https://ninadjekic.info ninadjekic Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:22:18 +0000 https://ninadjekic.info en https://ninadjekic.info/Home-Image-Scroll Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:18:12 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/Home-Image-Scroll https://ninadjekic.info/Contact Wed, 03 May 2023 19:40:18 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/Contact &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; nina.djeki (at) gmail.com https://ninadjekic.info/Info Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:18:14 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/Info BIO Nina Djekić is a Slovenian artist and choreographer based in Amsterdam. Having formal training in choreography, her practice revolves around notions of movement and embodiment as entangled with language. With ongoing research interrogating how to productively conflate the conventions of writing with those of movement notation and scoring. Spanning various mediums; performance, print, installation, video and sound, Djekić’s practice approaches language as more than just a vessel to propel choreographic thought but as what actively shapes such thought as well. Recently her research has extended to explore vocabularies with potential to breech distance between the human and botanical ontologies. Finding inspiration in situated folk knowledge, various forms of incantations and speculative fictions with focus on feminine-botanical kinship.Her work has been presented in exhibitions as well as performance contexts and book fairs in both Europe and abroad (Frascati Theatre, Ellen de Bruijne Projects (Dolores), starch, NTU CCA, Singapore Art Book Fair, LAB111, de Appel). CV EDUCATION 2014-2016 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Master of Fine Arts, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam 2009-2013 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bachelor Degree, Choreography, School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, SCREENINGS 2023 Plant is a Poem, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam (solo artist) In the Forest We Convene, CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain de Bordeaux Beautiful Soup – Five Inclusion Tactics for Seven Curators, de Appel, Amsterdam 2022 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Beautiful Soup – Five Inclusion Tactics for Seven Curators, online exhibition Slippery Tongues screening at LAB111 Approximities, When site lost the plot, Amsterdam (solo artist) Like Letters, Starch, Singapore It starts with grass, text published on misted.cc 2021 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If Forests Talk, Singapore Art Week (X Steps Through A Forest) 2020 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Under the Skin, NTU CCA Singapore, online exhibition Chimera Swagger, Hot House, Maastricht (solo artist) 2019 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chimera Swagger, so-far online platform Untitled (Shades), artist book, Browsing copy series, KHL Printing, Singapore; Singapore Art Book Fair, Melbourne Art Book Fair, Hong Kong Art Book Fair 2018 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I turning, visible as /moonlight/ botanical, not as supple voice, soft/WALL/studs, Singapore (solo artist) Tom, Dick and Harry, – Tom, Singapore We are looking at this scene and incredibly slowly our view begins to slide, Peninsular, Singapore (solo artist) 2017 State of Motion, (Slow Fury, collaboration with Jeremy Sharma), Singapore 2016 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KulturKontakt Austria exhibition, Vienna The Most of It, exhibition at Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Dolores, Amsterdam (solo artist) 2015 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After Babel /Poetry will be made by all! /89plus, Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2014 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gray Magick, performance in collaboration with Clara Amaral, La Poderosa, Barcelona 2013 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND, a series of performances in collaboration with Esther Arribas, Frascati Nes, Amsterdam; Ufer Studios, Berlin Bouquet, performance, Frascati Nes, Amsterdam 2012 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Man-at-arms, performance, ITs Festival, Melkweg, Amsterdam; Gledališče Glej, Ljubljana; Lorgean Theatre,Bucharest When they fight/they fight, performance, Hetveem Theatre, Amsterdam SELECTED SCOLARSHIPS / RESIDENCIES 2021 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Workspacebrussels, Brussels 2020 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Haverford College, VCAM Artist Residency with Jaqueline Hoàng Nguyễn and Chris Lee 2019 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cinemovement, Philippines 2016 