Slaven Tolj (born 1964) articulates his work in several fields of art, including performance, actions, ambient and site-specific installations and objects. He uses real space, and encountered and found objects, incorporating time into his work and using his own body. His art mainly deals with social themes, themes of identity, the past, human vulnerability, loneliness and death. He has exhibited in numerous individual and group exhibitions around the country and abroad. Besides his work in art, he is known to the public as an exhibition curator, co-founder of the Art Workshop Lazareti in Dubrovnik and Institute of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatian selector of the Venice Biennale of Fine Arts in 2005 and former director of MMSU Rijeka.

Impressum
text: Helena Puhara
graphic design: Rafaela Dražić
thanks: Srdjana Cvijetić, Miranda Veljačić, Dinko Peračić
support: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City Government Split
organization: MKC Split

Objava Slaven Tolj: Craquelure, Pavo and I pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.

Curators: Tomas Vu, Brian Novatny, Stipan Tadić i Marija Stipišić Vuković

Exhibition venues: Museum of Fine Arts and MKC Gallery

Opening: 05 July 2022, 7 pm — MKC Gallery,  8 pm — Museum of Fine Arts

Artists:

Jonathan Adams, Selva Aparicio, Ahmet Aslan, Vinko Barić, Margaret Braun, Ambreen Butt, Ernesto Caivano, Alexis Callender, Caroline Carlsmith, Nathan Catlin, Katarina Chamberlin, Alejandro Contreras, William Cordova, JJ Cromer, Predrag Dimitrijević, Davor Dmitrović, Edvin Dragičević, Mario Ferretti, Sonja Gašperov, Baris Gokturk, Cate Holt, Katarina Ivanišin Kardum, Lin Jing, Jasper Johns, Nikica Jurković, Darina Karpov, Nils Karsten, Dan Kennedy, Alexander Kvares, Nebojša Lazić, Miki Lee, Fred Liang, Miron Milić, Anita Miloš, Simonetta Moro, LeRoy Neiman, Brian Novatny, Jennifer Nuss, Aga Ousseinov, Lav Paripović, Vedran Perkov, Eva Petrič, Ivana Pipal, Aleksandra Popović, Veljko Popović, Ivan Prerad, Eric Ramos Guererro, Andrea Resner, Kristina Restović, Dennis Scholl, Jessica Segall, Shahzia Sikander, Luis Silva, Kiki Smith, Damir Sobota, Valentina Supanz Marinić, Ivan Svaguša, Miran Šabić, Marko Tadić, Richard Tinkler, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Vice Tomasović, Andy Van Dihn, Tomas Vu, Kara Walker, Laura Watt, Tommy White, Sun Xun, Yuan Zuo, Loren Živković Kuljiš

The exhibition DRAW – What Is Contemporary Drawing and What Can It All Be? presents a number of American and Croatian contemporary artists who are rethinking the medium of drawing in various ways. It is a project that was initiated by Tomas Vu, visual artist, professor and artistic director at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University in New York, and conceived as a curatorial platform focused on affirming drawing as an independent art discipline, and to encourage creativity in this medium of artistic expression. The DRAW exhibition provides an insight into the latest developments on the contemporary art scene, those artists who recognise the quality and possibilities of creation in the drawing medium, whose work surprises with its inventiveness and creativity, whether in pure drawing or in combination with other art techniques. Bringing together, in an exhibition format, internationally recognised artists and local artists from the milieus hosting the exhibition, the project carries particular importance for the cultural rapprochement between different cultures, primarily because of the need to consider our local art production in the broad international context and evaluate our own artistic achievements on the global stage. Participation of the world-renowned artists in eight exhibitions held thus far (Beijing, China; Dali City, Yunnan Province, China; Boston, Mass, USA; Novi Sad, Serbia; Manila, Philippines; Winston-Salem, North Karolina, USA; Hangzhou, China) confirms the international reputation of this project, which has become a meeting place of ideas and current art production in the drawing medium on a global level.

