Predstavljanje multimedijalnog projekta "Illusive regimes" kolektiva Sz. Berlin ± Panic
O događanju
Projekt Illusive regimes umjetničkog dvojca Sz. Berlin ± Panic predstavlja se site-specific izvedbom video radova u prostoru industrijskog kompleksa Pijacala (pored Šohta) u srijedu, 29. srpnja, u 21 sat u organizaciji Gradske galerije Labin. U drugom dijelu DJ session programa, kolektivu Sz. Berlin ± Panic (koji nastupaju kao DJ Codex Europa i DJ Panic) pridružuje se DJ Maski, voditelj radionica projekta DJ radionice Kluba mladih DKC-a Lamparna. O PROJEKTU Internacionalni multimedijalni kolektiv Sz. Berlin ± Panic, nosi združeni naziv umjetničkih imena dvojca koji ga sačinjava. Pravim imenom Alexei Monroe (Sz. Berlin) i Nikola Panic (Panic), kroz vlastita umjetničko-znanstvena istraživanja proučavaju arhitektonske relikte nekadašnjih sustava i svojevrsne biljege koje mijenama političkih i socioloških odrednica zadobivaju. Modernističku industrijsku arhitekturu dvojac promatra fascinacijom njene monumentalnosti, ali i simboličkom vrijednosti složenosti (ne)vidljivih društveno-političkih odnosa koji se kroz nju preslikavaju. Njihove refleksije progovaraju o tihom postojanju objekata koji su nekoć tvorili pokretačku srž industrijske sile ovih prostora prošloga stoljeća. Osvrćući se kroz političke sustave kojima su pripadali i koji su ih za vlastite potrebe izgradili, a generacije lokalnih ili doseljenih radnika održavali živima, umjetnici stvaraju multimedijalne uratke kompilacijom arhivske građe i/ili in situ snimaka koji vode kroz supostojeću prošlost i sadašnjost utkanu u zdanjima. Sz. Berlin ± Panic u fokus postavljaju nezamijećene pragmatične strukture poput tvorničkih hala, elektrana i pogona kao žila kucavica industrijske proizvodnje i održavanja sustava, ali i postali posredni dionici aktivnog stvaranja današnjeg sociološkog identiteta određenog teritorija. Projekt Illusive Regimes povezuje dva video rada usmjerena na industrijsku arhitekturu šireg labinskog područja za fašističkog razdoblja. Dvije industrijske građevine podignute unutar jednog desetljeća čine zasebne protagoniste dvaju radova naziva Degeneracija [TEV 24] (koji obrađuje elektranu Vlaška smještenu u Raškoj dolini) i Regeneracija [RGN 26] (koji tematizira elektranu rudarskog postrojenja u Ripendi). Na labinskom će se predstavljanju dodatno prikazati video rad Iluminacija [BGD-25] o beogradskoj elektrani Snaga i Svetlost. Također, projekt će se predstaviti suradničkom izložbom u Kulturno-informativnom centru (KIC) u Zagrebu u drugom dijelu godine. Kustosica projekta je Stephanie Peršić. Produciranje i izvedbu projekta podržali su Grad Labin i Ministarstvo kulture i medija Republike Hrvatske. Podršku u realizaciji događaja pružili su Sonolux, DKC Lamparna i obrt Kire. O KOLEKTIVU Sz. Berlin ± Panic predstavlja audio-vizualnu suradnju između umjetnika Sz. Berlina (situiranom u Labinu) i londonskog filmaša Panica. Od 2022. godine intenzivno dokumentiraju industrijske ruševine na području Istre i Kvarnera. Njihovi su video radovi do sada prikazani na izložbama u Burren College of Art, DKC Lamparni (Labin) i Galeriji Novo (Pula). Godine 2024. predstavili su audiovizualnu Trilogiju raspadanja – alkemični audiovizualni odgovor na tri napuštena lokaliteta u Hrvatskoj. Trilogija se temelji na snimanjima na lokacijama u Plomin Luci, Vlaškoj i Rijeci. U filmovima i njihovim zvučnim zapisima termoelektrana, željeznički depo i postrojenje za separaciju ugljena nakratko su oživljeni. Radovi ih transformiraju iz mrtvih industrijskih pogona u nove "oživljene" postindustrijske pogone. Film o Vlaškoj, Degeneracija [TEV 24], prikazan je na projekcijama koje je organizirala Embryogallery u New Yorku i Ciudad de Méxicu u jesen 2024., te je uključen u skupnu izložbu u kustostvu Embryogallery, T.F.I.D. (The Future Is Dead) u Galeriji Novo. https://szberlinpanic.bandcamp.com/ ................................................................................................. The Illusive Regimes project by the artistic collective Sz. Berlin ± Panic will be presented through a site-specific