Nika Oblak & Primož Novak - Baby (0:04:13)
Production: 2003
The video Baby shows a sexy blonde in a cheesy environment overflown by colorful balloons. She is posing in front of the camera and telling jokes about stupid policemen, which rather evoke jokes about stupid blondes. In the atmosphere filled by common stereotypes, simplified representations and sweet laughter, we can hardly find humor in the end and jokes become ironic and bitter. Baby explores the ideological structure of jokes and creates an ironic display of prejudice in society.
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Nika Oblak & Primož Novak - We Did This and That (0:01:06)
Subtitle: We Threw Gumboots 63.98 m for This Video
Production: 2007
We Did This and That is a series of 43 photographs and 13 videos, which show Nika Oblak & Primož Novak in reconstructing Guinness World Records. They chose absurd records, which are based on uncommon ideas. It is a strategy of gaining attention with spectacular and entertaining stunts, which can serve as an analogue to obsession with success and fame in contemporary society influenced by the mass media. We Did This and That is a reflection on global capitalism and society, which produces and possesses an e...
Subtitle: We Threw Gumboots 63.98 m for This Video
Production: 2007
We Did This and That is a series of 43 photographs and 13 videos, which show Nika Oblak & Primož Novak in reconstructing Guinness World Records. They chose absurd records, which are based on uncommon ideas. It is a strategy of gaining attention with spectacular and entertaining stunts, which can serve as an analogue to obsession with success and fame in contemporary society influenced by the mass media. We Did This and That is a reflection on global capitalism and society, which produces and possesses an e...
Nika Oblak & Primož Novak - We Did This and That (0:01:27)
Subtitle: We Balanced 14 Spoons on our Faces and Ears for This Video
Production: 2007
We Did This and That is a series of 43 photographs and 13 videos, which show Nika Oblak & Primož Novak in reconstructing Guinness World Records. They chose absurd records, which are based on uncommon ideas. It is a strategy of gaining attention with spectacular and entertaining stunts, which can serve as an analogue to obsession with success and fame in contemporary society influenced by the mass media. We Did This and That is a reflection on global capitalism and society, which produces and possesses an e...
Subtitle: We Balanced 14 Spoons on our Faces and Ears for This Video
Production: 2007
We Did This and That is a series of 43 photographs and 13 videos, which show Nika Oblak & Primož Novak in reconstructing Guinness World Records. They chose absurd records, which are based on uncommon ideas. It is a strategy of gaining attention with spectacular and entertaining stunts, which can serve as an analogue to obsession with success and fame in contemporary society influenced by the mass media. We Did This and That is a reflection on global capitalism and society, which produces and possesses an e...
Nika Oblak & Primož Novak - We Did This and That (0:00:39)
Subtitle: We Drank a Large Beer in 3 sec While Standing on Our Heads for This Video
Production: 2007
We Did This and That is a series of 43 photographs and 13 videos, which show Nika Oblak & Primož Novak in reconstructing Guinness World Records. They chose absurd records, which are based on uncommon ideas. It is a strategy of gaining attention with spectacular and entertaining stunts, which can serve as an analogue to obsession with success and fame in contemporary society influenced by the mass media. We Did This and That is a reflection on global capitalism and society, which produces and possesses an e...
Subtitle: We Drank a Large Beer in 3 sec While Standing on Our Heads for This Video
Production: 2007
We Did This and That is a series of 43 photographs and 13 videos, which show Nika Oblak & Primož Novak in reconstructing Guinness World Records. They chose absurd records, which are based on uncommon ideas. It is a strategy of gaining attention with spectacular and entertaining stunts, which can serve as an analogue to obsession with success and fame in contemporary society influenced by the mass media. We Did This and That is a reflection on global capitalism and society, which produces and possesses an e...
Nika Oblak & Primož Novak - Cab Driver (0:02:59)
Production: 2008
Cab Driver is a frame by frame visually reconstructed original trailer of the movie Taxi Driver. The entire trailer was reconstructed in the studio, using the technique of chroma key and simple props, like toy cars and guns, cardboard, paper... Nika Oblak & Primož Novak acted all parts. For the backgrounds of scenes they constructed photo collages, composed from photos mostly found on the internet. In this way Oblak & Novak subject themselves to the influence of mass media and materialize a common fascinat...
