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Lara Žagar, 46.3532182, 15.1231226 05 Nov ― 19 Dec 2025 Lara Žagar @larazagar Curators:Ema Ograjenšek @ema_o_p Aksioma Ljubljana, Slovenia @aksiomaorg 46.3532182, 15.1231226 is a fictional research project focusing on the accumulation of limescale — a compound of calcite, magnesite, and other minerals. The installation consists of two glass heaters and containers that supply them with water and mineral solution. The heaters, as sites where the non-precious “rock” is generated, are open to human view and thus to speculative impulses that seek some form of gain or yield in the material – either by maximising its value or its quantity/size. The apparent scientific character of the installation is thus compromised from the outset as the chemical process is opened to esoteric and mechanical contamination. Does the “foreign element” infiltrate the system through the dissolution of carbon dioxide in water? When heating leads to the formation of the precipitate? Or is the foreign element the gaze itself? Perhaps the intention inscribed through unusual mahogany pedestals and their carved motifs? 46.3532182, 15.1231226 presents itself as a herald of chemical esotericism, a speculative discipline that seeks to reveal humanity’s inadvertent geological activity. The project is part of a duo exhibition by Oskar Kandare and Lara Žagar, within which materiality appears as a shared space for speculative thought and the questioning of epistemic procedures. . . . #exhibition #artexhibition #aksioma #larazagar #thornwoodcollective #artistsupportartists #artcollector #conterporaryart

Puščanje membrane/ Membrane leak (2025) aluminium, steel, PVC, paper, wax, drywall Part of the group exhibition Hub (Vozlišče) @ugm_maribor curator @koprivsekvid (28. 11. 2025 – 8. 1. 2026) * In biology, the function of a membrane is to separate the interior of a cell from its exterior. It operates selectively, allowing certain substances or signals to pass while blocking others. In this way, it de- fines the boundaries of the world to which the organism is receptive, thereby establishing the conditions for its perception and exchange with the environment. Synthetic membrane materials, engineered for specific functions, intensify this normativity and construct increasingly narrow worlds. The work Membrane Leak begins to organise these artificial materials according to the logic of a biological organism, where the integration of numerous specialised and differentiated units enables more complex interactions with the environment.

MODEL OF TERRAFORMING II Solo exhibition at Osmoza @ljudmilalab With accompanying text by @_xenea 💝 Amazing photos by @zupanov * * Model of terraforming II, is a confrontation with the negativity of geological and biological violence, which manifested itself in humans as a desire to terraform the world so that consciousness could exist in it. Žagar shows us a speculative synthesis: a diagonal between the trauma of matter and its archive. In this interpretation, terraforming is a form of defensive memory of nature itself—the persistence of negativity that enables the experience of violence as memory.

46.3532182, 15.1231226 05 Nov ― 19 Dec 2025 Aksioma Project Space @aksiomaorg 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲: Ema Ograjenšek @ema_o_p » The heaters, as sites where the non-precious “rock” is generated, are open to human view and thus to speculative impulses that seek some form of gain or yield in the material – either by maximising its value or its quantity/size.« The project is part of 𝐔𝟑𝟎+, a production program for supporting young artists Arduino and programming @vtol_ Photo: Domen Pal/ Aksioma Thanks to all my friendssss 💝

Static relic (2025) Part of the group exhibition Unfamiliar area @galerijalkatraz Gear engine and static ⚡️

Last 2/3 months 😮‍💨

Hvala vsem, ki ste prišli in skupaj z nami ustvarili pravo vzdušje ob otvoritvi skupinske razstave Vozlišče! 🪢 Umetniki Maks Bricelj @police_line___donut_cross , Samra Buljić @liguree , Matej Mihevc @h.265_ , Lara Žagar @larazagar in kurator ter umetnik Vid Koprivšek @koprivsekvid so nas skozi pogovor popeljali v svet sodobne umetnosti, kjer se prepletajo različni koncepti, materiali in ustvarjalni pristopi. Konceptualna izhodišča razstave se oblikujejo okoli vprašanja, kako na izkušnjo omenjenih praks vpliva njihova premestitev v navidezno nevtralen galerijski prostor. Vozlišče je na ogled v UGM Kabinetu do 8. januarja – ne zamudite! 📸 Umetnostna galerija Maribor / J. Klenovšek

Bts of bts. Fulaaa hepi za vse , hvala @koprivsekvid za kuriranje in celo podporoo. Razstavca bo v @ugm_maribor do 8.1 🌀

