Jasmina Cibic Livres

Slovenian artist Jasmina Cibic belongs to a young generation of artists who are engaging critically with the legacy of the former Yugoslavia. Set against this background, her exhibition Most Favored Nation questions the validity of the concept of international relationships that extends the same privileges of bilateral treaties to multilateral relationships. Cibic critically examines the mechanisms of nation-building and soft power as an indirect form of exercising power through cultural dominance. Decoding the complex entanglement of political concerns and cultural production, the London-based artist translates the political mechanisms influencing artists into room-filling installations, performances, and intricate films. This catalogue traces the immersive spatial architecture in the tradition of the debating salon. JASMINA CIBIC (*1979, Ljubljana) is an internationally renowned artist, working with film, sculpture, performance and installation. In 2013 she represented Slovenia at the 55th Biennale di Venezia. Most recently her work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Musée d'art contemporain - MAC Lyon, Museum Sztuki Lódz, Museum of Contemporary Art Ljubljana and CCA Glasgow.

Playing Both Sides: Decoding and Mythmaking The Slovenian artist Jasmina Cibic (b. Ljubljana, 1979; lives and works in London) exemplifies a young generation of creative minds born in the former Yugoslavia whose works address social, political, and historical themes. In 2013, she represented her country at the Venice Biennale. Cibic’s projects synthesize gesture, drama, and reenactment. They are based on extensive archival research and the searching examination of historical traces, material the artist turns into haunting film installations and performances. Her multifaceted approach combines original sources with fictional accounts of events. Spielraum presents comprehensive documentation of a three-part film and exhibition project that Cibic developed in cooperation with the Ludwig Museum, Budapest; the International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade. With essays by Anna Gritz, Róna Kopeczky, Una Popović, Dubravka Sekulić, Jelena Vesić, Alessandro Vincentelli, WHW, and Giovanna Zapperi.

Die slowenische Künstlerin Jasmina Cibic (*1979) beleuchtet mit ihren Arbeiten gesellschaftliche, politische und historische Fragen aus dem Blickwinkel der Kunst. NADA ist eine beeindruckende Filmtriologie, die mit den Kunstmuseen Krefeld, der Europäischen Kulturhauptstadt 2017 Aarhus und dem MSU Zagreb entwickelt wurde. Darin setzt sie sich mit den sozialpolitischen Verflechtungen des Kulturbetriebs auseinander und untersucht Machtmechanismen die bei der Entwicklung nationaler Identitäten eine Rolle spielen. Die Triologie kulminiert in ihrer ortsspezifischen Ausstellung „The Spirit of Our Needs“ im Haus Esters in Krefeld. Der Katalog ist ein vollillustrierter Reader, der Archivmaterial, Texte sowie ein Interview zwischen der Künstlerin und Katia Baudin (Direktorin Kunstmuseen Krefeld) beinhaltet. Er ist die erste deutschsprachige Publikation (Deutsch/Englisch) zu der Künstlerin.