»I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow,

the million moving shapes and cul-de-sacs of shadow.«

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

 

This poetic light installation in the garden of Križevniška church is based on the interplay between light and darkness, created with primary colors of light: red, green and blue. The starting point of the installation is the principle of color mixing, the same one we encounter every day on the screens of our TVs and computers, and the one Mina Fina effectively uses during her VJ performances. The artist, otherwise active as an illustrator and designer as well, has included her typical drawing work in the project, thus making way for the development of minimalist narrative elements. Her themes and her expressive drawing style in combination with the lighting form the foundation of a shady garden that occupies the existing one. The merging of both results in a stunning visual experience, trapped between an infinite color loop and many shadows that shape the multi-layered ambiental space.

 

MINA FINA graduated in 2002 from the visual communications at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Lately she's been exploring the fields of drawing, animation and video. She's published many original author's publications, zines and books. On top of that, she's created two graphic serials in collaboration with the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC). The first was published in 2012, while the second one was presented during her solo exhibition titled Včasih nič, včasih kaplja čez rob/This mess we’re in. She's a member of the designer group called Ee and of the audiovisual collective Your Gay Thoughts.

 

Until 26^th June 2015.
Coproduction: Festival Ljubljana