Panic box! Gotova animacija :) / Panic box! Animation is ready :)

Nemanja je završio animaciju  i pokazuje nam na laptopu.  Sad već možemo tačno da zamislimo kako će cela instalacija da izgleda.  Po ko zna koji put merimo dimenzije drvene kutije u kojoj će se projektovati animacija.  U merenju i biranju materjala nam pomaže Tijana dokumentarista Tima 5 jer smo svi, zapravo, deo jednog velikog tima.  :) Kako to obično biva dok rešavamo jednu stvar, otvaraju se nove nedoumice koje nas muče, pa ipak tu je cela ekipa da pomogne i posavetuje. Razmišljamo šta ćemo ako bude padala kiša -  kako pričvrstiti konstrukciju za kamion?  Kako ne bismo lupali glavu, ja idem kod majstora po savet, a Nemanja i Amalija ostaju da pričaju o kustoskom tekstu.  ,,Panic box'' je ime dela, ali nema panike dok je timskog rada. :) 

Nemanja nam pokazuje animaciju

Ukrali smo dokumentaristu iz Tima 5. (s leva na desno) Tanja, Nemanja, Tijana

Amalija i Nemanja pričaju o kustoskom tekstu

Pomoć prijatelja 2.deo Amalija, Andrej, Nemanja

 Nemanja has finished the animation, and now he is showing  it to us on the laptop. While we are watching the animation, we can imagine how the entire installation would look like.  For the umpteenth time, we measure the dimensions of the wooden boxes in which it will be projected animation. In choosing the material of the box and in measuring the sides of it, helps us Tijana, documentarist of Team 5. After all, we are all part of one big team. :) As it usually happens, while we are resolving one thing, new concern came up, but there is a entire team to help and to advise us. We are considering what are we going to do if it rains and how to fix the construction for the truck? To make the whole thing easier, I'm going to find the artisan to give us advice, and Nemanja and Amalija remains to talk about the curatorial text. ‘’ Panic box'' is name of the artwork, but there is no panic while there is a teamwork. :)

Subota popodne u Mikser House-u, Amalija,Tanja i Nemanja_online / Saturday afternoon in the Mikser House, Amalija, Tanja and Nemanja_online

Prošlo je samo par dana od poslednjeg susreta; tek je 11. maj, a tempo rada je sve intezivniji. Našla sam se sa Amalijom u Mikser House-u. Naše dogovore Nemanja prati preko telefona i skajpa. On uveliko radi na animaciji i šalje nam fotke kako to izgleda. Amalija i ja pričamo o radu, gledamo scenu iz ,,Ptica'' i ponovo proživljavamo traumu najstrašnijeg horor filma iz detinjstva, sve za umetnost! :)  Sad se već razvijaju i ideje za pisanje teksta o radu. Ipak dok o ovome sa uživanjem ćaskamo uz kafu, čeka nas i onaj ,,fizički'' posao koji podrazumeva sastavljanje budžeta i proučavanje materjala za konstrukciju putem interneta. Zapisujemo mere kamiona i proklinjemo sve propuštene časove matematike dok se mučimo da izračunamo razmere za konstrukciju. Uz pomoć prijatelja i digitrona dolazimo polako do rešenja. Biće tu još dosta posla, ali za jednu subotu je bilo dovoljno, opuštajuće i produktivno!

                

Amalija, radna subota u Mikser House-u

                                     

Nemanjine fotografije animacije

It’s been a few days since the last meeting; It is 11th of May and the work tempo is getting more intensive. I met with Amalia in a Mikser House. Our plans Nemanja follows by phone and Skype. He is already working on the animation and he is sending us the photos how it looks like. Amaljia and I talk about Nemanja’s work, looking at a scene from Hitchcock’s film'' The Bird'' and re-experiencing trauma of the most frightening horror film from our childhood, all in the service of art! :) Now we are already beginning to develop ideas for the text about animation. However, while we are doing this part of the job, we’re enjoying and chatting over coffee, but we also have to do the one,’’physical work’’ that involves budget formulation and research materials for construction. We are writing down measures of trucks and we are cursing all missed math classes while we are struggling to calculate the proportions of the structure. With the help of friends and calculators we slowly came to a solution. There will be a lot of work, but for this sunny Saturday it was enough, relaxing and productive!

