Vesna Bukovec

By The Way with Vesna Bukovec

Exhibition: By The Way with Vesna Bukovec (Series of exhibitions in public space)
Venue: TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova Street, Ljubljana, SI
Date: October 25 – November 21, 2016
Opening: October 25, 2016, at 5 pm

Within the framework of the By The Way exhibition series, I will display my current drawings on three billboards to passers-by on Vegova Street, offering my own commentary and critique of modern social reality.

Organised by: TAM-TAM and Kino Šiška.

More:
www.kinosiska.si
TAM-TAM Ulična galerija

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Photos from the opening at Street Gallery
Photo: Urška Boljkovac and Sunčan Stone

VideoWall 2016: Vesna Bukovec

Exhibition: VideoWall 2016: Vesna Bukovec
Venue: Židovska Street, Ljubljana, SI
Date: October 18 – November 6, 2016, every night from 6pm till midnight
Opening: October 18, 2016, at 8 pm

Screening of a new video Okrožnica / Circular.

Video Okrožnica / Circular is a simple animation of spinning circle. A preloader is familiar to all computer and Internet users. The aim of the spinning circle animation is to inform the user that certain process is taking place in the background even though the result is not yet visible. If the circle is spinning for too long, we become nervous and even angry.

The endlessly spinning circle could be compared to the slowness of bureaucratic procedures and the powerlessness of those who are waiting. Continuous rotation is symbolizing the flow of time, as well as being caught in a loop.

The shape of the circle is the shape of the letter o. Inside the rotating circle the words starting with the letter o (in Slovene language) are appearing and disappearing. At first sight random words turns out to be related to life choices and situations of refugees and asylum seekers who are waiting for their application for international protection to be solved. Will their endless circle of waiting ever stop?

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VideoWall is an open air video gallery, an ever-changing graffiti, with a new video loop being presented every two weeks. Each work is screened daily between 9 pm to 1 am in autumn and 6 pm to midnight in winter. The works are in line with the context of the street and open-air video gallery.

Authors who applied through an international call were selected by Pila Rusjan, video artist and author of the project, are Eriz Moreno, Metka Zupanič, Kika Nicolela, Yuliya Molina, Vesna Bukovec, Nez Pez & Marko Kolarič Gavez, Victor Paradinho and Lina Rica.

VideoWall is produced by famulVideoLab (KD Galerija GT), cofinanced by City of Ljubljana and supported by Galerija Hest. Executive producer is Polona Zupan / Pila Rusjan, her co-worker is Miha Kelemina.

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Photos from the opening
Photo: Miha Kelemina

La Fine del Nuovo / The End of the New

Exhibition: La Fine del Nuovo / The End of the New. CAP. III The Grand Tour. Jurney to the End of the New.
Venue: Stazione Ferroviaria di Cividale del Friuli/UD, IT
Date: July 2 – 24, 2016
Opening: July 2, 2016, at 3 pm

Artists: Vesna Bukovec (SI), Pleurad Xhafa (AL)
Curator: Paolo Toffolutti (IT)

The project brings an itinerant exhibition of contemporary art with the title The End of the New that is going to be organized for a year in various Italian towns as well as in Ljubljana and Zagreb throughout the years of 2016-2017. The exhibition is organized by the cultural association Neo from Udine to celebrate the twentieth year of its founding with an exhibition both the same and different in each of its venues, as suggested by its name neo (new), used to redefine contents and aspects of the visual arts starting from 1996. A single catalogue of 600 pages will be published in the autumn 2016. Partners from Italy, Slovenia and Croatia will host 16 exhibitions with 85 artists.

Invitation leaflet (pdf)
Exhibition info leaflet (pdf)
www.neoassociazione.it

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“The artworks pull the spectators into a theatre to attend a tragedy, experience it from a distance and contemplate the relations, patterns and stereotypes in real life. They are meant to break the hypnosis of everyday life ruled by the function of media, the means of communication and the economic and political relations. Without a hint of superiority towards the audience these artworks could act as simple old magic for staying sane. Some would call them activist, I prefer active.”

Excerpt from the text This art is active by Vasja Nagy.
To be published in the catalogue of the exhibition La fine del Nuovo / The End of the New in autumn 2016.
Full text here

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I am presenting works:

– As if (digital print, 2014)
– I promise to change the world but only if 10 other people will do the same (series of drawings, 2010)
– How to fail successfully (series of drawings, 2011)
– It Will Be OK (video, 2009)

Exhibition The Search for Humanity at Festival Sanje

Exhibition: V iskanju človečnosti / The Search for Humanity at Festival Sanje
Venue: House of culture Šmartno, SI
Date: June 30 – July 31, 2016
Opening: June 30, 2016, at 6 pm

Twelve stories about refugees written by Widad Tamimi and illustrated by Vesna Bukovec.

