KRES
Tleče iskre slovenske digitalne umetnosti
The lighting of bonfires on the day of the summer solstice was symbolically linked to sun worship in pagan tradition, and our ancestors believed in the miraculous and mystical powers of fire to enlighten, connect and awaken new life. This time, we set up a Kres (bonfire) to awaken and bring out the hidden visions of Slovenia's emerging digital art from the underground and to bring together younger artists who have a unique relationship with virtual worlds around the hearth.
Despite working in different media and exploring different topics, the artists in the exhibition are connected by the fact that their artistic practices are inextricably linked to the internet and digital spaces. The younger generations' attachment to screens has shaped their specific understanding and vision of the world while influencing different ways of interacting and building relationships with each other. The flames of the bonfire illuminate works ranging from 3D animations, experimental videogames, and immersive environments to interactive websites and speculative design. The construction of alternative worlds, narratives and characters in digital environments allows the artists to reflect on the possible alternative systems that go beyond traditional societal norms while maintaining a critical approach to current social, political, ecological and technological issues.
The exhibition is a development of the Kres online pavilion, created by Sara Bezovšek and Dorijan Šiško, and in its present iteration, it tests the possibilities of bringing the online exhibition into physical space. The outlines of experimental artistic approaches, characterised by the development of specific aesthetics, the creation of ambient speculative environments, the exploration of the boundaries between physical and virtual spaces, the construction of new characters, the questioning of the relationship to corporeality, and the fascination with the technical possibilities of different media, are thus beginning to emerge from the shadows. Between visions of the future and the mystical otherworld, a new community of artists is beginning to form and connect with Kres, while igniting new sparks of Slovenian digital art.
KRES
Kindling Sparks of Slovene Digital Art
Prižiganje kresov na dan poletnega solsticija je bilo v poganski tradiciji simbolično povezano s čaščenjem Sonca, naši predniki pa so verjeli v čudežne in mistične moči ognja, ki naj bi razsvetljeval, povezoval in prebujal novo življenje. Kres smo tokrat postavili z namenom, da bi prebudili in iz podzemlja izvabili skrite vizije slovenske uveljavljajoče se digitalne umetnosti in ob ognjišču povezali mlajše akterke_je, ki gojijo svojevrsten odnos do virtualnih svetov.
Kljub različnim medijskim in vsebinskim izhodiščem umetnice_ke na razstavi povezuje dejstvo, da so njihove umetniške prakse neločljive povezane z internetom in digitalnimi prostori. Vezanost mlajših generacij na zaslone, je oblikovalo njihovo specifično razumevanje in videnje sveta, hkrati pa vplivalo na drugačne načine povezovanja in grajenja medsebojnih odnosov. Plameni kresa osvetljujejo dela, ki segajo od 3D animacij, eksperimentalnih videoger, imerzivnih okolji do interaktivnih spletnih strani in spekulativnega oblikovanja. Gradnja alternativnih svetov, narativ in karakterjev v virtualnem okolju umetnicam_kom omogoča razmislek o možnosti obstoja drugačnih sistemov, ki segajo izven tradicionalnih družbenih pričakovanj, pri čemer ohranjajo kritičen pristop do aktualnih družbenih, političnih, ekoloških ter tehnoloških problematik.
Razstava predstavlja nadgradnjo spletnega paviljona Kres, ki sta ga zasnovala Sara Bezovšek in Dorijan Šiško, v tokratni fazi pa preizkuša možnosti prenosa spletne razstave v fizični prostor. Obiskovalcem Kresa se tako iz senc začenjajo prikazovati obrisi eksperimentalnih umetniških pristopov, ki jih zaznamujejo razvijanje specifične estetike, ustvarjanje ambientalnih spekulativnih okolji, raziskovanje mej med fizičnimi in virtualnimi prostori, grajenje novih karakterjev, prevpraševanje odnosa do telesnosti in fascinacija nad tehničnimi zmožnosti različnih medijev. Med vizijami prihodnosti in mističnim onostranstvom se ob Kresu tako začenja tvoriti in povezovati nova skupnost umetnic_kov ter prižigati nove iskre slovenske digitalne ustvarjalnosti.
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Kuratorke_ji / Curators: Sara Bezovšek, Lara Mejač, Dorijan Šiško
Koprodukcija / Coproduction: Zavod Projekt Atol
Zahvala: Zavod Pina, Aksioma – Zavod za sodobne umetnosti, MC Velenje
Tehnična pomoč / Thanks to: Matic Gselman, Oskar Kandare, Valter Udovičić, Marko Damiš
Projekt je nastal s podporo Ministrstva za Kulturo in Mestne občine Ljubljana – Oddelek za kulturo / Project is supported by the Slovene Ministry of Culture and MOL – Department for Culture.