The artists selected for the exhibition in Split demonstrate, with their works, a strong synergy between contemporary trends in visual communications and classic draughtsmanship, which spans a wide array of techniques and materials used. Their example confirms that there is an overlap and intertwining of different media and disciplines in this as in other art disciplines today, in the spirit of postmodernism, as well as a respect for a broad range of approaches, from classical drawing to objects in space, the ready-made, installation and ambient art, from manual execution to computer processing. It is precisely this rethinking and examining of the ludic component of drawing, stepping out of the two-dimensional surface towards the third dimension, creating spatial drawings and objects in various materials, inventive procedures and combinations, pushing the limits of drawing towards a different and broader definition of this contemporary medium, or better yet this timeless medium, that answer the question – what is drawing today and what can it all be, what are its potentials in the time of expansion and coexistence of all possible pluralisms of styles, directions and tendencies, numerous new media and technically extremely sophisticated means of artistic expression.

The exhibition remains on view until 25 August 2022.

MKC Gallery works from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm all days, except except Sundays and holidays.

Ahmet Aslan
Untitled, 2020

Davor Dmitrović
Još samo malo, još samo malo, uskoro smo tamo / Just a Little Longer, Just a Little Longer, We’re Almost There, 2022.

Ivana Pipal
Eksperiment misli (detalj) / Thought Experiment (detail), 2019. – 2021.

Jasper Johns
Untitled, 2012

Katarina Ivanišin Kardum
Rojenje: Roj III / Swarming: Swarm III, 2022.

Kiki Smith
Bez naziva (Plava drvena žena s podignutim rukama) / Untitled (Blue wooded woman with arms raised), 2019.

Shahzia Sikander
Embark/Disembark III / Ukrcaj/Iskrcaj II , 2004.

Simonetta Moro
Ticklish Zones: Digital Maps II / Škakljive zone: Digitalne mape II, 2022.

Kara Walker
Signal Station, Summit of Maryland Heights from Harpers Pictorial History of the Civil War / Signalna stanica, Vrh Maryland Heightsa iz Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War, 2005.
offset litografija sa sitotiskom / offset lithograph with s

Objava DRAW – WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY DRAWING AND WHAT CAN IT ALL BE? pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.

The Split Device_art 7.021 exhibition presents works by six Croatian artists who deal with technology and devices as a means of expression in their artistic practices. These are Mirjana Vodopija, Iva Ćurić, Tin Dožić, Filip Borelli, Vitar Drinković and Margareta Lekić. The exhibition is a small overview of the Croatian device art scene which in the last few years has transformed into an agile and versatile artistic field. The presented artists experiment with media and techniques, connecting them with current social situations as well as personal narratives and experiences. At the same time they are emphasizing the research process as an integral part of their artistic work.

The exhibition is curated and organized by KONTEJNER in partnership with Multimedia Cultural Centre Split and Platform 9,81.
Project concept and organisation: KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis
Curatorial team: Davorka Begović, Ena Hodžić, Tereza Teklić (KONTEJNER)
Partners: Multimedia Cultural Centre Split, Platform 9,81
Project supported by: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb — Municipal Office for Culture, National Foundation for Civil Society Development, Kultura nova Foundation

Objava Device_art 7.021 in Split pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.

The audio compositions of the subaquatic soundscape encourage us to reflect upon the anthropogenic sonic impact on the underwater habitat and marine life, as well as illuminate awareness and underscore the importance of maintaining safe sound environments for animals living in the world’s oceans, seas, lakes and rivers.

The sound compositions are a re-mix of the bioacoustics of marine life (shrimps, fish, sea urchins etc.), the aquatic acoustics and the presence of human generated noise in the world’s oceans and seas. Underwater noise effects a great number of marine life forms which depend on the sub-aquatic sonic environment to survive.

Over the last few years Robertina Šebjanič has made a number of recordings using hydrophones in different locations around the globe.

