{"id":7044,"date":"2023-09-01T13:45:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T11:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/?p=7044"},"modified":"2023-09-01T13:45:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T11:45:27","slug":"enej-gala-olegkaska-the-witch-twins-fever-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/news\/enej-gala-olegkaska-the-witch-twins-fever-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Enej Gala, \u00d8leg&Ka\u015bka, The Witch Twins: FEVER DREAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening: 02.09., from 7:00 PM (presentation of ETC. Magazine), from 8:00 PM (exhibition opening) Duration: 02.09. \u2013 10.09.2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working hours > Tue-Fri: 2-8 PM \/ Sat: 10 AM-3 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enej Gala, \u00d8leg&Ka\u015bka, The Witch Twins: FEVER DREAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become part of an imaginative adventure and join us for the opening of the FEVER DREAM exhibition. Featuring the works of artist Enej Gala, the collective \u00d8leg&Ka\u015bka, and the duo The Witch Twins, the exhibition unveils universes where anything is possible, where the fantastic becomes real, and where dreams suddenly carry the weight of reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evening kicks off at 7:00 PM with the presentation of the latest issue of ETC. Magazine, a publication that raises critical questions about art, culture, and contemporary society. Following that, precisely at 8:00 PM, the exhibition will open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waking up in a dream means entering worlds where everything is possible. The topography might look foreign at first glance, but one can quickly realise that the contours are familiar, reminding us of worlds we have already heard of and that we have, in fact, already seen them in a slightly different rendering \u2013 perhaps on an evening walk through the city, in old history textbooks or as children, enchanted by puppets in a darkened theatre. It might be the reminiscence of daily events placed among the hills and valleys of dreamlands, soft and welcoming as pink cotton candy. The familiarity of these worlds is kind of soothing, and their abstractness stirs up thoughts of new possibilities, of new stories based on different, magical words for describing already known feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibition Fever Dream<\/em> opens ports to strange dream-like universes. Selected projects merge elements of the past and current zeitgeist, forming imaginary worlds where even at times when unbearable feelings of anxiety and hopelessness creep upon us, there is at least a promise of a silver lining \u2013 an armoured hero, a magical coat, a possible exit door to another world where humanity is not yet doomed but only presented with an epic quest. These stories are implausible and remain anchored in fiction; they are aware that they are not necessarily factual descriptions of real events, yet we can catch a glimpse of the real world reflected on the shiny surface of the dreamscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And just like that appears a surreal world of The Witch Twins<\/strong>, where a mysterious duo is wandering the empty landscape on their magical quest. Videos saturated with big shiny headpieces, bold makeup and unknown alchemist symbols, merge styles of homemade VHS records and sci-fi movies before the CGI times, evoking bitter-sweet memories of fantastic stories we forgot about while growing up. A mystical world that sprouted and evolved among four walls of a Predani\u010d brothers\u2019 student dorm consists of different elements, influenced by drag culture, 60s and 70s aesthetics and their own childhood memories, forming a refuge, perhaps kinder and more accepting reality, welcoming all those misfits who don\u2019t conform to the norms of our society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enej Gala<\/strong> creates an imaginary world filled with characters merging into one another and occupying structures that are subverting their real-world roles, taking advantage of the ambiguity of the materials they are made of. He refers to Richard Teschner, a puppeteer who worked in Prague and Vienna in the first half of the twentieth century, creating an artificial world that enables us to rethink our time, its shifts, tensions and paradoxes. The figures he creates leave room for interpretation, their expressions or a lack thereof revealing an internal struggle, perhaps not assumed at first glance. Whimsical at first, they always appear more complex as we take a closer look at their existential situations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything I Knew Has Become Yesterday’s Dream<\/em> <\/strong>(2022) by \u00d8leg&Ka\u015bka <\/strong>is a story about fear and uncertainty of the future in the context of today\u2019s world crises. The narrative of the story includes possible scenarios of the future, which \u00d8leg&Ka\u015bka envision as an escalation of violence. Rooted in the symbolism of war, medieval times and religion, two works, Where the Future Grows<\/em> and Banner of Rebirth, <\/em>talk about escapism and fatality while also addressing the current and predicted condition of society and the environment in general. Artists use storytelling to create a complex environment in which every work is interconnected and has a symbolic meaning, creating an immersive setting reminiscent of a fairy tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00d8leg&Ka\u015bka<\/strong> is a collective superorganism founded in the summer of 2018. In their artistic practice they combine different media like painting, sculpture, video or fragrance to create immersive environments. Using language, which is a hybrid of mythology and pop culture, their works are rooted in the dilemmas of the Generation Z and address the responsibility to deal with the world crisis originating from the climate crisis. They graduated from The University of the Arts in Pozna\u0144 in Poland in 2020 (MFA) and have exhibited their work in many institutions and galleries in Poland and abroad, such as Zacheta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, MoMA in Warsaw, :SKALA Gallery in Poznan, Gdansk City Gallery, Berlinskej Model in Prague, Spread Museum in Entrevaux, Sonneundsolche in D\u00fcsseldorf, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alen in Robi Predani\u010d<\/strong> (1994) make videos for musicians and bands from all around the world. Their work has been shown at various Slovenian film festivals, such as the Festival of Slovenian Film (Portoro\u017e), Festival Tresk (Ljubljana) and LGBT Film Festival (Ljubljana). At the latter, they received the 2022 Pink Dragon Award for the best Slovenian short film for their film Marjetica v postelji<\/em>. Their video for the song Mushroom Kingdom<\/em> by the Australian band Sunfruits was played on the legendary Australian TV show Rage. They were one of the 30 finalists for the CIRCA x Dazed and Confused Magazine<\/em> Class of 2022, which meant that their short film The Witch Twins<\/em> was played on the iconic Piccadilly Lights screen in London and on other big screens in Berlin, Seoul and Melbourne. The exhibition at UGM Studio was the Predani\u010d brothers\u2019 first presentation in a gallery context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enej Gala<\/strong> (1990) expands narration in his artistic practice by questioning traditional perspectives on painting, performative sculpture, puppetry and video, and by exploring different forms of production through frequent collaborations. He received his BA and MA in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, and completed a Postgraduate Programme at the Royal Academy Schools in London. During his studies, he also attended the Willem De Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. He participated in group exhibitions in Slovenia, Italy and the UK as well as presented his work in numerous solo exhibitions. He lives and works between London, Venice and Nova Gorica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image Credit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaka Juhant, variation on the cover of the second issue of ETC. Magazine, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Impressum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curator: ETC. Magazine with Lara Reichmann
Visual Identity: Zoran Punger\u010dar\u00a0
Exhibition Design: Dorijan \u0160i\u0161ko\u00a0
Partners of ETC. Magazine: Galerija Fotografija, Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Look Back and Laugh, Ravnikar Gallery Space\u00a0
The project is supported by: Ministry of culture of the Republic of Slovenia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We warmly invite you to the opening of FEVER DREAM, an exhibition that explores the captivating worlds conjured up by artists Enej Gala, the collaborative collective \u00d8leg&Ka\u015bka, and the creative duo known as The Witch Twins, Alen and Robi Predani\u010d. Running from September 2nd to 10th, 2023, at GMK, the exhibition weaves together elements of historical and contemporary cultural currents to craft intricate narratives that shed light on our modern hopes, fears, and possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-mk.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}