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kulturkontakt, Vienna 2013 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dance Web Scholarship, Vienna 2009 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scholarship from The Ministry of Culture, Slovenia for studies at SNDO and Sandberg Instiuut CHOREOGRAPHY / DRAMATURGY / PERFORMANCE / COLLABORATIONS 2023 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Choreographer,Shivers, Fundatie Museum, Zwolle 2022 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Choreography advisor, Cerca, tramuta, traduci, Centrale Fies 2021 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Choreography advisor, Dew Point, de Appel, Amsterdam 2020 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Choreography advisor, Untitled (Entitled), VCAM, Haverford College 2019 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Dramaturgy advisor, Anon, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art 2018 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Choreography advisor, A Parade for the Paraders, Bangkok Biennale 2017 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Dramaturgy,Floats Like A Magnet, Live Works Vol.5, Centrale Fies 2015 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Choreography Advisor, Haligh/A Lie, Weld Theatre, Stockholm 2011 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Assistant of choreography, As Holy Sites Go,Frankfurt Lab &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Assistant of choreography, Fountain / To The Mountain, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin 2011-2018 &nbsp; Performer in works by Alexandra Pirici, Benoit Lachambre, Deborah Hay, Caroline Byström https://ninadjekic.info/Path-Finder Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:18:14 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/Path-Finder Path Finder&nbsp; <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e14511b67deeabddcbf168de55d0c06b918c18df7218095868e5d0db41c48143/20221118_LikeLetters_006.JPG" data-mid="176792098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e14511b67deeabddcbf168de55d0c06b918c18df7218095868e5d0db41c48143/20221118_LikeLetters_006.JPG" /> Path Finder I, 20222 channel HD video work9 min 19 sec Starch, Singapore Twigs, carefully placed pebbles and folded or pierced leaves perform as a transient choreographic system. Path Finder explores a speculative vocabulary developed through and within my familiar forest. Articulating through the dynamic between the materiality of found materials and the information embedded within. Attuning to the details within our environments, can we translate them into a score or a poem? When looking into the remnants of landscape-tied spirituality in Slovenia I came across a mention of a practical language now mostly forgotten. A system of signs once present within peripheral and clandestine rural communities, that was used to navigate surrounding landscapes. Scattered cues intelligible only to their kin would punctuate their movements and experiences and speak of their whereabouts. <img width="7921" height="5283" width_o="7921" height_o="5283" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62d516d272b7a29301c3ec104d4de2d6b65f2d3b9331923ce1f625ebf0b86fdb/20221118_LikeLetters_002.JPG" data-mid="176792097" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62d516d272b7a29301c3ec104d4de2d6b65f2d3b9331923ce1f625ebf0b86fdb/20221118_LikeLetters_002.JPG" /><img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6f3af7052b8272b2be11388a9643f503437c642ccc827e3610f4cd85c69ff7f/20221118_LikeLetters_004.JPG" data-mid="176792099" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6f3af7052b8272b2be11388a9643f503437c642ccc827e3610f4cd85c69ff7f/20221118_LikeLetters_004.JPG" /><img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/153bb2595056348cf3e7d1d2d02d263cf6210c2647133e4975909554d5ea6ae5/20221118_LikeLetters_005.JPG" data-mid="176792100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/153bb2595056348cf3e7d1d2d02d263cf6210c2647133e4975909554d5ea6ae5/20221118_LikeLetters_005.JPG" />Path Finder I, 2022,&nbsp;Starch, Singapore <img width="3840" height="1080" width_o="3840" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05a22c9798000ac80133ac37554237412bc80a91ad7cf0900fbd3fe22d8d260f/Sequence-01.00_01_26_23.Still001.jpg" data-mid="176872459" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05a22c9798000ac80133ac37554237412bc80a91ad7cf0900fbd3fe22d8d260f/Sequence-01.00_01_26_23.Still001.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="1080" width_o="3840" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d63aaef5186c363e898938fa834aeafe3fa8930a9013f308cd6da70baa6fe1e/Sequence-01.00_03_11_05.Still002.jpg" data-mid="176872460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d63aaef5186c363e898938fa834aeafe3fa8930a9013f308cd6da70baa6fe1e/Sequence-01.00_03_11_05.Still002.