Curated by ETC. Magazine with guest curator Lara Reichmann
15.11.2023 - 31.01.2024
Artists:
Dan Adlešič
The group exhibition Fever Dream explores all the ways in which the feelings of anxiety, disorientation, discomfort, and disbelief culminate in artistic projects by uncanny depictions of the everyday. Through a variety of media and spatial installations, the artistic projects in the exhibition highlight the bizarreness of our everyday lives, questioning various forms of commodification and our desire to influence situations that seem impossible to control. Artists Dan Adlešič, Maruša Uhan, Līga Spunde, Nikolá Balberčaková & Marketa Slana are frequently employing stories and fictional narratives to make sense of the zeitgeist and exploring whether they can be used to reflect the time we live in.
The exhibition is part of the international exhibition cycle that accompanies the second issue of the ETC. magazine. ETC. is an annual magazine, dedicated to showcasing current artistic production from the Baltic to the Balkans. The magazine is designed to bring together artists, curators, writers, and publishers who work in the field of contemporary art. As the magazine is focused on a different social/environmental/political issue in each publication, it is designed to be a platform for diverse voices and opinions from all over Europe, contributing to a wider understanding of a certain issue and the recontextualisation of a border-defined narrative. Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, its goal is to promote emerging artists, initiate a dialogue, inspire collaborations, and challenge set views.
The exhibition is also included in the curated program of Vienna Art Week.
Program:
November 29, 6 pm
Curators Tour with ETC and Lara Reichmann
January 31, 2024, 7 pm
We are closing the exhibition Fever Dream with an artist talk by Nikola Balberčáková & Markéta Slaná, Līga Spunde and Maruša Uhan. Moderated by the show's co-curators Ajda Ana Kocutar and Lara Mejač, the artists will shed light on their works as they relate to their respective artistic practices as well as to the questions posed by the exhibition such as the bizarreness of our everyday lives, questioning various forms of commodification and our desire to influence situations that seem impossible to control.
Supported by:
The work by Dan Adlešič was produced by Aksioma | Institute for Contemporary Art in the framework of the U30+ production programme for supporting young artists (2017, Ljubljana).
Photos by Milos Vucicevic