The November exhibition of the Artist per Month programme presents the work of two artists, Vid Koprivšek and Matej Mihevc. The project, which spans a series of dioramas and reflects the formal characteristics of toy displays, implicates the hypothetical unbridled expansion and mutation of the toy market. Taking into account the post-internet shift of the function of photo-documentation, the exhibition morphs into a miniature, which supplants any full-scale realisation.
𝗩𝗶𝗱 𝗞𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝘀̌𝗲𝗸 (1998) graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (UL ALUO) and is currently attending the sophomore year of the Video and New Media master’s programme. He works at the intersection of digital and physical media – contemporary painting and sculpture practices, three-dimensional computer graphics and VR installations. He is interested in the intersections and parallels of digital spaces and physical objects. More specifically, he focuses on the use of VR technology and software for creating video games, which he uses in parallel with the principles of fiction to contextualise and expand physical objects. He is the recipient of the UL ALUO Prešeren Award for his bachelor’s thesis. He participated in the group exhibitions Terminal Drift at MoTA LAB (2022), No White Canvas at the Bank of Slovenia Gallery (2020) and Fresh Fish: #aquarium at DobraVaga (2022), designed several graphic images for a series of theoretical lectures and music albums, and received an UL ALUO award in 2017/18. Together with Matej Mihevc, he received the first prize for Best Album Image at Tresk #12 (2021) for the cover of the international music compilation Bag of Toys.
Matej Mihevc (1995) is a postgraduate student of Video and New Media at ALUO. In his work, he deals with the impact of new technologies on cultural production in various ways. In the past, he participated in many design projects. Lately, he is also interested in various industrial processes and artificial materials (3D printing, moulding plastic, etc.) as well as in machine learning and artificial intelligence. In October 2020, at the International Festival of Computer Art in Maribor, he received the main student award for his work Latent Space Walk. Together with Vid Koprivšek, he received the first prize for Best Album Image at Tresk #12 (2021) for the cover of the international music compilation Bag of Toys. For six years running, he has hosted his own show on Radio Študent, Modem, in which he explores underground internet music. He also designs the show’s graphic image, which includes the covers of original mixes and episodes, posters for various events and streams, and the website
Technical support: Ljudmila, Art and Science Laboratory, Zavod 404 and RogLab
15. 11. – 10. 12. 2022
FREE ENTRY
