Igor Zabel Association

Last days to apply! 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒📝 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒: 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 🐝🌼We are looking for representations of different encounters with the forest from both human and non-human perspectives. The FOREST ENCOUNTERS project explores and proposes diverse imaginaries, concepts, and practices around the following questions: What and how can we learn with and through the forest? What are actual and potential human encounters with the forest? How can we better coexist with the forest? What kind of forests do we want and need in the future? We are looking for texts that explore your personal experiences around the forest. We welcome different perspectives of the forest — as the aesthetic, social, political, ecological, metaphysical space, a.o. We enjoy non-traditional writing and work that might not be supported by conventional publishing venues. We look forward to reading about the forest and the encounters that take place inside of it. We are accepting applications from both individuals and collectives. Six selected works will be published and distributed worldwide in FOREST ENCOUNTERS paperback and e-book, and will also be available online in audio format as a podcast. The authors of the six selected works will receive a forfeiture honorarium of EUR 150. Submission is free. 📌 Deadline: The final date for submissions is June 30, 2024. 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 – 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲! Apply following the link in bio. 🍃 #forestencounters #opencall #callforentry #callforsubmission #forest #anthropocene Image: Polonca Lovšin, We Can’t See the Forest for the Trees, 2019 (detail)

[On this day / Na današnji dan] On this day in 2004, the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana opened a major survey exhibition of Slovenian art from 1985 to 1995, entitled Razširjeni prostori umetnosti (Expanded Spaces of Art). The curators of the exhibition, Igor Zabel and Igor Španjol, presented artistic production in the context of the end of postmodernism with works that follow the postmodernist line of "individual mythologies" and "autopoetics" and the deconstruction of abstract modernism, while at the same time - as the title of the exhibition implies - highlighting the practices of contemporary art, which follow the expanded notion of art and the entry of art outside art spaces and contexts, including "site-specific" projects, the creation of parallel institutions, art in public space, etc. In addition to visual art, the exhibition and catalogue include examples and reflections from architecture, design, theatre, dance and film. /SLO/ Na današnji dan leta 2004 se je v Moderni galeriji v Ljubljani odprla velika pregledna razstava slovenske umetnosti v obdobju med letoma 1985 in 1995 z naslovom Razširjeni prostori umetnosti. Kustosa razstave, Igor Zabel in Igor Španjol, sta umetniško produkcijo v kontekstu izteka postmodernizma predstavila z deli, ki sledijo postmodernistični liniji “individualnih mitologij” in “avtopoetike” ter dekonstrukcije abstraktnega modernizma, hkrati pa - kot nakazuje že naslov razstave - izpostavila prakse t.i. sodobne umetnosti, ki sledijo razširjenemu pojmovanju umetnosti in vstopanju umetnosti izven umetniškov prostorov in kontekstov, vključno s “site-specific” projekti, kreiranjem vzporednih institucij, umetnosti v javnem prostoru, itd. Na razstavo in v katalog sta poleg vizualne umetnosti vključila tudi primere in premisleke s področja arhitekture, oblikovanja, gledališča, plesa in filma. Fotografije / Photos: Dejan Habicht. Courtesy of / Z dovoljenjem Moderne galerije, Ljubljana.

[Nagrada Igorja Zabela 2024 / Igor Zabel Award 2024] Save the date for the 2024 Igor Zabel Award for Culture and Theory and its accompanying programme, which will take place on 29 November 2024 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Igor Zabel Award acknowledges the exceptional achievements of curators, art historians, theorists, writers, and critics in the field of visual art and culture in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. This year, the award programme takes its inspiration from Igor Zabel’s supportive, care-full, and cooperative way of working in the field of art and culture. 🔗 More info on our website. /slo/ Zabeležite si datum podelitve nagrade Igorja Zabela za kulturo in teorijo 2024, ki se bo odvila 29. novembra 2024 v Ljubljani. Nagrada Igorja Zabela se podeljuje kustosom, umetnostnim zgodovinarjem, teoretikom, piscem in kritikom za izjemne dosežke na področju vizualne umetnosti in kulture srednje, vzhodne in jugovzhodne Evrope. Letošnji program nagrade se navdihuje po sodelovalnem in povezovalnem, podpornem in skrbnem načinu dela Igorja Zabela na področju umetnosti in kulture. 🔗 Več informacij na naši spletni strani. _ @erstefoundation

