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Cooperation with ELECTRA
- Women's Art Center
in development of alternative video center
In ideologycal assumptions and programme orientation of
ELECTRA WOMEN’S ART CENTRE and ELECTRA VIDEO CENTER arkzin
has recognised simmilarites with itis own position and interests.
Arkzin d.o.o. is from the beginning planned as multimedia project
(see pict 1), place where different smaller cultural and media
projects can be developed, and also place where young people can
learn different skills. So, after establishing newspaper, and now
also InterNet site, next step is establishing of our video
production. Basic idea is to cover, now on video, similar
subjects as we do in the newspaper. It means on the first place
work of different NGO's and civic groups, youth subcultur,
political events... The idea is also to bring together young
artists and activists (what is not the case yet). Because of all
the problems in social and political as well as economycal
spheres, and trying to avoid dispersion of money, equipment and
personell, we have decided to cooperate on the programme of
establishing ELECTRA VIDEO CENTER.ELECTRA WOMEN’S ART CENTER
is providing office, studio and public-acces space and one (now
smaller and dated) part of the equipment while in this
application Arkzin & ELECTRA VIDEO CENTER are asking for
providing part of the technical equipment.Both groups will
actively participate and cooperate in organisation of various
events, festivals, exhibitions. In further work Arkzin will also
provide magazine presentation and coverage of the activities of
ELECTRA WOMEN’S ART CENTRE and ELECTRA VIDEO CENTRE as well
as graphic design and DTP services (catalogues, posters, design
of video tape covers, part of video graphic design). Arkzin will
use production and postproduction equipment in colaboration with
personel of ELECTRA for education and support of journalists,
video authors and other artists (theatre groups, performance
& visual artists, actors, bands) and production of their
works. We believe that in our political situation, with strict
state control of broadcast media and high prices for rent of the
professional video equipment which prevent many interested people
from active work in that field, such video production, screening
and distribution centre would be valuable - for education of
young media authors - creative expression - documentation of
various events and actions - alternative way of production and
distribution the news, stories, documents, artworks - social
place where people could enteract, collaborate, develop new ideas
and actions as well as watch other alternative production/s,
receive informations and exchange them.
SANJA IVEKOVIC
Sanja Ivekovic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, where she
graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts and had her first solo
exhibition in 1970. Her art production has spanned a range of
media such as photography, performance, video and installations.
The point of departure of her work was (and has remained until
today) her own person, her own life - and by putting this theme
into a broader context - the situation of women in our time and
society. On Croatian art scene she was the first women artist who
called herself a feminist artist. She lectures at the Center for
Women's Studies in Zagreb since its begining in 1994. She is a
founder of Electra - The Women's Art Center Zagreb.
- 1974 - VIDEOTAPESSWEET VIOLENCE; SUNRISE; LOOKING
- 1976 - MAKE-UP, MAKE-DOWN; INSTRUCTIONS; RECONSTRUCTIONS;
UN JOUR VIOLENTE
- 1978 - MEETING POINT
- 1982 - OSOBNI REZOVI (PERSONAL CUTS); PLEMENSKA BOGINJA
(TRIBAL GODESS)
- 1986 - MAYA
- 1989 - GLAS TIRINE (VOICE OF SILENCE)
- 1990 - PUT LJUBAVI (WAY OF LOVE)
in collaboration with Dalibor Martinis:
- 1973 - TV TIMER
- 1979 - MADE IN PRISON
- 1983 - CHANOYU; NO END
- 1985 - BLACK AND WHITE
- 1990 - DHIKR
- 1992 - THE BRIDE, THE BACHELORS - EVEN
VIDEO INSTALLATIONS
Since 1989 Sanja Ivekovic has created a number of
site-specific video installations among them:
- LIGH THOUSE ("Art in the Eighties in Croatia",
Duisburg, 1990);
- FROZEN IMAGES (Kampnagel, Hamburg, 1992; Berlin
Videofest, 1994; Long Beach Museum of Art, Ca);
- MIND OVER MATTER ("Europeans" 1993,
"Power/Business ", Berlin 1994); WHITE STAGE
(Zagreb); RESNIK (Artist's Space, Winnipeg 1993;
"Europe Rediscovered", Copenhagen, 1994);
- FANTASY OF A FRESH WIDOW ("Word And Image",
Zagreb 1994);
- TRAVEL TILL THE END OF THOUGHT, (Offenes Kulturhouse,
Linz 1994);
- SIGHT UNSEEN, ("Krieg", Klagenfurt, 1996);
- WEREFOLF ("Media Scape", Zagreb, 1996)
VIDEO FESTIVALS
Her video works were shown in almost all international video
festivals - Roma, San Sebastian, Berlin, Bonn, Hague, Locarno,
Montreal, Monbeliard, Tokyo, etc.
