• Ljubljana / London
Miha Colner

ESSAYS

Darije Petković, Neja Tomšič & Vladimir Živojinović: On History

Darije Petković, Neja Tomšič & Vladimir Živojinović: On History

The exhibition of Darije Petković, Neja Tomšič & Vladimir Živojinović, entitled On History, showcases works of three artists who reflect on various notions of history and its role in the creation of political and public discourses of the present. They address specific episodes of (inevitability related) local and global histories and analyse the impact of highly controlled historical discourses about collective memory and present-day ideology.

Nemanja Knežević & Robert Marin: The Real World is Out There

Nemanja Knežević & Robert Marin: The Real World is Out There

About the exhibition of Nemanja Knežević and Robert Marin: The Real World is Out There showcasing works of two artists who developed distinguished practices in which they reflect on their immediate surrounding. Above all, Knežević and Marin are observers of the world that surrounds them, so they apply snapshot photography to document it the way it is.

Violence, Death and Decay [Goran Bertok]

Violence, Death and Decay [Goran Bertok]

The essay was written for the Body and Flesh exhibition by Goran Bertok at Photon Gallery in Brotfabrik Wien, Vienna [authors: Miha Colner & Jasna Jernejšek] The Body and Flesh exhibition presents the distinctive body of work of an artist who, over the past 25 years, has relentlessly explored themes…

Photography as Testimony of Time and Space

Photography as Testimony of Time and Space

The essay was written in 2012 for the publication of the Aftermath. Changing Cultural Landscape project that displayed and analysed tendencies of engaged contemporary photography on the territory of former Yugoslavia after its break-up. The publication is available as e-book at Photon online bookshop and the content is partially available…

Few Miles of the History of Cyprus [Stelios Kallinikou]

Few Miles of the History of Cyprus [Stelios Kallinikou]

About the Lady’s Mile series of photographs (2014-2015) by the Cypriot artist and photographer Stelios Kallinikou The project was part of the group show Borderlines at The House of Cyprus in Athens in frames of Athens Photo Festival 2015. There is a certain affinity among contemporary photographers to record and…