LINA RICA: We Are Home
permanent light installation
Square With No Historical Memory, AKC Metelkova mesto // permanent installation
OPENING: Friday, 30 May, at 9:30 p.m.

This dynamic light installation raises questions about public space, belonging and community, and addresses the idea of pacifism and transnationality. As a site-specific project, the work fits well in the context of the role and importance of Metelkova, as in an era of neoliberal capitalism that privileges capital over people and encourages gentrification, such autonomous zones remain valuable oases of freedom and community. The installation, with its pulsating light, illustrates the adaptability of the very notion of home, which is in a constant process of change. The project acts as a symbol of openness and creativity in a concrete space, simultaneously proving that art not only reflects reality, but also actively co-creates it. /L. Rica/

LINA RICA (Makarska, 1980) is an intermedia artist, working in the fields of conceptual, experimental and new media art. Using video, graphics, light, photography and animation, she creates installations that address the social processes of past and present worlds and their impact on the individual. In 2008, she received her Master’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. Between 2012 and 2016, together with Boštjan Čadež, she managed the eponymous association and gallery space GaleRica in Makarska. She has presented her video performances at several festivals and events, and has collaborated with numerous actors in the music, intermedia and theatre scene. She is a founding member of the AV experimental ensemble Marta Fakuch, which has been active since 2019. Since 2020, she is part of the AV trio Etceteral. She lives and works in Ljubljana.

Programming: Brane Ždralo

co-production: KUD Mreža – Arts and Culture Association