 

Počeci druženja tima br. 2 / The beginnings of team ‘’ No.2’’

Nakon prvog sastanka sa svim timovima koji se održao 29. aprila u Mikser House-u, članovi tima broj 2 koji čine umetnik Nemanja Nikolić, kustoskinja Amalija Stojsavljević i saradnica kustosa/dokumentarista Tanja Đorđevic, odnosno ja. Još uvek pod euforijom od prethodnog sastanka gde smo čuli ideje svih timova, nastavili smo druženje u galeriji U10 gde Nemanja radi. Kako to već obično biva pri svakom upoznavanju, dok smo povezali ko koga sve poznaje i ko je gde radio, postajalo je sve jasnije da će tim funkcionisati opušteno i bez tenzije. Nemanja nas je upoznavao sa svojom idejom za Mikser. U pitanju je  animacija inspirisana scenom iz filma ,,Ptice’’ Alfreda Hičkoka, konkretno –  scenom sa glavnom junakinjom u govornici. Zaintresovane ovom temom Amalija i ja smo ga maltretirale sa gomilom pitanja u vezi sa radom. Nemanja je strpljivo odgovarao, iako je bilo vrlo jasno da smo mu se popele na glavu, stoga, mala oda Nemanji na stprljenju. :)

Nakon završetka prolećnih praznika naš tim se 6. maja ponovo okupio u Mikser House-u. Raspoloženi i entuzijastični članovi tima su se nakon kraćeg odmora ozbiljnije posvetili projektu. Razmatrali smo i osmišljavali šta nam je sve potrebno za izložbu. Kao što i svaki iole dobar plan mora da se najpre formuliše, i mi smo proces izložbe postavili na papir. Amalija i ja smo pisale, a Nemanja je shodno svom interesovanju, naravno, crtao :) Došli smo do zaključka da kamion mora da se pokrije i da se napravi konstrukcija poput cirade za kamion koja će sama po sebi praktično dati iluziju telefonske govornice. Popisivali smo potrebni materijal, a kasnije davali ideje kako bismo mogli to da nabavimo. Od početne tačke na papiru, kada je sve još uvek izgledalo teško izvodljivo, do druge kafe u već radnoj atmosferi Mikser House-a uspeli smo da pronađemo veliki broj rešenja.

  Nemanjin crtež, skica postavke rada na kamion

Nemanja i Amalija

                                                          Obilazak lokacija kamiona 

Kako bismo lakše vizuelno zamislili celu postavku, došli smo na ideju da obiđemo lokacije gde će biti smešteni kamioni. Podstaknuti entuzijazmom, a i velikim brojem ideja, sve lakše smo nalazili rešenja za nedoumice koje su nas u pocetku kočile. Počeli smo da radimo i stvaramo kao tim, sve nestrpljiviji da realizujemo rad :)

Following the first meeting with all the teams which was held  29.04.2013 in MixerHouse, members of team ‘’No 2’’ which consists of Nemanja Nikolic (artist), Amalija Stojsavljević (curator) and  Tanja Djordjevic, myself(associate curator / documentary), still under the euphoria of the previous meeting where we heard the ideas of all teams, we  continued to socialize in the gallery ‘’U 10’’, where Nemanja is working. As it is usually the case when we first meet somebody, we talked about who knows the same people and we exchanged our previous experiences, and it soon became increasingly clear that the team would operate in a relaxed and tension-free atmosphere. Nemanja told us about his idea for the Mixer festival. It is an animation inspired by a scene from the film, ''The Birds'' by Alfred Hitchcock, particularly the scene with the main character in a phone booth. Amalija and I took great interest in this issue, tortured him with a bunch of questions about the work, to which Nemanja patiently answered, even though it was very clear that we tired him, so we wish to thank him for his unbelievable patience :)

