Interview with Ljubljana-based photographer and artist Jaka Babnik.
Alternative Discourses of Documentary Photography
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.…
Memory of Trees
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).…
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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 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 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…
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“Jebodrom” [Jaka Babnik]
About Jaka Babnik and his Jebodrom series of photographs displayed at Photon in September-October 2014! In his series of photographs Jebodrom, Jaka Babnik deals with contemporary phenomena concerning public spaces by taking the role of an active observer, documentarian and commentator. Jebodrom is a slang term used across the…