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The Last Gaze / Post-Mortem Portrait in Contemporary Photography showcases the international selection of photographers and artists who in their artistic endeavour depict the deceased. By focusing on the dead body they question both their own perception as well as socially (un)acceptable notions regarding the concepts, meanings and representations of death in contemporary western society. Authors: AES+F, Goran Bertok, Marloes van Doorn, Elizabeth Heyert, Rudolf Schäfer, Walter Schels, Jeffrey Silverthorne Text: Jasna Jernejšek Publisher: Photon -- Centre for Contemporary Photography Year: 2016 Softcover, 44 pages Language: english, slovene Edition: 200 Dimension: 16 x 25 cm ISBN: 978-961-92744-5-3 -
Jure Kastelic in Pretty Loops addresses the phenomena of contemporary communication tools and technologies, and focus on visual media from the point of view of interaction with its users. Therefore he commonly refers to ambivalence of an image (a photograph), experiments with manipulating (media) contents, and explores impact of overabundance of information on humans. Author: Jure Kastelic Text: Miha Colner Publisher: Božidar Jakac Gallery in collaboration with Photon Association Year: 2016 Softcover, 32 pages Print: R Tisk Language: english, slovene Dimensions: 16 x 21 cm Edition: 400 -
The photo book consists of three leaflets in a homemade cardboard box. There are three different covers with three different stickers. Each leaflet contains one of the series from the triptych Movements: Twelve positions of the hands on a cup of tea when you feel tired and annoyed, Twelve movements of the feet on a wall when you feel bored and alone and Twelve placements of the fingers on a lock of hair when you feel small and unsure. Limited edition of 200, hand numbered. Author: Špela Škulj Design: Špela Škulj Publisher: Self published, In co-production with Photon - Center za sodobno fotografijo Year: 2016 Print: Collegium Graphicum Language: english Dimensions: 14 x 12 cm ISBN: 978-961-283-770-9 -
“From a distance” the photographer’s eye has been eager to come closer to the cities and meet their people. However, he got closer to the town by visiting his city of the dead. Author: Hassan Abdelghani Publisher: Eikon Studio Foreword: Paola Orlić Year: 2012 Hardcover, 56 pages Language: english, croatian Dimenzije: 25 x 23 cm ISBN: 978-953-57251-0-7 -
Celija’s nudes are black and white compositions in which the female body is the primary and only focus of interest; however, the body is not photographed as an object just for its sake: by use of photographic procedures Celija stirs the outlines of female bodies so that they wonderfully come to life. Author: Đani Celia Publisher: Eikon Studio Foreword: Year: 2012 Hardcover, 56 pages Language: english, croatian Dimensions: 25 x 23 cm ISBN: 978-953-57251 -
This woman Jelena, this Butterfly Junkie, with connected earlobes, has the ability to touch the other side and humbly return to us with windows into that space.Author: Jelena Vukotić Publisher: Eikon Studio Foreword: Year: 2012 Hardcover, 56 pages Language: english, croatian Dimensions: 25 x 23 cm ISBN: 978-953-57251 -
The monograph, entitled Wonderland showcases the overview of photographic projects of Darije Petković who in his works addresses the phenomena of national identity in the time of globalisation, of economic transition and of ongoing changes in recent history based on a case study of Croatia. Author: Darije Petković Text: Zvonko Maković Publisher: ADU, Zagreb Year: 2015 Hardcover, 127 pages Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm Edition: 250 Language: croatian, english ISBN: 978-953-97568-5-5 -
