Mirjana Rukavina & Sebastian Sauer / SEDUCTION

MIRJANA RUKAVINA & SEBASTIAN SAUER
SEDUCTION - Seduced by Uncertain Knowledge

"θηρῶν ἁπάντων ἀγριωτέρα γυνή /
inter feras fera nulla ferior muliere"
(Menandros Monosticha, 248)

Exhibition opening: Thursday, 17th of September 2009, 20.00
New Moment Ideas Gallery, Hilandarska 14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Production: Association for Culture and Education KIBLA, Space for Art KiBela, Maribor, Slovenia
Executive producer: Dejan Pestotnik
Curator: Maja Vuksanović
Sound editing: Dino Schreilechner

Seduction emerges from the combination of “uncovered” and “covered” visual material: “available light” photography and selected poetry of the Ancient Greek philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon written in hexameter.

Instead of a direct translation of timeless verses, which would demolish the poetry, the Ancient Greek was interpreted as spoken-word sound collage considering ancient particularities by the well-known Greek Opera Singer Zinovia-Maria Zafeiriadou, who lives and works in Slovenia and Greece.

The Exhibition forms a symbiosis between ancient fragments and contemporary photography. Professional models entice us (among them Sanela Vukalić, Slovenian Playboy Playmate of The Year 2009) in their personal, intimate moments, while anonymous girls charm us with their mystified beauty and hidden intrigues.

Seduction both locates and dislocates. We are caressed as much as we are confronted. The historical blends into the actual, facts encode into fiction, and the glamorous romances with anti-glamour.

MIRJANA RUKAVINA (1969, Maribor, Slovenia)
Studied of graphic design and painting at Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Specializes in photography, performance, video and media art. Since 2005 her focus is on fashion and art photography. Working with different fashion and life-style magazines. Author of art projects which deal with the fashion and it’s industry. Since 2006 ongoing collaboration with Sebastian Sauer.

SEBASTIAN SAUER (1982, Vienna, Austria)
Studies in Physics at the Univeristy of Vienna. Co-founded Funkfeuer (0xFF, an openaccess WiFi mesh network) and the hacker-space Metalab.AT.

Exhibitions (selection):
2009
    Poletje/Summer Umetnostna Galerija Maribor / UGM Maribor, Slovenia
Subjekt als Körper im Raum Ve.Sch Vienna, Austria

2008
    Neon-Future of Light&Glamour//Test Galerija Odprti Atelje Maribor, Slovenia

2007
    Touch Me Not Month of Photography 07 Ljubljana, Slovenia

2006
     Miss/Fit Museumsquartier Vienna, Austria

2004
     Beauty Archives 2002-2004 Kunsthalle Exnergasse WUK Vienna, Austria

2001
      Compilation Umetnostna Galerija Maribor / UGM Maribor, Slovenia
       Sollbruchstellen UNIKUM Klagenfurt / Celovec, Austria
       Central Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen, Germany
       Care Treatment Synagogue-Center for Contemporary Art Trnava, Slovakia

2000
       Very Private Gallery of Fine Arts Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
       KunstRaumMitteleuropa Palais Harrach & Siemens artLAB Vienna, Austria

1999
       Milwaukee KIBLA Multimedia Center Maribor, Slovenia
       SIQ 1999 Kunsthalle Exnergasse WUK Vienna, Austria

video screenings:
2003
        Zero Visibility Festival of Electronic and Arts, Vilnius, Rome & Ljubljana
        Frame Finnish Fund for Art Exchange Helsinki, Finland
        Kyoto Biennale Goethe Institute Kyoto, Japan
        Alternative Video Film Festival Beograd, Serbia
2002
       The 6th Element Latvian Center for Contemporary Art Riga, Latvia
       Vidarte Festival Internacional de Video y Artes Electrónicas, Mexico City, Mexica

documentary film :
2004
        Carmina 37min documenting the life of the renowned Carmina Slovenica Choir
           Producer: Blok Film

2002
        Terminal monthly TV-show exploring audio-visual culture & digital media art
         Producer: RTV Slovenija

        Erlauf erinnert sich ... 20min
        Producer: NÖ Kultur

lectures:
2008
       Collection, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor, Slovenia

2004
        Beauty Archives, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor, Slovenia

art happenings:
2008
Waste to Dress in cooperation with Tagwerk (Caritas Graz) & MMC Kibla

symposiums:
Nah-Sehen / Fern-Sehen
Differenz und Diversität des Televisuellen heute

Kunstuniversität Linz, 14.-15. November 2008
http://matrix.servus.at/

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ORF Oe1 Radio
Matrix, Sonntag, 29. April 2007, 22:30 Uhr

http://futurezone.orf.at/tipps/stories/189193/
http://oe1.orf.at/highlights/101938.html

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[d]vision2002 digitalBIEDERMEIER: re/producing the private
WUK | 27.11. – 1.12.2002

Zwischen Datmining und Datenschutz (Panel-Diskussion)
30.11.2002

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LinuxDays 20+21 Juni 2001
St. Pölten, VAZ (Veranstaltungszentrum)

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1st AT Linux Installfest 27.08.1999
Siemens Forum / FutureZone Wien
http://www.quintessenz.at/d/000100000781

Exhibition is on display until 7 October 2009.

Special thanks to New Moment Ideas Gallery from Belgrade and Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (BMUKK).