Lecture Invisible underwater pollution: Aquatocene and STARTS4Water Zero Pollution Adriatic
Robertina Šebjanič, Marjan Žitnik and Gjino Šutić (UR Institute-STARTS4Water)
Beton kino Friday, October, 29, 11 am

Robertina Šebjanič (SI) based in Ljubljana/ is working in the cros- field of art – technology – science. Her art — research focus has several years been in the cultural, (bio)political, chemical and biological realities of aquatic environments, which serves as a starting point to investigate and tackle philosophical questions regarding the intersection of art, technology and science. Her ideas and concepts are often realized in collaboration with others, through interdisciplinary and informal integration in her work. She was awarded with an Honorary Mention @Prix Ars Electronica 2016, STARTS2020 and a STARTS2016 nomination. Robertina is part of the SHAPE platform 2017. In 2018 she was a resident artist at Ars Electronica in the framework of EMARE / EMAP.
She exhibited / performed at solo and group exhibitions as well as in galleries and festivals: Ars electronica Linz, Kosmica festival_ Laboratorio Arte Alameda_Mexico City, La Gaîté Lyrique_ Paris, Le Cube_Paris, Art Laboratory Berlin, ZKM_Karlsruhe, re:publica_Berlin, Mladi Levi_Ljubljana, Centro de Cultura Digita_ Mexico City, Piksel_Bergen, OSMO/ZA_Ljubljana, Device art 5.015 at Klovićevi dvori_Zagreb & Eastern Bloc_Montreal, Eyebeam_New York, PORTIZMIR#3_Izmir, Kiblix festival_Maribor, Spektrum_Berlin, KIKK festival_ Namur and more.

Organizer: MKC Split
Lecture coorganisation: UR Institute, ARTScience MedILS
Curator: Jasna Gluić
Design: Rafaela Dražić
Technical support: Ivor Koren
Translation: Goranka Tomčić, Brian Willems (text)
Support: Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, Split City Government

Objava Robertina Šebjanič: Aquatocene / The subaquatic quest for serenity exhibition pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.

Hartmut will lead two dance workshops in Split. The first in line is “Classical Ballet for Contemporary Dancers” from August 23rd to August 25th, the second is “Contemporary Dance Practice” from August 26th to August 28th and both are held at the Beton Kino, Youth Center Split. Workshop will held from 17:00 to 19:00, except on the last day, August 28, when it is held from 10 to 12 hours.

The price for each three-day workshops is 300 kn. For the participants of both workshops, the price is 500 kn, and for the members of the Tiramola association is 420 kn.

All detailed information and place reservations can be sent to plesnaudrugatiramola@gmail.com.

Workshops are held in compliance with epidemiological measures.

The work of the Tiramola dance association is supported by the Kultura Nova Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Media, the Split-Dalmatia County and the City of Split. The program takes place in partnership with the Multimedial Cultural Center Split.

Photo: Frédéric Ruffin

Objava Contemporary dance workshops with artist Hartmut Reichel pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.

The role of time and various aspects of temporality have occupied an important place in the work of Neli Ružić. In speaking to the relationships between history and memory, migrant displacement, gender identity, or architectural heritage, time in the sense of transformation, as well as simultaneity and discontinuity, are often used in the role of her specific aesthetic strategy.

In the new cycle of work of Timescape, the artist decides to face the notion of time directly, and through a series of work in various media she explores the perception and experience of time, which, although it presupposes individuality, is always part of a wider temporal horizon because it is simultaneously shared with others, with the whole community, and beyond. The very title of the exhibition, referring to the notion of landscape, points to an approach in which the position of the observer is equally emphasized, and it embodies a perspective that allows us to get closer to the invisible through temporal qualities, to capture what is beyond our senses, acceptance, and understanding.

