VUK ČOSIĆ
DUETI / DUETS

December 14 - 31, 2006

You are kindly invited to attend the opening of the exhibition on
Thursday, December 14th at 8 pm at Škuc Gallery.

The Dueti ("Duets") retrospective exhibition has been organised to commemorate the artist's arrival in Slovenia, and conceived so as to document the social network and creative friendships developed since then.

Contrary to the author's main body of work, which primarily revolves around the development of internet and new media art, this exhibition shows mainly works which are analogue or material. The exhibits were created as an excuse for socialising and a common creative approach to artistic issues.

The array of projects focuses chiefly on the issues of perception of one's own time and space, and the quality of public dialogue on external reality. The sternness of time is contrasted with polite conceptual humour, which heals the spirit and sharpens perception.

Works

1. Le Coco Fruitwear; with Matej Andraž Vogrinčič, 1995
The project of a fashion house for bananas was created as part of the Urbanarija exhibition, and stems from the hypothesis that naked fruit in our streets is ethically questionable and a bad influence. Such debauchery is defied by a fashion line containing several thousand pieces.

2. Post Deadline Productions; with Irena Wölle, 1996
The first visit of the Pope in Slovenia was not accompanied by due display of piety; therefore, the gay community felt that they, too, should express their support by putting up posters on selected locations in Ljubljana.

3. Nation-Culture; with France Prešeren and Matkurja, 2000
On the occasion of the anniversary of Slovenia's greatest poet, the National Museum of Slovenia decided to display manuscripts and other treasures, and complemented the exhibition with a new-media project based on the poet's work. Search keywords from the Matkurja.com web browser were presented in typography and typesetting consistent with the first edition of the Garland of Sonnets. And thus again, the spirit of the nation spoke through Prešeren.

4. RIGUSRS; with Alenka Pirman and Irena Wölle, 1997
The catalogue of the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean needed to be edited, which led to the establishment of the Research Institute for Geo-Art Statistics of the Republic of Slovenia. Later, the Institute staged a performance of canonising the standard measure for the Slovenian Mediterranean metre.

5. Greater Slovenia; with Davor Bauk, 2003
The project explores different presentation of the Slovenian territory on the maps of Europe and the world. The consensus is that Slovenia is very decorative.

6. History Homme; with Matej Andraž Vogrinčič, 2006
The mass media report on current political and cultural issue through the eyes of trendy decisions of protagonists. History fashion house was established with the purpose to expand such progressive way of thinking to the perception of history.

Vuk Ćosić
Born in Belgrade in 1966, lives in Ljubljana since 1992.
A classic of net art, co-founder of Nettime, Syndicate, 7-11 and Ljudmila.
Frequently lectures, publishes and exhibits around the globe.

His prominent work was presented or featured in: Neue Galerie, Graz; Biennale di Venezia; ICA, London; Beaubourg, Paris; Kapelica, Ljubljana; Kunsthalle, Vienna; IAS, Seoul; Guggenheim, Venice; Walker, Minneapolis; Lux, London; Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana; Microwave, Hong Kong; Digital Artlab, Tel Aviv; New Museum, NYC; Postmasters, NYC; MIT Medialab; ZKM, Karlsruhe; Artforum, Flash Art, Cahiers du cinéma, Libération, Guardian, El País, NY Times, and many more.

For further information contact Alenka Gregorič, artistic director of the Škuc Gallery on +386 1 251 65 40, galerija.skuc@guest.arnes.si.

The programme of Škuc Gallery is supported by Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and Cultural Department of the City of Ljubljana.

Thanks to: Irena / Luna, Matej Andraž, Alenka, Irena, France, Davor, RTV Slo and UVA.