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="1080" width_o="3840" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/875225b027c1324b43ba7f6eb2b2e58b340d7e9280c0e1d05d658b7c396429dd/Sequence-01.00_05_17_15.Still003.jpg" data-mid="176872461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/875225b027c1324b43ba7f6eb2b2e58b340d7e9280c0e1d05d658b7c396429dd/Sequence-01.00_05_17_15.Still003.jpg" /> Path Finder I, 2022, stills <img width="1440" height="1080" width_o="1440" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05faa85ba9acdd2a4b96b90b69d9a6eeb963128632305a80e180206e91462966/336109148_2473817949442620_7425825903168891559_n.jpg" data-mid="177568811" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05faa85ba9acdd2a4b96b90b69d9a6eeb963128632305a80e180206e91462966/336109148_2473817949442620_7425825903168891559_n.jpg" /><img width="1440" height="1080" width_o="1440" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83252480e5f6b4445dbca78d3859b5385d6ecf4bd4ef20b866138574ed978d80/336306719_745819386931405_2321016161955577708_n.jpg" data-mid="177568813" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83252480e5f6b4445dbca78d3859b5385d6ecf4bd4ef20b866138574ed978d80/336306719_745819386931405_2321016161955577708_n.jpg" /> Path Finder I, one channel version, 2022, de Appel, Amsterdam <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13994f9bb2920ddf8a79a4b0a2aa20e00044173ba8810f3b3cbda5413e88b0aa/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A5005_LowRes.jpg" data-mid="200261203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13994f9bb2920ddf8a79a4b0a2aa20e00044173ba8810f3b3cbda5413e88b0aa/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A5005_LowRes.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f7ec5c2d580f752500264cd879094b92e1ea78001145ccef814bc8f90fff74d/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A5002_LowRes.jpg" data-mid="200261222" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f7ec5c2d580f752500264cd879094b92e1ea78001145ccef814bc8f90fff74d/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A5002_LowRes.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69f5b81c8e29ea0e17239a9731fc041bb8a9009df037509ea1729b8de54c3e32/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A5007_LowRes.jpg" data-mid="200261209" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69f5b81c8e29ea0e17239a9731fc041bb8a9009df037509ea1729b8de54c3e32/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A5007_LowRes.jpg" /> Path Finder I, 2023, When site lost the plot,&nbsp; Amsterdam https://ninadjekic.info/Plant-is-a-Poem Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:22:18 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/Plant-is-a-Poem Plant is a Poem&nbsp; <img width="3472" height="4624" width_o="3472" height_o="4624" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7dc156fb4d522fb8d52c30dbac452ea48f74a2d71549db2617e6856239cb72d/PXL_20231206_143524965.jpg" data-mid="198972987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7dc156fb4d522fb8d52c30dbac452ea48f74a2d71549db2617e6856239cb72d/PXL_20231206_143524965.jpg" /> Plant is a Poem (Sountrack) 2023Soundtrack, 15 min Plant is a Poem (She writes the spell into the soil), 2023&nbsp; Text score on silk, oak gall ink, 2 x 115 x 350 cm Plant is a Poem, is a series of works comprising of a soundtrack and a text score printed on silk with oak gall ink once commonly used in medieval manuscripts and documents. The work draws inspiration from various vegetal incantations aiming to explore how languages we speak reflect and are (re)shaped by our relationships with plants. The sound piece enmeshes human voice and poetic narration within an atmospheric soundscape, it centres onomatopoeia as a vocal tool to explore the limits between noise and meaning-formation. Incantations, spells and utterances are often thought of as magical tools of enchantment. Commonly believed to unlock plants’ inert properties and powers, in folk medicine verbal cues often accompany practical application of potions. Incantations can be performed as empathic and affective devices, to call out to the other-than-human world. As an act of echoing the vegetal with desire to unravel shared poetic and visceral meanings. <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edb2f3a84ac0635f833b84c906c9106523eb4e5434a0ec76f3dfb535a990a45d/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A4971_LowRes.jpg" data-mid="200261146" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edb2f3a84ac0635f833b84c906c9106523eb4e5434a0ec76f3dfb535a990a45d/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A4971_LowRes.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed9afed316a40f5aca8c0fb59e8dba32c0e3b362da235850fc47ecb455a970e5/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A4950_LowRes.jpg" data-mid="200261145" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed9afed316a40f5aca8c0fb59e8dba32c0e3b362da235850fc47ecb455a970e5/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A4950_LowRes.