Marko A. Kovačič
Name: Kovačič, Marko A.
No. of works: 38
Members: Marko A. Kovačič
Countries: Slovenia
From: 1956

 
DESCRIPTION

Born in 1956 in Ljubljana. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, where he completed postgraduate studies in sculpture (M.A. in Fine Arts) in 1988. He was active in various art groups: Ana Monro Theatre (1981–1991), R IRWIN S group (1983–1985), Zlati kastrioti music & multimedia group (2000–2005). His artistic practice is characterized by a prominent interdisciplinary approach and a distinct taste for poli-media. He is using methods, strategies and procedures deriving from various artistic practices as well as the tools and languages of several media and means of expression, thus establishing a Gesamtkunst work. He is exploring and linking performance, sound, video and installations, in addition to his sculptures. In a direct or media situations he is prone to establish a symbolical space of communication in which the spectator plays an active role of decipherer of meanings, a connector and trigger of events. The levels of significance of this entire artistic practice evoke multi-facetted references and associations that are connected to preceding attainments - chiefly those of (historical) Avant-gardes as well as the individuals that stubbornly persisted in their own utopian projects. The artist brings together the old and the new - something we might call the past and the present and even the potential future. If our consciousness is the result of interactions between the present and the past, then Kovačič's artefacts tell us that our future is also an unmistakable actor in this world of fragmentary perception and crumbling relations. The past memories might fill in our holes whereas the future expectations might make our lives more bearable.

 
WORKS
Marko A. Kovačič - Prediction of ZeusMarko A. Kovačič - Prediction of ZeusMarko A. Kovačič - Prediction of Zeus
Marko A. Kovačič - Prediction of Zeus (00:03:11)
Production: 1990
Black and white recording follows the process of the construction of an installation Prediction of Zeus in Sarajevo in 1989 to its final version. The monumental work combines elements of sculpture and video art for a sinister forecast of an apocalypse.
Marko A. Kovačič - Metelkova NetworkMarko A. Kovačič - Metelkova NetworkMarko A. Kovačič - Metelkova Network
Marko A. Kovačič - Metelkova Network (00:37:14)
Production: Mreža za Metelkovo, 1990
Video documents a project "Mreža za Metelkovo", in which 200 partners gathered in 1990. Spatial needs of participating artists were presented in a programme, which came out in October 1990. All the corresponding institutions including the headquarters of...
Marko A. Kovačič - Programming the GazeMarko A. Kovačič - Programming the GazeMarko A. Kovačič - Programming the Gaze
Marko A. Kovačič - Programming the Gaze (00:07:41)
Production: Studio Brut, 1988
Video documents an exhibition Programming the Gaze in Škuc Gallery in 1988. Camera travels around the exhibition and captures space installations in close-ups and from unexpected perspectives. Shots of five different installations line up, the titl...
Marko A. Kovačič - The Sacrifice of Jupiter Marko A. Kovačič - The Sacrifice of Jupiter Marko A. Kovačič - The Sacrifice of Jupiter
Marko A. Kovačič - The Sacrifice of Jupiter (00:01:11)
Production: 1987
Video is a simple collage of photographs from a performance The sacrifice of Jupiter, done with Marko Košnikl and Borut Cajnko. Video is followed by a lively music typical for silent films of the first half of the previous century.
Marko A. Kovačič - AIDA 87Marko A. Kovačič - AIDA 87Marko A. Kovačič - AIDA 87
Marko A. Kovačič - AIDA 87 (00:03:22)
Production: M.K., 1987
Video documents the author's installation with close-ups and details. Video is partly framed with a coloured mask. The author deals with sculptures theoretically as well through quotes featured at the end of the video.
Marko A. Kovačič - American DreamMarko A. Kovačič - American DreamMarko A. Kovačič - American Dream
Marko A. Kovačič - American Dream (00:06:43)
Production: Brut film, 1986
An ambivalent deconstruction of fantasies about the promised land and faith in art, which is carried out through the stereotypical game of infinite hide-and-seek. It is a dialectic confrontation of the certain heroics of the regime that operated by prohib...
Marko A. Kovačič - Mirror Knows the SecretMarko A. Kovačič - Mirror Knows the SecretMarko A. Kovačič - Mirror Knows the Secret
Marko A. Kovačič - Mirror Knows the Secret (00:02:34)
Production: 1986
The video is based on the performance of the same title. The metamorphosis of image is enabled by electronic technology. A step further from the chroma-key procedure of inserting of the front plane of the image into some other background, which invests th...
Marko A. Kovačič - Symposium for Sculpture Zreče 85Marko A. Kovačič - Symposium for Sculpture Zreče 85Marko A. Kovačič - Symposium for Sculpture Zreče 85
Marko A. Kovačič - Symposium for Sculpture Zreče 85 (00:01:32)
Production: 1985
Video is a document of an exhibition of two of authors sculptures made as a part of symposium by Forma viva community in Zreče. Totals and details of the statues are framed with a coloured mask.
Marko A. Kovačič - Song of Flesh and Image Was Made BodyMarko A. Kovačič - Song of Flesh and Image Was Made BodyMarko A. Kovačič - Song of Flesh and Image Was Made Body
Marko A. Kovačič - Song of Flesh and Image Was Made Body (00:15:56)
Production: ŠKUC - Forum / koprodukcija Marijan Osole - Max, 1985
The story of the narrative is based on the genre of crime fiction. The images are filled with citations from the history of art and cinema (Man Ray, Sergei Eisenstein) and are further stratified and multiplied. The dynamics of the image fraught with typic...
Marko A. Kovačič - Inspector ShwakeMarko A. Kovačič - Inspector ShwakeMarko A. Kovačič - Inspector Shwake
Marko A. Kovačič - Inspector Shwake (6:55)
Production: Marko A. Kovačič, Gledališče Ane Monro, 1984
The film with two main characters (Inspector Shwake and Doctor Marek) tells about the gracelessness of war, the manufactured causes, and the attempt to change the course of events and prevent the war. The film was originally screened as part of the Ana Mo...
Marko A. Kovačič - Part IIMarko A. Kovačič - Part IIMarko A. Kovačič - Part II
Marko A. Kovačič - Part II (19:51)
Production: ŠKUC, 1984
In the manner of crime movies, hide and seek, the film moves between the genres of detective and horror and around the mysterious microfilm. It is also characterized by a touch of burlesque. It represents the atmosphere and image of its time on the Ljublj...
 