AWARDS
- 1984 Prix MonitEUR for videotape "Chanoyu" by
Sanja Ivekovic and D. Martinis at Locarno video festival
1986;
- videotape "Maya" selected for Prix du public at
the Festival International des Films et Videos des Femmes
in Montreal 1990;
- videotape "Voice of Silence" was awarded Prix
d'excellance at Estavar Video festival 1990;
- videotape "Dhikr" was awarded a special prize
at video festival WRO, Wroclaw, Poland
COLLECTIONS
Collections include: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb; The
Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk museum, Amsterdam; Hara
Museum, Tokyo; Kunsthous, Zuerich; National Gallery of Canada;
Museum of Modern Art, Fukui.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 1970 Galerija SC, Zagreb;
- 1976 Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb;
- 1977 Galleria Tommaseo, Trieste;
- 1978 Pumps Gallery, Vancouver;
- 1979 Powerhouse; Montreal;
- 1982 Kunstlerhouse Bethanien, Berlin;
- 1986 Centar za Film, Zagreb;
- 1990 Kshlnischer Kunstverein, Kshln;
- 1993 Gallery YYZ, Toronto;
- 1994 Long Beach Museum of Art;
- 1995 Galerija 21, St.Petersburg;
- 1996 Galerija Rigo, Novigrad
- PERFORMANCES - Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb,
1976;
- UN JOUR VIOLENTE, Galeria Cavallino, Bologna, 1976;
- INAUGURAZZIONE, Galeria Tommseo, Trieste, 1977;
- INTER NOS, Multimediski Centar, Zagreb,1978;
- PRVI BEOGRADSKI PERFORMANCE, Galerija SKC, Beograd,
1978;
- MEETING POINTS, Western Front, Vancouver, 1978;
- MELTING POT, Vehicule Art, Montreal, 1979;
- CONSCIOUSS ACT, A Space, Toronto, 1979;
- WATHER IN AMSTERDAM, De Appel, Amsterdam, 1979;
- TELAL, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 1980;
- TOWN-CRIER, Franclin Furnace, New York, 1981;
- NESSIE, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 1981;
- PRACTICE MAKES A MASTER, Kunstlerhouse Bethanien, Berlin,
1982;
- ROMEO IS JULIJA, 1983;
ELECTRA VIDEOTAPE PRODUCTION
- Documentation tape of public action organised in front
of Croatian Parlament by the Coalition of Womenis groups,
March 8th, 1995;
- Womenis Human Rights - Training and action - Croatia,
organised by B.a.B.e & Women’s Studies Zagreb,
1995;
- Documentation tape of public action signing of the
Petition to the Government & Parlament of the
Republic Croatia for safe and legal abortion, organised
by the Coalition of Women’s groups, Zagreb, 1995;
- Womenis Studies Zagreb - lectures and workshops, Zagreb
1995/6;
- Promotion of the book Konji, zene, ratovi (Horses,
women, wars) by late Lydia Sklevicky, published by
®Zenska infoteka, Zagreb 1996
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