Ana Čigon - Remembering the Others (00:45:54)
Production: Ana Čigon, Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina - Kosovo, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, 2015
Remembering the Others is a documentary about the meaning and power of public monuments. In the film students, artists, theoreticians and activists from Prishtina, Kosovo talk about the meaning of monuments. Which people have the privilege to be represent...
Ana Čigon(1982, Štanjel) is a multidisciplinary artist working in video, film, performance and drawing. She graduated in painting and received her MA in video from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana. She also completed her MA in Interface Cultures at the Universtität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung Linz, Austria.
She is known for her satirical short videos and colourful animations of cats, which address pressing political issues. Her artistic practice uses an experimental approach to video and film, digital cut-out animation, drawings on paper, digital collage, spatial video installation and performance to explore and critique different aspects of contemporary society, focusing on marginalised voices and social inequalities. Key works such as Dear Ladies, Thank You; Rebellious Essence and the video Discovery Beyond Transparency (for which she received the OHO Group Award) exemplify her commitment to highlighting historical female figures and critically exploring contemporary social issues.
Ana Čigon has exhibited in a range of respected institutions, including the Škuc Gallery in Ljubljana, Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art in Priština, Likovni salon Gallery in Celje, and Kibela in Maribor. Her videos and films are part of important collections such as DIVA Station, the video archive of SCCA-Ljubljana and the Slovenian Film Archive in Ljubljana. She has participated in influential art events like the U3 Triennial of Contemporary Art and Crises and New Beginnings: Art in Slovenia 2005–2015, both presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ljubljana and the exhibition For Your Pleasure. Feminist Positions in Visual Art in and from Slovenia at Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana. Her work was featured at several international venues, including Istanbul Modern in Turkey, Apollonia in Strasbourg, France, and the ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program) in New York, where she completed an artistic residency. Her films have been showcased at numerous international film festivals, including CINEMED – International Festival of Mediterranean Film in Montpellier, France and Experiments in Cinema International Film Festival in Albuquerque, USA. She has received several awards for her audiovisual works, most recently a special mention at the Slovenian Film Festival 2024.
Photo: Nada Žgank and personal archive
Ana Čigon - Ljubljana City of Women (00:09:02)
Production: Mednarodni festival sodobnih umetnosti – Mesto žensk, 2013
In the video action, Barbara Kapelj Osredkar and Teja Reba asked passers-by on the streets of Ljubljana whether they know about a monument in Ljubljana that would be dedicated to female personality and which woman would they choose if they could decide. T...
Production: Mednarodni festival sodobnih umetnosti – Mesto žensk, 2013
In the video action, Barbara Kapelj Osredkar and Teja Reba asked passers-by on the streets of Ljubljana whether they know about a monument in Ljubljana that would be dedicated to female personality and which woman would they choose if they could decide. T...
Ana Čigon - Dear Ladies, Thank You – Red Dawns (00:12:30)
Production: KUD Mreža, 2013
Dear Ladies, Thank You is an evolving performance that has been presented in several variations. The common thread that connects all versions is the discourse of the under-representation of women in art history, art theory, art institutions, and in the br...
Production: KUD Mreža, 2013
Dear Ladies, Thank You is an evolving performance that has been presented in several variations. The common thread that connects all versions is the discourse of the under-representation of women in art history, art theory, art institutions, and in the br...
Ana Čigon - Dear Ladies, Thank You (Kapelica Gallery) (00:05:06)
Production: Galerija Kapelica, 2011
DEAR LADIES, THANK YOU - Ljubljana (second version) Performance presented in Kapelica Gallery 2011 Idea, performance and technology: Ana Čigon Additional technical support and programming: Vasja Progar The performance Dear Ladies, Thank You critically a...
Production: Galerija Kapelica, 2011
DEAR LADIES, THANK YOU - Ljubljana (second version) Performance presented in Kapelica Gallery 2011 Idea, performance and technology: Ana Čigon Additional technical support and programming: Vasja Progar The performance Dear Ladies, Thank You critically a...
