PLAZA PROTOCOL

Odpira se nov portal Plaze Protokol – na lokaciji, ujeti med težavno industrijsko preteklostjo in prihodnostjo urbanega razvoja, Plaza stopa v zarotništvo z atmosfero kot materialnim in psihološkim pojavom, ki ga oblikujejo naravne in antropogene sile na pragu – naznanjajo nenadno prisotnost nečesa, kar vdira iz [Z]unanjosti. 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥: 𝐀𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 45.96715, 13.64099 Cesta IX. korpusa 106, Solkan / Nova Gorica (SI) @ Festival Pixxelpoint 2025 12. – 22. november 2025 Z umetniki_umetnicami: Živa Božičnik Rebec, Ištvan Išt Huzjan, Staš Kleindienst, Andrej Škufca, Tom Winkler, Neja Zorzut Kurira Tjaša Pogačar @__tpp__ v sodelovanju z Nejo Zorzut in Andrejem Škufco Razstava je odprta le v času skupinskih ogledov. Časi ogledov so bili prilagojeni krajšanju dneva in vremenskim razmeram. Udeležba je možna le s predhodno prijavo — povezava v bio. 💨 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐤, 𝟏𝟒. 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 / 𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎 💨 𝐬𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚, 𝟏𝟓. 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 / 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎 💨 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐤, 𝟏𝟖. 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 / 𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎 💨 𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚, 𝟏𝟗. 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 / 𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎 💨 𝐬𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚, 𝟐𝟐. 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 / 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 & 𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎 💨 𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐣𝐚, 𝟐𝟑. 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 / 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 & 𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎 ! odpovedano zaradi vremenskih razmer / 𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐣𝐚, 𝟏𝟔. 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 / 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎 __EN A new portal to Plaza Protocol is opening — at a site caught between a troubled industrial past and the future of urban development, Plaza enters into a conspiracy with atmosphere as both a material and psychological phenomenon, shaped by natural and anthropogenic forces on the threshold — announcing the sudden presence of something that intrudes from the [O]utside. With artists: Živa Božičnik Rebec, Ištvan Išt Huzjan, Staš Kleindienst, Andrej Škufca, Tom Winkler, Neja Zorzut Curated by Tjaša Pogačar @__tpp__ in collaboration with Neja Zorzut and Andrej Škufca The exhibition will be open during group viewings. Timings were adapted to the shortening of daytime. Viewings possible by registration only — Link in bio.

SF 76, pickled wood, 25 × 30 × 30 cm, 1976 A rather lesser-known work by Slavko Tihec focuses on the barrier between the object’s interior and exterior, bringing attention to the problem of extimity. The object acquires an additional performative nature as a loan from the national collection of Moderna galerija and is thus subject to strict temperature and humidity requirements. These are carefully maintained, unveiling the object as being the most sensitive to its spatial conditions. Slavko Tihec for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum /@_ratneek_ & @jonderganc ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal

Hygroamass, dyneema fiber, epoxy resin, concrete, plexiglass, metal, 1200 × 180 × 40 cm, 2023 The combination of hygroscopic and the verb “amass” titles the artwork made of materials that focus on their interaction with precipitation. Concrete absorbs water and deposits it around and underneath itself, dyneema enables the droplets caught on its surface to form a distinct pattern and the plexiglass shape in the middle catches the evaporating rain from the ground in the form of condensation on the underside of the transparent object. The artwork forms a link between the atmosphere and the ground, channeling precipitation as an infrastructure through its forms. @zorzutneja for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum / @_ratneek_ ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal

sur140, aluminum, steel, variable, 2023 The installation forms an area, a network alignment of structures, dependent both on one another and the space around them. Emitting and absorbing changes from their surrounding field, the objects are an expansive proposal of a speculative nature. Embedded into their environment, with a nod to conspiracy as well as speculative theories, the constellation “fictions” the location as a site of a covert operation. @andrej.skufca for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum / @_ratneek_ ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal

Skylark, spruce steel, laserjet print, phototranspher, polyurethane, various dimensions, 2023 They point to the dialectical logic of urban brownfields in ruins—to the way they oppose the act of preserving. These decaying sites, by not being brought to their natural, preindustrial states, establish themselves in the active present as monuments. A charged silence dwells within these sites. What is most acute in ruins is the cessation of the formal and its transformation into sentient form. The material openness of ruins, the odor, and the crackling of glass and plastic beneath the feet foreground the body. The body "is roused by the resistance which it experiences," a quote by Tim Edensor. The work provokes it, hoping to induce prolonged corporeal excitement by activating it through open materiality and likeness—through the alien body, which is your connection to the real. @kinzam_ & @police_line___donut_cross for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum / @_ratneek_ ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal

Re-terraforming, blown glass, water, algae, 83 x 120 cm, 2023 The algae living inside the glass ampules are installed in a separate microclimate inside a service hole in the building. Turning brown if they should perish, the algae are one of Earth’s most active producers of oxygen and have played a significant role in its climate history. @larazagar for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum /@_ratneek_ & @jonderganc ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal

Landscapes (Kolkata, Varanasi, Goa), 30 gelatin silver prints, 17,1 × 17,1 cm, 2014 The images of heaps of eroded sand are photographed as they were, in fact, much larger geological formations. “The spaces between tiles of wood are the spaces between stars…”—a quote by Jure Detela that unveils the radical comparability necessary for processes of adaptation to take place. A flat ontology where objects, stripped of hierarchy, are tied to one another. @jonderganc for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum /@_ratneek_ & @jonderganc ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja a and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal

Where it was at most filtered, site-specific, mixed technique, 1m², 2023 Extruded aluminum is shaped as cooling components found in electronics. The material and design are used as heat conductors intensifying the exchange between the puddle and the atmosphere. @zivabozicnikrebec for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum / @_ratneek_ ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal

SPATIA NON LUCEO NISI OPIFICUM (I do not light the spaces except for the workers), aluminum bronze (CuAl₁₀Ni₅Fe₄), 2023 The Latin name of the work derives from texts inscribed under sundials. The object shines light only at a specific time of day, under ideal weather conditions, when a sunbeam strikes its golden surface.  @istvanisthuzjan for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum / @_ratneek_ ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal

Anathema, mixed technique, 2x(75) × 210 cm, 2022 The object functions as a mold into which its immediate environment is imprinted both in the pictorial and material sense. It is placed so that the steel beams correspond to the existing installation in the space and under a dripping crack in the ceiling. @zamasak for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum / @_ratneek_ ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal

Spasmodic sap, industrial marker and oil pastels on polyester foil, 102 × 129 cm, 2023 & Spasmodic sap, industrial marker, oil pastels, polyester foil, eye pencil, 123 × 160 cm, 2023 The author focuses on an idea that evolution expels variety in forms, and results in a very narrow spectrum of possible living shapes making all still-living beings look somewhat similar to one another. Combing through the extinct branches, the drawings are an interpretation and reintroduction of bygone creatures into our world, their mediums combining with the unstable materials of the building, both slowly disintegrating. @liguree for Plaza Protocol: ADAPTATION Photo: @zalbnrum / @_ratneek_ ADAPTATION was curated by @zorzutneja and @andrej.skufca Facilitated by @__tpp__ Supported by @projektatol and @sumjournal