The installation was made from chairs borrowed from Slovenian National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana. Items were removed from their original context, preventing their use as functional objects and thus gaining a new artistic context. The procedure is very straightforward, there is no simulation – the chairs are attached to a seemingly chaotic pile. Now come to the fore their shape, their ability to create a visually interesting whole. The chairs, each carrying their own story, indicate traces of wear, in contrast to the luminous fluorescent tubes placed within the installation. On one side are worn objects of daily use, on the other cold, the light that defines them is almost symbolically transformed into the exhibition display. The process ends when, after the closing of the exhibition, the chairs are returned to the owner in their original context. No penetration of art and real life does not stop there, because when the items become mere objects again, are enriched by the memory of their artistic existence.

The work was produced for the solo exhibition Lighting Guerilla Festival: Memories at Cukrarna Palace (organized by the Strip Core, Forum Ljubljana), Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2017.
2017
Untitled

used chairs, fluorescent light tubes, electrical fittings
dimensions variable



provenance:
Lighting Guerilla Festival: Memories, Cukrarna Palace (organized by the Strip Core, Forum Ljubljana), Ljubljana, Slovenia (June 1-17, 2017)



installation views:
Lighting Guerilla Festival: Memories, Cukrarna Palace (organized by the Strip Core, Forum Ljubljana), Ljubljana, Slovenia (June 1-17, 2017)



photo credits:
Viktor Popović