🍀⛰︎ 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬‘ 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝐚𝐭 <𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫> 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐳 🌳🏞️ 📅 Exhibition opening: Friday, June 7, 2024, 18:00–24:00 🕒 Opening ceremony: 20:00 📍Location: < rotor >, Volksgartenstraße 6a, Graz, Austria Margarethe Makovec, the curator of <rotor> Center for Contemporary Art, Graz-based collaborator organization of the Forest Encounters project, has invited our three artists Nayarí Castillo, Dušica Dražić, and Polonca Lovšin to take part in the exhibition Wild Spots — Enforesting Ourselves in the Urban World that traces the natural and wilderness in the urban context. "Forest Encounters. Once Upon a Time" brings together and exposes parts of three artistic research projects by artists Nayarí Castillo, Dušica Dražić, and Polonca Lovšin. The public is invited to step into many forests, real and imaginary. Read more on our website. Link in bio 🔗 @nayaricm @_out.of.sight_ @poloncalovsin @rotor.contemporary @tugraz.arch @igorzabelassociation @out___of___sight #forestencounters⁣ #forest #ecology #climatechange #sustainability #environment #ecosystems #biodiversity #graz #cityofgraz #insitu #art #city #cityforests #forestry

[On this day] On this day 30 years ago, the exhibition “Place”, curated by Igor Zabel and Lara Štrumej opened in the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana. The exhibition included photographies by the artists: Lewis Baltz, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Willie Doherty, Jochen Gerz, and Angela Grauerholz. In conceptualizing the exhibition, Igor Zabel largely related to the Freud’s concept of “das Unheimliche”, W. Benjamin's concept of aura (from “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"), and work by Eugen Atget. However, as Zabel wrote in the exhibition catalogue, this exhibition also provided an insight into the importance of coincidence in curatorial work. “This exhibition is – if I speak from my personal experience, and I feel more and more that this is the only honest way to speak – connected with the question of coincidence. 'At the beginning' there were no concepts, no central notions or general ideas. There were only incidental encounters and (often quite uncertain) memories of them; there were some works seen somewhere... or just some half-forgotten phrase ... Thus, incidental memories and fragments brought me round to thinking not only about 'place' and about Atget, about Benjamin and Freud, but also about a number of contemporary artists who in their work deal with similar problems.“ Quotation: Igor Zabel, “Slike in kraji” / Places, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, 1994 Photographies: Lado Mlekuž, Matija Pavlovec. Courtesy of Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.

[Forest Encounters: Call for Submissions] 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒: 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 We are looking for representations of different encounters with the forest from both human and non-human perspectives. The FOREST ENCOUNTERS project explores and proposes diverse imaginaries, concepts, and practices around the following questions: What and how can we learn with and through the forest? What are actual and potential human encounters with the forest? How can we better coexist with the forest? What kind of forests do we want and need in the future? ✍️ We are looking for texts that explore your personal experiences around the forest. We welcome different perspectives of the forest — as the aesthetic, social, political, ecological, metaphysical space, a.o. We enjoy non-traditional writing and work that might not be supported by conventional publishing venues. We look forward to reading about the forest and the encounters that take place inside of it. We are accepting applications from both individuals and collectives. Six selected works will be published and distributed worldwide in FOREST ENCOUNTERS paperback and e-book, and will also be available online in audio format as a podcast. The authors of the six selected works will receive a forfeiture honorarium of EUR 150. Looking forward to reading your work – send it our way! 🔗More information on the link in our bio.

