Jasna Hribernik Film Opus
DIVA Station Presents
A series of projections and discussions

How the Fall of the Iron Curtains Reverberates?

Thursday, March 24, 2011, at 7 pm (projection and discussion)
Udarnik Cinema, Grajski trg 1, 2000 Maribor

SCCA-Ljubljana in cooperation with Udarnik Cinema presents monthly projections of artistic opus from DIVA Station Archive in the frameworks of Audiovisual / Time: Time Horizons of Audiovisual Arts. In Udarnik Cinema we are presenting documentary films and video works of longer format that are formally, typologically, contextually and in content suitable for presentation in cinematographic format.

The 2011 series of projections will be launched by a presentation of artistic opus by a video artist and film director Jasna Hribernik on 24th March (projection and discussion). We will present a selection from four short documentary films and one video work in which the artist is dealing with the subject of Russian cultural space.

Jasna Hribernik, Peter Zobec: Day Is Dying Early, , TV Slovenija, Ljubljana & Art Press,
Kiew, 1991, 23'

PROGRAMME (March 24, 2011)

Jasna Hribernik, Peter Zobec:

• Bells of Chernobyl, TV Slovenija, Ljubljana & Sinji Šar, Kijev, 1991, 45'
• Never look at me in the eye, TV Slovenija, Ljubljana & Art Press, Kijev, 1991, 30'
• The Day is Dying Early, TV Slovenija, Ljubljana & Art Press, Kijev, 1991, 23'
• The Phenomenon of Human Being, TV Slovenija, Ljubljana & Art Press, Kijev, 1991, 27'

Jasna Hribernik and Peter Zobec had originally filmed a series of four documentary films Bells of Chernobyl, Never look at me in the eye, The Day is Dying Early and The Phenomenon of Human Being for Studio City Emission at Ljubljana Television Station right before the fall of the iron curtain in May 1991 in Ukraine.

Jasna Hribernik, Zmago Lenardič: NewMoscowYork, White Balance, 2004, 25'20''

We will build a time bridge between the fall of the iron curtain and the time of transition and golobalisation in Russian reality with a projection of a video NewMoscowYork in which Jasna Hribernik in Zmago Lenardič had edited a clear multilayered parallel between New York and post-transition Moscow urban landscape.

Jasna Hribernik, Zmago Lenardič: NewMoscowYork, White Balance, 2004, 25'20''

DISCUSSION (March 24, 2011)

The projection will be followed by a discussion about manifold approaches to directing documentary films. In the last part of the discussion we will emphasise the importance of Jasna Hribernik’s artistic video works and video installations in her overall artistic expression which we had the privilege to see not long ago on solo shows at Gallery of Contemporary Art in Celje or Vžigalica Gallery in Ljubljana. The discussion with Jasna Hribernik will be moderated by curator Petra Kapš and DIVA Station assistant Ida Hiršenfelder.

Entrance fee 3 eur.

ANNOUNCEMENT (April 28, 2011)

The second projection of a selection of films by Jasna Hribernik will present the following documentary films: The World Didn't Know it Found itself in a Song – Portrait of Photographer Stojana Kerblerja (2008) and A Concert for Mobile Phones and an Orchestra (2005).

Jasna Hribernik (Maribor, 1959) is known to the broader public as a film director.  She studied film and television directing at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film, and Television in Ljubljana, and she also attended a two year course of documentary directing at the Discovery Campus Master School in Munich. She lives in Ljubljana where she works as an independent film director and creator of video films, video installations, and other multimedia works. She is often also signed as the cameraman and film editor. Since 1985 she has created numerous original documentary films that were screened and awarded internationally. She directed over 40 videos about art and artists, she collaborates with theatre, dance performers and opera houses.

DIVA Station is an internet and physical archive of video art, developed by SCCA-Ljubljana from 2005 with the purpose of researching, documenting and archiving video and media art. In Udarnik Cinema we are preparing a series of screenings by individual artists, focusing on certain themes and typology of video works, especially video film and documentary video genre. We will present genuine audio-visual production by local artists, accompanied by discussions with the artists themselves.

Udarnik Institute Maribor, City Center for Arts
Udarnik is a newly established independent center for cultural production, offering quality alternative to the predominant pop-culture production and opens up to numerous local and international artists. A broad specter of various cultural events is connecting different art forms that enables emergence of completely new ideas and works. Udarnik aims at connecting independent culture in Maribor and bringing new cultural contents to the local surroundings while bringing creative ideas closer to the needs of the public.
For more information: http://zavodudarnik.wordpress.com

We kindly express gratitude for invitation and cooperation to Udarnik Institue and Zavod Uho;oko.

SCCA-Ljubljana programme is supported by Ljubljana Municipality, Ministry of Culture RS, Department for Culture.

[Published March 18, 2011]