Andreja Kulunčić "ART-ACT-BOX"
Performativnost izložbe / Performativeness of the Exhibition
Izloženo na 12. izložbi HT nagrada za suvremenu umjetnost /
Exhibited at the 12th HT Award for Contemporary Art
MSU / Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
19.5- 9.6.2019
Koreografija / Choreography: Zrinka Užbinec
Izvedbe / Performers: Zrinka Užbinec, Ana Kreitmeyer, Maja Kalafatić, Mar Medina
Fotografije izvedbe u MSU / Photographs at MSU: Jasenko Rasol
Metode i materijali korišteni u projektu izvedeni su iz radova umjetničkih grupa TOK, Šestorice autora, KOD, Bosch+Bosch, Art&Language, te umjetnika Pina Poggia, Bogdanke Poznanović i Lygie Clark. /
Methods and materials used in the project were derived from the works of the TOK artist group, the Group of Six Authors, the group KOD, the group Bosch+Bosch, the group Art&Language, and artists Pino Poggi, Bogdanka Poznanović and Lygie Clark.
ART-ACT-BOX je objekt koji sadrži lako rasklopive rekvizite za izvedbu izložbe. Sadržaj je sastavljen na osnovu metoda i materijala koje su umjetnici koristili za aktiviranja zajednice ili publike i kritiku sustava tijekom 60-tih i 70-tih godina prošlog stoljeća. Umjetnički radovi su odabrani iz zbirki i arhiva četiri muzeja koji su sudjelovali u projektu „Performing the Museum“, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti (Zagreb), Fundació Antoni Tapies (Barcelona), Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti (Slovenj Gradec) i Muzej savremene umetnosti Vojvodine (Novi Sad).
Cilj je publici približiti navedenu umjetničku praksu i predstaviti kreativne alate za stvaranje i komuniciranje kritičkog sadržaja, prezentirajući umjetničke metode (npr. prijedlozi za akcije u javnim prostorima, izložbe-akcije, teorijske instalacije, arte utile, direktni rad, performansi, manifesti, geste tijelom i sl.) i jednostavne umjetničke materijale (ogledalo, selotejp, trake u boji, olovka, flomaster, baterijska lampa, kocke od kartona, stiropor slova, razglednice i sl.) kroz interaktivnu izvedbu. Plesna umjetnica prema prethodno razrađenoj koreografiji, uzimajući elemente iz kutije sklapa dijelove izložbe, svojim gestama izvodi dio umjetničkih radova i uključuje publiku kao žive dijelove koreografije. Do sada je izvedeno 28 interaktivnih plesnih izvedbi u izvanumjetničkim prostorima poput knjižnica, staračkih domova, kulturnih centara, srednjih škola, u mjesnoj zajednici te psihijatrijskoj bolnici.
Instalacija u MSU postavljena je na tragovima ART-ACT-BOX izvedbe s pozvanom grupom sudionika, djelatnika Muzeja koji po profesiji nisu umjetnici ili kustosi. Nakon izvedbe, koja strukturira postav, instalacija je nadopunjena dokumentacijom i materijalima nastalim u projektu. /
Projekt je dobio drugu nagradu na 12. izložbi HT nagrada za suvremenu umjetnost / The project received the second prize at the 12th HT Award for Contemporary Art in MSU Zagreb
ART-ACT-BOX is an object containing easily dismantled props for an art exhibition. The content is based on methods and materials the artists used as means of activating the community or the audience and critically examining the socio-political system during the 60s and the 70s. The artworks were selected from the collections and archives of four participating museums; the Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb); Fundació Antoni Tapies (Barcelona), The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška (Slovenj Gradec) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina (Novi Sad).
The aim is to familiarize the public with this form of art practice and to present the creative tools for creating and communicating the critical content. This is achieved by introducing artistic methods (for instance proposals for actions in public space, theoretical installations, arte utile, direct work, manifests, body gestures etc.) and simple artistic materials (mirrors, scotch tape, coloured tapes, marker, pen, flash light, cardboard cubes, postcard etc.) through an interactive performance. The contemporary dancer, following the previously elaborated choreography, takes the elements from the box to create the exhibition, performs certain artworks with movements, and involves the audience as a living part of the choreography. There have been 28 interactive dance performances so far in spaces not affiliated with art such as public libraries, retirement homes, cultural centres, high schools, community centres and a psychiatric hospital.
The installation at MSU was built on an ART-ACT-BOX performance in which the Museum's staff members, who are not artists or curators, were invited to participate. After the performance which gave structure to the set up, the installation was enriched with documentation and materials produced during the project.