![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…
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.…
![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…
![100 Hectares of Understanding [Jaakko Kahilaniemi]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/100Hectares_100PlantedSaviorsOfTheHeritage_2015-670x300.jpg "100 Hectares of Understanding [Jaakko Kahilaniemi]")
About Finnish photographer and artist Jaakko Kahilaniemi and his ongoing photographic project entitled 100 Hectares of Understanding.
An essay on contemporary art reflecting on the World War I, originally published in the book entitled Red Poppy Fields [The Great War Reflected in Contemporary Photography] released by Photon, 2017. “Gentlemen, we are now in a state of necessity, and necessity knows no law!” said German Chancellor Bethmann…
![The Scream and Its Echo [Nika Oblak & Primoz Novak]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Oblak-Novak-Border-Mover-2015-622x300.jpg "The Scream and Its Echo [Nika Oblak & Primoz Novak]")
About the work of Nika Oblak & Primož Novak which has been showcased on series of exhibitions entitled And Now for Something Completely Different, currently on at Kresija Gallery, Ljubljana. Works of art generally reflect the zeitgeist in which they were created; the more effective ones furthermore universalise their…
![The World Goes Holy, Again [Jaka Babnik]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Jaka-Babnik-Zagreb-2016-670x300.jpg "The World Goes Holy, Again [Jaka Babnik]")
The essay was initially published in the booklet of Jaka Babnik‘s Holy Land exhibition (26 January – 17 February 2017) at Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana. The history of the Papal State is rich and stormy. The position of the leader of church and the proclaimed substitute…
An essay from the Looking for the Clouds. Contemporary Photography in Times of Conflict project and publication collectivelly curated by European Month of Photography. The group show was showcased in Bratislava and Berlin, and it is still on display at MUSA, Vienna (until 2 April 2017) in frames of Eyes-On festival.…