EKO 9 guided tour of the exhibition Eyes in the Stone
You are invited to a guided tour of the main exhibition of the Triennial of Art and the Environment EKO 9, entitled Eyes in the Stone, which opened in May in the old sanatorium of Dr Černič at Tyrševa 19. You will be guided through the exhibition by the project manager of EKO 9, Živa Kleindienst, on Saturday, 13 July 2024, at 11:00.
With the exhibition Eyes in the Stone, we give power to the primary emotion of fear to jolt us from our numbness to seemingly failing warnings of science. The artists in the exhibition respond in form and narrative to the threatening atmosphere in nature and culture. In the new venue of the EKO Triennial – the old sanatorium of Dr Mirko Černić in the centre of Maribor – we present artworks which through use of shock, a sense of dread, disquiet and despondency, as well as critical reflection, offer a chance at catharsis in the face of environmental collapse. The old sanatorium, a modernist villa and its surrounding garden, becomes a metaphor for home. If we think of Earth as our home, then this is a house that is haunted. Freak weather events, mass extinctions, fires and floods, earthquakes, it’s as if the planet is waging revenge on its inhabitants. When moving out of this house or an exorcism is not an option, we must learn to dwell with these restless spirits. We enter this haunted house, this planet terror in order to understand and to make peace with the troubled spirits our presence on Earth has awakened. Come with us. If you dare.
The guided tour is free of charge on payment of the entrance fee.
