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FESTIVAL ART STAYS NO MORE SILENCE BREZ TIŠINE 18. FESTIVAL SODOBNE UMETNOSTI 2020 18TH FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2020 Hans Beckers, Klopotec Orkestra, Dominikanski samostan / Dominican Monastery Roberto Pugliese, Concerto per natura morta, Galerija mesta Ptuj / Ptuj City Gallery FESTIVAL ART STAYS NO MORE SILENCE BREZ TIŠINE 18. FESTIVAL SODOBNE UMETNOSTI 2020 18TH FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2020 UMETNIKI ARTISTS Robin Meier, Michele Spanghero, Hui Ye, Hans Beckers, Roberto Pugliese, Marko Batista, Alberto Tadiello, Bastiaan Maris, Lynn Book, Nicolo Masiero Sgrinzatto, Miha Ciglar, Zul Mahmod, Milojka Drobne, Euro Rotelli, Mario Velocci, Transversal Project, Wrong Moose (Aljaž Vesel, Gašper Kojek, Marko Kalič, Matevž Gazvoda), Warrego Valles (Nina Hudej, Nina Kodrič (aka NinaBelle)), Sara Korošec (Muzikačaka), Rok Golob, Stojan Kerbler, Miha Masten, Robert Jurak, Silene Arnaldi, Amelia Cuni, Werner Durand, Herman Rapaport, Jeff Irving, Brian Doub, Gregor Kozar, Jože Zadravec … KUD ART STAYS Prešernova ulica 1 2250 Ptuj www.artstays.si, [email protected] UVOD INTRO JERNEJ FORBICI & MARIKA VICARI Festival sodobne umetnosti Art Stays že od leta človekovo nenehno željo, da omogoči glas 2003 prinaša na Ptuj in v okolico vrhunsko prostoru, času, komunikaciji in odnosom. produkcijo domačih ter tujih umetnikov, od najperspektivnejših mladih umetnikov do Celovit program letošnjega leta, ki vključuje velikih imen sodobne umetnosti, kot so Ai vse pomembnejše zgodovinske, umetnostne, Weiwei, Yoko Ono, Monira Al Qadiri, Gilbert kulturne, družbene in politične javne ter & George, Jake & Dinos Chapman… zasebne ustanove starodavnega Ptuja, pa tudi Kidričevega in Majšperka, ki vsakoletno Spada med najpomembnejše predstavitve gostita spremljevalne multimedijske ali sodobne, predvsem likovne umetnosti v prostorsko specifične projekte, so obogatili Sloveniji in v tem delu Evrope, ter je postal performansi, konference, razstave, umetniški referenčni dogodek za številne mednarodne filmi, videi, instalacije, glasbeno eksperimen- galerije, muzeje, fundacije in seveda tiranje in video mapiranje. umetnike. In tako kot so nove tehnologije igrale in še Letošnja 18. izvedba festivala nosi naslov NO vedno igrajo nadvse pomembno vlogo pri MORE SILENCE (Brez tišine) in je pravzaprav razvoju človeka in resničnosti, kar dokazuje nadaljevanje preteklih uspešnih sezon, oziranje v preteklost in gledanju v prihodnost, imenovanih Prihodnost (Future), Krhkost se tudi festival ART STAYS ponuja kot vodnik (Fragile) in Naravnost (NaturAL(L)). na neraziskanem, avanturističnem popoto- vanju v svet zvoka, besed in tišine. NO MORE SILENCE je aktualno vodilo festivala ART STAYS, a hkrati tudi opozorilo, Že simbolična in znamenita kompozicija 4’ saj ponuja kritičen, mestoma dramatično 33” Johna Cagea iz leta 1952, kjer pianist s ironičen pristop do časa, v katerem živimo. Že pritiskom na preprosto tipko prostor prepusti pred časom začeta raziskava, ki temelji na hrupu iz ozadja in tako uprizori svojo lastno predpostavki, da moramo z najvišjo stopnjo poetiko za izboljšanje komunikacije med nujnosti prisluhniti ranljivosti našega sveta, če ljudmi, kot je to v White Paintings (Belih slikah) želimo preoblikovati prihodnost, in ki se je počel njegov prijatelj, slikar Rauschenberg, in danes znašla v nepričakovani, zlasti iz tišine v besedo ujel Thoreau, je ponujala razmislek sestavljeni in v času covida-19 redefinirani o tišini ne le kot prisotnosti, ki brez prisile fazi, se ozira na zvok, glasbo, besedo, usmerja pogled v določeno smer, temveč kot praznino, notranji in zunanji konflikt ter na priložnosti, da vidimo svet v njegovi lastni Festival I NO MORE SILENCE / BREZ TIŠINE ► 7 mobilnosti in nedosegljivosti. The Art Stays Contemporary art festival has been bringing the best that Slovenian and Udejstvovanja in razmisleki, ki se porajajo ob foreign contemporary artists have to offer to performansih, instalacijah in predstavljenih Ptuj since 2003, has featured a number of delih, ne pripeljejo zgolj do teoretične ravni promising young artists, as well as big names, delovanja zvoka, ampak predvsem k such as Ai Weiwei, Yoko Ono, Monira Al raziskovanju njegovega dejanskega vpliva na Qadiri, Gilbert & George, Jake & Dinos vsakdanje življenje in kako lahko zvok, Chapman… besede in glasbo na različne načine preobrazimo in poustvarimo v naravne ali It is one of the most important festivals of umetne elemente oziroma iz njih. contemporary fine art in Slovenia and in this part of Europe and has become a reference ART STAYS se še enkrat več občinstvu event for many international galleries, predstavlja kot platforma, ki v sebi združuje museums, foundations and of course artists. raznovrstne avtonomne identitete in oblike sodobne