grey) (area – space for contemporary and media art
Ilija Šoškić: Tautologies
video
June the 3d – September the 3d, 2020
World premiere of the video work 'Tautologies' by Ilija Šoškić in the
production of grey) (area - space for contemporary and media art will take
place on-line, on the grey) (area Vimeo channel, starting from June the 3d,
2020. Curator of the project is Darko Fritz and director of photography is
Ivana Marinić Kragić.
Since the end of the 1960s Ilija Šoškić has been working in the media of
performance and installation in his artistic practice, and since 1969 he has
been using the video medium. During Šoškić's art in residence in Korčula in
July 2019, grey) (area started with the production of the new video work
“Tautologies”, which was emerging from the artist's dialogue with the city and
the island of Korčula. Production of the work was finished in 2020.
Here is the artist's statement about this work: "Tautology is ('it is what it
is') for me, in some situations, a quite stimulative reference. If I opt for a
'mental polygon', too adventurous, when I bind it with the title 'tautologies',
it is getting on the efficacy of a performative idea, as it occurred in
Korčula, a very demanding spatial setting.
Minimalist esthetics and reality of the space were not, exactly, the best,
true, that was something that I expected. However, simultaneously, according to
my character, it was a very challenging creative situation.
'Cane and a hat' + 'it is what it is' is what I wanted to achieve. It was good
because of the title, precisely in plural: Tautologies. That is how it is
possible to create quality communication and companies. That was my goal and
it happened. I have to say that I felt very well these days. I was in a good
company, just as it should be...”
The work 'Tautologies' was performed on the crossing borders among the
disciplines such asmathematics, metaphysics, and philosophy, while intuitively
synthesizing knowledge that was given to us by Pythagoras and Wittgenstein.
Artist is in a space and with his being alters that space. With his body he
makes a semicircle towards chosen architecture, makes contact with the sea,
approaches the mountain while moving through the sea, passes between two
islands. Elements of the Earth, water and air are being interwoven, as well as
male and female principles. In the scene of approaching the mountain, the
movement is directed towards the highest peak of Pelješac peninsula which
carries the name of St Elias (Sv. Ilija). The hill is called Mons Vipera
(Viper's mountain) and Perun's hill. Perun was a god of thunder in the ancient
Slavic mythology, and the present name comes from the chapel dedicated to St
Elias (Sv. Ilija).
Video: https://vimeo.com/sivazona/tautologies
<https://vimeo.com/sivazona/tautologies>
More info: http://sivazona.hr/events/tautologije-video
<http://sivazona.hr/events/tautologije-video>______________________________________________
SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe
Info, archive and help:
http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
