curator starts the travel by most convenient means. Destinations are in fact places where the curator has been invited to carry out an event.

More:
www.vasjanagy.org
www.artinasuitcase.net
Curator in a suitcase, interview with Vasja Nagy by Ana Peraica, FlashArtonline.com, July 2011

I am participating with the video It Will Be OK

U3 – 6th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia: An Idea for Living. Realism and Reality in Contemporary Art in Slovenia

Exhibition: U3 – 6th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia: An Idea for Living. Realism and Reality in Contemporary Art in Slovenia
Location: Museum of Modern Art (Moderna galerija), Ljubljana
Date: June 15 – September 19, 2010

Curator: Charles Esche

Artists: Nika Autor, Jože Barši, Berko, BridA (Tom Kerševan, Sendi Mango, Jurij Pavlica), Matija Brumen, Vesna Bukovec, Jasmina Cibic, Vuk Ćosić, Delavsko-punkerska univerza, Lojze Dolinar, Leon Dolinšek, Društvo za domače raziskave, Vadim Fiškin, Samo Gosarič, Tomislav Gotovac, Dejan Habicht, Irwin, Ištvan Išt Huzjan, Marco Juratovec, Jaša, Bogoslav Kalaš, Tine Kos, Vladimir Kuprijanov, Tanja Lažetić, Vladimir Leben, Polonca Lovšin, Anja Medved, Borut Peterlin, Nikolaj Pirnat, Tadej Pogačar in P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Muzej sodobne umetnosti, Marko Pogačnik, Uroš Potočnik, Marjetica Potrč, radioCona (Irena Pivka, Brane Zorman), Sašo Sedlaček, SMALL BUT DANGERS (Mateja Rojc, Simon Hudolin-Salči), Slavko Smolej, Bálint Szombathy, Nika Špan, Miha Štrukelj, Matjaž Wenzel, Dunja Zupančič::Miha Turšič::Dragan Živadinov, Želimir Žilnik.

About the exhibition:
This 6th U3 Slovenian art triennial focuses on how artists from across the generations reflect on realism and reality today. The works both depict (as in realism) and take a direct part in (as in reality) activities and relationships in the world. The exhibition foregrounds artistic proposals that suggest ways to read history anew, focus on the environment and the social and reflect intimate relations among communities, families and friends. In general, the works are not centred on the inner life of the artist but on his/her relationship to external conditions. This choice for reality was made because it reflects the current strengths of the Slovenian art scene. In addition it emphasises a continuity with Slovene artistic practices in which realism and, later, a readiness to include techniques and subjects outside of the traditions of l?art pour l?art are very present. For this reason works from the collection of Moderna Galerija going back to the 1940s have also been included in U3.

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I am participating with a series of drawings Positive Illussion.

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Moderna galerija has published a Virtual guided tour of the U3 on the exhibition’s blog.

Below is the presentation of my work.

Where do we go from here?

Exhibition: Where do we go from here?
Location: Secession, Vienna, Austria
Date: July 2 – Aug 29, 2010

Artists: Liliana Basarab (RO), Vesna Bukovec (SLO), Petra Feriancová (SK), Judit Fischer (HU), Philipp Fleischmann (A), Nilbar Güreş (TR/A), Marlene Haring (A), Nina Höchtl (A), Ana Hoffner (SRB/A), Käthe Ivansich (A), Gergely László (HU), Dorota Kenderová (SK), Johanna Kirsch (A), Eva Kot’átková (CZ), Gergely László (HU), Roberta Lima (BR/A), Marissa Lobo (BR/A), Olivia Mihaltianu (RO), Miklós Mécs (HU), Christoph Meier (A), Anna Molska (PL), Olivia Mihaltianu (RO), Ciprian Mureşan (RO), Jan Nálevka (CZ), Ioana Nemeş (RO), Timea Anita Oravecz (HU), Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair (RU/A), Katarina Šević (SRB/HU), SZAF (Judit Fischer & Miklós Mécs), Adrien Tirtiaux (B/A), Jaro Varga (SK), Anna Witt (D/A) and others

Curator: Elisabeth Bettina Spörr

Sujet: Anna Kasnyik

About the exhibition:
where do we go from here? presents primarily new works, most of which were created specially for the exhibition, by around thirty artists. The exhibition is the latest in the “Junge Szene” series (at irregular intervals since 1984, most recently in 2003) in which the Secession offers young artists an institutional platform and international attention. Besides concentrating on “young” art, where do we go from here? emphasizes the presence of women artists and appeals in a globalized world for an awareness of Central Europe as a shared region, moving beyond tired old East/West antagonisms.

With the original intention of the Junge Szene exhibition in mind, an analysis of changing conditions over the last 20-25 years played a key role in the exhibition concept. The decision to focus on Central Europe was prompted by the huge changes undergone by the Vienna art scene(s) during this period. Vienna is among the major cities of “old Europe” to benefit most directly from the geopolitical changes of the last two decades. The former lack of exhibition opportunities for “young” artists has in recent years been corrected by an ever-increasing abundance of institutions, galleries, self-organized exhibition spaces, festivals, etc.

