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9. 6. 2026 ob 19.00 / DobraVaga
UMETNICA NA MESEC / Olja Simčič Jerele: Poskušam ne razmišljati o smrti in gradbenem materialu
razstava
do 4. 7. 2026
Projekt Poskušam ne razmišljati o smrti in gradbenih materialih za izhodišče jemlje azbestne delce in potencial njihove latentne prisotnosti. Azbestna vlakna se kljub povzročanju mnogih neozdravljivih bolezni in kroničnih stanj še vedno pogosto pojavljajo v vsakdanjih materialih, kot so vodovodna napeljava, strešna kritina in izolacija.
Dejstvo, da učinki stika z azbestnimi mikrodelci dolgo ostanejo nevidni, saj se znaki bolezni pri človeku pokažejo šele 20 do 40 let kasneje, umetnica poveže z znaki in procesi razkroja analognih fotografskih materialov. Tako kot neulovljivi stiki človeka z delci azbesta v telo naselijo potencial bolezni, vsak filmski material v sebi nosi potencial postopnega razkroja, prepoznavnega po srebrnkasti povrhnjici na površini filma ali papirja, v angleščini poimenovani silver mirroring (srebrno zrcaljenje). Pri obeh procesih je nemogoče ugotoviti, kdaj se bo razkroj pokazal na površini, kdaj postal zaznaven in otipljiv, kdaj se je začel, se bo sploh kdaj odvil in kaj točno ga je povzročilo. Umetnica tako tematizira nezmožnost napovedovanja prihodnost in vplivanja na potek preteklosti, ter željo, da bi lahko pravočasno prepoznali sile, ki ju določajo.
Kuratorka: Lucija Klauž
Vstop prost.
9. 6.–4. 7. 2026
Organizacija: DobraVaga / Kino Šiška.
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20. 3. @ 17:00 / trnovski pristan=plaža
some drinks will be provided
limited copies of the first issue of Slow Press will be available to purchase for symbolic xx eur/pay-what-you-can (all proceeds go towards covering the production costs)
this is a community event, everyone is welcome
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self-publishing 𝓟𝐫𝑜ј𝔼cⓉ, highlighting the seemingly impractical thoughts of artists and designers, turning away from competition or confirmation and seeking truth and inspiration from each other, without stressing about the wide importance, meaning and recognition of our work, but rather taking honesty for merit
Exhibition Opening / Ausstellungseröffnung :
IT’S IN THE DREAM, IT’S IN THE SLIP, IT’S IN THE STAMMER
OLJA SIMČIČ JERELE
10.1.2026 at 19.00 - 4.2.2026
In the yard of my childhood home there are two trees. There were two trees.
Late in the summer, my mother called and told me that during a storm, one of them had fallen into the neighbour‘s vegetable garden. „A gust of wind came and ripped it straight out the ground.“
Two weeks later, I am sitting in the yard, watching as two workers begin to cut down the other tree. The almond is very old and a little sick. „What if it falls on our house?“ My mother worries.
Every spring during my childhood, the almond tree shed its white blossoms and I watched as they fell down on the green grass like snow. Today, in this late summer of my twenties the white blossoms are replaced by fresh sawdust.
When the almond tree is cut down and the smell of sawdust is no longer so present in the air, I walk up to its trunk and start counting its rings. I‘m not good at counting. I always forget where I left off. But I have to count to the end anyway.
This summer, my childhood ended. „Let everything that no longer serves me go with it.“
But it remained.
Olja Simčič Jerele (SI, 1999) is a visual artist currently completing her master’s degree in photography at Academy of Fine Arts and Design Ljubljana. In recent years, she has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Slovenia and abroad. In 2024, she won the Photon Gallery’s Different Worlds 2024 open call, in 2025 she won the DLUM Primavera Listina and was one of the recipients of the Prešeren Student Award for the exhibition project Ponjava 4.
35mm negative w/ silver mirroring from my personal archive - part of the project Bear in mind, what you are reading here is the tombstone (that you can still see in @photon_gallery until 28.3. 👁️👁️)
A few months ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with @morja_zala on a special lookbook project exploring alternative ways of archiving family memories through textiles, objects, and more 💕
Here are some of my favorite images from the project: photos from a magical fashion editorial we did with @karin.hocevar of @morja_zala collection Vrtičkanje, Prtičkanje; @morja_zala documentation of the materials used in her process of making that collection; my own scans from family archives mixed with photos of extensive family collections and many other things. It was an absolute blast! ✨
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I’ll Take (Almost) Any Work is a collaborative lookbook project between the artist Olja Simčič Jerele and Slovenian fashion designer Morja Zala, in which they explore alternative ways of archiving family memory.
Moving beyond the conventional family photo album, the duo investigates how textiles, places, and objects become carriers of familial history. They delve into the transformation of memory as it’s passed down, examining who within the family takes on the role of its caretaker. Combining traditional editorial imagery, archival materials and other elements, they not only tell a story about family memory but also reflect on how this form of archiving has historically been women’s work.
The fashion editorial featuring Zala’s master’s thesis project Vrtičkanje, Prtičkanje — a patchwork collection crafted from various family textiles, done at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Ljubljana — brings a romanticized lens to memory preservation, yet is intentionally interrupted by the practical realities of maintaining such archives.
This is work, and there is a lot of it to be done.