screening of video works at the Pijacal industrial complex, next to the Šoht mining tower, on Wednesday, 29 July, at 9 p.m. In the second part of the programme, Sz. Berlin ± Panic, performing as DJ Codex Europa and DJ Panic, will be joined for a DJ session by DJ Maski, who leads the DJ Workshops project of the DKC Lamparna Youth Club. ABOUT THE PROJECT The international multimedia collective Sz. Berlin ± Panic takes its name from the combined artistic names of its two members. Alexei Monroe, who works as Sz. Berlin, and Nikola Panic, who works as Panic, use their respective artistic and scholarly research practices to examine the architectural relics of former systems and the particular traces imprinted upon them by shifting political and social circumstances. The duo approaches modernist industrial architecture with a fascination for both its monumentality and its symbolic embodiment of the complex, sometimes invisible, socio-political relations reflected through it. Their work addresses the quiet persistence of structures that once formed the driving core of the industrial power of this region during the previous century. Reflecting on the political systems to which these buildings belonged and which constructed them for their own purposes, as well as on the generations of local and migrant workers who kept them alive, the artists create multimedia works by combining archival material and/or in situ footage. These works guide the viewer through the coexisting past and present embedded within the structures themselves. Sz. Berlin ± Panic focus on frequently overlooked utilitarian structures, such as factory halls, power stations and industrial plants, which served as the arteries of industrial production and sustained the wider system. At the same time, these structures became indirect participants in the active formation of the present-day social identity of a particular territory. The Illusive Regimes project brings together two video works focusing on the industrial architecture of the wider Labin area during the Fascist period. Two industrial structures built within the same decade become the respective protagonists of Degeneration [TEV-24], which examines the Vlaška power station in the Raša Valley, and Regeneration [RGN-26], which focuses on the power station of the mining complex in Ripenda. The presentation in Labin will also include the video work Illumination [BGD-25], dedicated to the Snaga i Svetlost power station in Belgrade. The project will also be presented later this year through a collaborative exhibition at the Cultural and Information Centre (KIC) in Zagreb. The project is curated by Stephanie Peršić. The production and presentation of the project have been supported by the City of Labin and the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia. Realisation of the event has been supported by Sonolux group, DKC Lamparna and Kire interpreneuring. ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE Sz. Berlin ± Panic Sz. Berlin ± Panic is an audiovisual collaboration between Labin-based artist Sz. Berlin and London-based filmmaker Panic. Since 2022, they have been extensively documenting industrial ruins throughout Istria and the Kvarner region. Their video works have so far been presented at the Burren College of Art, DKC Lamparna in Labin and Novo Gallery in Pula. In 2024, they presented the audiovisual Trilogy of Decay, an alchemical audiovisual response to three abandoned sites in Croatia. The trilogy is based on footage recorded on location in Plomin Luka, Vlaška and Rijeka. In the films and their soundtracks, a thermal power station, a railway depot and a coal-separation plant are briefly brought back to life. The works transform them from defunct industrial facilities into newly reanimated post-industrial plants. The film about Vlaška, Degeneration [TEV-24], was presented at screenings organised by Embryogallery in New York and Mexico City in autumn 2024. It was also included in T.F.I.D. (The Future Is Dead), a group exhibition curated by Embryogallery at Novo Gallery. https://szberlinpanic.bandcamp.com/