The stories were published weekly in Delo newspaper from January to April 2016. They were first exhibited at the exhibition The Search for Humanity at II. gimnazija Maribor/DrugaGalerija together with artist Nika Autor and curated by Petra Čeh.

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Festival Sanje
Hiša kulture Šmartno

DSU (Decentralisation of contemporary art) at ROG Factory

Exhibition: DSU (Decentralisation of contemporary art) at ROG Factory
Venue: ROG Factory, Zelenica gallery, 1st floor right, Trubarjeva 72, Ljubljana
Date: June 9 – 24, 2016

Video: Komunal.org
 

Participating: Mojca Pungerčar, Tobias Putrih, Nika Autor, Živa Drvarič, son:DA, Vadim Fiškin, Staš Kleindienst, Uršula Berlot, Zora Stančič, Alenka Pirman in Luciano Pavarotti, Tibor Bolha, Jasmina Grudnik, Aleksij Kobal, Viktor Bernik, Sašo Sedlaček, Lada Cerar, Zdenka Badovinac in MSUM+, Elena Fajt, Urša Halilovič, Janez Janša, Janez Janša, Janez Janša, Ana Čigon, Vesna Bukovec, Peter Rauch, Jože Barši, Alen Ožbolt, Žiga Kariž, Marjan Gumilar, Beli Sladoled, Tatiana Kocmur, Nejc Franetič, Neža Knez, Nina Pivk, Nika Rupnik, Ana Legčević, Uroš Vnuk, Anže Sever, Mihael Novak, Ištvan Išt Huzjan, IRWIN, Bojana Piškur in ŠKART, Jerca Oblak, Maja Burja, Staš Vrenko, Urška Aplinc, Mina Fina, Danilo Milovanović, Damian Vega Velasco, Francisco Tomsich, Otto Urpelainen, Gal Košnik, Brina Ivanetič, Urška Savič, Andrej Škufca, Tjaša Pogačar, Lenka Đorojević, Matej Stupica, Tadej Vaukman, Žiga Pilih, Uroš Weinberger, Evgen Čopi Gorišek, Tisa Neža Herlec, Ksenija Čerče, Zoran Pungerčar, Neža Jurman, Sanela Jahić, Nina Čelhar, Adrijan Praznik, Uroš Abram, Vid Avdič Batista, Sanja Vatić, Yulia Molina, Ana Žerjal, Andrej Brumen Čop, Matej Tomažin, Oliver Pilić, Lea Culetto, Dejan Knez, Tanja Lazetić, Novi Kolektivizem, Tanja Milharčič, Dejan Habicht, Borut Kranjc, Ivana Armanini, Boštjan Čadež, Lina Rica, Tanja Sabol, Gašper Capuder, Blaž Miklavčič, Barbara Čeferin, Mito Gegič, Tina Dobrajc, Arjan Pregl, PH 15, Peter Koštrun, V. Cunja in N. Batista, Nika Vučko, Olja Grubić, Jaka Vatovec, Milan Erič, Jaša, bridA, Nina Slejko Blom, Conny Blom, Tilen Mihelič Kurent, Teresa Neppi, Zavetišče za zavržene rastline, Breda Pivk, Duša Jesih, Andreja Knezović, ZEK, Miha Erjavec, Metka Zupanič, Jelena Sokić

Uncurated exhibition as a protest against the planned demolition of Tovarna Rog (Rog Factory).

Saturday 25th of March 2006 marked the start of the initiative to open the abandoned bicycle factory Rog for temporary use, with the intent to carry out non-profit, non-established activities on its premises. It is not a classic occupation of space, but a temporary alteration of its purposes. The 7000 square meter large factory – owned by the City of Ljubljana (MOL) – has already been left to decay for 15 years. As long as MOL doesn’t develop and begin implementing a clear strategy to solve the problem of these empty premises, we self-initiatively wish to open it to all individuals and groups engaged in the non-profit sector, for the realization of independent production of cultural and social content.

Tovarna Rog / Rog factory

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Specifically for this exhibition I’ve made a new version of a drawing from the series Ali me nočete, ker sem kritična / Do you not want me, because I am critical:

Text on the drawing: ROG is ours. Do you not want me, because I support independent scene.

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Photos from the opening