9. 1. 2024 at 19.00 / DobraVaga
ARTIST PER MONTH | Nika Tomažič: It Doesn’t Always Have to Be Full Throttle All the Way
exhibition
Until 3. 2. 2024
In It Doesn’t Always Have to Be Full Throttle All the Way, the young multimedia author Nika Tomažič plays with the concepts of sensitivity, tenderness and trust with the naive curiosity of a child. The seemingly most fragile intimate emotions are revealed as potential subversive tools in questioning the definition of power. She sees radical emotion as a way of rebellion and revolution in a cold world that cultivates and rewards rationality and optimization.
Nika Tomažič (1995) is a visual artist who lives and works in Ljubljana, having graduated from the AVA Academy of Visual Arts. In her work, she is attracted by opposites and duality, simultaneously contrasting and mirroring their poles. This kind of bipolarity is present both within the concepts themselves as well as in the broader division of her production, which can roughly be divided into “serious”, “deep” art through which she tries to make sense of the world, and seemingly “silly”, “funny”, “superficial” art, through which she reminds herself not to take herself, art and the world too seriously. She often draws inspiration from computer science, natural sciences, and electrical engineering on the one hand, and from philosophy, magic, humor, the internet, and tackiness on the other. She doesn’t limit herself to certain media, but feels closest to new media, intermedia art and film and video. She has participated in several exhibitions in Slovenia, and her films have also been shown abroad.
Curator: Urška Kleindienst
Free admission.
9. 1. – 3. 2. 2024
Organisation: DobraVaga / Kino Šiška.
9. 1. 2024 (until 4. 3.) at 19.00 / DobraVaga
ZINE VITRINE | Jernej Čuček Gerbec: Chai
exhibition
until 2. 3. 2024
With its simple form, colors and materials, the zine Chai focuses on the experience of drinking masala chai and one’s associations to it, to the ritual of drinking tea or simply observing one’s own leisure at a moment of relaxation. Instead of words and pictures, the tea itself takes the central role, creating abstract shapes and a unique rhythm with the help of traces and subtle splotches. Each zine thus fascinates and attracts with its unique content, which is unencumbered and self-sufficient in its simplicity. Every bit of the zine has been given care, with careful selection of materials, covers that have been hand-dyed with actual tea, a title that has been printed letter by letter, and each copy has been stitched by hand.
Jernej Čuček Gerbec (1985) has a master’s degree in visual culture and contemporary art at Aalto University. He has exhibited his works in Finland, Slovenia, the USA and the United Kingdom. In 2023, he completed a three-month residency at MeetFactory in Prague. Jernej’s work is not based on a chosen medium or concept, but on observation. Observation of the usual, the conventional and the general. He sees artistic subtleties in everyday life, ordinary conversations and photographs of passers-by, and recognizes lyricism in the core of everyday life. The result of such observation is not simply a document of the latter, but is expressed in the form of an installation, photograph, video, text or sculpture. In his works, the artist tries to shed light on what escapes us, unnoticed, and at the same time preserve the ambiguity and uncertainty of the original.
Curator: Maša Žekš
Free admission.
9. 1. – 2. 3. 2024
Organisation: DobraVaga / Kino Šiška.
Free admission.
Artists: Ajda Kadunc, Alin Kostiov, Ana Janež, Črt Mate, Dorijan Šiško, Ema Kobal, Erik Contreras Mencinger, Eva Bevec, Inês Matos, Jaka Teršek, Jaka Juhant, Julija Brudar, Jurij Hartman, Kaja Bakan, Katarina Marov, Lenart Merlin, Lenča Malec, Marijo Županov, Marko Šajn, Matic Brinc, Monika Slemc, Nika Rupnik, Nina Čelhar, Nuka Horvat, Oskar Slabe, Peter Ferlan, Patrik Dvorščak, Polona Pečan, Sangara Perhaj, Sara Jagodic, Sara Skenderija, Slađana Matić Trstenjak, Špela Šivic, Tatjana Kotnik, Tine Lisjak, Ulla Žibret, Urša Rahne, Urška Rednak, Valentin Radulović, Vita Eva Weißeisen, Zala Kalan, Žiga Roš.
Organisation: DobraVaga / Kino Šiška
Image: Alin Kostiov
Organisation: DobraVaga / Kino Šiška.