Journey Is Practice Is Journey Is…
The end chasing the beginning semantically, thus creating ever new meanings and paths in turn, the title of the exhibition indicates an experience of travelling, maybe even vagabonding, which is typical of the experiential creative practice of Metod Blejec.
Having spent twelve years in Great Britain where he earned his master’s degree from the Slade School of Fine Art (UCL), London, he moved on to Ljubljana and is now presenting his work in a solo exhibition in the Match Gallery.
“All artists are alike. They dream of doing something more social, more collaborative, and more real than art,” the words by Dan Graham also apply to Metod. An experimental artist, designer, photographer and educator, he is currently exploring the strategies of idleness and movement as an artistic sensory experience. Among others, he follows the example of the “walking artists” Hamish Fulton and Richard Long who seek to experience the path and freely create ephemeral works along the way in the landscape of their journey, also leaving behind the related documentation.
Also typical of Metod's artistic activity is integration – interweaving – of artistic practices and a methodology that is based on a close collaboration with his artistic colleagues Dafne Louzioti (GR/GB), Scott Schwager (US/GB), Taja Topolovec (SI) and Una Rebić (HR/SI). The exhibition is composed of two parts: the archive presents eight empirical actions of previous journeys, and the dynamic part, made with the mentioned co-authors, consisting of 11 public motor and mental experiments for the active public. These will be experimented during the exhibition as scheduled.
The exhibition agenda and an invitation to participate in artistic actions will be presented at the opening reception on Tuesday 10 April 2018 at 7 p.m. The closing installation of the results of all “journeys” will be put on display on Thursday 3 May 2018 at 7 p.m.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
11. 4., 5–8 p.m.
Future Archive: Contextual brainstorming
Metod
12. 4., 5–6 p.m.
Guided Tour
14. 4., 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Ljubljana Drift: Riding Ljubljana’s streets
Metod
Come by bike.
17. 4., 5–8 p.m.
Walk&Talk, Topic: Journey
Metod, Scott Schwager
18. 4., 5–7 p.m.
Journey in Conversation: Discussion on the topic
Metod, Dafne Louzioti, Scott Schwager, Una
19. 4., 5–6 p.m.
Journey to Now: Meditation
Una
21. 4., 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
From Door to Door of MGML: Critical analysis of exhibition
Metod
24. 4., 5–8 p.m.
Co-Motion: Physical collaboration
Dafne Louzioti
Wear comfortable clothes.
25. 4., 5–8 p.m.
Walking the Walk: Walking exercises
Dafne Louzioti
Wear comfortable clothes.
27. 4., 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
A to B 81m/h: Slow motion
Metod, Dafne Louzioti
29. 4., 4.30 a.m–9.30 p.m.
Dawn till Dusk: A waiting tournament outside the gallery
Metod, Dafne Louzioti
1. 5., 3–5 p.m.
Stumbling Eyeless: Blindfolded exercises
Una
3. 5., 5–9 p.m.
Guided Tour and Wrap-up
Colophon
Production: Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana
Curator: Jani Pirnat
Authors: Metod in collaboration with Dafne Louzioti, Scott Schwager, Taja Topolovec and Una
The exhibition was made possible by: City of Ljubljana
Location
Trg francoske revolucije 7
1000 Ljubljana
T +386 1 24 12 590
T +386 1 24 12 500
E galerija.vzigalica@mgml.si
Opening hours
Tuesday–Sunday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Monday: Closed
1 January, 1 November, 25 December: Closed
24 and 31 December: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Tickets
Free entry.
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