After the end of spring break,on the 6^th of  May, our team was brought together again in the ambient of Mixer House. After a short break, full of enthusiasm and in high spirits, team members became more serious  and committed to the project. We considered all the things needed for the project. Since every good plan needs to be precisely brainstormed, we put the whole process  on paper. Amalija and I wrote, and Nemanja , of course, drew:) We came to the conclusion that the truck has to be covered and that we need to create structures such as tarpaulins for trucks, which itself will practically give the illusion of a phone booth. We decided on the necessary material s, and then we talked about ways of getting them. Although it all seemed hardly possible at the starting point, after only a few hours, in the working atmosphere of  Mixer House, we managed to find great number of solutions.

In order  to visualize  the entire setting, we came to the idea to visit the locations where trucks  would be located . Inspired and motivated, we  easily found solutions to dilemmas that initially held us back . We started to work  and create as a team,  excited and impatient to implement the project :)

Prvi susret tima 3 / The first meeting of the Team 3

Nekoliko dana posle prvog zvaničnog susreta svih timova u Mikser house-u 29. aprila , tim 3, koga čine umetnica (snimateljka, direktorka fotografije) Bojana Andrić, kustoskinja Kristina Grebenar i ja, saradnica kustoskinje Anđela Milinković, se našao u jednom foto-studiu u 

 Zemunu, da se malo bolje upozna i da započne uobličavanje inicijalnog Bojaninog koncepta.

                                                                       Bojana i Kristina

                                                                           Bojana

Prvi susret, kao što i dolikuje, je prošao manje radno a više opušteno. Kristina i ja smo se našle ispred Madlenianuma, i zajedno otišle do Bojaninog studia „Omnibus”.

Studio se nalazi u živopisnoj zemunskoj uličici, sa pogledom na kej. Unutra ima million čuda, gomila nekih kamera, reflektora, presa, mračna komora, instrumenti… pravi kreativni haos.

Pošto smo Kristina i ja ispipale sve te zanimljive stvari, i usput zapitkivale Bojanu čemu ovo ili ono služi, sele smo sve tri da porazgovaramo o dva Bojanina koncepta koja je imala u vidu za predstojeću izložbu. 

Jedan bi se bavio čuvarkućama u Savamaloj, a drugi bi bio transformisanje kamiona u kameru opskuru. Obe ideje su nam, svaka na svoj način bile zanimljive, ali je i Bojani, i Kristini i meni, koncept velike kamere opskure postavljene u Savamaloj bio daleko intrigantniji i veći izazov. 

Pričale smo neko vreme o mogućoj realizaciji tog koncepta, javila su se neka pitanja o tehničkim aspektima te realizacije, zabeležile smo neke najvažnije dileme koje se tiču ovog projekta, a na kraju smo čak i među sobom raspodelile prve obaveze.

Trebalo je napraviti tačan matematički proračun na osnovu koga bi kamera opskura bila funkcionalna, i taj deo posla čekao je Bojanu. Kristina i ja smo u sledećih par dana bile zadužene da napišemo kratak info ovog rada tj. najavu za novinare i da po Bojaninom javljanju tačnih proračuna, krenemo dalje putem realizacije projekta.

Krenulo je super zanimljivo i opušteno, a bogami i aktivno!

 

A few days after the first official meeting of all teams in Mixer house on 29 of April, a team number 3, consisting of artist (director of photography) Bojana Andric, curator Kristina Grebenar, and I, associate curator Andjela Milinkovic, was in a photo-studio in
 Zemun, where we got together to meet each other a little bit more and to start shaping the initial Bojana`s concept for the exibition.
The first meeting, as it should be, was more relaxed then hard-working. Kristina and I met each other in front of Madlenianum and together we went to Bojana`s “Omnibus” studio.

