multimedijska instalacija, artist book, 2017-2018. // Multimedia installation, artist book, 2017-2018
Odmor. Odmor prostora. Želim da se ovaj grad odmori, da se ovaj kamen odmori, da reče: A hvala, sad više ništa“
Rad Hvala, a sad više ništa okuplja prizore iz Dubrovnika nastale u specifičnim periodima godišnjeg ciklusa turističkoga grada. Bilježenje gradske svakodnevice započinjem sredinom studenoga, točno po završetku sezone kada postoji šansa da grad nakratko zaživi kao grad. Zatim, krajem ožujka, točno prije kalendarskog početka sezone, razdoblja posljednjih trenutaka tišine, kada započinju pripreme za mjesece koji slijede. Naposljetku, u kasno proljeće, u svibnju tik prije nego počinje nepodnošljiva gužva visoke sezone, a sezonski radnici već su u gradu.
Proces rada trajao je od studenog 2016. do početka 2018 godine, a započeo je istraživanjem na poziv Art radionice Lazareti iz Dubrovnika.
Za projekt radimo i artist book u produkciji Art radionice lazareti, a koji dizajnira Petra Milički.
Rest. A place of rest. I want this city to rest, this stone to rest, to say: “Thanks, and now nothing anymore.”
The work Thanks, and now nothing anymore collects scenes from Dubrovnik from specific periods during an annual cycle a tourist city goes through. I begin documenting the everyday in the middle of November, just when the tourist season is over and there is a chance that the city will – albeit briefly – come to life as a regular city. Then in March I begin the documentation process again – just before the tourist season begins anew, during the last moments of silence, when the preparation for the ensuing months begins. And finally, in late spring, in May, just before the insufferable crowds of the high season, and the seasonal workers are in town.
The whole process lasted from November 2016 until the beginning of 2018. I was invited by Art Workshop Lazareti from Dubrovnik to initiate the research.
For the project, we are also producing an artist book in collaboration with Art radionica Lazareti, designed by Petra Milički.
Na samom početku, zanimalo me možemo li sa stanovnicima grada razgovarati o Dubrovniku, a da se ne osvrnemo na turizam ili zapadnemo u nostalgiju. „Nije to nostalgija, to su stvari potrebne za život“, upozorila me jedna stanovnica. U gradu podređenom sezoni, ne postoje trenuci ili razgovori kroz koje se turizam neće provući. Turizam, prisutan i u onim rijetkim trenucima tišine – u četiri ujutro na Stradunu – dok je sve drugo tiho, dopire iz brujanja bankomata i frižidera iza zaključanih lokala. Istražujem potencijal u onome što je od grada ostalo, u iščekivanju kraja sezone, u ideji o odmoru grada od gužve, konzumacije i scenografije. Radim seriju fotografija ostataka sezone snimljenih od 15. do 30. studenog, točno po završetku sezone.
At the very beginning I was interested in the following: Can we converse with the residents of Dubrovnik without talking about tourism or falling into the trap of nostalgia. “It’s not nostalgia, it’s a means to survive”, one of them warned me. In a city where everything is subjected to the tourist season, there are no moments when tourism isn’t mentioned during the conversation. Tourism, eternally present, even in those moments of silence – at four in the morning on Stradun – while everywhere else is silent, can be heard in the buzzing of the ATM or of the refrigerators in closed restaurants and cafes. I research the potential of that which is left of the city, the potential in waiting for the season to end, the potential in the idea of resting from the city, of consuming and scenography. I am working on a series of photographs documenting the remnants of the season, taken between 15 and 30 November, immediately after the season ends.
https://vimeo.com/200341630?fl=pl&fe=sh
U svibnju 2017. na skupnoj izložbi Pustijerna „Bez naziva“ sudjelujem izlažući prvu fazu rada. Razgovore sa stanovnicima u formi plakata lijepimo na vanjsku ogradu Pustijerne, zatvorenog arheološkog nalazišta u Starom gradu, gotovo jedinog dijela koji nije okupiran i u kojemu nema gužve. Osim plakata, na izložbi i postavljam stol za crtanje, pozivajući stanovnike, turiste i prolaznike da nacrtaju prvu asocijaciju na Dubrovnik, bez ograničenja.
In 2017, I participated in group exhibition Pustijerna „Untitled“ exhibiting the first phase of the work. I exhibited the conversations with people of Dubrovnik in the form of posters which were put onto the Pustijerna’s fence. Pustijerna is a closed archaeological site in the Old city, almost the only part of the city not occupied and not crowded. In addition to the posters, during the exhibition I set up a drawing desk, inviting the inhabitants, the tourists and passers-by to draw the first thing that comes to mind when they think of Dubrovnik. There were no limitations to the drawing.
