Damijan Kracina - Žeblji / Nails (00:06:34)
Production: Akademija za likovno umetnost, Ljubljana, 1995
The black-and-white footage of a performance shot from a static camera dates to the time when the artist was studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. The performer looks at sculpted busts, and hammers nails into them, seeking a way to examine the traditional sculptural format without employing a process of construction or deconstruction. The work is also humorous, as if the artist were trying to say that the sculpture is ‘hammered’ in the head.
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Marko A. Kovačič - Song of Flesh and Image Was Made Body (00:15:56)
Production: ŠKUC - Forum / koprodukcija Marijan Osole - Max, 1985
The story of the narrative is based on the genre of crime fiction. The images are filled with citations from the history of art and cinema (Man Ray, Sergei Eisenstein) and are further stratified and multiplied. The dynamics of the image fraught with typical cinematic suspense is matched with the music full of suspense (Bernard Herrmann). (Source: DIVA)
Production: ŠKUC - Forum / koprodukcija Marijan Osole - Max, 1985
The story of the narrative is based on the genre of crime fiction. The images are filled with citations from the history of art and cinema (Man Ray, Sergei Eisenstein) and are further stratified and multiplied. The dynamics of the image fraught with typical cinematic suspense is matched with the music full of suspense (Bernard Herrmann). (Source: DIVA)
Zemira Alajbegović, Neven Korda - Podoba 5: Marko Kovačič (00:39:45)
Production: Kanal A, 1993
An introduction of the artist Marko Kovačič: sculptures, involvement in the Ana Monro Theatre, videos. The interview was conducted by Zemira Alajbegović. The video features edited material taken from the artist's personal archives, the Ana Monro Theatre, VS Škuc-Forum, and Brut Film. The video is a part of the TV series Podoba by Zemira Alajbegović and Neven Korda (“The Image of Zemira Alajbegović and Neven Korda”), which was the most important contribution to original video product...
Production: Kanal A, 1993
An introduction of the artist Marko Kovačič: sculptures, involvement in the Ana Monro Theatre, videos. The interview was conducted by Zemira Alajbegović. The video features edited material taken from the artist's personal archives, the Ana Monro Theatre, VS Škuc-Forum, and Brut Film. The video is a part of the TV series Podoba by Zemira Alajbegović and Neven Korda (“The Image of Zemira Alajbegović and Neven Korda”), which was the most important contribution to original video product...
Jurij Korenc - Svetloba sence (0:27:20)
Subtitle: predstava Svetloba giba, svetloba sence
Production: Cankarjev dom, Viba film, Studio 37, 1987
The video shows the process of making a sculpture; static shots accompanied by dramatic ambient music show frozen and moving images of sculpting material – clay. The sculptress’s hands begin to knead the material and shape it into a figurine. Hand movements are slow and quite elegant; the scenes change into an abstract, clouded image of dancing figurines which are becoming increasingly clearer. The end result of the process is a standing female nude.
Subtitle: predstava Svetloba giba, svetloba sence
Production: Cankarjev dom, Viba film, Studio 37, 1987
The video shows the process of making a sculpture; static shots accompanied by dramatic ambient music show frozen and moving images of sculpting material – clay. The sculptress’s hands begin to knead the material and shape it into a figurine. Hand movements are slow and quite elegant; the scenes change into an abstract, clouded image of dancing figurines which are becoming increasingly clearer. The end result of the process is a standing female nude.
Damijan Kracina - Kocka / Cube (0:03:39)
Production: 1995
A group event staged in public spaces - at a bus stop and in the garden of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana - took place on 22 March, World Water Day. The event was intended to draw attention to this day not by moralising, but by emphasising the joy of living. The main element in the video is a sponge cube with holes, which hides the artist. The water theme is further emphasised by the prevailing blue colour of the picture. The members of the group water the sponge at both locations – the bus sto...
Production: 1995
A group event staged in public spaces - at a bus stop and in the garden of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana - took place on 22 March, World Water Day. The event was intended to draw attention to this day not by moralising, but by emphasising the joy of living. The main element in the video is a sponge cube with holes, which hides the artist. The water theme is further emphasised by the prevailing blue colour of the picture. The members of the group water the sponge at both locations – the bus sto...
Damijan Kracina - Koncert za bas kitaro in gipsasto kocko (00:01:04)
Production: 1995
The Concert for Bass Guitar and Plaster Cube was performed by the artist in 1993 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, where he studied sculpture between 1991 and 1995. The brief performance refers to the main issues of contemporary sculpture, exploring the relationship between the static nature of sculpting material and the experimental sound landscape. The performance projects several procedures which can be detected in the artist’s later work, a mixture of experimental and elementary sculpture,...
Production: 1995
The Concert for Bass Guitar and Plaster Cube was performed by the artist in 1993 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, where he studied sculpture between 1991 and 1995. The brief performance refers to the main issues of contemporary sculpture, exploring the relationship between the static nature of sculpting material and the experimental sound landscape. The performance projects several procedures which can be detected in the artist’s later work, a mixture of experimental and elementary sculpture,...
Damijan Kracina - Kurca / Little Hen (00:02:55)
Production: 1996
The work was made in the studio of the sculpture department at the Academy of Fine Arts. A hen appears in the studio and waddles across the room. The prevailing colours of the image are various shades of blue. The hen is caught in a sculpture installation with a television set screening scenes from current Slovenian politics, with swastikas and church services. At the end, the picture completely disintegrates, with only the footage of the hen remaining, liberated from the media field/television. Animal righ...
Production: 1996
The work was made in the studio of the sculpture department at the Academy of Fine Arts. A hen appears in the studio and waddles across the room. The prevailing colours of the image are various shades of blue. The hen is caught in a sculpture installation with a television set screening scenes from current Slovenian politics, with swastikas and church services. At the end, the picture completely disintegrates, with only the footage of the hen remaining, liberated from the media field/television. Animal righ...
Damijan Kracina - Kracina TV (00:06:24)
Production: 1995
A hyper-realistic latex sculpture of the artist stands in the middle of a room in Kapelica Gallery, where the artist first presented the installation. The sculpture’s low pedestal is connected to seven monitors into which the figure gazes, while light boxes show photographs of cats run over by cars. The installation shows death doubled, or the absence of life. The cats are dead, and the statue, too, is lifeless. The images of dead cats not only draw attention to the cruel human attitude to animals and...
Production: 1995
A hyper-realistic latex sculpture of the artist stands in the middle of a room in Kapelica Gallery, where the artist first presented the installation. The sculpture’s low pedestal is connected to seven monitors into which the figure gazes, while light boxes show photographs of cats run over by cars. The installation shows death doubled, or the absence of life. The cats are dead, and the statue, too, is lifeless. The images of dead cats not only draw attention to the cruel human attitude to animals and...
Nataša Prosenc Stearns - Vertikalni horizont / Vertical Horizon (0:03:20)
Production: TV Slovenija, 1994
The video film replicates the labyrinth presented in the installation of the same title. Bricks are placed on the floor, and they pass into the labyrinth on the screen. The figures never come from 'behind the walls' of the labyrinth, we can only hear the sound of their fleeting steps.
Production: TV Slovenija, 1994
The video film replicates the labyrinth presented in the installation of the same title. Bricks are placed on the floor, and they pass into the labyrinth on the screen. The figures never come from 'behind the walls' of the labyrinth, we can only hear the sound of their fleeting steps.
