The
contribution of students of the 3rd year
of Cathedra of visual communication at the Academy
of design at this year’s festival is a response to
the placement of light installations. The students
are considering Weibel’s starting points in regard
to the art of light, while at the same time taking
into account the concepts of aesthetization and
conceptualization by Srečo Dragan, the pioneer of
video and new media. The projects are diverse,
authentic and include experience in reviewing some
of the global examples of artistic objects and
creators of those installations. The research of
light and image in motion and spatial positioning is
intertwined with experience of a work in progress
and project conception of the artifact –
installation during the process of work. Students
are constructing their own concept of content and
their own authors’ style through the analysis of the
work and formal positioning of the project, which
reflects the quality of their work.
Mentor
doc. Tilen Žbona (1976)
graduated in painting at the Academy in Venice
and achieved his masters degree in video and new
media at the Academy of visual art and design in Ljubljana.
He’s engaged in painting, photography, video art and
new media, living and working in Koper, London
and Sevilla.
He’s
also an active member of Društvo za povezovanje
umetnosti in znanosti ArtNetLab (Association for the
integration of art and science) where he develops
different scientific research projects that are
featured in many domestic and foreign globally
acclaimed exhibition places and other institutions.
Žbona’s
works appeared, among others, on the 52nd Venice
Biennale, Istanbul Biennale (2008) and London
Biennale (2008).
