Line Stroke the Letter
Exhibition and lecture performance

5 September–13 October 2013
Vžigalica Gallery, Trg franc. revolucije 7, Ljubljana

Opening: Thursday, 5th September, 2013 at 8 pm

Accompanying event: 25 September 2013:
- 5 pm: Guided tour with curator Ida Hiršenfelder
- 6 pm: Dejan Habicht: 12 Boring Poems, lecture performance

Artists: Vesna Bukovec, Zvonko Čoh, Milan Erič, Zvonko Čoh in Milan Erič, Dejan Habicht, Marko A. Kovačič, Damijan Kracina, Amir Muratović, Alenka Pirman, Nataša Prosenc, Zoran Srdič Janežič, Petra Varl, Rajko Vidrih, Jaka Železnikar

Between language and image, there is neither contradiction nor analogy. That is to say, there is no direct relation between them, there is only ambiguity, e.g. obscurity being expressed, hinting at the inability to express a direct translation between the two. Any translation would only discuss another matter, one that the language or the image wish to represent; it would address the numerous levels of social phenomena that are mainly expressed as absurd, nonsensical, humorous, playful, bitter, gruesome or romantic witticisms about life.

No matter how direct or simple, the use of language in fine art forms gaps rather than connections or analogies. The exhibition entitled Line Stroke the Letter is questioning the tension between the linguistic and pictorial poles that establishes the foundation for experimenting with and testing both the literary and the visual field.

You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the exhibition on Thursday, 5th September, 2013 at 8 pm at Vžigalica Gallery (Museum and Galleries of City of Ljubljana).

The exhibition is going to be opened from September 5 till October 13, 2013. Opening hours: Tuesday till Sunday from 10am till 6pm.

MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Invitation leaflet (pdf)

Exhibition concept: Barbara Borčić, Dušan Dovč, Ida Hiršenfelder, Saša Nabergoj
Web support: Vesna Bukovec
Production: SCCA-Ljubljana
Co-production: Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Vžigalica Gallery
Support: Ljubljana Municipality, Department for Culture, 2013

[Published August 30, 2013]