The question posed in the show’s title is meant to be read in different ways and contexts: taken literally, it refers to a phenomenon with a direct influence on the living and working conditions of a generation of young artists today: the call for unrestricted mobility and flexibility as a prerequisite for the chance of a successful career. Student exchange programs, work and studio grants have become both the basis for and the driving force behind this system – even some galleries now have their own studio exchange programs. In extreme cases, this development leads to a modern form of nomadism, with uprooting and isolation instead of the intended networking and integration.

In metaphorical terms, the title’s question refers to future developments within society as a whole and especially to the potential function of art (and artists) within that society. With the globalization of the art world, viewed as a consequence of the collapse of Eastern European communism, the old antagonism between artistic autonomy and political/social engagement was revived. The processes of political, social, and economic transformation in today’s Central Europe are addressed in a number of the works in the show. In their childhood and early youth, many of the featured artists grew up with the reality of communism and the division of Europe as shaping influences. Consequently, the works on show deal in very different ways with the changes – changes that had a far more direct impact in former socialist countries: documentary approaches play an important part, as do participatory strategies, or humor, irony, and nostalgia.

Finally, and in full awareness of the problems this involves, the exhibition title assumes a collective “we”. Much studied by artists the world over, the recent political theory of writers such as Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt appeals emphatically for a “new community” as an alternative to the dominant neo-liberal world order. Collaborative and participatory artistic practices have long become an integral part of the art scene. At the same time, the “art star” created by the art market and based on a commercial logic enjoys great success as a heroic individualistic figure. Many of the artists in the exhibition often work in collectives or collaborate for individual projects with other artists, theorists, or the exhibition audience – at the same time as constantly competing for attention, exhibitions, sales, etc.

The exhibition takes its title from Martin Luther King’s last book WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Chaos or Community?, written in 1967 when, after its first major successes, the black civil rights movement had entered a period of crisis. Today, this work is seen as his legacy and as evidence of his socio-political visions and hopes – much of it still relevant to this day. At the same time, King’s self-reflexive and critical analysis is a snapshot of a society faced with the choice of sinking into chaos or working towards a life together as a peaceful community based on equality. Without wishing to draw parallels to the black civil rights movement of the 1960s, many of the acute social problems of that period – such as racism, discrimination, unequal distribution of wealth, and class divisions – persist today.

www.secession.at

I am participating with a series of drawings Positive Illussion and I promise to change the world but only if 10 other people will do the same.

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K3: International Short Film Festival

Exhibition: K3: International Short Film Festival
Location: Villach, Austria
Date: July 2 – 4, 2010

Festival Director: Fritz Koch
Head of Jury: Bady Minck

Filmmakers: Argyris Germanidis & Stavros Raptis, Nottapon Boonprakob, Peter Bizjak, Sylvia Winkler & Stephan Köperl, Olga Petrova, Milan Urbajs, Muriel Montini, Gunda Gruber, Helge Brumme, Gerard Freixes Ribera, Carlos Amaral, Iuri Bastos, Kika Nicolela, Stephan Groß, Lionel Rupp, Max Liebich, Karim Azimi, Sebastian Kenney, Rimas Sakalauskas, Giuseppe Boccassini, Adel Serhan

Artists (Installations): Vesna Bukovec, Ioann Maria, Iris Cerny & Marie Prammer, Fritz Hock, Joaquin Gasgonia Palencia, Scott F. Hall & Matt Dombrowski

Festival website
More about the video installations

I am participating with the video It Will Be OK

Frauen Circus Museum_phase 01

Exhibition: Frauen Circus Museum_phase 01
Location: Gleisdorf, Austria
Date: June 12 – 22, 2010

Organized by: ACRYL

Artists: Vesna Bukovec (SLO), CYM (NL), Irmgard Eixelberger (A), Nurith Eppstein (IL), Ulla Klopf (A), Michaela Knittelfelder-Lang (A), Renate Krammer (A), DORIS ROSENBERGER (A), Linda Maria Schwarz (A), Evelin Stermitz (A), Angelika Thon (A), Angela Wohnout (A)

Places: Stadtpark Gleisdorf, Eislaufplatz: Container, Einraum Bürgergasse 12, Sport Pilz Bürgergasse 19, Fachkosmetik Katharina Bürgergasse 1, flower power Weizer Straße 4, Atelier curiosum Weizer Straße 4, Stadtbücherei Gleisdorf, Weizer Straße 3, Buchhandlung Plautz Sparkassenplatz 2

Invitation card (pdf)

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I was invited by Evelin Stermitz to take part in the exhibition. I will present four videos:

• I can create positive change
• I love myself for who I am
• I trust in the process of life
• Personal Advice

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