Two weeks ago we concluded a 2-day symposium Exhibiting in Slovenia III, organized with the aim to deepen our understanding of exhibiting of art, architecture, and design, and exhibition institutions in Slovenia. Thanks to 21 lecturers from Canada, Croatia, Czech, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, and UK for sharing their current researchers and great presentations, to the public, and partners of this event! / Pred dvema tednoma smo zaključili dvodnevni simpozij Razstavljanje na Slovenskem III namenjen premišljanju razstavljanja likovne umetnosti, arhitekture in oblikovanja ter razstavnih institucijah na Slovenskem. Hvala 21 predavateljem iz Češke, Hrvaške, Italije, Kanade, Slovenije, Srbije in VB za predstavitev aktualnih raziskav in super predavanja, publiki in partnerjem dogodka! In cooperation with / v sodelovanju z: @mestnimuzejljubljana , @galerija_kglu , @galerijabj , Umetnostnozgodovinski inštitut Franceta Steleta ZRC SAZU, @filozofskafakultetaul Supported by/ podpora: Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) and the @erstefoundation . Foto / Photographs: Urška Jurman, Elena Chirila, Martina Malešič

V Mestnem muzeju pravkar poteka prvi dan simpozija Razstavljanje na Slovenskem III, ki je namenjen poglobljenemu razmisleku o praksah razstavljanja umetnosti, arhitekture in oblikovanja na Slovenskem. Pridružite se nam danes in jutri! 🖼️ Več informacij o programu lahko najdete na naši spletni strani (link v bio). /ENG/ The first day of the symposium Exhibiting in Slovenia III is currently taking place at the City Museum of Ljubljana. The symposium continues with in-depth investigations into exhibiting art, architecture and design in Slovenia. Join us today and tomorrow! 🖼️ More information about the programme on the link in our bio.

Vljudno vabljeni na tretji simpozij o razstavljanju likovne umetnosti, arhitekture in oblikovanja ter razstavnih institucijah na Slovenskem. 🗓️ četrtek, 11. april, od 10.00 do 17.50 in petek, 12. aprila, od 9.30 do 17.30 📍 dvorana Mestnega muzeja, Gosposka 15, Ljubljana S tretjim simpozijem nadaljujemo poglobljen razmislek o praksah razstavljanja umetnosti, arhitekture in oblikovanja na Slovenskem. Tudi tokrat bomo obravnavali izbrane razstave, umetnostne institucije in druge fenomene s področja razstavljanja v kronološkem loku ter z najrazličnejših vidikov. 🖼️ Več informacij o programu na naši spletni strani (link v bio). /ENG/ We kindly invite you to the third symposium on exhibiting of art, architecture, and design, and exhibition institutions in Slovenia. 🗓️ Thursday, 11 April, 10.00–17.50 and Friday, 12 April, 9.30–17.30 📍 Conference Hall, City Museum of Ljubljana, Gosposka 15, Ljubljana 🖼️ More info about the programme on the link in our bio. _ V sodelovanju z / In cooperation with: @mestnimuzejljubljana @galerija_kglu @galerijabj @zrcsazu @filozofskafakultetaul Podpora / Supported by: Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) and the @erstefoundation .

Vljudno vabljeni na tretji simpozij o razstavljanju likovne umetnosti, arhitekture in oblikovanja ter razstavnih institucijah na Slovenskem. 🗓️ četrtek, 11. april, od 10.00 do 17.50 in petek, 12. aprila, od 9.30 do 17.30 📍 dvorana Mestnega muzeja, Gosposka 15, Ljubljana 🖼️ Več informacij o programu na naši spletni strani (link in bio). Simpozij je nastal v sodelovanju Muzeja in galerij mesta Ljubljane, Društva Igor Zabel za kulturo in teorijo, Koroške galerije likovnih umetnosti in Galerije Božidar Jakac ter Umetnostnozgodovinskega inštituta Franceta Steleta ZRC SAZU in Oddelka za umetnostno zgodovino Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani v sklopu raziskovalnega projekta Likovno in arhitekturno razstavljanje med umetnostnimi in ideološkimi koncepti. Primer Slovenije, 1947–1979 (J6-3137). Simpozij finančno podpirata Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije (ARIS) in ERSTE sklad. /ENG/ We kindly invite you to the third symposium on exhibiting of art, architecture, and design, and exhibition institutions in Slovenia. 🗓️ Thursday, 11 April, 10.00–17.50 and Friday, 12 April, 9.30–17.30 📍 Conference Hall, City Museum of Ljubljana, Gosposka 15, Ljubljana 🖼️ More info about the programme on the link in our bio. The symposium is being organized in cooperation with: the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška, and the Božidar Jakac Art Museum as well as the France Stele Institute of Art History (the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, ZRC SAZU), and the Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana as part of the research project Exhibiting of Art and Architecture between Artistic and Ideological Concepts. Case Study of Slovenia, 1947–1979 (J6-3137). The symposium is financially supported by Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) and the ERSTE Foundation. @erstefoundation