The studio is located in a picturesque alley of Zemun, overlooking the quay. The studio was full of wonders, lying around there were a bunch of cameras, lights, presses, one darkroom, instruments ... and so on… a real creative chaos.
Kristina and I kept asking Bojana what this or that thing is used for, and after we satisfied our curiosity, all three of us started to discuss two concepts that Bojana had in mind for the upcoming exhibition.
One of two concepts deals with guard-houses in Savamala and the other concept would be to transform the truck into a camera obscura. Both ideas sounded great to us, but Bojana, Kristina and I, finally decided that the concept of a large camera obscura installed in Savamala was far more intriguing and challenging.

We talked for some time about a possible implementation of this concept, there have been some questions about the technical aspects of the implementation, we have written down some of the most important dilemmas relating to this project, and in the end we even have split some assignments among us.
We had to have an exact mathematical calculation based on which the camera obscura was to be functional, and that part of the job was waiting for Bojana. Kristina and I in the next few days were in charge to write the brief info of this work, that is , a short announcement for the press and to the emergence of Bojana`s accurate calculation, we were about to continue with the process of project realization.
Project started in a super interesting and relaxed way, but also in a very active one!

Proces rada i okvir i format izložbe / Work in progress and planned format of the exhibition

KUSTOSIRANJE: DOŽIVLJAJ U POKRETU, Mikser festival 28.05- 02.06.2013.

Planirani format i okvir izložbe:

• Formirano je 6 timova čiji je zadatak da oblikuju umetnički autonoman rad, koji istovremeno komunicira sa drugim radovima kako bi se kroz njihovu objedinjenost postigao jedinstven koncept, prepoznatljiv po svojoj raznolikosti.
• Ključne reči: mobilnost, tranzitnost, promena, fluktuacija, transport...
• Karakter radova: Svi radovi ce biti "mobilni"- 5 timova će radove instalirati na kamionete (male i veće) Gradske čistoće, dok će 6. tim postaviti fiksiran rad (čija je pojavnost, ipak, vrlo "pokretljiva")
• Svaki tim čine: umetnik/ ca, kustos/ kinja, i dokumentarista/ kinja. Pozicija svakog je jasno definisana, i istovremeno su svi upućeni na neophodnost međusobne komunikacije i saradnje, u okviru pojedinačnog tima, ali i uzajamno, kroz među- timsku saradnju. U tom smislu, najvažniji pojam ovako postavljenog timskog rada jeste odgovornost. Sledstveni pojmovi su: transparentnost rada (umesto mistifikacije "stvaralačkog procesa"), share kultura (umesto "autorskog stava"), participativnost i interakcija sa publikom (umesto distance, najčešće bazirane na uzajamnom nepoznavanju).
• Podela uloga: Umetnik/ ca i kustos/ kinja razvijaju ideju rada, traže najbolji način za realizaciju. Umetnik predlaže osnovnu zamisao i medij, a kustos pronalazi kontekst, predlaže prezentativnost i komunikacione tehnike; zajednički stvaraju jednu kompaktnu, argumentovanu priču. Zadatak dokumentariste/ žurnaliste je da svakodnevno prati kreativni proces, zapaža i beleži (tekstualno i fotografski) kreativni razvoj celokupnog rada. U toku jednog dana (po potrebi i više puta dnevno), svaki dokumentarista će dvojezično (srp/ eng) u vidu blog-forme izveštavati o "razvoju situacije" u svom timu (o rešenjima do kojih dolaze, načinima realizacije, mogućim obrtima...), tokom pripremnog perioda (do 28.5, kada je Otvaranje MF), ali i tokom trajanja festivala. Ovaj žurnalisticki posao počinje najkasnije za 7 dana.
• O radovima: Svaki rad će biti (osim jednog, ranije pomenutog) tokom trajanja izložbe istovremeno i konačan, fiksiran na podlogu (kao svojevrstan "postament"), ali i promenjljiv, odnosno pokretan. Izložba KUSTOSIRANJE: DOŽIVLJAJ U POKRETU biće svakodnevno drugačije instalirana u prostoru Savamale čiji će radovi ostajati u međusobnoj komunikabilnosti koji čini važnu konstantu i karakteristiku ovog dinamičnog projekta.
• O postavci: Svakog dana festivala, izložba će biti postavljana u periodu 17- 17.45h, a javna vođenja će biti utvrđena uvek u isto vreme. Kroz izložbu će voditi jedan od timova (6 dana, 6 timova), a sam raspored radova će biti drugačiji. Radno vreme izložbe je od 18 do 04h.
• "Peripatetički program" - prateći program će se odvijati "u hodu", bitno različit od pretežno "kamerne situacije", koja dominira u ovakvim prilikama. Neke tribine, koje pripremamo, ipak, održavaće se u zatvorenom prostoru usled tehničkih razloga.

