The International Festival of Arts, Technology and Science Kiblix 2020-2021 hosed the DIVA Station archive with a series of events in April and May. In a series of four events under the common title From the Archives of the DIVA Station, we prepared a series of online video projections on the computer and online art, perception of physicality in a virtual environment, and transmitted feelings. The purpose of online projections is to get acquainted with works from the digital archive, get to know individual authors, and create a space for joint reflection, discussion, and knowledge exchange. The conversations were moderated by Irena Borić and Vesna Bukovec.
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To the second Back2Back – an event of artistic research of the DIVA archive – we invited artist, film author and curator Jake Yuzna (USA), who was at a research residency in the DIVA Station archive at SCCA-Ljubljana in 2020. In their selection of works, they followed the alternative culture in Slovenia and, especially for this program, they also created a new work in which they reflect on their attitude towards the alternative.
The program includes videos by artists: Borghesia, Neven Korda, Jurij Korenc, Rok Sieber – Kuri, Gorazd Krnc, Yuliya Molina, Alenka Pirman, Sašo Sedlaček, Ana Sluga, Valerie Wolf Gang and Jake Yuzna.
Before the screening Peter Cerovšek, head of DIVA Station was talking with Jake Yuzna.
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Back2Back is a new type of event within the curated Videospotting programs, where we invite domestic and international authors at various stages of their creative path to present their own production and establish a dialogue with works of their choice from the DIVA Station archive. We will invite mostly artists who do not yet have their works in the archive. Before the screening, we will prepare short conversations with them, which will shed light on their own authorial focuses and reveal why they were addressed by selected works. The program was designed with the aim of opening the archive to artistic research, which, together with the presentation of their own practice, establishes interesting parallels to classical curatorial approaches. Mila Peršin was the first to present herself in this role.
The first to present herself in this role was Mila Peršin, a young artist working in various artistic fields.
The program includes videos by artists: Small but dangers, Mila Peršin, Ana Nuša Dragan, Miha Vipotnik, Sašo Sedlaček, Kristina Kokalj, Danilo Milovanović, Tanja Lažetić, Jasna Hribernik, Katarina Rešek (KUKLA)
Before the screening Peter Cerovšek, head of DIVA Station was talking with Mila Peršin.
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The second edition of the new programme of screenings and talks on art, video, and film – VideoGarden (VideoDvorišče) in the inner courtyard of the Škuc Gallery will take place on 9th July 2020. It brings a curated selection of new acquisitions of the DIVA Station, Video, Film and New Media Art Archive entitled Beyond the Visible. In recent months, SCCA-Ljubljana has been intensively acquiring new works and enriching the archive by about 100 new units. Only a sample from numerous and diverse artistic productions created in recent years will be screened.
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SCCA-Ljubljana joins the #stayathome online cultural programs, which these days seek to ease our persistence of staying home in the wake of the new coronavirus epidemic by opening their archives and inviting people to discover new worlds in home comfort. Program Stay Home, DIVA! was prepared in her home office by Lara Plavčak, curator and SCCA-Ljubljana collaborator.
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