When Structure is Replaced by Fragmental Moments

2023

In today’s times of digital transition and dematerialization, Neža Knez’s practice, which designates film and its analog characteristics as a physical object, somewhat defies the trend of the times. The artist openly acknowledges that everything related to imagery is manipulable. Through contact copying on 16mm film, collage, circulation, and screening, she returns to analog images and their representational systems. These approaches allow for dynamism, and different dissemination, deliberately omitting or altering the logic of the presentation and perception of images. Similar to imagery, she also challenges sound by creating auditory sensations through the amplification of projectors in their operation. These amplified bodies gain a DIY (do-it yourself) playful authority and a multi-perspective haptic quality.

Excerpt from a text by [Ivana Meštrov]

Installation: 16mm film loops through the space, 4 canal sound from contact microphones, overhead projector, fanzine

Supported by: Ministry of Culture Slovenia

In collaboration: Kibla

Thanks: Klubvizija

Text by: Ivana Meštrov