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31/3/2015

Damir Ocko

Gallery Photon, Ljubljana

A solo exhibition of Zagreb based artist Damir Očko displays two of his recent films: SPRING and We Saw Nothing But The Uniform Blue Of The Sky. Both films connect elements of cinematic language, sound compositions, music scores, and poetry on different associative levels into an indivisible whole whose motifs are based on profound examination of boundaries of man's mental perception and of physical limits of the human body.

In his artistic practice Očko, who has been selected to represent Croatia at the 56th Venice Biennial (2015), touches on the significant issues of intimate and collective realities of the present by exploring the limits and resilience of the human body thereby subtly dealing with a range of contemporary socio-political topics. His works are usually positioned in the open field between poetic (in its visual form) and socially conscious (in its substance) approaches. If the former is reflected in his carefully assessed and refined use of cinematic language, complex poetry and experimental sound compositions, then the latter i.e. the substantive component of the works, is usually hidden in the undertones and metaphors opening up questions about the place of an individual within a society, about social molds and expectations, about constrains and fetters.

Damir Očko (1977) is one of the most renown and critically acclaimed Croatian artist of his generation. His videos, films, poetry and works on paper have been exhibited in a number of prominent institutions and festivals around the world. His works embody a latent form of violence and intertwine elements that rightly and poetically translate the social constraints imposed upon our bodies, evoking moments of passage and zones of transition. He lives and works in Zagreb.

image: Damir Očko

Opening: wednesday 1 April 2015 8pm

Gallery Photon
Trg prekomorskih brigad 1 386
Ljubljana

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