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Galerija Skuc : V. S. S. D. � 20 Years Before - 13 Sept 2007 to 28 Sept 2007 Current Exhibition |
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The exhibition seeks to fix a gaze, to show a gaze backwards, into the past (it is just this sort of past), however, as presence, an original, as immediacy it is lost due to the fleeting nature of V.S.S.D. exhibitions. It has gone and does not exist any more, but can only be preserved, unveiled and detected to a minimal extent through fragile documents and other bearers, representatives of the past, such as photography. Therefore, the V.S.S.D. exhibition will literally showcase the past, which is not yet history, as history is continually rewritten, revised, censored and erased. We are not interested in history here, nor 'mind the gap' and excavating bones. The content of the exhibition will be, to use fashionable terms, OFF-LINE and not ON-LINE, as V.S.S.D. is not here and now anymore. Inevitably, we must asks ourselves about time, how this form, so-called history and the so-called past, still exists, when the world is obviously fleeting and changing increasingly quickly. While a new world is being established, an old world is being erased. How can we sort out memories, when this world is increasingly instantaneous and faster, focused on now, today, the brevity of the present moment. However, the exhibition does not carve a tombstone - not at all. The exhibition will not be made of stone; it is multilayered and offers plenty of information and illustrations: documents and photographs, working visual materials, sketches, drawings, brochures, posters, texts, statements, word compositions, sound, etc. Despite its intentional narrowness � i.e. focusing only on documents and documentary photography � it is still based on a broad framework. During the preparations, we invited a number of individuals, including philosophers, critics, art historians, artists, art enthusiasts, collectors, politicians, media personalities and viewers (some 110 altogether) to take part in a survey and comment on how well they know or do not know, and see or do not see, the work of V.S.S.D. The results will be featured in a book. The author of the exhibition and the accompanying catalogue is Alen O�bolt, assisted by Tev� Logar Special thanks to Marko Modic, Miha �krlep, Jane �travs, Bo�idar Dolenc, Bojan Salaj. Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art, LPP - Ljubljana Public Transport �kuc Gallery is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the City of Ljubljana � Department of Culture. |
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