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c036ee998f6c1bb04330f1877f413cf6623ff6bbe3867f97090fed09de17ff9a/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A5021_LowRes.jpg" data-mid="200261102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c036ee998f6c1bb04330f1877f413cf6623ff6bbe3867f97090fed09de17ff9a/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A5021_LowRes.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e0a3783775994b29e2e6c96aaeb041ad5ba433fc1d4938ae49a72afd19937b6/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A4959_LowRes.jpg" data-mid="200261134" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e0a3783775994b29e2e6c96aaeb041ad5ba433fc1d4938ae49a72afd19937b6/2023_NinaDjekic_PlantIsAPoem_FranzMS_D8A4959_LowRes.jpg" />Plant is a Poem, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam Photos by Franz Mueller Schmidt&nbsp; https://ninadjekic.info/X-Steps-Through-A-Forest Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:18:14 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/X-Steps-Through-A-Forest X Steps Through A Forest <img width="1080" height="2162" width_o="1080" height_o="2162" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fccafa690a571c686aa4f4d7d64ed80821ad831cbb5dc35916f5e85386f1d23/X_Steps_Playlist_1.jpg" data-mid="176868916" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fccafa690a571c686aa4f4d7d64ed80821ad831cbb5dc35916f5e85386f1d23/X_Steps_Playlist_1.jpg" /> X Steps Through A Forest, 2021 Series of 15 soundtracks 38 min 40 sec X Steps Through A Forest is an audio work that takes a form of an experiential audio guide. It consists of 15 tracks that as a series of movements lead the listener on a journey through a forest. Guiding one’s awareness towards the resonances between the forest environment and one's own body. The audio work plays with the idea of the forest as a living mnemonic device, that evokes memories as well as recomposes them as one moves through it. The listeners are encouraged to listen to the tracks during a walk through their neighboring forest. But it is intended also for those who for any reason find themselves unable to do so. With hopes that these mnemonic evocations help transpose oneself into a lively forest eco-system from wherever one is. This work was created for If Forests Talk, an online program for Singapore Art Week 2021. https://ninadjekic.info/Approximities Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:18:15 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/Approximities Approximities&nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1080" width_o="2048" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/040a75200b2480e4cfa26f0bf13099a8853324808b1eb5687dd301ecf4c70ae1/Approximities_Still_02.jpg" data-mid="176871895" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/040a75200b2480e4cfa26f0bf13099a8853324808b1eb5687dd301ecf4c70ae1/Approximities_Still_02.jpg" />Approximities, 2020 HD Video16 min 40 sec Approximities presents us with a series of seemingly everyday vignettes. However, as the characters move in and out of the frame, the scenes increasingly gain an air of artifice. The film builds on my experiences visiting a local park while living in Singapore. Spending long stretches of time at the park without a particular aim in mind, it has allowed my thoughts to roam freely and gently, amidst the company of strangers. One by one, alongside the scenery and vegetation, these strangers became a familiar presence. Reconstituting this familiar park space through my memories, I engaged with a group of friends in a long- distance choreography of enacting and translation. This process is a paradoxical task of establishing common ground within an artificially constructed situation. Can we think of a park as a virtual space or vice versa, that enables us to gather regardless of physical distance? How do we rearticulate proximity under those conditions? How do we spend time? <img width="2048" height="1080" width_o="2048" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/644dd4af6a97b41394735a5b4dbe9df918346a7d1f264dd46d2448469dc4e812/Stills.00_03_37_12.Still006.jpg" data-mid="176871617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/644dd4af6a97b41394735a5b4dbe9df918346a7d1f264dd46d2448469dc4e812/Stills.00_03_37_12.Still006.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1080" width_o="2048" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2c95c40b9d90198771ab28414278eafd539d105a3b75db71f2824c8b31babe3/Stills.00_06_41_03.Still011.jpg" data-mid="176871874" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2c95c40b9d90198771ab28414278eafd539d105a3b75db71f2824c8b31babe3/Stills.00_06_41_03.Still011.