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𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗨𝗞: 𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗜, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗢 𝗜
umjetničkog kolektiva TARWUK (Bruno Pogačnik Tremow i Ivana Vukšić)
📅 Otvorenje će se održati u utorak, 15. srpnja 2025. u 🕢 19:30 sati u Salonu Galić, Marmontova 3, Split.
◾Izložba je također dio programa 71. Splitskog ljeta.
Izložbu organizira HULU Split, u partnerstvu s HNK Split – 71. Splitsko ljeto te KC Osijekom, uz podršku: Galerije umjetnina – Split, WHITE CUBE LIMITED (London) i WHITE CUBE PARIS SARL (Pariz).
◾Kustosica izložbe: Valentina Radoš
Ovom prilikom, umjetnički duo TARWUK predstavit će nove, prostorno specifične radove nastale tijekom desetodnevne rezidencije u Splitu. Izložba promišlja ulogu kostima, scenografije i identiteta unutar suvremene umjetničke prakse, kroz bogatu kombinaciju instalacija, slika, skulptura i video radova.
𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗚𝗢𝗩𝗢𝗥
Ulazak u izložbeni prostor TARWUKA jednak je ulasku u drugu dimenziju, istodobno zavodljivo neistraženu i duboko nam poznatu. Nije to izložba u uobičajenom smislu riječi, već uprostoreno stanje svijesti, u koje se uključuje naše fizičko bivanje. Kao što sam naslov naglašava, to je više od zbira izloženih radova, jer ulazimo u suživot s Ivanom i Brunom, i oni s nama, budući da je pitanje vječno transformativnog sebstva osnova tkanja onoga što TARWUK jest. Taj dvojac koji dijeli umjetničku i životnu kreaciju bez raspoznavanja granice između jednog i drugog svojim djelovanjem krug širi po principu radikalne univerzalnosti i emocionalnog prepoznavanja različitih ljudi, nevezanih bilo kakvim opisnim i inim kategorizacijama. Budući da se tek jezgra sastoji od jednog entiteta, s četvero ruku i dva srca, tako se i vanjski oblik njihova kolektiva mijenja od izložbe do izložbe pridruživanjem suradnika iz prijašnjih projekata te članova obitelji i prijatelja. TARWUKOVO shvaćanje izložbe kao živog i životnog prostora umjetničke geste zato i ne prepoznaje ograničenja u bilo kojem smislu.
Postav svake izložbe, pa tako i ove, u stanju je vječnog fluksa te se čita i funkcionira kao sveobuhvatna instalacija koja se sastoji od crteža, slika, skulptura, pronađenih objekata, performansa i filma – svaki put specifična i oživljena u novom prostoru. Šira simbolika fluidnosti naših mnogih identiteta i točke u kojima se povezuju s drugima čini konceptualnu srž ovog projekta, dok performativni principi kazališta čine njegovu vanjsku manifestaciju. Postavke počinju sasvim slučajnim susretom dvoje izvođača – Simone i Nada – koji nam u jednom kratkom ljetnom poslijepodnevu predstavljaju cijelu lepezu ljudskog prepoznavanja, poput komornog komada opuštenih i nepredvidivih narativnih niti. TARWUK to opisuje kao scenu svakodnevnog zajedništva, koja kao alternativna (ili možda jedina istinita) stvarnost krije gusto mjesto psihičkih napetosti: zajedništvo u kojem mikroagresije, nježnost, očekivanja i naslijeđene traume izranjaju kroz banalne razgovore i ritualnu repetitivnost. U fokusu je, kao i dosad, pitanje ljudske komunikacije i zajedništva te sva inherentna stanja psihičke, emocionalne i društvene gipkosti, no bez ponuđenog rješenja ili zaključka. Metamorfoza svakog pojedinca unutar TARWUKOVA kruga, iznova stvorenog svakom izložbenom inscenacijom, navigira kroz povijest svih drugih i prijašnjih iteracija kolektiva. Jezikom tek djelomično prenose ono što vjeruju da je istina, no poput ljudskog identiteta, riječi su krhke konstitucije i podložne su svakojakim manipulacijama. Zato, u svijetu TARWUKA jezik ne funkcionira tek kao prijenosnik značenja, već kao materija njihove prividne netransparentnosti i alkemije, i poput posijanog sjemena (izgovorene i napisane riječi), raste ovisno o plodnosti svakog pojedinačnog tla. Kazališno oblikovanje izložbenog postava u kojem se koriste kostimi i scenografija služi također kao katalizator za preobrazbu i izgradnju novog zajedništva i pratećih identiteta. Stavljajući sam proces iznad krajnjeg proizvoda, suradnju ispred individualne geste, naš i svoj fokus drže upravo na granici koja dijeli sebe od drugoga. Spomenuti okvirni motiv slučajnog susreta koji postaje okidač dubokom prepoznavanju sebe, pa onda i drugoga, funkcionira kao „libreto“ za znatno širi transdisciplinarni i kolaborativni princip. Naslanjajući se snažno na dugogodišnju praksu otvorenu pridruživanju i kohabitaciji, TARWUK propituje pojam doma i obitelji, ne kao stabilne kategorije, već kao konstrukte podložene stalnoj reinterpretaciji. TARWUK znači radikalna bliskost u vremenu sve većeg raslojavanja. Što to znači biti čovjek, koje su komponente ljudskosti i što nas sve povezuje, od arhetipskih predaka do budućih naraštaja?