Modern societies nurture a special approach to time, and living in the unexpectedly long conditions of the pandemic and health crises has given us a new reality in which distortions to our “normal” rhythm have only made the experience of time more visible, and breathing, as a measure of our awareness of duration, has become dangerous. (…)
Jasna Gluić

Neli Ružić (1966, Split) is a multimedia artist who examines the perception of time, historical narratives, the intersectionality of personal and collective memory. She graduated from the Painting Department of the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade and holds a Master’s Degree from the Facultad de Artes, UAEM, Mexico. She staged a series of solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions, projects and festivals in Croatia and abroad. In the late 1990s she moved to Mexico where she taught at the ENPEG La Esmeralda Art School in Mexico City, from 2003 to 2012. She won the 2nd prize T‑HTnagrada@msu.hr, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (2016), and the ArtsLink fellowship (1996). Her works are kept in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Split, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Marino Cettina Gallery in Umag, Canal Mediateca Caixa Forum in Barcelona. From 2013 she teaches at the School of Fine Arts in Split where she was also the head of the School Gallery until 2018. She also works as an external Assistant Professor in the Painting Department at the Arts Academy, University of Split.

Artwork collaborators:
Tonči Bakotin- Studio Sensoria for the audio installation Do We Have a Plan for Yesterday? 2021
Darko Škrobonja for the installation Breathing Together (Measuring the Cosmos) 2021
acknowledgements: Museum of Fine Arts Split, Tonči Bakotin, Darko Škrobonja, Eric del Castillo, Luka Ružić Marušić, Pablo del Castillo Ružić, Goran Ferčec, Jasen Boko, Petra Kovačić, Andrea Mladinić, Franjo Đaković, Sanela Marković, Ivana Meštrov, Jasminka Babić, Toni Meštrović, Loren Živković-Kuljiš, Milivoj Popović, Miljenko Polić, Brian Willems, Gildo Bavčević, Marija Paparella, Ćirila Ružić, Josip Šurlin, Anton Davidović and all the participants in the work Breathing Together (Measuring the Cosmos)
Exhibition set-up: Neli Ružić and Jasna Gluić
Graphic design: Rafaela Dražić
Support: Ministry of Culture and Media, City of Split
Organization: MKC Split

More: neliruzic.com

Objava Neli Ružić: Timescape pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.

2. The application for cultural projects which will be realized in the different spaces of the Gallery MKC, Amphitheater and Concrete Cinema is open to associations and all cultural art organizations engaged in the production of cultural content (stage performances, screenings, workshops, lectures, exhibitions …). Proposals should include a description of the program, technical requirements, biographies of the participants/organizers, and a proposal for the terms and location of the project.

Please specify in mail for which program you are applying — “Call” or/and “Application”
The deadline for submitting by either e‑mail or post is June 11, 2021.
Address: mkcsplit@mkcsplit.hr or MKC Split (for call …), Ulica slobode 28, 21000 Split

Objava MKC Split announces a call for the regular exhibition program in 2022 pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.

The exhibition can be seen until April 2nd 2020.
The activity is a part of “Gradimo Dom zajedno”, co-funded by the European Union (ESF).

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Objava Igor Grubić: Tragovi nestajanja (u tri čina) / Traces of disappearance (in three acts) pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.

An existential study of ordinary lives led by two alienated urban white collar workers whose friendship gets unsettled by a woman, Accidental Life was the only feature film of Ante Peterlić, Croatian film theorist and film critic. The film received mediocre reviews and went largely unnoticed after its release, but has been reevaluated decades later as one of the best Croatian films ever made.

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The activity is a part of “Gradimo Dom zajedno”, co-funded by the European Union (ESF).

Objava Slučajni život (Accidental Life), film, dir.Ante Peterlić pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.

Curators: Marko Golub and Maša Milovac.

The exhibition opening will also include the artist’s walkthrough.
The activity is a part of “Gradimo Dom zajedno”, co-funded by the European Union (ESF).

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http://dizajn.hr/blog/izlozba-ivan-marusic-klif-klizanje-u-nepoznato-u-multimedijalnom-kulturnom-centru-u-splitu

Objava  IVAN MARUŠIĆ KLIF: KLIZANJE U NEPOZNATO / SLIDING INTO THE UNKNOWN pojavila se prvi puta na Dom mladih Split.