An essay about the conventions and formulas of the pictorialist photography in the heroic era (1890-1910).
Notions of Human Body: interview with Goran Bertok
Interview with the photographer Goran Bertok who, in his artistic practice, continuously explores notions of human body.
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Three Botanical Stories [Marija Mojca Pungercar]
About Marija Mojca Pungerčar’s exhibition Three Botanical Stories (2018) which addresses small and intimate phenomena in her everyday life such as the relationship between culture and nature.
Photobook: Discipline, Genre or Movement?
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Collectivism in Contemporary Photography
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.…
Notes to Independence
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…
Now and Then: The Great War Reflected in Contemporary Art
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…