…The images of neglect and the attributes of industrial civilisation, the pictures of the core of the first five-year plan reveal to me something else, a time which has entered the memory. And which can only be reached through dreams or art. I can see Trbovlje as the destination of all expeditions, as the constant flow of light, a Trbovlje which to us seemed endlessly vast and limitless. A Trbovlje without the feeling of claustrophobia, a Trbovlje existing in the sky of our childhood. A Trbovlje one cannot imagine featuring in the title of a novel – A Black Valley – but rather in another title – How Green Was My Valley. And this strong and clear vision is ensured by Živkovič’s photographs, with great persuasion reminding me of the verse I recently came across. I do not remember the name of the poet. The verse goes something like this: “Whoever has not smeared himself with mud / Cannot hope to reach the sky.” (Uroš Zupan)
Author: Antonio Živkovič Publisher: Self-published Year: 1999 Softcover, 30 pages 800 copies Language: english, slovene Dimensions: 30 x 24 cm ISBN: 961-6302-41-8-
In August 2015, the musical group Laibach traveled to North Korea to perform at two consecutive concerts in Pyongyang as a part of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula. A Norwegian film director, activist, and artist Morten Traavik made a documentary film on the groups’ visit entitled Liberation Day, which premiered at the beginning of 2017. Both the tour and the filming process produced a large number of additional photographs, of both documentary and artistic nature, a selection of which is presented in this catalogue. Author / editor: Dejan Sluga Publisher: Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography Year: 2018 Language: English, Slovene Dimensions: 24 x 20 cm ISBN: 978-961-92744-8-4 -
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Moderne galerija, Ljubljana, June 30-Sept. 25, 2005. The first wholesome view of the photographer's life and his productive, rich body of work from the sixties and seventies, which places him firmly amongst the pioneers of journalist photography in Slovenia. Author of Photographs: Leon Dolinšek Texts: mag. Lara Štrumej, Polde Bibič, Zdenka Badovinac Publisher: MG Year: 2005 paperback, 86 pages Language: english, slovene Dimensions: 22 x 27 cm ISBN: 961-206-044-4 -
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SALE!The Red Poppy Fields project aims to reflect on turbulent European history and causal relationship between ideology and economy, politics and war. It is examining causes and consequences for/of the World War I and its broader social, political and economic implications. Focusing on the photographic medium the curators and artists are presenting different views and draw parallels between past and present. The project brought together partners from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Associated curators: Michaela Bosakova (Bratislava), Katarzyna Majak (Warszaw) and Gabriella Uhl (Budapest). Curators: Dejan Sluga, Miha Colner Editors: Dejan Sluga, Miha Colner Partners: Galerija Photon, Cankarjev Dom, Baltic Gallery, Central European House of Photography, Association of Hungarian Photographers Publisher: Photon Year: 2017 Print run: 300 Hardcover, 123 pages Dimenzije: 24 x 21 cm Language: English ISBN: 978-961-92744-6-0 -
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This exhibition catalogue encompasses three editions, of the exhibition project Concrete Dreams, presenting works by 19 photographers. It explores the heritage of industrial development conveyed through the photographic medium. In a narrower sense, the project explores how certain artists in the visual field see this heritage today and how they accept it as material for their artistic projects from the perspective of aesthetic relevance. In a broader sense, it also looks at how the photographic medium today can reflect the broader contexts of a particular place and time, which in post-war 20th century Europe promoted the development of industry and thus of certain architecture, which today is mostly abandoned or torn down or has changed its function. Authors: Dejan Sluga, Sonja Ifko Editors: Dejan Sluga and Špela Pipan Publisher: Galerija Photon Year: 2020 Hardcover, 72 pages Language: English, Slovenian ISBN: 978-961-95107-0-4 -
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SALE!Around thirty years ago, major social changes took place in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). During that time, some countries of the former socialist bloc also declared their independence. Slovenia was among them. On the occasion of celebrating thirty years of independence, we in Photon asked ourselves how photography recorded the time before these turning points – in the lives of ordinary people. With this exhibition project, we are not interested in fateful historical events and great personalities, but we want to offer an insight into everyday life and present some contradictions of the social system that built on a utopian vision of the future. To revisit the “family albums” of the former socialist countries, we are presenting some important photographers from the CEE region, who documented life in Eastern Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. All of them, even with different formal and aesthetic starting points, share a subjective and often humorous view of banal and absurd everyday life.
Editor: Dejan Sluga Authors of the texts: Dejan Sluga, Dr. Primož Lampič Participating artists: Andrzej Baturo, Vladimir Birgus, Janez Korošin, Branko Lenart, Zora Plešnar, Anton Podstraský, János Szász, Lenke Sziláryi. Design: Jure Legac Translators: Melita Silič, Deja Bečaj Publisher: Photon - Center za sodobno fotografijo Year: 2021 Hardcopy, 71 pages Edition: 200 copies Language: English, Slovene Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm
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SALE!The group exhibition at the Photon Gallery presents the activities of the photographic group “Fotogrupa ŠOLT” (Photo Group ŠOLT) on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of its foundation in 1963. It focuses on the period after the merger with Photo Club Ljubljana in 1968, when the group began to operate under the name “Fotogrupa ŠOLT – Ljubljana” (Photo Group ŠOLT – Ljubljana). The exhibition examines the importance of the group’s impact on the photographic scene in Ljubljana and Slovenia and presents its diverse international activities. It also highlights the photographic approaches of the 1960s and 1970s in the choice of motifs and techniques of the exhibited artists. The exhibition catalogue contains a selection of photographs and archival material shown in the exhibition, as well as two longer introductory texts. Presented are the works of seven photographers and members of the group, who were awarded the title of “Master of Photography” by the Photographic Association of Yugoslavia due to their high artistic and technical perfection and their frequent international exhi bitions. These are Oskar Karel Dolenc, Janez Korošin, Tihomir Pinter, Marjan Smerke, Tone Stojko, Jendo Štoviček and Joco Žnidaršič. The exhibition also includes the works of Sonja Zalar Bizjak, the only female representative of the group who received the title of “Master Candidate”. It is important to mention that in the more than thirty years of its existence, the Photo Group ŠOLT group has had a large number of members, among whom are other outstanding Slovenian photographers such as Dragan Arrigler, Marjan Dobovšek, Milan Pajk, Andrej Perko, Janez Pukšič, Lado Jakša, Herman Pivk and Arne Hodalič and many others. Stojan Kerbler, who later joined the Maribor Circle, should certainly be mentioned as one of the founding members. Publisher: Photon Curator: Špela Pipan Editor: Špela Pipan Authors of text: ddr. Damir Globočnik, Špela Pipan, Dejan Sluga Translation: Deja Bečaj, Špela Pipan Proofreading: Deja Bečaj Design: Jure Legac Print: R-Tisk, Junij 2003 Editions: 300 -
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SALE!Authors: Dragan Teodorović - Zeko Publisher: GMR Year of publishing: 2022 Hard cover, 141 pages Dimention: 26 cm ISBN: 9788690459001 Naklada: 50
