An essay about the group project entitled Memory. Imprints of Destruction and Rebellion of Life showcasing works of Jaka Babnik, Masaki Hirano and Bojan Radovič whcih was premiered on 26 and 27 May 2017 at DUM Project Space in Ljubljana (co-production of House of Photography Slovenia, Sektor Institute, Rostfrei Publishing).…
![Why So Serious? [Jaka Babnik]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/WSS-09-670x300.jpg "Why So Serious? [Jaka Babnik]")
A short essay about the series of photographs by Jaka Babnik entitled Why So Serious? which was released as a photobook, published for Rostfrei Publishing, and displayed as an exhibition at Miklova hiša Gallery, Ribnica, Slovenia. The photobook can be ordered here. Although created consciously and intentionally, as a result…
![The Bright Side of Stratification [Mihailo Vasiljevic]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Mihailo-Vasiljevic-Untitled31-New-Money-2015-564x300.jpg "The Bright Side of Stratification [Mihailo Vasiljevic]")
On Mihailo Vasiljević‘s New Money series of photographs. Premiered at U10 Art Space, Belgrade (30 March – 16 April 2017). The world is unjust; face it! People (including the poor and the underprivileged) tend to look down at the rising problems of unequal distribution of wealth and income with just…
![The Ambivalent Eclecticism of Contemporary Photography [Bojan Salaj]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Bojan-Salaj-Snapshots-2002-670x300.jpg "The Ambivalent Eclecticism of Contemporary Photography [Bojan Salaj]")
The essay analyses the body of work of Ljubljana-based photographer Bojan Salaj. It was first published in the Membrana magazine 66/67 (2016) The final years of the 1980s saw a considerable widening of perception and expressive possibilities of visual art in museums and art galleries, which had previously been reserved…
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.…
![The Bars About To Be Extinct [Klaus Pichler & Clemens Marschall]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/title-Pichler-399x300.jpg "The Bars About To Be Extinct [Klaus Pichler & Clemens Marschall]")
About the substantial photobook, entitled Golden Days Before They End by Klaus Pichler & Clemens Marschall, published for Edition Patrick Frey in 2016. The project was awarded first prize at the Evening Projections in frames of Month of Photography, Ljubljana and will be exhibited at Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography…
About the exhibition of Jelena Blagović and Ana Opalić, entitled Domestic Stories, that takes place at Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana [4 February – 4 March 2016] The exhibition entitled Domestic Stories showcases the works of two distinctive and acclaimed contemporary photographers from Croatia, Jelena Blagović and Ana…
![Monumental Landscapes [diSTRUKTURA]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/diSTRUKTURA-031-670x300.jpg "Monumental Landscapes [diSTRUKTURA]")
The text was initially written for the Face to Face show by artist group diSTRUKTURA at Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography (Ljubljana) in 2009. The artistic practice of the group diSTRUKTURA (Milan Bosnić & Milica Milićević) is stretched across various creative approaches depending on the medium and on the…
![Violence, Death and Decay [Goran Bertok]](https://mihacolner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Visitors-Wien-2-670x300.jpg "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…
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…