Mirjana Batinić "Fiction and loss"

Fiction and loss (2011), an interactive audio-visual installation; about distorted perception, subtle layers of life which we often fail to notice, about the presence of people at a particular space at different times, deconstruction and fear, about feelings and beliefs.
The installation is set in a narrow, long and dark hallway. The audio-visual material is projected along the entire space, but since it is hidden, it is possible to experience (hear and see) it only by interacting with it – by moving through the dark hallway it is when the part closest to the visitor is revealed.
The visual material consists of a black and white video, visible only through an irregularly circle shaped opening which follows the visitor with minimum delay and which may, in a particular moment, unexpectedly shift to the other end of the screen.
The piece is intended for one visitor at a time in order to allow for a level of intimacy with the piece.

Production: Ljudmila – Ljubljana Digital Media Lab
Credits: Mirjana Batinić (artist), Ida Hiršenfelder (consulting), Robertina Šebjanič (consulting, coordination), Zoran Obradović (code and DIY hardware) and Stevan Simić (DIY hardware).
Special thanks: Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana; Aksioma Project space, Ljubljana; Luka Frelih

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Batinić, Mirjana (1977, Split) is currently finishing her postgraduate studies at the Department of Video and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. This is her eighteenth solo exhibition to date (Berlin, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Split, Klagenfurt...) and she has taken part at numerous group exhibitions, workshops and contemporary art festivals. She represented Croatia twice on the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean. She was a member of the FreeNetWorld International Film Festival jury in 2011.

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Mochvara Gallery, May 2012
www.mochvara.hr/ galerija-mochvara, www.kontejner.org
mochvara@urk.hr, kontejner@kontejner.org

organizers: Culture Development Association "URK" + Mochvara Club & KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis
concept: KONTEJNER
curators of Mochvara Gallery: KONTEJNER | Ena Hodžić, Ivana Jelača & Tereza Teklić
technical director: Matija Jelić
design: Slobodan Alavanja
public relations: Danijel Badanjak & Ena Hodžić

The programme is executed in collaboration with Pogon – Zagreb Centre for Independent Culture and Youth

supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb City Office for Education, Culture and Sport, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, City Council of Ljubljana

media partners: h-alter, kulturpunkt.hr, idem van, port.hr