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1080" width_o="2048" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/528dcbabdca290cd6c2bc0b5c2d44dfd92960ec0313cb98188fdfe5b5f7dba64/Approxities-STILL-2.jpg" data-mid="176871929" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/528dcbabdca290cd6c2bc0b5c2d44dfd92960ec0313cb98188fdfe5b5f7dba64/Approxities-STILL-2.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1080" width_o="2048" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72fa04dbe24aa62d3cc95a9bb56307ffe587c31ac30febf2d5d9ebefa432346a/Stills.00_09_25_07.Still015.jpg" data-mid="176871850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72fa04dbe24aa62d3cc95a9bb56307ffe587c31ac30febf2d5d9ebefa432346a/Stills.00_09_25_07.Still015.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1080" width_o="2048" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fa069f02f8c90f9a14c99a6b19499e5669e8b11960b09fdb4ce118c8400e39d/Approxities-STILL-3.jpg" data-mid="176871953" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fa069f02f8c90f9a14c99a6b19499e5669e8b11960b09fdb4ce118c8400e39d/Approxities-STILL-3.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1080" width_o="2048" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7835a15c2cf4403629243a4c705b61ebeec7d6a68c893014a665b5d846fe0733/Stills.00_14_33_00.Still026.jpg" data-mid="176871859" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7835a15c2cf4403629243a4c705b61ebeec7d6a68c893014a665b5d846fe0733/Stills.00_14_33_00.Still026.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1080" width_o="2048" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3463de18a71c4fd051b88ebfad43afb0a5addaf813b55e769298010826d9383d/Stills.00_15_20_09.Still028.jpg" data-mid="176871700" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3463de18a71c4fd051b88ebfad43afb0a5addaf813b55e769298010826d9383d/Stills.00_15_20_09.Still028.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1080" width_o="2048" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4282824e8659ff9f17948b628eb6092aa7a4210542165beaea78fcc68433b27/Approxities-STILL-5.jpg" data-mid="176871974" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4282824e8659ff9f17948b628eb6092aa7a4210542165beaea78fcc68433b27/Approxities-STILL-5.jpg" /> Approximities, 2020, stills https://ninadjekic.info/Chimera-Swagger Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:18:15 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/Chimera-Swagger Chimera Swagger <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16b11d46d5d6fedf47a0ddfae477cd97345b932ac4cbf7ebb082ae6d1e293664/P1344183.jpg" data-mid="176874261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16b11d46d5d6fedf47a0ddfae477cd97345b932ac4cbf7ebb082ae6d1e293664/P1344183.jpg" /> Chimera Swagger, 2020Interactive installation and a 2 channel video documentation Print on transparency, acrylic plates, PVC cut-outs A choreography loses its stage, a score loses its page and dancers lose their bodies. How does one enact a performance under such conditions? In the “staging” of Chimera Swagger, Djekić’s poem on gait recognition surveillance technology, we see hands overlap and aflutter. Moving transparent cut-out pieces of shapes, figures, and texts to a poem of choreographic inception. With their movements guided by visual intuition, we see a process as piece - where a multitude of hands come together in a composition. Volume-less figures move and blend within printed foliage, atop of “stages” to shape-shift against recognition. For it is within this flatness that our chimera redeems swagger. First version of the work was primarily published on so-far online platform.Accessible here. <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ff4ee969c9b79fc3611a7985d214138187476951b9de362a7bb9a01943a7491/02_Chimera_1.jpg" data-mid="176873822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ff4ee969c9b79fc3611a7985d214138187476951b9de362a7bb9a01943a7491/02_Chimera_1.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1b0906bc180841bb8a6eb42161ba67b3d7afd91ba4d2f28e947759e3cd9b796/P1344147.jpg" data-mid="176874751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1b0906bc180841bb8a6eb42161ba67b3d7afd91ba4d2f28e947759e3cd9b796/P1344147.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c34be39fad6ab0ef1f2cc5a8b805b792cf16503e01b06fa3ba6213c6aa8343f/P1344056.jpg" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c3cba0edadd192b5a9e01d16cb7d61f68608f7746acfe719ebf34e1cc5b7f38/P1344010.jpg" data-mid="176874384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c3cba0edadd192b5a9e01d16cb7d61f68608f7746acfe719ebf34e1cc5b7f38/P1344010.jpg" /><img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf87ce235a3404c9135b4812d022e37655f1b28e219ff0f19ee908b9f45eb053/P1333852.jpg" data-mid="176874383" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf87ce235a3404c9135b4812d022e37655f1b28e219ff0f19ee908b9f45eb053/P1333852.jpg" /> Chimera Swagger, 2020, interactive installation <img width="3840" height="1080" width_o="3840" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de08c14b0dcc23e2bec0fd036fd26af6c914e34dbdf5e5851d5a438f9f2731f4/Chimera_Still004.jpg" data-mid="176873964" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de08c14b0dcc23e2bec0fd036fd26af6c914e34dbdf5e5851d5a438f9f2731f4/Chimera_Still004.