Yesterday’s opening in #Aksioma was full! Thanks to everyone who came by ^-^ 🦷〰️➰ 𝘀𝘆𝘀_𝟲𝘅𝟯_𝗖𝗔𝗧 & 𝟰𝟲.𝟯𝟱𝟯𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟮, 𝟭𝟱.𝟭𝟮𝟯𝟭𝟮𝟮𝟲 by 𝑂𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑟 𝐾𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒 & 𝐿𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑍̌𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑟 are on view until 19 December. > links in bio < ^:. curated by 𝗘𝗺𝗮 𝗢𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗻𝘀̌𝗲𝗸 _:. part of #U30+ programme Photo: Domen Pal / Aksioma

𝘀𝘆𝘀_𝟲𝘅𝟯_𝗖𝗔𝗧 by @oskarkandare and 𝟰𝟲.𝟯𝟱𝟯𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟮, 𝟭𝟱.𝟭𝟮𝟯𝟭𝟮𝟮𝟲 by @larazagar converge in a duo exhibition where #materiality becomes a shared space for #speculative thought.  𝘀𝘆𝘀_𝟲𝘅𝟯_𝗖𝗔𝗧 explores the boundary between the living and the non-living, questioning the meaning of bare existence and the possibility of autonomy within such a state, while 𝟰𝟲.𝟯𝟱𝟯𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟮, 𝟭𝟱.𝟭𝟮𝟯𝟭𝟮𝟮𝟲 emerges as a herald of chemical esotericism — a speculative discipline uncovering humanity’s inadvertent geological activity. > links in bio < ^-^ 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 ^-^ ^:. curated by 𝗘𝗺𝗮 𝗢𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗻𝘀̌𝗲𝗸 _:. part of U30+ programme

𝟰𝟲.𝟯𝟱𝟯𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟮, 𝟭𝟱.𝟭𝟮𝟯𝟭𝟮𝟮𝟲 by 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗭̌𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿 focuses on the accumulation of #limescale. Heaters, as sites where this non-precious “rock” forms, are exposed to human view and to speculative impulses seeking gain or yield in the material — by maximizing its value or size. As a result, the chemical process becomes subject to #esoteric and #mechanical influences, undermining the installation’s apparent scientific character. > link in bio < .:*~ 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 ~*:. 🦷 Project is part of a duo exhibition (w/ 𝗢𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲) of Aksioma’s production programme supporting young artists #U30+ *:. curated by 𝗘𝗺𝗮 𝗢𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗻𝘀̌𝗲𝗸

Od 1. oktobra v osmo/zi: @larazagar - Model re-teraformiranja 2 ! Odprtje ▫️ sreda, 1. 10. 2025 | 19.00 Ogled razstave ▫️ 2.–3. 10. 2025 | 13.00–18.00 ▫️ 6.–8. 10. 2025 | 13.00–18.00 Razstava Lare Žagar nas vrne v čas teme, obuja prazgodovinski spomin začetka in se sprašuje po njegovem vzroku. Alge, prve teraformerke planeta, so z izdihom kisika sprožile kataklizmo za anaerobne organizme in hkrati pripravile prizorišče za kompleksno življenje. V njihovem ostanku – apnencu – se skriva spomin travmatičnega začetka: geološko nasilje, ki se je zapisalo v materijo, v plasti kamnin, v fosiliziran spomin algalnih teles. Razstava je del projekta, ki nastaja že tri leta, in če so prejšnje iteracije razstave predstavljale reteraformiranje kot špekulacijo futurističnega projekta, se v tokratni verziji Žagar vrača na začetek in ne gleda na teraformiranje kot projekt nadzora nad pasivno materijo, temveč kot povratno gesto – vračanje v izvorno nasilje, ki neizogibno povezuje čas in materijo ter s tem ustvarja »globoki čas«. Apnenec, nastal iz sedimentiranih teles, se na razstavi aktivira kot tekoči arhiv. Voda, ki ga polni, postane indikator absorpcije in ponovnega oživljanja tega prazgodovinskega procesa. Model-reteraformiranja je spopadanje z negativnostjo geološkega in biološkega nasilja, ki se je v človeku manifestiralo kot želja po teraformiranju sveta, da bi v njem lahko obstala zavest. Žagar nam kaže spekulativno sintezo: diagonalo med travmo materije in njenim arhivom. Teraformiranje je v tovrstni interpretaciji oblika obrambnega spomina narave same – vztrajanje negativnosti, ki omogoča izkustvo nasilja kot spomina. 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 Besedilo: Enea Kavčič Zahvala: Samra Buljić, Benjamin Fele, Miha Zupan Soorganizacija: @ljudmilalab S podporo @mzk_rs in @mestnaobcinaljubljana .