WHEN SYSTEM IS NOT FUNCTIONING, RELATIONS ARE IMPORTANT
Solo exhibition, Institute for Contemporary art, Zagreb, Croatia
Curator: Janka Vukmir
It started with writing stories. I would take my notebook and practice automatic writing. It resulted in an audio recording presented on an exhibition.
On 6. 6. 2014, we had a public preparation of the exhibition. We invited the audience to join us in distilling plum brandy, regionally known as rakija. It was made by a friend Ivana Furac, while I mostly offered coffee and cakes that my mom made for visitors.
Another friend, Ivana Volda, made some dough for crescent rolls, and we had them baked in a nearby bakery.
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Ivana Furac explaining how to measure percentage of alcohol
Photo: Marko Ercegovic |
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Artist being incredibly lazy
Photo: Marko Ercegovic |
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| Photo: Marko Ercegovic |
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Visitors trying out rakija and cakes
Photo: Marko Ercegovic |
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Mamas´ cakes
Photo: Dina Roncevic |
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Ivana Volda making dough for crescent rolls
Photo: Dina Roncevic |
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Visitors in the gallery
Photo: Dina Roncevic |
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Artist and Ivana Volda returning from the bakery with baked crescent rolls
Photo: Thomas Volda |
On 9. 9. 2014 we had an exhibition opening. Distilling process resulted with (50% alcohol) plum brandy named FURAČKOVAČA, finally packed in bottles of 0.1l, 0.2l and 0.5l, and designed by a friend and a frequent collaborator Dina Karadzic.
The installation is followed by an audio recording that contains personal stories about communities developed through production of rakija.
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Installation setup in the gallery
Photo: Marko Ercegovic |
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multiples FURACKOVACA 0,1l and FURACKOVACA 0,2l
Design of the labels: Dina Karadzic
Photo: Dina Karadzic |
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multiple FURACKOVACA 0,5l
design of the label: Dina Karadzic
Photo: Janka Vukmir |
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