Rostfrei Publishing

Tadej Vaukman: Grandheroes.
Tadej Vaukman: Grandheroes.
Tadej Vaukman: Grandheroes. The book is available
Tadej Vaukman: Grandheroes. The book is available
Opium Clippers

Today, with the exception of Cuttyhunk Island and Penikese Island, all of the Elizabeth Islands are privately owned by the Forbes family. ‘Descendants of the original deer still live in the woods and sheep are raised both for wool and meat. The island is occupied, not only in summer but in all seasons, by many of John M. Forbes’s 359 living descendants and their friends, who sail, swim, fish, and ride there, caring deeply for their beautiful, unspoiled heritage left to them by a wise, generous, and far-sighted grandfather.’
Opium Clippers

It is an artistic research transformed into visual essay by Neja Tomšič which has been an integral part of her performative tea rituals narrating horizontal story interweaving images and texts, the story that directs the reader through economic, political and media symbols of tea and opium trade in 19th and 20th century.
Opium Clippers

Lloyd’s Building, Former East India House Site - London, England, UK. The site of East India House was the corner of Leadenhall Street and Lime Street. It was the East India Company’s headquarters for over two hundred years, from 1648 to 1861. Classically columned, it was adorned with sculptures of Britannia on a lion, Europa on a horse and Asia on a camel.
Opium Clippers

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank was founded in 1865, in Hong Kong, with the aim of financing the needs of international trade between China, India and Britain, especially the opium trade. It was established by Thomas Sutherland, who was previously also the president of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock, the Hong Kong dockyard from which 70% of the cargo shipped contained opium.
Opium Clippers

“The firing of the Noonday Gun is a tradition held up by Jardines since the 1860s.” (Noonday Gun, Hong Kong, China / by edwin.11)
Opium Clippers

A book about a suppressed episode in world history: the tea and opium trade, from the colonial era to the present.
Take three deep breaths

A book by Emir Šehanović
Take three deep breaths
Take three deep breaths

A book by Emir Šehanović
Take three deep breaths

ROSTFREIPUBLISHING

Rostfrei Publishing started as an idea of creating a platform for bringing to light visual content we find inspiring, critical and inventive.
That is what we did for many years with a trans-Balkan street magazine called Kontejner
and now we feel that it is time to take it to another level.
More >>>

June 2019
Slovenski vikend @ Office for Photography, Zagreb
Subota 8. 6. u 11.00 – Galerija Spot; Pričanje priča o opijumskim ratovima uz sudjelovanje Neje Tomšič, autorice knjige Opium Clippers (Rostfrei Publishing). Vizualna umjetnica, pjesnikinja i spisateljica Neja Tomšič izvest će prigodnu čajnu ceremoniju, uz pričanje (istinitih) priča o zaboravljenim epizodama iz svjetske povijesti.
Subota 8. 6. u 17.00 – Galerija Spot; Diskusija o izdavaštvu i drugim DIY/DIT praksama u području fotografije i umjetnosti
Sudjeluju: Jaka Babnik, Bojan Radovič, Peter Rauch; Moderira: Sandra Križić Roban
Nedjelja 9. 6. u 11.00 – Galerija Spot; Pričanje priča o opijumskim ratovima uz sudjelovanje Neje Tomšič, autorice knjige “Opium Clippers” (Rostfrei Publishing)
May 2019

Tadej Vaukman is the winner of OHO Young Visual Artist Award 2019.
The award is a part of the wider international European network YVAA (Young Visual Artist Award), established in 2006. The network connects the producers and organisers of related awards that are given out for recent achievements in the field of contemporary visual arts.
His new piece will be on show at P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia until 28 May 2019!
Congratulations from Rostfrei Publishing Team!
May 2019

The announcement of this year’s winner

OHO Young Visual Artist Award 2019 and opening of the exhibition

on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 19h, Galerija P74, TPB 1, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The nominees are: Nika Ham, Danilo Milovanović, Špela Škulj, Tadej Vaukman.

The members of this year’s expert jury are Barbara Borčić (curator and art critic, Slovenia), Mojca Grmek (curator, Slovenia) and Dalibor Martinis (artist, Croatia).

About the award

This year marks the fourteen consecutive year that we have been awarding the OYVAA. It is intended for young visual artists who create in various media such as painting, sculpture, photography, installations, performance and new media. The award is bestowed to an individual and includes an 8-week residency in the US (Residency Unlimited) and a solo exhibition in Ljubljana (P74 Gallery).
April 2019
OHO Young Visual Artist Award 2019
The nominees for the OHO Young Visual Artist Award 2018 (OYVAA) are:
Nika Ham, Danilo Milovanović, Špela Škulj, Tadej Vaukman.
The exhibition of the nominees and the announcement of this year’s winner,
on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 19h
at P74 Gallery (Trg Prekomorskih brigad 1, Ljubljana)

Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E., P74 Gallery / KAPSULA
March 2019
TATE Modern, ITINERANT OBJECTS, with Winchester School of Art

5–7 APRIL 2019 AT 12.00–18.00.
Neja Tomšič, artist and poet, will showcase her ‘Opium Clippers’ piece. Daily tea ceremony,

telling stories based upon the historic Silk Road that help established today’s global infrastructure for movement and exchange.
Shorter essays with tea ceremonies on Friday and Saturday 5-6 April,

and the full Opium Clippers on Sunday, 7 April, starting at 3:30 pm.
www.tate.org.uk