EXHIBITIONS

'You Say Light - I Think Shadow'
​ALEKSANDRA STRATIMIROVIC, SANDRA PRAUN

The 'You Say Light I Think Shadow' exhibition and book-launch ceremoniously marked the opening of Belgrade of Light 2015 at the GRAD Cultural Centre Big Gallery. Devised as a part of the project, whose authors are artist Aleksandra Stratimirović and Swedish graphic designer Sandra Praun, following the receipt of the 2015 Red Dot Award and great success in Sweden and Slovenia, the exhibition and the book were also really well received by the Belgrade audience. Considered by many as the Book of the Year, You Say Light I Think Shadow is a study on inspiration and contemplation of light in who creation amazing 109 different authors took part, including lighting designers such as Kaoru Mende, Charles G. Stone ll, Gustavo Aviles; architects Tadao Ando, Snøhetta, Takeshi Hosaka, Ivan Kucina; artists Christian Boltanski, Pipilotti Rist, Ulay, Škart, Zograf; authors Srdjan Valjarević, Josef Kleindienst; film directors Roy Andersson; photographers Dawid, Sakari Viika, Tommaso Bonaventura and many more. By means of special graphic techniques the book was transformed into a fully visual experience which was a particular subject of interest of exhibition visitors who also had an opportunity to see parts of the book on gallery walls projected by an overhead projector. 

Tuesday, 29.09 - 03.10.2015.
KC GRAD / Main Gallery, Braće Krsmanović 4

'Orchestra of the Uncanny Valley'
a sculptural video installation
DINKA PIGNON​
Sound designer & composer: Emma Hendrix

Presented in the authentic space of the Hidrotehnika Garage was the Orchestra of the Uncanny Valley Exhibition – an unusual performance in the form of video sculptures, involving three female mannequins and multiple translucent screens, work of artist Dinka Pignon who experiments with sound and video projection on novel objects in the field of intermedia art, spatial video installation and performance. As one of the five most influential contemporary art exhibitions in Vancouver in 2014, this production-wise very demanding exhibition also achieved great success in Belgrade. At different levels of perception of the real and virtual, human and almost-human in the digital era, questioning of the role of contemporary art in the society, the exhibition raised many questions and discussions that the author personally took part in.  

Tuesday, 30.09 - 03.10.2015.
Garaža – Hidrotehnika, Braće Krsmanović 13
Support: Center for the Promotion of Science, KC Grad, Hidrotehnika – Hidroenergetika, Mikser House, British Columbia Art Council, Lighting Related Organizations, International Year of Light 2015 Serbia