Noosphere term refers to the “realm of human thought. ” Intelligent Coating “around the globe, covering all the intellectual processes. Gyula Fodor does not follow the theological reference of the term, nor one that leads to virtual reality. Tries to create a new artistic reference for “noosphere”. This is the euphoria that promotes life and is characterized by “the liberty of migrant “and the pain that remains due to the loss. Author: Gyula Fodor Text: Linda Klösel, Marc Gisbourne Publisher: Salamon Verlag Year: 2007 Hardcopy, 105 pages Print: Repro 12, Vienna Language: english, German Dimensions: 28 x 24 cm ISBN: 978-963-06-2627-9 -
The beginning of the joint venture of diSTRUKTURA is marked by the Face to Face series of photographs as well as with the photograph, entitled Missing Hill I from 2005. The picture showcases the artists with their backs turned against the viewer while gazing in the devastated landscape in the vicinity of closed and deserted copper mine in Majdanpek, Serbia. This work characterised further creative production of the couple who focused on questioning extended notions of nature nowadays and on redefining landscape genre in the period after the industrial, technological and digital revolutions. Since then diSTRUKTURA has been consistently developing its art works across different artistic media, from photography and painting, to drawing, video and installation. This book is therefore the first extensive monographic publication where all the projects from the past ten years are documented, inventoried and analysed: Face to Face, Third Landscape, Cities: Psychogeographic Experiments, We are Living in a Beautiful wOURld, Mitteleuropäische Landschaft, Not so Far Away and The Best of Leisure. Author: diStruktura Text: Miha Colner, Aleksandra Estela Bjelica Mladenović, Catherine Hemelryk, Miroslav Karić, Sanja Kojić Mladenov, Jelena Krivokapić, Astrid Kury, Katarina Mitrović/Saša Janjić, Mirjana Peitler, Una Popović, Jelena Stojanović, Nikola Šuica, Predrag Terzić, Milanka Todić Publisher: ProArtOrg Year: 2015 Hardcover, 151 pages Print: Standard 2, Belgrade Language: english, serbian Dimensions: 23 x 28 cm ISBN: 978-86-80146-03-4 -
Zipped Worlds is the exhibition catalogue of the project which aims to explore ways of how the photography is used nowadays and to question new concepts of public and private space. The publication contains two essays and a display of 10 participating artists and artist groups. Authors: Giuliana Carbi, Dejan Sluga Publisher: Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography Year: 2015 Paperback, 44 pages Edition: 300 copies Dimensions: 20 x 20 cm Language: English -
Memory Lab je skupni projekt mreže Evropskega meseca fotografije, posvečen izpraševanju spomina in refleksiji zgodovine skozi umetnost. Knjiga predstavlja dela štiridesetih avtorjev, ki se posvečajo odnosu do časovno bolj ali manj oddaljenih konfliktov, ki še vedno odmevajo v današnjem javnem diskurzu. Avtorji se naslavljajo vprašanje ohranjanja spomina in zapisovanja zgodovine, ki iz tega izvira, pri tem pa običajno fotografije ne uporabljajo kot način dokumentiranja sveta na racionalen način, ampak se zanašajo na sugestivno moč fotografije. Avtorji: Eva Fisli, Leonida Kovač, Pierre Stiwer, Gabriella Uhl, Frank Wagner, etc. Založnik: European Month of Photography Leto izida: 2014 Mehka vezava, 198 strani Jezik: angleški ISBN: 978-99959-891-0-1 -
The publication Aftermath. Changing Cultural Landscape contains essays and presentation of 37 contemporary photographers from the territory of former Yugoslavia who have been active after its break-up (1991-2011). Blog of the project: aftermathsee.wordpress.com Authors: Milan Aleksić, Maurizio Bait, Miha Colner, Svetlana Slapšak, Dejan Sluga, etc. Publisher: Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography Year: 2013 130 pages Language: English ISBN: -