umetnosti. Letošnja izvedba je it has now reached its 18th edition with the sestavljena iz glavne razstave, ki bo gostovala theme NO MORE SILENCE, which in fact v Galeriji mesta Ptuj, in še iz sedmih razstav, follows the previous successful editions titled od katerih vsaka ponuja različne ideje za Future, Fragile, and NaturAL(L). dialog med razčlenjenimi perspektivami sveta umetnosti. Je polifonsko srečanje, pri katerem NO MORE SILENCE is not only the current sodelujejo umetniki iz različnih delov sveta in motto of the Festival ART STAYS, but also a kjer vsak protagonist predstavlja tipko, noto, warning, as it offers a critical, albeit barvo, inštrument, glas, aktivno obliko čustev, occasionally dramatically ironic approach to zaznavo prostora in časa ter komunikacijo, the times we live in. A research that began zgrajeno s pomočjo orodij, znanosti, narave some time ago from the premise that fragility in tehnologije, s tem pa osmislijo resničnost of the world needs to be addressed with utmost stvari. urgency in order to rethink our future, has now made an unexpected turn into a phase ART STAYS 2020. NO MORE SILENCE. consisting mostly of “silence”, redefining itself Berimo tišino, da lahko slišimo; in the time of COVID-19; it maintains a vision osvobodimo se vsega, da lahko spet to sound, music, words, emptiness, internal zaživimo in ponovno razmislimo o and external conflicts, as well as to man’s samih sebi in svetu. continuous desire to give voice to space, time, communication, and relationships. The articulated programme of this year’s festival involved all the main public and private historical, artistic, cultural, political, and social institutions in the historical city of Ptuj, as well as in surrounding Kidričevo and Majšperk 8 which are annually hosting collateral rary art are manifested. This year’s edition will multimedia and site-specific projects, and consist of a main exhibition, featured in the featured conferences, exhibitions, performan- Ptuj City Gallery, and of seven additional ces, art films, videos, installations, musical exhibitions, every one of which will offer experiments, and video mappings. different ideas for a dialogue between articulated perspectives of the world of art. A Just as new technologies had played and polyphonic appointment with the participation continue to play a fundamental role in the of artists from different parts of the world development of man and reality, as evidenced where each protagonist is a key, note, color, either retracing the past or looking towards the voice, an instrument, as well as an active form future, so too ART STAYS Festival offers itself as of emotions, spatial-temporal perceptions, a guide on a new and adventurous journey into communications built through tools, science, sound, words, and silence. nature, and technology, with the desire to give a meaning to the reality of things. John Cage’s emblematic and renowned composition 4’33” from 1952 where the ART STAYS 2020. NO MORE SILENCE. pianist merely pressed a button and then left Read the silence to listen, to liberate space to background noises, thus representing ourselves from everything so we can his own poetics for better communication start to live again and rethink ourselves between men, as translated into White and the world. Paintings by his painter friend Rauschenberg or indicated in words by Thoreau, already offered a reflection on silence that was no longer considered a mere presence that indicates, without forcing a gaze, towards a given direction; instead, it became an opportunity to show the world in its own mobility and elusiveness. Participations and reflections on performan- ces, installations, and works presented at the festival do not lead merely to a theoretical level of exploring the sound; more importantly, they try to discover its actual effects on everyday life and how sound, words, and music can be transformed or recreated in various ways from or into natural or artificial elements. ART STAYS once again presents itself to the public as a platform within which different autonomous identities and forms of contempo- 9 18. FESTIVAL SODOBNE UMETNOSTI ART STAYS 2020 18TH FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART ART STAYS 2020 Ptuj, Slovenija 16. julij - 19. september 2020 / July 16 - September 19, 2020 KUD ART STAYS Produkcija sodobne umetnosti / Contemporary Art Production Umetniški vodja / Art Director: Jernej Forbici Kreativni vodja / Creative Director: Marika Vicari Organizacijski odbor / Organizing Board: Jernej Forbici, Marika Vicari, Tina Baštevc, Vladimir Forbici, Rok Golob, Doroteja Kotnik, Dušan Fišer, Sanja Selinšek, Anja Potočnik, Ana Murko Koordinatorka / Coordinator: Tina Baštevc Strokovna vodstva in koordinacija razstavišč / Guided tours and venues coordination: Doroteja Kotnik Tehnična koordinacija / Technical coordination: