Themed guided tour and talk / The Old Sanatorium and Art
Participants: Jure Kirbiš, Vid Koprivšek, Markus Waitschacher
For this themed tour and lunchtime talk, EKO 9’s artistic director Jure Kirbiš is joined by his artistic advisor Markus Waitschacher and artist Vid Koprivšek. The topic of the talk will be installations linked to the premises of the old sanatorium, where the ninth edition of the EKO Triennial is taking place. The old sanatorium is characterised by its collective memory and modernist architectural design. Some of the artists in the exhibition Eyes in the Stone respond to the character of the spaces, others use objects found in the space, and still others refer to the history of the sanatorium.
Markus Waitschacher will highlight the work of the artist Edith Payer, his multiple collaborator, especially her Portrait Gallery (2024), where the artist’s collection of pareidolia is placed in dialogue with the silhouette of a girl’s head discovered in the space. Vid Koprivšek will present his project Tir/Track (2024) in a former darkroom for developing X-rays, where he has placed a spatial installation that uses elements of space, and where the space is also depicted in a video that is part of the installation. Jure Kirbiš will also highlight some of the projects by other artists in the exhibition and present the principle of discovering and occupying new/old environments in the city at the EKO Triennial.
The thematic guided tour and discussion will be held in English.
