Why is it that a firefly shines? Supposedly, to attract an appropriate partner. So is this a natural visual communication? The world has been flooded with gadgets; communication and relationships are continuous, but mediated (online); each of us withdraws increasingly into his/her own world; we are becoming more and more alienated and lonely. On the contrary, the condition of a real, actual, lively communication is to see, hear, feel, and touch each other. The interactive object created by students of the 3^rd grade at the department for Visual Communication and Interior Design under the mentorship of Kiki Klimt and Ivo Koritnik tries to invite us from the everyday routine into making contacts and connections. Perhaps we shall also get an answer why fireflies shine.

 

Kiki Klimt graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana (in 1997), where she also completed her postgraduate studies of sculpture under Prof Jože Barši (in 2000). She has exhibited at numerous group and solo exhibitions. He is active in different fields, such as design, illustration, painting and performance. Since 2007 she has been lecturing at the Academy of Design (graduate and postgraduate study levels).

 

Already during his student years, the designer, set designer and architect Ivo Koritnik collaborated with the TSE Studio and the TIM company from Koper, two of the leading producers of lighting and stage technique in the former Yugoslavia. He is a co-founder of the Arch studio (1989) engaged in architectural concepts, fair display designs, exhibitions and interior design. He explores and lectures about the possibilities of energy saving and the rational and creative use of light.

 

Co-produced by Academy of Design.