Lightning Out for the Territories

For the exhibition Leila Topić selected ten artistic positions that examine the validity of “stable values,” explore what “reality” might actually be, and focus on the changing images of Croatia as seen from inside and from abroad.
(Croatian, English)

The younger generation of artists in Croatia (or the South Slavic countries in general) are equally lighting out for new territories, after they have shaken off both the long shadows of the belligerent and violent past of former Yugoslavia and the far too euphoric hopes of fundamental sociopolitical improvements. For though military peace has long since been established, new – purely profit-oriented – elites and powers are in control after neoliberalism has struck in the meantime.

For the exhibition Leila Topić selected ten artistic positions that examine the validity of “stable values,” explore what “reality” might actually be, and focus on the changing images of Croatia as seen from inside and from abroad. Their view simultaneously focuses on sharpening perception and countering the superficiality and hectic pace of the widely rampant economy-centered ways of acting and thinking with depth and slowness. (Quelle: Kunsthalle Wien Homepage)