Retorika: The Moment After
Retorika is a multi-year modular project exploring the field of language and communication. It enters the field through research, consideration as well as artistic articulation of a certain skill that was referred to as “the art of persuasion” by Aristotle.
The project began in 2014 with the #Rhetorical Bodyresearch, continued in 2015 with the visual installation Rhetoric on the Web and the performance Metamorphoses 3: Rhetoric, while in 2016 it will be presented as a series of visual and sound installations as well as performances in galleries.
The gallery installation focuses on the moment of direct or indirect rhetorical effect: how words echo through space and time and how one uttered word can change the course of events, where its political power lies, what its appeal is, how it engages, how it activates. What traces does public speech leave in one’s mind, memory and subconscious reworking? And, on the other hand, what sedimentations does exploring rhetorical principles create within the artistic process itself? How does art enter the field of rhetoric, how intensely does it transform it and, especially, how is it itself rhetorised within this field?
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Concept and realization: Bara Kolenc, Atej Tutta
Artistic collaborators: Robert Bobnič, Pia Brezavšček, Valeria Cozzarini, Anja Cojhter, Jernej Černalogar, Radovan Jaušovec, Matevž Kolenc, Alja Lobnik, Matej Markovič, Sanja Nešković Peršin, Jošt Pengov-Taraniš, Rebeka Radovan
Production: Kud Samosvoj
In cooperation with: Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, Kud Pozitiv, Fab Lab Venezia, Festival of Contemporary Ideas INDIGO, REPETITION/S: Performance and Philosophy in Ljubljana
This project has been made possible by: City of Ljubljana – European Green Capital
Location
Trg francoske revolucije 7
1000 Ljubljana
T +386 1 24 12 590
T +386 1 24 12 500
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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.