Ana Čigon - Ask for the Moon (00:01:15)
Subtitle: Iz serije videov in animacij Odkritje mačke v žaklju
Production: A.Č., 2015
The video is a short feminist comment on astronomical obstacles blocking the way towards gender equality. (Source: Ana Čigon)
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Ana Čigon - Heroinat / Heroines (00:15:00)
Production: Ana Čigon, Stacion Center for Contemporary Arts, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, 2015
Heroinat / Heroines is a short documentary film on the erection of a problematic monument, which was uncovered in 2015 in Prishtina. It was dedicated to the women that contributed in the war of 1998-99 in Kosovo and all the women that were victims of sexual assault during this war. In the film critique on the monument is shown through montage of interviews with a politician who supported the project, the artists and theoreticians from Prishtina, that are questioning the idea and aesthetics of such monument,...
Production: Ana Čigon, Stacion Center for Contemporary Arts, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, 2015
Heroinat / Heroines is a short documentary film on the erection of a problematic monument, which was uncovered in 2015 in Prishtina. It was dedicated to the women that contributed in the war of 1998-99 in Kosovo and all the women that were victims of sexual assault during this war. In the film critique on the monument is shown through montage of interviews with a politician who supported the project, the artists and theoreticians from Prishtina, that are questioning the idea and aesthetics of such monument,...
Ana Čigon - Francka (00:01:13)
Subtitle: part of the series Uncovering a Pig in a Poke
Production: Ana Čigon, 2015
The idea for animation was created at the feminist assembly Feminism to the Streets, which was held in Ljubljana in 2014. On that occasion, the participants exclaimed various slogans, among them also 'Franckas Today Are Running Faster'. Francka is a character from the book "Na klancu" [On the Hill] written by Slovene modern writer Ivan Cankar. The story is well known to all the children and adults of many generations in Slovenia, e.g. she is always humiliated for being too slow to catch...
Subtitle: part of the series Uncovering a Pig in a Poke
Production: Ana Čigon, 2015
The idea for animation was created at the feminist assembly Feminism to the Streets, which was held in Ljubljana in 2014. On that occasion, the participants exclaimed various slogans, among them also 'Franckas Today Are Running Faster'. Francka is a character from the book "Na klancu" [On the Hill] written by Slovene modern writer Ivan Cankar. The story is well known to all the children and adults of many generations in Slovenia, e.g. she is always humiliated for being too slow to catch...
Ana Čigon - Macho (00:03:00)
Subtitle: part of the series Uncovering a Pig in a Poke
Production: Ana Čigon, 2015
An animation of what is happening in the macho world, if someone walks through it, who is not a macho. In the animation, a cat is walking through Ljubljana and is admiring the monuments in the city. The monuments are cat cartoon versions of real monuments dedicated to male historic figures in Ljubljana. The cat at first enjoys the monuments but is slowly becoming suspicious of the repetition of the same gender of cats represented on the monuments. Namely, under all of the monuments there is a label mačo (...
Subtitle: part of the series Uncovering a Pig in a Poke
Production: Ana Čigon, 2015
An animation of what is happening in the macho world, if someone walks through it, who is not a macho. In the animation, a cat is walking through Ljubljana and is admiring the monuments in the city. The monuments are cat cartoon versions of real monuments dedicated to male historic figures in Ljubljana. The cat at first enjoys the monuments but is slowly becoming suspicious of the repetition of the same gender of cats represented on the monuments. Namely, under all of the monuments there is a label mačo (...
Barbara Borčić - From art in the urban context to fictional distopia (00:01:20)
Subtitle: Projected Visions
Production: SCCA-Ljubljana, Apollonia, 2018
Projected Visions. From art in the urban context to fictional distopia (in frame of the project e.city-Ljubljana) Selection from SCCA-Ljubljana video archive DIVA Station Curator: Barbara Borčić Espace Apollonia / Apollonia, échanges artistiques européens,Strasbourg 27 January–25 February 2018 The exhibition consists of eighteen video works and one film, bound to the theme of urban and public space in their everyday dimension but also in its utopian and dystopic aspects. Participating artis...
Subtitle: Projected Visions
Production: SCCA-Ljubljana, Apollonia, 2018
Projected Visions. From art in the urban context to fictional distopia (in frame of the project e.city-Ljubljana) Selection from SCCA-Ljubljana video archive DIVA Station Curator: Barbara Borčić Espace Apollonia / Apollonia, échanges artistiques européens,Strasbourg 27 January–25 February 2018 The exhibition consists of eighteen video works and one film, bound to the theme of urban and public space in their everyday dimension but also in its utopian and dystopic aspects. Participating artis...