Direktori  umetničkog/ vizuelnog programa Mikser festivala 2013:

Andrej Bereta i Srđan Tunić,

kustosi- istoričari umetnosti,

autori projekta Kustosiranje/ About and around curating

*Originalna objava: http://kustosiranje.blogspot.com/2013/05/kustosiranje-dozivljaj-u-pokretu-mikser.html

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ABOUT AND AROUND CURATING: THRILL IN MOVEMENT, Mikser festival 28.05. – 02.06.2013

Planned format of the exhibition:

• Six teams were formed with a clear assignment to realise a new artistic work, both autonomous and in correlation with others, developing a joint and recognisable artistic concept.
• Key words: mobility, transit, change, fluctuation, transport.
• Artworks general info: all works will be mobile – 5 teams will have their works installed on mini trucks, while the 6^th team will set a fixed work (while having a clear element of movement).
• Each team consists of: an artist, a curator and a curatorial associate/documentary. Their roles are clearly defined, by the requirements of mutual communication and cooperation, as part of each specific team and inter-team work. Having that in mind, the most important intention of this team working is – responsibility. The focus is on: the transparency of work (instead of mystification of the “creative process”), share culture (instead of “author attitude”), participation and interaction with audience (instead of distance, based on mutual ignorance).
• Roles: Artist and curator are in charge of developing the idea and the best possible way of artistic production. The artist presents the basic concept and technique, while the curator defines the context, suggests the presentation and ways of communication; together, they are creating a compact and argumented narrative. The curatorial associate is in charge to track the creative process, like a journalist, by text and photo posts, documenting the whole artistic process. On daily bases, every associate will be publishing a blog post (in both Serbian and English), tracking development and key challenges in his/her own team, during preparatory period (till 27^th May) and during the festival (28^th May – 2^nd June). This journalistic process starts next week.
• On artworks: all artworks (except for one, previously mentioned) will be fixed on basis (trucks), but also mobile. Every day of Mikser festival, About and around curating: thrill in movement visual artistic programme will be installed on different locations in Savamala district streets, while the mutual communication of artworks will be pointed out as important element of the exhibition setting.
• On exhibition setting: during the festival, each day the exhibition will be installed at 17- 17.45h. Public guidanes will take place each day, by one of six teams, in same announced time. The exhibition will be opened from 28^th May till 2^nd June with working hours 18 – 04h.
• "Peripatetic programme": the accompanying programme will be consisted of walking events, different from chamber and static format, usually associated with this kind of activities. Several panel-discussions would be held in closed space (Mikser House).

Directors of visual artistic programme of Mikser festival 2013:

Andrej Bereta and Srđan Tunić,

curators-art historians,

authors of the project Kustosiranje/ About and around curating

*Original post: http://aboutandaroundcurating.blogspot.com/2013/05/about-and-around-curating-thrill-in_9.html