THEORY # VELENJE FRANCISCO TOMSICH

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1 THEORY # VELENJE FRANCISCO TOMSICH 1

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3 The Theory # series of art projects are commi ed to the representa on of complex crea ve processes in specific coordinates of me and space through video, photography, pain ng, drawing, installa on, text, sound and sculpture. The applied methods include portraiture prac ces, historical research, conversa on, walking and progressive occupa on of an exhibi on space as a metaphor of the whole process and its acquired or sensed meanings. Images, themes and ques ons arisen from these research strategies are analysed, re-elaborated and combined in order to produce a narra ve which deals with the tradi ons of history pain ng, anarchitecture, realism and allegory. Theory #Velenje was produced in between 12th and 25th August, 2016 for Kunigunda Fes val of Youth Culture in Velenje, Slovenia. The exhibi on includes a large site-specific installa on and a group of works made in Velenje during that period, as well as a series of pain ngs produced in Ljubljana in displayed here for the first me in the framework of the Ins tute of Consensual Art. 3

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5 EXHIBITION GUIDE 5

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8 [A] MELUSINE'S WORKS #VELENJE Melusine s works is a series of interven ons and installa ons ini ated in 2010 in Montevideo, Uruguay. It combines an anarchitectural approach to public space with a small repertory of materials (cardboard, nails, wire, staples) in order to produce pictorial devices. The Velenje edi on of Melusine's works is a large site-specific installa on. It has the form of a tunnel made of cardboard, adorned with pain ngs, objects and photographies. It starts at the entrance of Pekarna and goes up throughout the stairs to the main exhibi on space. The majority of the pain ngs hanging from the walls are "archaeologies" of Melusine s works #Lendava, produced in that Slovenian city in October, The photos are raw material for composi ons, and include images from art history sources and press photography, as well as video frames from private and family footage. The displayed objects and sculptures were produced in Pekarna during the making process of Theory #Velenje. All drawings on the tunnel were made using coal from different places (Schwarzwald, Rog, Ilirska pri Sotli) where fires with friends were made. Some of the main sta ons are: 1 There s no place to go Re-make of an interven on on the public space produced in Ljubljana on 1st January, 2016, in the framework of the collec ve project Meta City Symptoms / Materialni Pogoji Produkcije. The poem can be read via h p://metacitysymptoms.tumblr.com 8

9 2 The Peacocks Peacocks are a symbol of vanity in Catholic tradi on, but of paradise in the Orthodox one. 3 Jovanka #2 If we should rebuild the iconography of communism, we should take care and cri cize three main aspects: male preponderance, colour, and the direct connec on of its imagery with war. 4 The masks 5 Davorjanka Даворјанка Пауновић Зденка (19. јануар мај 1946), студенткиња, учесница Народноослободилачке борбе и невенчана супруга Јосипа Броза Тита. (Wikipedia) 9

10 6 Old woman with goose 7 The table (Archaelogies) 10

11 8 The Pet 9 The burial 11

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14 [B] JOVANKA S ROOM X Jovanka Broz & The Honor Guards of the Yugoslavian Army Y Tryp ch 14

15 [C] THE HORSE INSIDE THE FLAT (NE SPADAMO NA BALKONA) 15

16 [D] MINER S HEALTH [E] THE CY TWOMBLY MACHINE Cy is the tle of a series of studies (pain ngs and drawings) on the figure and art of the ar st Cy Twombly ( ) produced in Ljubljana in

17 [F] OPEN ALLEGORIES FIRST SERIES LJUBLJANA, An exhibi on of 10 pain ngs in the framework of the Ins tute of Consensual Art. An allegory is a combina on of two or more symbolic images aimed to represent another thing, generally an abstract concept. The visitor is invited to suggest of which concepts are these pain ngs allegories. Le er to Joana, Če bi to noč..., The heads cook and La quema are some of the tles. 17

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20 [G] NEHUSHTAN S ll from the documentary film Tito bez maske (2010, Jakov Sedlar). 20

21 [H] MEDITATIONS #THEORY Video. Velenje, August,

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23 THEORY #VELENJE CONCEPT AND ORIGINAL WORKS: Francisco Tomsich h p://franciscotomsich.tumblr.com PHOTOS: Anže Kovač, Francisco Tomsich, Henrike von Dewitz PRODUCTION: KUNIGUNDA FESTIVAL, VELENJE, SLOVENIA, August 2016 h p://kunigunda.si Thanks to: Nina Cvirn, Urša Verdev, Anže Kovač, Gemma Gelabert, Ana Proença, Ana Marija Kolar, Zlatko Malinović, Tina Mohorović, Henrike von Dewitz, Simon Svetlik and all the people from Velenje and Kunigunda Fes val who contributed to this project in different ways. Francisco Tomsich is an ar st, author and art teacher born in Uruguay in He has founded and integrates numerous art groups and un-disciplinary collec ve projects in South America and Europe, i.e. TDUERPUC (Transposed Study for a Common Portrait), Los Hombres sin Paz (The Men without Peace), MACMO (Museum of Contemporary Art of Montevideo), Meta City Symptoms/Materialni Pogoji Produkcije and the Ins tute of Consensual Art. Between 2012 and 2014 he produced the Tempel der Medusa series of works, ac ons and shows in Germany, Uruguay and Slovenia. Between 2014 and 2016 he has lived in Ljubljana, working in the autonomous Tovarna Rog project. He publishes books, develops long-term art and art history research plans and generates exhibi ons. He has been awarded in many occasions for his works in the fields of poetry and the visual arts. h p://franciscotomsich.tumblr.com and h p://an climacus.wordpress.com 23

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