The book, entitled Mutations II. Moving Stills looks into the profound changes in the world, and particularly in the field of contemporary image making. It aims to pursue this line of thought on the subject of video, exploring the productive relationships that have developed between fixed and moving images and providing a sense of where contemporary art stands in Europe today. Mutations II is a common project of European Month of Photography. Authors: Jean-Luc Soret, Mathilde Roman, Mark Gisbourne Publisher: European Month of Photography Year: 2008 Hardback, 178 pages Language: English, German, French, Italian, Slovak ISBN: 978-287978074-0 -
This book is the first documentation of a young generation of Slovak photographers. After the events of the late 1980s and 90s a photography department was established at the University of Bratislava, where the trend of individualism was broadly supported and a new creativity arose after decades of oppression. To document the wide creative and experimental variety of the young artists, this comprehensive title employs four different approaches: by art critic Lucia GavulovNB, photography theorist Michaela PaštekovNB, philosopher and aesthetic Jozef Kovalčik, and photographer and teacher Filip Vančo. They all brought their different ideas and individual views to this fascinating scene. Author: Peter Ančic, Juraj Anušev, Juraj Fifik, Barbora Haviarova, Jana Ilkova... Text: Lucia Gavulova, Jozef Kovalčik, Michaela Paštekova, Filip Vančo Publisher: Slovart s.r.o. Year: 2009 Hardcover, 143 pages Print: Tlačarne BB Language: english, slovak Dimensions: 29 x 24 cm ISBN: 978-80-8085-998-5 -
The Tensionfield project gives an overview on the current condition and status of art photography in Central Europe after the developments in the 1980s and 1990s. The majority of the artist here emerged from camera club scenes in early 1980s and therefore their roots spring from local photographic traditions that shaped their sensibility for local socio-political circumstances during the transitional period; however, at the same time, they remain open to trends in world of contemporary photography and art. Authors: Max Aufischer, Sanja Kojić Mladenov, Zoran Petrovski, Dejan Sluga, etc. Publisher: Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana & CCN Cultural City Network, Graz Year: 2011 Paperback, 65 pages Dimensiones: 22 x 21 cm Language: English ISBN: -
Knjiga umetnika Emine Djukić skozi fotografsko zgodbo predstavlja avtobiografsko refleksijo o iskanju življenske poti in svojega mesta pod soncem. Zgodbo o sprejemanju vsakdanjih, a tudi prelomnih odločitev. O ciklih, o neskončnem mnoštvu možnosti v sodobnem svetu in posledični izgubljenosti posameznika, ki za svojo svobodo običajno potrebuje (vsaj ohlapen) okvir. O iskanju reda v kaosu. Avtorji: Emina Djukić Založnik: samozaložba & Photon – Center za sodobno fotografijo Leto izida: 2013 Trda vezava, 176 strani Jezik: angleški ISBN: 978-961-276-939-0 -
Publikacija distURBANces predstavlja različne umetniške odzive na urbani, tehnološki in politični razvoj sodobne družbe. Skozi vizualno umetnost in fotografijo knjiga spremlja spremembe v času globalizacije, ki jo zaznamuje neprimerljiva prevlada vizualne izkušnje in naraščajoče kompleksnosti življenja, hkrati pa tudi nenehno prepletanje svetov, ki jih je moč istočasno fizično zaznavati tako od blizu kot od daleč, tako fizično kakor virtualno (digitalno). distURBANces je skupni projekt Evropskega meseca fotografije. Avtorji: Paul Di Felice, Vasja Nagy, Petra Noll, Katia Reich, etc. Založnik: European Month of Photography Leto izida: 2012 Mehka vezava, 102 strani Jezik: angleški ISBN: 978-3-940231-06-2 -
Fotoknjiga predstavlja delo Aniko Robitz, madžarski umetnici, ki se v svojem ustvarjanju poslužuje po večini fotografije in njenih kreativnih odvodov. Pri tem se naslanja na bogato tradicijo domače fotografske ustvarjalnosti, ki je pognala mogočne korenine v lokalnem kulturnem bazenu ter vplivala na širši fotografski in umetniški svet. Avtorji: Aniko Robitz, Uvod: Gábor Döme Založnik: Photon – Center za sodobno fotografijo Leto izida: 2009 Mehka vezava, 42 strani Mere: 21 x 30 cm Jezik: angleščina