Snimam video snimljen u zoru krajem ožujka, u posljednjim trenucima tišine prije ponovnog početka sezone (prema odlukama o zakupu javnih površina sezonska cijena otvorenih terasa kreće od 1. travnja). Kroz proljetni ciklus nastaje još jedan video, dokumentarna situacija proljetnog pljuska na Stradunu, glavnoj gradskoj ulici.
I filmed a video at dawn in the beginning of March, in the last moments of silence before the season started again (according to the rulings on public land leases the rents are higher beginning with April 1st). During the spring cycle, I made another video, a documentary scene of a spring shower on Stradun, the city’s main street.
Izložbe u Galeriji Forum na kraju 2017. godine okuplja ove različite fragmente. Razgovori sa stanovnicima u finalnoj su formi uvezani u knjigu, a materijale i ove segmente rada povezuje i audio rad, naracija koja je kombinacija eseja, dnevničkih bilješki i razgovora sa stanovnicima.
The exhibition at Galerija Forum at the end of 2017 brings together these fragments. The conversations with the people of Dubrovnik are in their final form exhibited in a book, and the piece is connected together with an audio work – a narration which is a combination of an essay, diary entries and the conversations conducted.
U Galeriji Forum izlažem u prosincu 2017., kada u Zagrebu započinje Advent, zagrebački turistički brend. Izložiti prizore iz Dubrovnika za vrijeme Adventa u Zagrebu već se samo po sebi činilo simbolično, kao jedna distopija koja upozorava na drugu. – Možda je Dubrovnik došao do točke dekadencije u kojoj više nema povratka – u Dubrovniku su ponovili više puta. Možda je taj grad-slučaj, upozorenje tadašnjem općem ludilu zagrebačkog adventa. Za tu priliku rad nadopunjavam s prizorima Adventa, događaja koji se odvija paralelno s trajanjem izložbe. Staklenu stjenku galerije koristim za postavljanje audio rada koji tematizira prazan prostor ispred galerije, gotovo jedinu slobodnu površinu u ulici koja nije okupirana otvorenom terasom. Istovremeno, ovaj rad se referira se i na izložbu Božene Končić Badurine, Vodič kroz galeriju koja audio rad postavlja na isto mjesto nekoliko godina ranije, tematizirajući Teslinu ulicu u kojoj je smještena galerija.
Osim toga, prizori Adventa izložbeni su fotografijama i videom snimani u zoru, ponovno prije početka naglašavajući apsurdnost samog spektakla.
The exhibition was held in the Forum Gallery in December of 2017, during the beginning of Zagreb’s Advent, an event the city was trying to market and brand in its attempt to become an indispensable destination. To exhibit scenes from Dubrovnik during Advent in Zagreb seemed extremely symbolic, as one dystopia warning us about another. – Maybe Dubrovnik reached a point of no return in its decadence – it was reiterated on several occasions in Dubrovnik. Maybe the case of Dubrovnik serves as a warning to the general madness of the Advent in Zagreb. For this occasion I will supplement the work with the scenes from Advent, an event taking place at the same time as the exhibition. I use the glass wall of the gallery to set up an audio piece about the empty space in front of the gallery, the only unoccupied area in the street. At the same time this work also refers to an exhibition by Božena Končić Badurina, Guide to the Gallery. She set up an audio piece at the same place in the gallery a couple of years ago. Her piece thematised Teslina Street in which the gallery is situated.
Besides all of that, the scenes from Advent were exhibited using the photographs and the video recorded at dawn, emphasizing again the absurdity of the whole spectacle.
Osvajanje je mala akcija izvedena unutar rada Hvala, a sad više ništa za izložbu u Galeriji Forum, 2017. U kojoj u grupi od četvero preskačemo ogradu i zauzimamo javne gradske klupe do kojih je nemoguće doći zbog načina na koji je postavljeno klizalište na javnom gradskom parku.
Conquest is a small action performed as a part of the piece Thanks, Now nNothing Anymore. Forum Galery, 2017. A group of four people jumps over the fence and occupies the public benches impossible to reach otherwise due to the ice-skate ring which was erected on the public city park.
https://vimeo.com/249156425?fl=pl&fe=sh
Rad u Dubrovniku nastao je u suradnji s Art radionicom Lazareti.
Kustos izložbe u Galeriji Forum je Antun Maračić.
Ostali suradnici na izložbi: Iva Ivan (montaža slike i zvuka), Srđan Popović i Marina Redžepović (naracija).
Dizajn artist booka: Petra Milički
The piece about Dubrovnik is produced in collaboration with Art radionica Lazareti (Art Workshop Lazareti).
The curator of the exhibition in Forum Gallery is Antun Maračić.
Other associates: Iva Ivan (sound and picture editing), Srđan Popović and Marina Redžepović (narrators).
Artist book design: Petra Milički
