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Burning Process 

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Weightless Burning

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““I’ve always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade.””

Anish Kapoor 

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Sleep Snippet- Andy Warhol

Perception of the Mundane 

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Loop, repetition, identity the new videoart scene curated by Branka Bencic

During the past four decades video art established itself as an important feature that shaped  the landscape of contemporary art in Croatia.

Video established itself as medium of choice for artists exploring both sides, its technical, poetic and subjective possibilities. During 1960s and 1970s the interest toward new artistic practice is developing, including the use of film, photography and video, and the artworks produced show an analitical and critical interest towards the immediate environment, the (artist) body, language and the institutional and social context. As a new medium video was accepted relatively fast in the artistic circles and it informed a new approach in the experimental artmaking. First works were produced by Dalibor Martinis, Sanja Ivekovi?, Braco Dimitrijevic, Goran Trbuljak, Ivan Ladislav Galeta, artists that have produced anthological works of contemporary art in Croatia.

  The program presents works by Croatian video artists of a younger generation and the selection has been limited to the category of single-channel video. Past 10 years have shown and increasing amount of works of video shown and exhibited in the contexts of both exhibitions and film festivals and video has developed as widespread dominant language in contemporary artistic production.

Although selected artists represent different artistic positions we can map certain issues that have emerged in their work? the use of loop and repetition, visions of urban narratives, self representation, questions of identity or the heritage of experimental cinema and conceptual art practices. Landscape has emerged as an issue to explore environment and shared social space, relations to nature and reflect different moods and complex relations. The use of loop as a circular form and engaging with repetition disrupt the traditional time flow structure, of beginning, middle and end, and emphasizes the insecurity and instability of the subject. On the other hand through a personal perspective the artists raise awareness of certain issues? individual and collective identities and social structures.

  Branka Bencic Independent Curator, Researcher and Writer Founder and curator of CINEMANIAC, a research platform for exhibiting moving images established in 2002 as the support program of Pula Film Festival. Basic research, writing and curatorial interests include exhibiting moving images, photography, contemporary art, emerging artists, curatorial practices. Curated group exhibitions and solo shows, film and video screening programs in Croatia and internationally. Curated exhibitions: Alternative film practices in former Yugoslavia (1965-1990) (Pula, Zagreb, Belgrade, New York 2010-2012); Cinemaniac X, contemporary art and cinema (Pula 2011), Clueless geometry of misunderstanding (Torino, 2010), Transformations, Mapping the city (Pecs, EU Capital of Culture, 2010), Risque d'attente (Zagreb, 2009). Lectured on contemporary art practices and exhibiting film and video. Publishes on contemporary art in art magazines and exhibition catalogues. Served as jury member Oberhausen Short Film Festival; 25FPS International experimental film festival, KulturKontakt, Vienna. Awarded curator in residence ISCP, New York.  Lives and works in Zagreb.

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Cofa1002 Research 

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Craft by Liisa Kivimäe

MY HEART IS A JUNGLE. I AM AN ANIMAL is a diorama made from cardboard covered in ink drawings, stained wood and metal details; 50x50x50cm // 2011/12

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recommended: “A Hawk from a Handsaw”  Joanna Malinoswka CANADA gallery, 333 Broome St., NYC inaugural exhibition in CANADA’s new location on Broome Street near Bowery. Polish-born New Yorker “Joanna Malinowska’s work is marked by obsession taken to logical, or illogical, limits. She spies on musicians, hires people to perform on the subway, and treks to the North Pole. Everything is fair game for this artist whose work ranges from performance to installation to sculpture.” (David Coggins, artnet Magazine)  - thru Oct 20

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recently opened: “You are standing in an open field”  Jon Rafman Zach Feuer Gallery, 548 W22nd St., NYC Street Fighter Tournament: October 19, 5-7 PM Journeys through virtual landscapes form the heart of Jon Rafman’s current show, expressing his continuing search for lost loves, ideals and cultures. Alongside this, Rafman foregrounds his ongoing exploration into the nature of memory conveyed through intimations of archaeology and anthropology, highlighting the way that we rely on objects to locate our relationship to the past. Sculpture, video, and mixed media installation express the material form that memory takes.  - thru Oct 26

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Shirin Neshat: Socially and politically controversial the photographs and videos of Shirin Neshat challenge the representation of Muslim women. The series entitled  Women of Allah explores martyrdom in a series of self portraits depicting the artist painted with feminist Farsi poetry and in some instances holding a shotgun. These photos speak to the controversial social issues surrounding Middle Eastern women and men.

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Illustrations by Lukas Brezak

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