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The book Opium Clippers is a combination of images and texts through which the artist narrates stories based on documents while,
The book Opium Clippers is a combination of images and texts through which the artist narrates stories based on documents while, at the same time, consciously transitioning from the factual to the symbolic level of this issue.
Publikacija z naslovom Fotografija je simbolična naslavlja različne vidike vzpostavljenih vzorcev, kanonov in formul na področjih vizualne kulture in širše družbene sfere.
Časopis je nastal na iniciativo fotografa in umetnika Jake Babnika in je kolektivna akcija številnih sodelavcev.
The publication entitled Photographs for Illustration Purposes Only addresses numerous aspects of patterns, canons and formulas in different fields of visual culture and wider public sphere.
Photography is inevitably related to the idea of passing away and to death because the image,
Photography is inevitably related to the idea of passing away and to death because the image, frozen in time, will sooner or later come to represent (only) a dead being or matter.
The sculpture, complete with keyboard, accordion and traditional umbrella, symbolises the music of Avsenik Ensemble. It was designed by Klemen Rodman who aimed to conjure the touching
The sculpture, complete with keyboard, accordion and traditional umbrella, symbolises the music of Avsenik Ensemble. It was designed by Klemen Rodman who aimed to conjure the touching and withdrawing of the backdrop of keyboard and accordion and the contact of the sculpture with the mountains Triglav, Golica and Roblek. (From the Opening Celebration of the Sculpture 'Avsenik's Music', radovljica.si, 26 November 2013 )
Why take the organisation of one’s own life and space so seriously?
Why take the organisation of one’s own life and space so seriously? Why does this kind of absurd situation generate outrage and invite ridicule?
Digital collages from Emir Šehanović are connecting prophetic images of the kind. They represent the visual content of the book that the author created consciously and sometimes unconsciously,
Digital collages from Emir Šehanović are connecting prophetic images of the kind. They represent the visual content of the book that the author created consciously and sometimes unconsciously, based on his emotional state and special feelings.
You’ve made it sort of too dark. I don’t know who’s gonna buy it. I’ve never been in New York but this seems to me like the area where niggers live, what’s it called?
You’ve made it sort of too dark. I don’t know who’s gonna buy it. I’ve never been in New York but this seems to me like the area where niggers live, what’s it called? This was done by someone who does not like Belgrade.(A professor of Yugoslav and world literature)

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.
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September 2021
Jaka Babnik: Exercises in Style
September 13th – October 8th 2021
Spot Gallery & Office for Photography, Čanićeva Street 6, Zagreb, Croatia
Opening will be held on 13th September at 7 p.m.
In his recent series Exercises in Style Jaka Babnik focuses on some of the most fundamental questions about the creation of photographic and/or art works.
croatian-photography.com
July 2021
Ana Čavić: A Thread Without End
27-29 July at Dum Drustvo Umetnikov, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The performance and exhibition A Thread Without End, Act I, II and III at DUM Project Space is a piece by the artist Ana Čavić that showcases alternative forms of art publishing as performance. Across a series of three fifteen-minute interactive storytelling performances (Act I, II and III), the artist guides the audience through different forms of visual aids while narrating and performing an original creation story in verse.
May June 2021
TRIGGER 2021: Opium Clippers
Gledališče GLEJ, 1 (14:00-15:30) and 2 June (12:00-13:30)
Annual Slovenian independent scene showcase platform TRIGGER will happen in Maribor and Ljubljana from May 29 to June 2, 2021. This edition of TRIGGER focuses on the future of internationalization in the midst of health, social and ecological crises.
Neja Tomšič: The Opium Clippers // a visual essay with tea ceremony // duration: 90 minutes //
An intriguing tale of smugglers, privateers and birth of capitalism on the opium ships. After this one, a cup of tea will never taste the same again.
March 2021

TIHOMIR PINTER & ROMAN URANJEK & TADEJ VAUKMAN

JESENICE PROJECT

Galerija Fotografija, 16 MARCH – 30 APRIL 2021

In the project artists focused on Jesenice, the mining centre of the Gorenjska region. The town of Jesenice is only a backdrop in this project, which in reality is an exploration of each other’s artistic practices.

www.galerijafotografija.si
February 2021
ONLINE EVENT from Office for Photography
Jaka Babnik i Miha Colner: Fotografija je simbolična
Friday, 19. February 2021, 18:00 (CET), free

Ured za fotografiju i Galerija Spot pozivaju sve zainteresirane na sudjelovanje u ciklusu online predavanja Spot on photography.
U sklopu idućeg predavanja, “Šablone vizualne kulture”, fotograf Jaka Babnik i kustos Miha Colner govorit će o nedavno pokrenutom izdavačkom projektu – časopisu “Fotografija je simbolična”. Predavanje će se održati putem ZOOM aplikacije. Zainteresirani svoje sudjelovanje najavite na info@officeforphotography.com, najkasnije dva sata prije početka predavanja.