Ana Čigon - Finger in U.S. (00:02:15)
Production: 2010
In 2009 I received the OHO award. The prise was a residency in USA. I traveled to USA in 2010. To enter the country I had to give my fingerprints as every other non-US resident. I did not like this fact so I made a video to comment this event. The video w...
Production: 2010
In 2009 I received the OHO award. The prise was a residency in USA. I traveled to USA in 2010. To enter the country I had to give my fingerprints as every other non-US resident. I did not like this fact so I made a video to comment this event. The video w...
Ana Čigon - Perspective (00:05:07)
Production: Ana Čigon, Galerija Alkatraz, 2010
Delo je enokanalni video, ki združuje dokumentacijo večkanalne videoinstalacije v galeriji Alkatraz z originalnimi posnetki. Performans za video je bil predhodno posnet v prostorih galerije in nato predstavljen na treh dvo-kanalnih projekcijah v zanki. V...
Production: Ana Čigon, Galerija Alkatraz, 2010
Delo je enokanalni video, ki združuje dokumentacijo večkanalne videoinstalacije v galeriji Alkatraz z originalnimi posnetki. Performans za video je bil predhodno posnet v prostorih galerije in nato predstavljen na treh dvo-kanalnih projekcijah v zanki. V...
Ana Čigon - One More Kick (0:04:35)
Production: Ana Čigon, 2009
'One More Kick' is a performative video in which the author is tackling a wall, trying to move it with great effort. She tries really hard and seemingly pushes it around the frame, using the method of measuring the edges of the screen, used by t...
Production: Ana Čigon, 2009
'One More Kick' is a performative video in which the author is tackling a wall, trying to move it with great effort. She tries really hard and seemingly pushes it around the frame, using the method of measuring the edges of the screen, used by t...
Ana Čigon - Odkritje onstran prosojnosti / Discovery Beyond the Transparency (0:03:40)
Production: Ana Čigon, 2009
Video documents an exhibition of a bigger piece by artist Marko Tušek in Cankarjev dom. The author visits the venue many times in three days, looks for the exhibited piece and realizes it has been covered with a panel due to an event set in the same plac...
Production: Ana Čigon, 2009
Video documents an exhibition of a bigger piece by artist Marko Tušek in Cankarjev dom. The author visits the venue many times in three days, looks for the exhibited piece and realizes it has been covered with a panel due to an event set in the same plac...
Ana Čigon - Real Presence (0:01:05)
Production: Ana Čigon, Cristiana Arena, 2008
This performative fiction art video places human figures in architectural niches, which freeze in different positions, eventually forming biblical iconographic motives (pieta, oranta …). Video is composed out of short and fast shots.
Production: Ana Čigon, Cristiana Arena, 2008
This performative fiction art video places human figures in architectural niches, which freeze in different positions, eventually forming biblical iconographic motives (pieta, oranta …). Video is composed out of short and fast shots.
Ana Čigon - Nezlomljiva / Unbreakable (0:01:08)
Production: Ana Čigon, 2008
Video documents braking of the branches on trees; it gets harder and harder to break the branches and in the end the author gets to a branch that doesn't give in. Video consists of nine short scenes ending with freeze frames, eight of them forming a frame...
Production: Ana Čigon, 2008
Video documents braking of the branches on trees; it gets harder and harder to break the branches and in the end the author gets to a branch that doesn't give in. Video consists of nine short scenes ending with freeze frames, eight of them forming a frame...
Ana Čigon - Brezčasje / Timelessness (0:04:03)
Production: Plesni studio Intakt, 2008
Dance video presents a dance show in a completely authorial way adding segments to the mere documentation. Author uses detailed shots from the woods and nature in general. We see a combination of long static shots and hand held camera manipulated with dif...
Production: Plesni studio Intakt, 2008
Dance video presents a dance show in a completely authorial way adding segments to the mere documentation. Author uses detailed shots from the woods and nature in general. We see a combination of long static shots and hand held camera manipulated with dif...
