Špan, Nika
No. 752
"Per aspera ad astra"
Špan, Nika - Per aspera ad astra
Video available only in physical archive
Artist: Špan, Nika
Title: Per aspera ad astra
Duration: 04:05:00
Year: 1999
Genre: Television Art / Art video
Production: Nika Špan

 
SYNOPSIS
Video work shows a footage of over four hour long constant changing of 150 television channels over Astra satellite. Video has been recorded without a video camera directly from television onto a VHS cassette with a VHS recorder. The duration of the video is determined by the length of the VHS tape. Video was shot on 5th July, 1999 between 5:23 pm and 9:27 pm in Düsseldorf.

 
OTHER WORKS
Nika Špan - Polucija v umetnosti / Pollution in ArtNika Špan - Polucija v umetnosti / Pollution in ArtNika Špan - Polucija v umetnosti / Pollution in Art
Nika Špan - Polucija v umetnosti / Pollution in Art (00:17:46)
Production: SCCA-Ljubljana, 2008
Video documents a lecture conducted as part of a continuous project No Nails, No Pedestals. The author designed the lecture in which she thematises pollution in art as an interactive audio-visual happening.
Nika Špan - Kako socializirati blues (modre)? / How to socialise the blues?Nika Špan - Kako socializirati blues (modre)? / How to socialise the blues?Nika Špan - Kako socializirati blues (modre)? / How to socialise the blues?
Nika Špan - Kako socializirati blues (modre)? / How to socialise the blues? (00:01:58)
Production: 2007
Video work is a unit of eleven simulation videos by Dr. R.B. Jones available online. Re-editing of the material found online enables the artist to re-conceptualize the content and focus on the visual part, which originally serves as a support. The work is...
Nika Špan - Fine ScienciesNika Špan - Fine ScienciesNika Špan - Fine Sciencies
Nika Špan - Fine Sciencies (00:00:49)
Production: 2006
Computer animation is based on a simulation presentation of a computer programme found online. Re-editing of the material enables the author to find new contents. The work is a part of the author's series Fine sciences in which she explores visualiza...
Nika Špan - Ljubljana by HeartNika Špan - Ljubljana by HeartNika Špan - Ljubljana by Heart
Nika Špan - Ljubljana by Heart (00:05:00)
Production: 2000
The work is a composit of two videos played on a two-channel projection. Both show aerial imagery of Ljubljana. The left camera travels above the actual city and the right one above the bronze model of the city. Video was made for an exhibition "Mani...
Nika Špan - Video ne videoNika Špan - Video ne videoNika Špan - Video ne video
Nika Špan - Video ne video (00:26:55)
Production: Moderna galerija Ljubljana, 1997
Two-channeled synchronous video was shot at the second triennial of contemporary Slovene art (U3). Video captured Nika Špan and Peter Weibel who communicated without seeing each other. Their communication happened through two direct video broadcasts on m...
Nika Špan - Video ne videoNika Špan - Video ne videoNika Špan - Video ne video
Nika Špan - Video ne video (00:26:55)
Production: Moderna galerija Ljubljana, 1997
Two-channel video was made at the second triennial of Slovene art U3. Each of the camera follows one of the correspondents talking to each other about the author's projects without using any words. The author explains to her curator Peter Weibel abou...
 
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Hribernik, Jasna  - Hiša nasprotij / House of Contrasts
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