The duo from the Association for visual and audio art OFFTIR, joined by Marko Kovačič, set themselves on a far from simple task this time. The artists have turned three disused trash containers into self-sufficient movable objects that function as a mimicry of an exhibition space, or, in another sense, an independent light installation. The principle of recycling, an art strategy frequently used by all involved artists, is focused this time on the issue of urban furniture, as the latter seems to be getting increasingly redundant, especially in its technologically  advanced versions. The disused containers are thus given a breath of new life and, with a symbolic gesture, made visible again. The project as a whole, dealt with in a playful and humorous way, aims at commenting certain ideological postulates that relate to the questions of ecology, urbanism and the world of art itself.

 

MATEJ STUPICA and NEŽA JURMAN are members and founders of the Society for visual and audio art OFFTIR. Stupica in 2014 graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. He's participated in many exhibitions home and abroad with his solo and collective projects, interventions and exhibitions. He also works as an illustrator (receiving different awards), and a scenographer. He was awarded the student's Prešernova award for painting in 2011. Jurman is finishing the study of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. She received the Prešernova award and the Academy award for special artistic achievements in 2010. She's active as an illustrator, scenographer and costumographer. MARKO KOVAČIČ graduated from AFAD in Ljubljana, then in 1988 finished his specialization in sculpture at the same institution. He's received the Zlata ptica award in 1987 and the Zupančičeva nagrada mesta Ljubljana in 1994. He's an independent artist active in the fields of performance, sculpture, installations, video, film and theatre.

 

The realization of the project was made possible by Snaga Javno podjetje, d.o.o. // Coproduction: Festival Ljubljana