NEBOJŠA VUKOVIĆ
SLAVONIC ANARCHISM
3.9.-24.9.2024.
Karas Gallery

On Tuesday, 3.9.2024. Nebojša Vuković opens his solo exhibition entitled Slavonic anarchism, at 7 pm in Karas Gallery (Ulica kralja Zvonimira 58).

In their foreword, Nebojša Vuković i Branko Cerovac emphasize:

“I used the pigsty as a communal quarantine where I express both ‘animal’ and ‘transhuman’ solidarity, empathy, and understanding towards our indigenous black ‘fajferica.’ For twelve hours, I read to the black Slavonian pigs, and I began to hallucinate, as noted by Milena Zajović in the headlines of Večernji list. Through the consistent and exhaustive reading of extensive culinary literature, the recipes lost their narrative quality through sheer quantity, and reciting the recipes one after another in a loop became a mantra. We recorded small changes in the level of awareness of the participants and various strange events in the pigsty without censorship in the film works. Besides reading, I fed them, gave them water, showered them, cooled and petted them, and as if performing an ancient ritual where these sacred animals were deities to me. In this ritualistic artistic action, I sublimated the idea of the pig into the mythical Nourisher of Slavonia.”

PREFACE

Biography:
Nebojša Vuković was born in 1985 in Osijek, where he graduated from the School of Textiles, Design, and Applied Arts, majoring in graphics. He graduated in 2011 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, majoring in graphics, in the 2007 class of Robert Šimrak and with I.L. Galeta as a co-mentor. His work spans various media, including drawing, collage (both digital and analogue), ready-mades, and a range of audiovisual solutions (VJing, video editing for music/art/concept videos, multimedia installations) as well as performative expressions. Collage and combining media by creating various glitches are integral to the aesthetic of his work.
The short experimental documentary film on Slavonian Anarchism action won the award for the best artistic and experimental film at the Malatesta Short Film Festival in Cesena, Italy, along with several smaller awards. In addition to social engagement, his works are infused with symbolic mysticism and have a ritual character. Under the alias Agens 111, he works as a video editor and VJ, creating audiovisual projects in collaboration with prominent DJs and artists from the independent international scene.
He operates between Berlin, Zagreb, and Osijek.

The exhibition will be open during the period from 3. to 24.9.2024.

Working hours of Karas Gallery
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4pm – 8pm
Tuesday, Saturday 10am – 1pm
On Sundays and Mondays closed.

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http://karasarthub.eu
Organizer: HDLU
With the support of: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb