Interview with Ivan Petrović The interview was initially published in the Membrana Magazine No. 3 and Revija Fotografija 76/77 [in Slovene language], a thematic issue entitled Cabinet where contributors looked at archives and uses of vernacular photography in the art making. Ivan Petrović (1973) has been working in the fields…
The column on the phenomena of photobook, first published in the catalogue of the Fotoknjiga in fotozin [Photobook and Photozine] exhibition at DobraVaga, Ljubljana. Today, the photobook is a thoroughly institutionalised and canonised discipline in the field of contemporary photography and art, swiftly building its own theoretical apparatus and extensive…
![Sisyphean Labour of a Robot [Bostjan Drinovec]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bostjan-Drinovec-02.jpg "Sisyphean Labour of a Robot [Bostjan Drinovec]")
An essay about the piece of the Ljubljana-based artist Boštjan Drinovec. The text was initially published in the catalogue of the exhibition entitled Moebius Strip at Montfort / Obalne galerije, Portorož, Slovenia. Ever since the first Industrial Revolution, which in some areas began in as early as the second half…
![A Woman with a Photo Camera [Breda Beban]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/09-Breda-Beban-Little-Films-to-Cry-to-670x300.jpg "A Woman with a Photo Camera [Breda Beban]")
Transcript of the lecture given by Miha Colner at Studio Tommaseo / Trieste Contemporanea, in Trieste, on 21 April 2017 / originally published in a publication Breda’s Lesson. In the following talk I will present and analyse some of the most distinctive and significant photographic works of Breda Beban. Her…
About the exhibition entitled Vigilance, Struggle, Pride: Through Her Eyes at Maribor Art Gallery (19 January-11 March 2018) curated by Marina Paulenka and produced by Društvo za evropsko zavest, Maribor; Organ vida, Zagreb; Fotoklub Maribor; Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kinderphilosophie, Graz; KuBiPro, Berlin; E@I, Bratislava. Nowadays a large part of population…
Creating Alternative Discourses: Contemporary Photography Between Mass Media and Art Practice Edited transcript of the lecture which took place at the conference Beyond the Documentary on 9 September 2017 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb in frames of Organ vida. International Photography Festival. Cover Photo: Ivan Petrovic, Students, 2006.…
![The New World [Matjaz Rust]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/The-New-World-USA-01-670x300.jpg "The New World [Matjaz Rust]")
About the recent series of photographs of photographer Matjaž Rušt, entitled The New World exploring the visual iconography of Slovenian immigrant communities in the lands overseas. Migration has existed in the world for as long as civilisations, i.e. connected communities of people with collective identity and consciousness. In the last…
![Placebo Effect [Vanja Bucan]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Vanja-Bucan-Placebo-02-670x300.jpg "Placebo Effect [Vanja Bucan]")
The article reflects on the work by artist and photographer Vanja Bučan, entitled Placebo and Mauerhasen; both projects are showcased at Fotogalerija Lang, Samobor, Croatia (10. 12. 2017 – 4. 2. 2018) In the years following the first industrial revolution the face of the planet has been changed immensely by…
Reflection of the research project and the group exhibition Collective Practices and Photography in the Region at Artget Gallery, KCB, Belgrade (9 November – 12 December 2017), curated by Fotodokumenti. Cover photo: Peter Rauch, Community, 2012-2013 Collectivism in art and other branches of creative endeavour is not a new phenomenon.…
The article entitled Notes to Independence was initially published in the catalogue of Backlight Photo Festival, Tampere, Finland, which was focusing on different notions of independence. The human world, like that of many other living species, is undoubtedly hierarchical and structured in a particular social pyramid. This is a…