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="1080" width_o="3840" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf123a6479872b293a88d6a9e665ffbb865c813d77afd4e4b6bfe16e598274c2/Chimera.Still009---Copy.jpg" data-mid="176874206" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf123a6479872b293a88d6a9e665ffbb865c813d77afd4e4b6bfe16e598274c2/Chimera.Still009---Copy.jpg" /> Chimera Swagger, 2020, 2 channel documentation of interactive installation https://ninadjekic.info/Untitled-Shades Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:48:30 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/Untitled-Shades Untitled (Shades) <img width="2912" height="4368" width_o="2912" height_o="4368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d961589579e59ee9118ad325be476bb50f7b23d855bd4a2bd1a2d98ccbb1fd14/bc_01.jpg" data-mid="176883292" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d961589579e59ee9118ad325be476bb50f7b23d855bd4a2bd1a2d98ccbb1fd14/bc_01.jpg" /> <img width="2912" height="4368" width_o="2912" height_o="4368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b01348f62257e015b211ce5f5a7c9f0a31582007e1ad9d2a2e54c99be8c6c3de/bc_02.jpg" data-mid="176883288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b01348f62257e015b211ce5f5a7c9f0a31582007e1ad9d2a2e54c99be8c6c3de/bc_02.jpg" /> <img width="4368" height="2912" width_o="4368" height_o="2912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/668d9290b97949553abab420ba32940a9f925e3f008a71bce90f5d27de2149a6/bc_03.jpg" data-mid="176883372" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/668d9290b97949553abab420ba32940a9f925e3f008a71bce90f5d27de2149a6/bc_03.jpg" /><img width="4368" height="2912" width_o="4368" height_o="2912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e634194ac310c6d7215f5c54198d313a3dfa5a0aeef31cc9359ed219b63b6f7/bc_04.jpg" data-mid="176883433" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e634194ac310c6d7215f5c54198d313a3dfa5a0aeef31cc9359ed219b63b6f7/bc_04.jpg" /><img width="4368" height="2912" width_o="4368" height_o="2912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b5de20885cba4d323723a526d9fa036f5ab595fb489dc02d267b6a967d4fa16/bc_05.jpg" data-mid="176883293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b5de20885cba4d323723a526d9fa036f5ab595fb489dc02d267b6a967d4fa16/bc_05.jpg" /> Untitled (Shades), 2019 Artist book (produced and published by Browsing copy, Singapore), 165 x 114 mm, offset print This artist book conflates multiple formats (play, poetry and choreographic score) to explore visceral nature of the gaze. In six steps it leads the reader through a landscape of memories and poetic reflections preoccupied with the act of seeing and the embodied politics it implies. Each step appeals to the reader to challenge their point of view in regard to the book, themselves and their environment. As if existing outside of this book characters and letters throw shade on its pages. Alongside sparse drawings and images, they interrupt and complicate the narrative. https://ninadjekic.info/Minor-Matters Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:50:03 +0000 ninadjekic https://ninadjekic.info/Minor-Matters Minor Matters <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b5886cb9caf2e64a49b640ec9653da555a3c7c813acacc3fe7f7675868e496d/minor-matters-01.jpg" data-mid="176884331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b5886cb9caf2e64a49b640ec9653da555a3c7c813acacc3fe7f7675868e496d/minor-matters-01.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7647c1b72aa7f84671123abebfcaeb5858cdf026017a2cfe1f4c571c42efa0d6/minor-matters-02.jpg" data-mid="176884332" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7647c1b72aa7f84671123abebfcaeb5858cdf026017a2cfe1f4c571c42efa0d6/minor-matters-02.jpg" /> Minor Matters, 2019HD Video&nbsp; 7min Over a course of an afternoon the video captures young musicians at practice. The camera flows from one student to another, following the rhythm of their movements as they repeat and vary through time. The proximity of the practice cubicles and the sunlight make for a play of reflections and transparencies. While the bodies in movement start to overlap, the sounds converge into a medley. The accompanying narration focuses on the very intimate and bodily relationship the students develop with their instruments. This video was produced during a Cinemovement laboratory at&nbsp; Casa San Miguel in Zambales, Phillipines.