YEARS 51 decades present
Saksida, Kolja - Eksperimentalec
Saksida, Kolja - Eksperimentalec (00:09:31)
ZVVIKS Production, 1999
Korenc, Jurij - Oddaja o Radiu Študent
Korenc, Jurij - Oddaja o Radiu Študent (00:04:45)
Studio 37, 1988
Gumilar, Marjan - Pogled
Gumilar, Marjan - Pogled (00:06:38)
Marjan Gumilar, 2002
Hribernik, Jasna  - Lok Telesa / The Body Bow
Hribernik, Jasna - Lok Telesa / The Bod... (00:18:21)
Sfinga, TV Slovenija, 1996
Katja Šoltes, Emir Jelkić - How Do You Say Ćesma? / Kako se kaže fountain?
Katja Šoltes, Emir Jelkić - How Do You... (00:07:30)
Ljudmila, Ljubljana in SCCA/p..., 2000
Saša Spačal - Mycophone_unison
Saša Spačal - Mycophone_unison (00:14:27)
Saša Spačal, Muzej sodo..., 2016
Kugler, Ema  - Station 25
Kugler, Ema - Station 25 (00:30:08)
Forum Ljubljana & VPK, 1997
Saša Spačal - Liminoid
Saša Spačal - Liminoid (00:08:08)
Saša Spačal, Muzej sodo..., 2016
Hribernik, Jasna  - Ballabende
Hribernik, Jasna - Ballabende (00:21:46)
TV Slovenija, 1995
Ema Kugler - Hydra
Ema Kugler - Hydra (00:15:45)
V.S. Video, Forum Ljublja..., 1993
Kracina, Damijan - Žeblji / Nails
Kracina, Damijan - Žeblji / Nails (00:06:34)
Akademija za likovno umet..., 1995
Hribernik, Jasna  - Hiša nasprotij / House of Contrasts
Hribernik, Jasna - Hiša nasprotij / Ho... (00:20:17)
TV Slovenija, 1998
Vipotnik, Miha - Space 2
Vipotnik, Miha - Space 2 (01:53)
Max-Max (Brut), 1986
Korenc, Jurij - Svetloba sence
Korenc, Jurij - Svetloba sence (0:27:20)
Cankarjev dom, Viba film,..., 1987
Kugler, Ema - The Visitor
Kugler, Ema - The Visitor (00:26:41)
V.S. Video / Forum Ljublj..., 1995
Hribernik, Jasna  - Carte Postale
Hribernik, Jasna - Carte Postale (06:32)
TV Slovenija, 1997
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