An essay about the conventions and formulas of the pictorialist photography in the heroic era (1890-1910).
Odkud znam. Ljubim vas. Ne znam, šta je bilo. [Jošt Franko]
The article about the exhibition of photographer and artist Jošt Franko entitled Odkud znam. Ljubim vas. Ne znam, šta je bilo. at Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana.
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
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…
Finally, the President Who Understands Ordinary People [Borut Krajnc]
About the Politics (2012-2014) series of photographs by Borut Krajnc. The project was premiered in December 2014 at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana as an exhibition and as a perpetual calendar, produced by the Made in China project. In the past twenty and something years the coalition between the political elites…
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…
Confronting the Death… Again [Goran Bertok]
A introductory text for Goran Bertok‘s exhibition Survivors that took place in January 2013 at Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography in Ljubljana “One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic” Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin Wars, states of emergency and continuing repression are immense breeding places for the pogroms…
Laughing at the Other [Cristina de Middel]
Cristina de Middel and her Afronauts This text was written after long consideration, and after seeing the artist talk about her project at the Athens Photo Festival. I guess it is weird to see a black guy wearing a spacesuit and a helmet, and it seems to be comic to…
Fly-Posting Prohibited: The Story of Buldožer
Extensive essay about group Buldožer, one of the first rock bands and counterculture phenomena from Yugoslavia. The entire text is published in a book accompanying the retrospective exhibition “Fly-Posting Prohibited: The Story of Buldožer” that celebrates the fortieth anniversary of formation of the band – in Photon – Centre for…
Exploration of Moving Image, Poetry and Sound [Damir Ocko]
The text was written for the solo exhibition of Damir Očko titled SPRING / We Saw Nothing But The Uniform Blue Of The Sky at Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana (1 April – 8 May 2015) Damir Očko is also representing Croatia at the 56th Venice Biennial 2015…