Production: 2008
Cab Driver is a frame by frame visually reconstructed original trailer of the movie Taxi Driver. The entire trailer was reconstructed in the studio, using the technique of chroma key and simple props, like toy cars and guns, cardboard, paper... Nika Oblak & Primož Novak acted all parts. For the backgrounds of scenes they constructed photo collages, composed from photos mostly found on the internet. In this way Oblak & Novak subject themselves to the influence of mass media and materialize a common fascinat...
Nika Oblak & Primož Novak - Going South (0:31:15)
Production: Sharjah Biennial 9, 2009
Going South is a fictional documentary based on an actual Guinness World Record. It presents stages of a fake, fabricated story about how Nika Oblak & Primož Novak achieve a world record by pushing wheelbarrows from Ljubljana to Sharjah for 14.500 km in 3 years and 12 days. The fictional documentary is a continuum of Oblak & Novak's exploration of media and capital driven society, exposing the media spectacle, and obsession with success and fame. It addresses the issues of global warming and environme...
Production: Sharjah Biennial 9, 2009
Going South is a fictional documentary based on an actual Guinness World Record. It presents stages of a fake, fabricated story about how Nika Oblak & Primož Novak achieve a world record by pushing wheelbarrows from Ljubljana to Sharjah for 14.500 km in 3 years and 12 days. The fictional documentary is a continuum of Oblak & Novak's exploration of media and capital driven society, exposing the media spectacle, and obsession with success and fame. It addresses the issues of global warming and environme...
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 the early video artists questioning mass media and television which captures reality. With the help of technical means and performative action the author plays with the perception of space and reality. Video caries ironic message slowly uncovered in the text...
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 the early video artists questioning mass media and television which captures reality. With the help of technical means and performative action the author plays with the perception of space and reality. Video caries ironic message slowly uncovered in the text...
Nataša Berk - PolyPlay (04:18)
Subtitle: Demo Version
Production: 2004
The artist stages a musical performance with the band PolyPlay. As she says in her introductory speech, she always wanted to play in a band. However, since she is not a professional musician, no one wanted to accept her into the band. That is why she founded one with her own multiple personalities.In the process of editing, the artist assembles different parts of different shots into a common frame, which forms a new visual and musical whole, possible only in the form of video. (Source: DIVA Station)
Subtitle: Demo Version
Production: 2004
The artist stages a musical performance with the band PolyPlay. As she says in her introductory speech, she always wanted to play in a band. However, since she is not a professional musician, no one wanted to accept her into the band. That is why she founded one with her own multiple personalities.In the process of editing, the artist assembles different parts of different shots into a common frame, which forms a new visual and musical whole, possible only in the form of video. (Source: DIVA Station)
Tomaž Furlan - Wear V (00:03:22)
Subtitle: Wear Series
Production: Tomaž Furlan, 2005
Video is a part of a series of studio performances Wear compounded of eight works. The artist becomes a cyborg - a man sculpture. He is wearing massive concrete sculptural elements, which make his movements stiff and difficult. With clumsy performance of everyday household chores he humorously deals with the paradox of a life routine with machines, which are supposed to make our life easier and which mentally and ideologically determine the freedom of movement and thinking. Video works were made between 2004...
Subtitle: Wear Series
Production: Tomaž Furlan, 2005
Video is a part of a series of studio performances Wear compounded of eight works. The artist becomes a cyborg - a man sculpture. He is wearing massive concrete sculptural elements, which make his movements stiff and difficult. With clumsy performance of everyday household chores he humorously deals with the paradox of a life routine with machines, which are supposed to make our life easier and which mentally and ideologically determine the freedom of movement and thinking. Video works were made between 2004...
Tomaž Furlan - Wear II (00:03:45)
Subtitle: Wear series
Production: Tomaž Furlan, 2005
Video is a part of a series of studio performances Wear compounded of eight works. The artist becomes a cyborg - a man sculpture. He is wearing massive concrete sculptural elements, which make his movements stiff and difficult. With clumsy performance of everyday household chores he humorously deals with the paradox of a life routine with machines, which are supposed to make our life easier and which mentally and ideologically determine the freedom of movement and thinking. Video works were made between 2004...
Subtitle: Wear series
Production: Tomaž Furlan, 2005
Video is a part of a series of studio performances Wear compounded of eight works. The artist becomes a cyborg - a man sculpture. He is wearing massive concrete sculptural elements, which make his movements stiff and difficult. With clumsy performance of everyday household chores he humorously deals with the paradox of a life routine with machines, which are supposed to make our life easier and which mentally and ideologically determine the freedom of movement and thinking. Video works were made between 2004...