We
kindly invite you to the opening of the exhibition
Moderna galerija Ljubljana - Media Art Collection
on
Tuesday, 23 December 2008, at 7pm (Sao Paulo Time) - 10pm( Paris Time)
in Noema Digital Gallery Second Life
slurl: The
new media art collection of , Buzios (229, 201, 22)
Curator: Igor Španjol
Programming
and design: Vera
Bighetti, Brazil
SL
hosting: Agencía
Clik, Meta Midia Digital
Prodution:
Coproduction: Meta Midia Digital and Noema Digital Art
in the frame of the action Hosting Moderna Galerija!
Featured Artists
Nuša & Srečo Dragan, Marina
Gržinić & Aina Šmid, Zemira Alajbegović & Neven Korda, Borghesia, Vuk
Ćosić, Ema Kugler, Franc Purg, Franc Purg, Apolonija Šušteršič, Miha Vipotnik,
Igor Štromajer
Hosting Moderna galerija
Years of
(non)policies have proved an existential threat to the basic infrastructure and
intellectual and creative work in the field of visual art. The city and the
country are downgrading the visual arts relative to other fields of artistic
production.
Contemporary
visual art has long exhibited the characteristics of total art, and for several
decades now the discourse of visual art has extended well beyond the notions of
classic techniques, tools and means of expression. Contemporary art includes
performative, non-gallery, conceptual, contextual and traditional art practices
and dimensions, and does not differentiate between 'new' or 'old' media. The
effects of malnourishment, which threatens to drastically decline activities or
even result in close-downs, can be seen in all spheres - production,
interpretation, presentation, education, theory, documentation, archives,
research, counselling or promotion.
The major international
contemporary visual arts events, such as documenta, the Venice Biennale,
Manifesta and others are closely connected with the Moderna galerija, public
institutes, galleries, freelance artists and NGOs, all of which represent a
solid basis, with well-developed international networks.
To express
support for the Moderna galerija and its endeavours to secure better working
conditions during renovation, we have been organising activities which aim to
mitigate the negative effects that the suspension of the gallery's activities
have on modern and contemporary art. Our activities are also an appeal to
institutions and individuals working in the field of contemporary art to
establish a networking platform to facilitate easier communication and collaboration.
About
Moderna galerija
Moderna galerija
(Museum of Modern Art) is the Slovene national institution for modern and
contemporary art. As a museum of Slovene modern art it explores and presents
the 20th-century Slovene art tradition, while as a museum of contemporary art
and exhibition venue it presents new art practices and their context.
It is also a
documentary, study, research and education centre, a place for discussions and
reflection and for presenting art to a wider audience. Moderna galerija positioned
itself as the first institution in Europe to start systematically collecting
works by Eastern European artists and rewriting the history of postwar art.
More: http://www.mg-lj.si/
About the
media art collection
Moderna galerija
began to assemble its media art collection in the late nineties, a time
following major local and political changes. Until than its purchases of video
and installation works were infrequent and unsistematic. The purpose of the
collection is manifold: constituting works mainly by Slovene video artists, it
means that the Museum of Modern Art has created a new dimension to its
activities, i.e. it wishes to present media art, which has been overlooked
until than, to establish a dialogue between traditional and media artists and
in this way create a new, different view on the development of art in the
second half of the twentieth century.
Although the
collection is small, it do has many examples of both video and installation
art, and it shows this type of work regulary. They have included net art in
several group exhibitions oriented toward contemporary trends. The collection
already comprises representative works that are good examples of the
development of media art in Slovenia and present, despite their relatively
small number, a varied picture in terms of generation, expression and
technological approach. New media department is concentrated on solving the
problems related to the conservation and presentation of media art. A
comprehensive approach is essential in planing a realistic policy for
purchasing works of this type.
Contact:
Marcela
Okretic
Aksioma
- Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana
Neubergerjeva 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
gsm: 
+386 41 250 830
e-mail: [email protected]
Aksioma is
member of the Association of Non-Governmental Organizations of Slovenia. It's
activities are supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
and the Municipality of Ljubljana.
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