[On this day / Na današnji dan] On this day 30 years ago, the retrospective exhibition OHO, curated by Igor Zabel, closed in the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana. The exhibition contributed significantly to the understanding and actualization of the most interesting and important neo-avant-garde art movement in Slovenia in the 1960s, as OHO described Zabel. OHO included various phases and practices – from the reistic utopia of the post-anthropocentric world of "things", happenings and performance art, arte povera, land art and conceptualism, to film, literature, visual and concrete poetry, and theory. In 1971, the OHO group dissolved itself, and its members founded the Šempas Family, with which they wanted to follow the vision of the intertwining of art and life. To the still alive OHO legacy is dedicated also a documentary film directed by Damjan Kozole and produced by ZavodVertigo. We are honored that our association and its program manager, Urška Jurman, are participating in the preparation of this film. Photos: catalogues of the OHO retrospective exhibition, 1994 and 2007 & photos from the filming of a documentary film about OHO (Zala Opara/Zavod Vertigo) / Na današnji dan pred 30 leti se je v Moderni galeriji v Ljubljani zatvorila retrospektivna razstava OHO, ki jo je kuriral Igor Zabel. Razstava je pomembno doprinesla k razumevanju in aktualiziranju najzanimivejšega in najpomembnejšeganeoavantgardnega umetniškega gibanja v Sloveniji v 1960-ih, kot je OHO opisal Zabel. Še danes živi zapuščini Ohoja se posveča tudi dokumentarni film, ki nastaja v režiji Damjana Kozoleta ter v produkciji Zavoda Vertigo. V čast nam je, da pri pripravi filma sodeluje tudi naše društvo in njegova programska vodja, Urška Jurman kot koscenaristka. Fotografije: kataloga retrospektivne razstave OHO, 1994 in 2007 & fotografije s snemanja dokumentarnega filma o Ohoju (Zala Opara/Zavod Vertigoj)

[Open call / Javni poziv] Don’t miss the open call for fellowships for emerging curators and artists at Salzburg Summer Academy 2024! 🗓️ Deadline: 12 April 2024 ERSTE Foundation (@erstefoundation ) offers fourteen fellowships for emerging artists and curators from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Ukraine to take part in a course of their choice at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts (@summeracademy.at ) in Salzburg taking place between 22 July and 31 August 2024. With: @tranzit.at , @tranzit.cz , @tranzit.hu , @tranzit.sk , @tranzit.ro , @whwakademija /Kontakt Collection 🔗More info on the link in our bio. /SLO/ Uveljavljajoče se kuratorje in umetnike vabimo k prijavi na odprti razpis za štipendije za letošnjo salzburško poletno šolo! 🗓️ Rok za prijavo: 12. april 2024 Fundacija ERSTE razpisuje štirinajst štipendij za tečaj po lastni izbiri na letošnji Mednarodni poletni akademiji za likovne umetnosti v Salzburgu, ki bo potekala med 22. julijem in 31. avgustom 2024. Štipendije so namenjene kandidatom iz Slovenije, Češke republike, Madžarske, Romunije, Slovaške, Hrvaške in Ukrajine. 🔗Več informacij najdete na naši spletni strani (link v bio). _ 📷 Fotografija iz/Image from 'On Furlough /// To Entertain My Paracosmic Playdates Reality Show' von Mette Sterre (NL). 17.-29. 7. 2023, Festung Hohensalzburg, Salzburg. © Anna Aicher.