Đejmi Hadrović - All About the Veil (00:01:57)
Production: Đ.H., 2016
Art students were asked questions while their body language was observed. Main purpose of the idea was to flm an experimental interview about the object called veil. They had to wear it in order to explain how it feels like. My personal aim of this art project was to deconstruct the semantics of veil itself and give it a new meaning. I have chosen art students because they are a specifc social group, which is well known for “looking outside of the box”. It turned out, that no matt...
Production: Đ.H., 2016
Art students were asked questions while their body language was observed. Main purpose of the idea was to flm an experimental interview about the object called veil. They had to wear it in order to explain how it feels like. My personal aim of this art project was to deconstruct the semantics of veil itself and give it a new meaning. I have chosen art students because they are a specifc social group, which is well known for “looking outside of the box”. It turned out, that no matt...
Đejmi Hadrović - Crossing Borders (00:04:47)
Production: V.A.T., 2015
In the video performance the artists stands in an empty space in front of a wall. A projected text in English is being written over her body: "I am a Muslim I am a Muslim I am a Muslim ...". The statement is repeated until it fills the entire wall. The artist stands quietly, she has a loosely wrapped scarf around her head, and smokes a cigarette. After some time she removes the scarf and starts loudly declaring "I am a Muslim". She repeats the statement with various affirmative intonations. When the text co...
Production: V.A.T., 2015
In the video performance the artists stands in an empty space in front of a wall. A projected text in English is being written over her body: "I am a Muslim I am a Muslim I am a Muslim ...". The statement is repeated until it fills the entire wall. The artist stands quietly, she has a loosely wrapped scarf around her head, and smokes a cigarette. After some time she removes the scarf and starts loudly declaring "I am a Muslim". She repeats the statement with various affirmative intonations. When the text co...
Đejmi Hadrović - Silent Observer (00:09:12)
Production: KulturKontakt Austria, 2017
Video performance acts as a monologue confession of a woman in her early thirties and the obstacles she is dealing with. Content deals with issues such as gender, identity, migration, and ethnicity. Autobiographical thoughts are exposed to the audience through the audio recording only, while the performer in the video is only partially visible. It gives a notion of a classical portrayal, with the mind being the main source of happening. The artist is addressing the audience the with world’s...
Production: KulturKontakt Austria, 2017
Video performance acts as a monologue confession of a woman in her early thirties and the obstacles she is dealing with. Content deals with issues such as gender, identity, migration, and ethnicity. Autobiographical thoughts are exposed to the audience through the audio recording only, while the performer in the video is only partially visible. It gives a notion of a classical portrayal, with the mind being the main source of happening. The artist is addressing the audience the with world’s...
Lea Culetto - (Without) (00:02:48)
Production: L.C., 2017
The video is a collage of numerous advertisements for cosmetic products showing the female body in seductive poses. Their rapid exchange is disrupted by digital glitches. The sound in the video consists of a quote from the text Foucault, Femininity and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power by Sandra Lee Bartky. The author of the video reads the part of the text listing cosmetic products that a woman is supposed to use to achieve the perfect look.
Production: L.C., 2017
The video is a collage of numerous advertisements for cosmetic products showing the female body in seductive poses. Their rapid exchange is disrupted by digital glitches. The sound in the video consists of a quote from the text Foucault, Femininity and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power by Sandra Lee Bartky. The author of the video reads the part of the text listing cosmetic products that a woman is supposed to use to achieve the perfect look.
Barbara Borčić - Performance, Ritual and Memory (Women Beyond Borders) (00:04:26)
Subtitle: in frame of Women Beyond Borders international art project
Production: SCCA-Ljubljana, 1998
Performance, Ritual and Memory was an exhibition project with which SCCA-Ljubljana (Soros Center for Contemporary Arts - Ljubljana) participated in the international art project Women Beyond Borders. In the choice of Barbara Borčić, three artists from Slovenia participated with the works: Ema Kugler: Made 1991, Marija M. Pungerčar: Made by Woman and Janja Vrabec: A Sock and a Soap.
Subtitle: in frame of Women Beyond Borders international art project
Production: SCCA-Ljubljana, 1998
Performance, Ritual and Memory was an exhibition project with which SCCA-Ljubljana (Soros Center for Contemporary Arts - Ljubljana) participated in the international art project Women Beyond Borders. In the choice of Barbara Borčić, three artists from Slovenia participated with the works: Ema Kugler: Made 1991, Marija M. Pungerčar: Made by Woman and Janja Vrabec: A Sock and a Soap.