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| 2008 |
| PAPER AIRPLANES |
For eastern countries travelling by airplane is prestigious. Consequently, airplanes are idealised as a symbol of the West because they are used so casually there. I offer a different presentation. My airplanes are made out of paper and trapped under glass, which disables them.
This is a disillusionment of the Western ideal.
Three different models of white paper airplanes are pressed under three glass panes and arranged into a horizontal row. The size of each airplane varies and the glass panes are 70x100 cm. |
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| paper airplane, #1 - (2008) |
paper airplane, #2 - (2008) |
paper airplane, #2 - (2008) |
| PAPER CUBES (2005-2008) |
Paper cubes, set in a white walkthrough space, melt with the surroundings and seem unnoticeable. Upon entering the space, visitors are faced with the choice of walking on exhibited work. Parts of the cubes will be deformed while visitors walk from one space to another. The visitor’s destructive role in the work is contrary to the usual expectations of behavior in a gallery. The visitor has a role of reshaping the work. With that he becomes a physical participant in the work. The paper cubes are made of thin white paper. The size of each cube is 5x5 cm. The number of the cubes depends on the size of the gallery space. The cubes will fill the entire surface of the floor. |
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| paper cubes - (2005-2008) |
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| 2007 |
| ASSEMBLE SCULPTURE |
This sculpture can be assembled and dissembled, allowing for multiple possibilities of shape and size. Each element of the work is identical: a rectangle with sections cut out that can attach and reattach to itself ad infinitum. The pieces of the work fit together perfectly and rely on friction instead of glue, regardless of the configuration. Assemble Sculpture deals with exact measures and firm static energy. The end product is a playful and stable sculpture. |
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| assemble sculpture - (2007) |
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| KUGLE/SPHERES |
Spheres of variable shape and diameter will be arranged in a specific space. The number and positioning of the spheres will depend on the nature of that space. Each sphere is carved from wood and has a diameter from 10 to 25 cm. Each sphere has a natural crack which I have filled with poured pewter. The form of each sphere is apparently the same, but there are slight variations. Each is handmade so the form is never perfect; always slightly elliptical within millimeters. Each crack is unique, thus also the metal that fills it. The spheres will be fixed to the ground to achieve permanence. Their flexibility and dynamics come to full expression when a certain number of them form a group. The implied possibility of movement entices the viewer to interact with them. A game is offered: to move among them, to touch them, to complete the experience. |
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| spheres - (2007) |
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2006 |
| GLASS OF TEARS |
Attached to a simple, white pedastal will be a glass filled with my own tears. The work will be placed in the open space. Since the glass is open, weather conditions can affect the tears in the glass, i.e. vaporizing them, mixing them with the rain, etc.Tears are tangible evidence of emotions. They are liquid that I give back to nature. |
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| glass of tears - (2006) |
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| GLASS CUBE |
The construction of the cube is made by four metal supports which contain a network of nineteen glass panes layered diagonally and horizontally. The diagonal panes lean on the supports and the floor. The horizontal panes lean on the supports and the diagonally set glass panes. There are no other joints; everything is based on static energy.The glass cube absorbes the light from other resources and reflects it. Light passes through the cube and alters its environment by casting abstract and geometric shapes. |
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| glass cube - (2006) |
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2005 |
| KRUG/CIRCLE |
A simplified act of creation, from the idea to realization of the idea. My hands express the formation and deformation of the perfect circle, serving as the tool and material of the work. Circle equates the simplicity of genesis with the simplicity of deconstruction. The video is conditionally endless, repeating the act of creation and destruction. |
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| video - (2005) |
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| PLAY WITH ME |
16 wood cubes make one synthesized image. It is a childhood game (puzzle) where you get images by putting cubes in different positions. There are 6 images (digital photo) of me crying. By playing the game people are able to play with my emotions through the images. |
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| play with me - (2005) |
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| EDUCATION |
1996-2000 |
II. Gimnazija, Osijek, Croatia |
| 2002-2007 |
Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2004 |
Ceepus scholarship, summer comic workshop "Balaton", Balaton, Hungary |
| 2005 |
2005 Ceepus scholarship, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, SAD |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2005 |
"Problem deconstructed" performance, Miller Gallery, Indiana, PA, SAD |
| 2007 |
"12x12x12", Gallery Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2007 |
"Cardboard boxes", Gallery Waldinger, Osijek, Croatia |
| 2007 |
"Paper cubes", Gallery VN, Zagreb, Croatia |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2004 |
"Pasionska bastina" Gallery Kristof Stankovic, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2005 |
"Pasionska bastina" Gallery Kristof Stankovic, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2005 |
"Nova osjecka likovna scena", gallery Kazamat, Osijek, Croatia |
| 2005 |
"Nova osječka likovna scena", gallery MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia |
| 2005 |
Essl Award- finale, gallery gALUrija, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2006 |
"Pasionska bastina" Gallery Kristof Stankovic, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2006 |
"Inter(Aktiv)", gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2006 |
Frankfurt Luminale 2006, "Glass cube", Mainz, Germany |
| 2006 |
20. Slavonski biennale, Galerija likovnih umjetnosti, Osijek, Croatia |
| 2007 |
42. zagrebacki salon, Dom HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2007 |
(im)mortal love, international biennial, LETO Gallery, Warsaw, Poland |
| 2008 |
“Open Space Under 35”, ARTEcontemporaneamodernaROMA, Rome, Italy |
| 2008 |
2008 “New Far West”, galerija Factory-Art Contemporanea, Trieste, Italy |
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| PUBLIC WORK |
| 2003 |
cup and medal for University regatta, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2005 |
sculpture "Kokot", Hvar, Croatia |
| 2006 |
grand prix design for One Take Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia |
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| AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS |
| 2003 |
honour from Council of Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2003 |
realization of cup and medal for University regatta, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2004 |
honour from Council of Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2005 |
honour from Council of Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2005 |
nominee for the Essl Award, Wiena, Austria |
| 2006 |
2. award "Pasionska bastina", Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2006 |
special rectors award for project Jelsa- Punta 2005, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2006 |
winner of the contest for design of grand prix for One Take Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2006 |
honour from Council of Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2007 |
Rectors Award, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia |
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| WORKSHOPS AND FESTIVALS |
| 2004 |
Summer comics workshop Balaton, Balaton, Hungary |
| 2004 |
Ceramics colony "Hinko Juhn", Nasice, Croatia |
| 2005 |
Sculpture workshop "Punta", Hvar, Croatia |
| 2006 |
workshop of contemporaly art " Inter(Aktiv)", Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2006 |
festival of light "Light pontoon Art", Mainz, Germany |
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| STAGE DESIGN |
| 2008 |
Kauboji, Teatar Exit, Zagreb, Croatia |
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