Kugler, Ema
No. 1612
"Man with Shadow"
Artist: Kugler, Ema
Title: Man with Shadow
Subtitle: trailer
Duration: 01:40
Year: 2019
Genre: Experimental video / Art Film / Art video
Production: ZANK & VPK

 
SYNOPSIS

The genetic code forces man in reproduction. A newborn has no choice. Without her/his will, it is sorted to this world and as a completely helpless creature in the dressage of civilizational norms, which are determined by those in the position of power ... But what if something else is possible?


 



 
OTHER WORKS
Ema Kugler - For the End of TimeEma Kugler - For the End of TimeEma Kugler - For the End of Time
Ema Kugler - For the End of Time (02:05:28)
Production: Zank & VPK, 2009
The video film is an investigation on man and his smallness in front of nature and time, the story is told by a voice-over narrator, with no dialogues between the characters. The camera slowly moves horizontally in panoramic views showing bright wide dese...
Ema Kugler - Le Grand MacabreEma Kugler - Le Grand MacabreEma Kugler - Le Grand Macabre
Ema Kugler - Le Grand Macabre (01:40:44)
Production: ZANK / Ljudmila, 2005
Experimental video is made after sound recording of Le Grand Macabre opera, recorded live at the Parisian Theatre du Chatelet in fabruary 1998, performed by London Sinfonietta Voices Philharmonic Orchestra. Composer György Ligeti, avant-gardist of th...
Ema Kugler - PhantomEma Kugler - PhantomEma Kugler - Phantom
Ema Kugler - Phantom (87:45)
Production: Zavod ZANK / VPK, Cankarjev dom, RTV Slovenija, 2003
»The Phantom« is a film about death that does not ask, »Who am I?«, but »Have I ever really been there ... in my life? Have I ever really lived? Wasn’t everything just an illusion, an illusion of a false existence? Is i...
Ema Kugler - Homo ErectusEma Kugler - Homo ErectusEma Kugler - Homo Erectus
Ema Kugler - Homo Erectus (00:43:28)
Production: ZANK, VPK, Cankarjev dom , 2000
This video features no words, only music and images. Ema Kugler describes the moving images as: “They are like a dark, surrealist dance of everyman with his own death. I have seen all these images. They came from the darkness of my subconsciousness,...
Ema Kugler - MenhirEma Kugler - MenhirEma Kugler - Menhir
Ema Kugler - Menhir (00:35:16)
Production: Forum Ljubljana, VPK & TV Slovenija, 1999
Urbanity is finally erased with mythological rituals, which is defined by the title of the video film: menhir, a large upright standing stone from the Neolithic Period which was used in sacred rituals. A man and a woman are Adam and Eve who are formed bef...
Ema Kugler - Station 25Ema Kugler - Station 25Ema Kugler - Station 25
Ema Kugler - Station 25 (00:30:08)
Production: Forum Ljubljana & VPK, 1997
The artist continues with her main preoccupations: the relationship between a man and a woman, the irruption of the mythical into the rituals of everyday life. The video film uses the numerous potentials of electronic manipulation of the picture. The fine...
Ema Kugler - TaigaEma Kugler - TaigaEma Kugler - Taiga
Ema Kugler - Taiga (00:08:22)
Production: Forum Ljubljana & VPK, 1996
Video Taiga is made after eponymous performance carried out at the international festival of contemporary arts City of women in October 1995 in Ljubljana. The viewer enters a dark atmosphere, dictated by dramatic vocal-electronic music, threatening anthro...
Ema Kugler - The VisitorEma Kugler - The VisitorEma Kugler - The Visitor
Ema Kugler - The Visitor (00:26:41)
Production: V.S. Video / Forum Ljubljana, VPK & Viba film, 1995
The artist insists on the duality of human nature: the same dreadfulness is part of both the mythical and the real world. The duality is explicitly presented by means of electronic effects that can petrify a human face, or wall-up a human body in a few se...
Ema Kugler - HydraEma Kugler - HydraEma Kugler - Hydra
Ema Kugler - Hydra (00:15:45)
Production: V.S. Video, Forum Ljubljana, VPK, 1993
Mythology in the video works by Ema Kugler is inscribed in rituals of everyday life; this time it is the theme of Hydra with many facets. The theme is represented by the separate scenes featuring human figures in leather costumes (created by the artist he...
Ema Kugler, Nada Vodušek, Jane Štravs - Nostalgični izrezEma Kugler, Nada Vodušek, Jane Štravs - Nostalgični izrezEma Kugler, Nada Vodušek, Jane Štravs - Nostalgični izrez
Ema Kugler, Nada Vodušek, Jane Štravs - Nostalgični izrez (00:07:56)
Production: Marijan Osole - Max, CD, 1985
A collage of fashion creations from a fashion show set in Cankarjev dom starts off as if browsing through a trendy Fashion magazine. Models wearing leather clothes are accompanied by Italian, Yugoslav and American pop music from the 60'. We can also...
 
YEARS 2 decades present
Ema Kugler Jane Štravs Nada Vodušek
Andreja Džakušič, Simon Macuh, Iva Tratnik (SIVA) - Motnja – Krzno
Andreja Džakušič, Simon Macuh, Iva Tr... (00:07:10)
Likovni salon Celje, 2011
Saša Spačal - Liminoid
Saša Spačal - Liminoid (00:08:08)
Saša Spačal, Muzej sodo..., 2016
Nika Grabar - Format Oblivion
Nika Grabar - Format Oblivion (00:14:43)
SCCA-Ljubljana, 2012
Saša Spačal - Mycophone_unison
Saša Spačal - Mycophone_unison (00:14:27)
Saša Spačal, Muzej sodo..., 2016
Štravs, Jane - Jane Štravs
Štravs, Jane - Jane Štravs (00:05:30)
ATV, 1987
Srdič Janežič, Zoran - The Ballet Teacher
Srdič Janežič, Zoran - The Ballet Tea... (00:07:56)
Zavod za sodobne umetnist..., 2010
Jasna Hribernik - Tense Present: Šum fotonov / Tense Present: Photon Noise
Jasna Hribernik - Tense Present: Šum fo... (00:01:18)
White Balance, 2015
Muratović, Amir - From the Life of Books
Muratović, Amir - From the Life of Book... (00:03:55)
Muratović, Amir, 2010/2011
Rusjan, Pila - Po-vračanje
Rusjan, Pila - Po-vračanje (0:18:19)
Visoka šola za umetnost Un..., 2010
Andreja Džakušič, Simon Macuh, Iva Tratnik (SIVA) - Motnje oblačenja – Prevelika obleka
Andreja Džakušič, Simon Macuh, Iva Tr... (00:04:04)
Likovni salon Celje, 2011
Prosenc Stearns; Nataša - The Trial of Socrates (trailer)
Prosenc Stearns; Nataša - The Trial of So... (01:24:00 (...)
Kanalya Pictures, 2010-2013
OFFTIR - P1p3P3p1
OFFTIR - P1p3P3p1 (00:03:14)
2013
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