Valentina Radoš
Osijek, svibanj 2025.
🤝 Rad HULU-a podržavaju: Grad Split, Ministarstvo kulture i medija RH, Zaklada Kultura nova, Turistička zajednica grada Splita i Splitsko-dalmatinska županija.
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It is our honour and pleasure to invite you to the opening of the exhibition
𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗨𝗞: 𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗜, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗢 𝗜
by the artistic collective TARWUK (Bruno Pogačnik Tremow and Ivana Vukšić)
📅 The opening will take place on Tuesday, 15 July 2025, at 🕢 7:30 PM at Salon Galić, Marmontova 3, Split.
◾The exhibition is part of the 71st Split Summer Festival.
It is organised by HULU Split, in partnership with the Croatian National Theatre Split – 71st Split Summer Festival and the Culture Centre Osijek, with support from: the Museum of Fine Arts – Split, WHITE CUBE LIMITED (London) and WHITE CUBE PARIS SARL (Paris).
◾Exhibition curator: Valentina Radoš
On this occasion, the artistic duo TARWUK will present new, site-specific works created during their ten-day residency in Split. The exhibition reflects on the role of costume, scenography, and identity within contemporary artistic practice, through a rich combination of installations, paintings, sculptures, and video works.
𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗
Entering the TARWUK exhibition is equivalent to entering another dimension, one that is both seductively unexplored and deeply relatable. It is not an exhibition in the everyday sense of the word, but rather a spatial state of consciousness into which our physical being joins. As the title of the exhibition itself emphasizes; this is more than a collection of works. Instead, we enter into a coexistence with Ivana and Bruno, and they with us, because the question of the eternally trans-formative self is the basis of the fabric of what TARWUK is. This duo, which shares an artistic and life creation without distinguishing the border between the two, expands the circle with activities based on the principle of radical universality and emotional recognition between different people, not bound by any descriptive and other categorizations. Since only the core of TARWUK consists of this one entity with four arms and two hearts, the external form of their collective changes from exhibition to exhibition, with the addition of collaborators from previous projects, as well as family members and friends. TARWUK’s understanding of the exhibition is one of artistic gesture and a space of life, so therefore they do not recognize any limitation in any sense.
The setting of each exhibition, including this one, is in a state of perpetual flux and is to be read and to function as a comprehensive installation consisting of drawings, paintings, sculptures, found objects, performance and film –one that is brought to life each time in a specific and new space. The broader symbolism of the fluidity of our many identities and the points at which they connect with others form the conceptual core of this project, while the performative principles of the staged theatre form its external manifestation. The setting begins with a completely accidental encounter between two performers – Simone and Nada – who, in one short and hot summer afternoon, present us with a whole range of human recognition; something like a chamber piece consisting of a number of relaxed and unpredictable narrative threads. TARWUK describes it as a scene of everyday togetherness, which as an alternative reality (or perhaps the only true one?) hides a dense point of psychic tensions: a togetherness in which microaggressions, tenderness, expectations and inherited traumas emerge through banal conversations and ritual repetition. The focus, as before, is placed on the question of human communication and togetherness, and all the inherent states of psychic, emotional and social flexibility; but without an offered solution or conclusion for the viewer.
The metamorphosis of each individual within TARWUK's circle, recreated by each exhibition staging, navigates through the history of all other and previous iterations of the collective. They only partially convey what they believe to be true through language, but just like the human identity, words are fragile constitutions and subject to all kinds of manipulation. Therefore, in the world of TARWUK, language does not function as a mere transmitter of meaning, but instead as the matter of their apparent opacity and alchemy, and like a sown seed (spoken and written) grows depending on the fertility of each individual soil. The theatrical design of the exhibition display, which uses costumes and scenography, also serves as a catalyst for transformation and the construction of new togetherness and accompanying identities. By placing the process itself above the final product, collaboration above the individual gesture, they keep our and their focus precisely on the border that separates the self from the other. The aforementioned framework motif of a chance encounter which becomes a trigger for a deep recognition of the self, and then the other, functions as a “libretto” for a much broader trans-disciplinary and collaborative principle. Drawing heavily on a long-standing practice opened to association and cohabitation, TARWUK questions the notion of home and family, not as stable categories but as constructed ones and therefore subject to constant reinterpretation. TARWUK stands for radical closeness in a time of increasing stratification. What does it mean to be human; what are the components of humanity and what connects us all, from our archetypal ancestors to future generations?
Valentina Radoš
Osijek May 2025.
🤝 HULU’s work is supported by: the City of Split, the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Kultura Nova Foundation, the Split Tourist Board, and the Split-Dalmatia County.
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