work(ing) de-/+construction

at the beginning of May I was part of the group exhibition Paper, scissor, book at Galzenica Gallery.
raz(rad)a de-/+konstrukcije is a continuation of my work in deconstruction of the book and blending boundaries of a medium with a space of the gallery.

 

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de-/+construction

... is a book that intertwines its space with the gallery space. Layers of elements create an installation that is fluid, soft and changeable. Some questions that I ask are: where is the boundary/edge of the work/book? At what moment does the text begin? Is (any) exhibition also a book?
(Karas Gallery, Zagreb, 18.9.-30.9.)

(photography by Juraj Vuglač)

2018 so far

February and March were so bizarre, constant fall and holding by breath..
but at least the best stuff come from intense times
Winter (in(her)), limited edition of 15

Stories about moments

was a project consisting of transformation of people's stories about their experiences of a perfect moment. I cut final texts into semi-transparent sheets of paper
(solo exhibition, Gallery Prozori, Zagreb, 08.09.-23.09. 2017)

One-woman exhibition

at the VN Gallery in Zagreb

I take boxes different shapes and sizes, open them, transform them from a 3D object into a two-dimensional surface which will hold the text. Their inside I use as the walls of the house / book on which I will write. Writings in the inside of the book / house / box are left naked, unprotected with time, pages, movement of pages. Text  is visible immediately; the idea is being digested at once. I am taking away the element of time so I can see if the idea of the book will collapse or hold.

This exhibition represents just one part of my constant book explorations, physical and conceptual play which is fluid.
I perceive written words as objects. Small, big, round, flat, yellow, white, fragila, strong, cold, soft. (My) texts are just compositions of different words. They are not telling a story, they are not painting a picture. 
By default, they are trying to fing a meaning.

de+/-construction

The Book is always an idea.

My new work will be on display until the beginnig of April at The Museum od Contemporary art in Zagreb, as part of a group show HT Nagrada@msu.

 












Through the extreme physical construction of the layers of elements (pages, letter stencils, cut letters, binding materials, photographs, drawings, text sketches, erased text..) in this fluid installation I want to expand the space of a book into the gallery space to show the questions/answers: the whole doesn't have an end; text doesn't have a beginning: elements/fragments of the book are the book, the book/the idea is a container.. of what?
Parts of the book are by themselves the entirety; they are in constantly changing relations, without permanent position or a link. The book is always in a deconstruction mode.

Watching Trains

small self-published artist's book, started from completely different book structure, ended with experimenting with one-piece-of-paper book structure

55 experimentS

I've been very productive lately & also experimenting a lot with ways of building a book. but for most of the work I have done in last week or two I have no idea is it any good. - one of the best things about time is that it gives us the answer to that question.

Maybe lost?

working on a couple of deadlines... for possible exhibitions next year.. and I got a bit wonder off the trail of a book. I guess it's difficult to make a book. it takes time & people don't invest half of that time to really look at it. . so, maybe I kind of gave up. maybe I will keep new books just for me. in my head. what I'll show now are just fragments of one big book. maybe it will be enough for a proper reading..