Uncertain grounds (2023)
video & sound installation
stop motion, print on fabric, TV screens, speakers….
Music: Ivan Tomašević
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Obrazstavno besedilo:
“V delu je avtorica črpala iz zgodovine raziskovanja in arhiviranja tega naravno izgrajenega prostora od 18. in 19. stoletja dalje, ko je jama prenehala biti povezovana s krščanskim podzemljem. Jama je v osnovi človeku neprijazen naravni prostor, istočasno pa prostor, ki mu je v polni meri čutno dostopen zgolj preko različnih vizualizacij, meritev in arhaičnih postopkov odrivanja oblike (metanja kamna za merjenje globine, poslušanja in opazovanja toka vode itd.), zaradi česar so od omenjenega obdobja jame tudi postale predmet fascinacije, pospešenega odkrivanja in udomačevanja, na primer urejanja poti ali umeščanja zgradb in vlakov vanje. Poseben primer je znotraj lokalnega prostora tudi Lippertova jama, ki jo je leta 1886 odkril Vilijem Putick v procesu preučevanja ponikajočih voda v bližini Planinskega polja, a je po tem odkritju – kljub kontinuiranem iskanju – niso več nikoli uspeli najti, zaradi česar so se zgodbe o njej premestile na mejo z izmišljenim. Kljub vključevanju dokumentarnega gradiva, Uncertain grounds ne poskuša rekonstruirati nobene konkretne jame, ampak razpira različne vidike doživljanja tega specifičnega prostora z lastnimi formalnimi in materialnimi lastnostmi, kjer se dokumentarno in faktično neprestano prepletata z domišljijskim. ”
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Full exhibition text here
“The work draws on the history of the exploration and archiving of this naturally constructed space from the 18th and 19th centuries onwards, when the cave ceased to be associated with the Christian underworld. The cave is a fundamentally inhospitable natural space for majority of living beings, but at the same time a space that is only fully sensually accessible to a human through various visualizations, measurements and archaic processes of subtraction of form (throwing stones to measure depth, listening and observing the flow of water, etc.). The latter is also the rea- son why, since this very period, caves also became an object of fascination, accelerated discovery and domestication, for example, by laying out paths or placing buildings and trains in them. A special case within the local area is the Lippert Cave, which was discovered in 1886 by Vilijem Putick in the process of studying the subsiding waters near Planinsko Polje, but after its discovery – despite continuous searches – was never found again, which shifted the stories about it to the borderline of the fictional. Despite the inclusion of documentary material, Uncertain Grounds does not attempt to reconstruct any specific cave, but rather unpacks the different aspects of experiencing this specific space with its own formal and material characteristics, where the documentary and the factual are constantly intertwined with the imaginary.”
(text: Kaja Kraner, Exhibition curators: Miha Vipotnik, Kaja Kraner in Lucija Smodiš)
