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FRANCISCO TOMSICH

THEORYVELENJE#

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The Theory # series of art projects are commi�ed to the representa�on of complex crea�ve processes in specific coordinates of �me and space through video, photography, pain�ng, drawing, installa�on, text, sound and sculpture. The applied methods include portraiture prac�ces, historical research, conversa�on, walking and progressive occupa�on of an exhibi�on space as a metaphor of the whole process and its acquired or sensed meanings. Images, themes and ques�ons arisen from these research strategies are analysed, re-elaborated and combined in order to produce a narra�ve which deals with the tradi�ons of history pain�ng, anarchitecture, realism and allegory.Theory #Velenje was produced in between 12th and 25th August, 2016 for Kunigunda Fes�val of Youth Culture in Velenje, Slovenia. The exhibi�on includes a large site-specific installa�on and a group of works made in Velenje during that period, as well as a series of pain�ngs produced in Ljubljana in 2015-2016 displayed here for the first �me in the framework of the Ins�tute of Consensual Art.

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EXHIBITION GUIDE

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[A]MELUSINE'S WORKS #VELENJEMelusine´s works is a series of interven�ons and installa�ons ini�ated in 2010 in Montevideo, Uruguay. It combines an anarchitectural approach to public space with a small repertory of materials (cardboard, nails, wire, staples) in order to produce pictorial devices. The Velenje edi�on of Melusine's works is a large site-specific installa�on. It has the form of a tunnel made of cardboard, adorned with pain�ngs, objects and photographies. It starts at the entrance of Pekarna and goes up throughout the stairs to the main exhibi�on space. The majority of the pain�ngs hanging from the walls are "archaeologies" of Melusine´s works #Lendava, produced in that Slovenian city in October, 2014. The photos are raw material for composi�ons, and include images from art history sources and press photography, as well as video frames from private and family footage. The displayed objects and sculptures were produced in Pekarna during the making process of Theory #Velenje. All drawings on the tunnel were made using coal from different places (Schwarzwald, Rog, Ilirska pri Sotli) where fires with friends were made. Some of the main sta�ons are:

1 There´s no place to goRe-make of an interven�on on the public space produced in Ljubljana on 1st January, 2016, in the framework of the collec�ve project Meta City Symptoms / Materialni Pogoji Produkcije. The poem can be read via h�p://metacitysymptoms.tumblr.com

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4The masks

5DavorjankaДаворјанка Пауновић „Зденка“ (19. јануар 1921— 1. мај 1946), студенткиња, учесница Народноослободилачке борбе и невенчана супруга Јосипа Броза Тита.(Wikipedia)

2The PeacocksPeacocks are a symbol of vanity in Catholic tradi�on, but of paradise in the Orthodox one.

3Jovanka #2If we should rebuild the iconography of communism, we should take care and cri�cize three main aspects: male preponderance, colour, and the direct connec�on of its imagery with war.

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6Old woman with goose

7The table (Archaelogies)

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8The Pet

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[B]JOVANKA’S ROOM

X Jovanka Broz & The Honor Guards of the Yugoslavian Army Y Tryp�ch

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[C] THE HORSE INSIDE THE FLAT (NE SPADAMO NA BALKONA)

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[D]MINER´S HEALTH

[E]THE CY TWOMBLY MACHINECy is the �tle of a series of studies (pain�ngs and drawings) on the figure and art of the ar�st Cy Twombly (1928-2011) produced in Ljubljana in 2016.

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[F]OPEN ALLEGORIES | FIRST SERIES | LJUBLJANA, 2015-2016An exhibi�on of 10 pain�ngs in the framework of the Ins�tute of Consensual Art. An allegory is a combina�on of two or more symbolic images aimed to represent another thing, generally an abstract concept. The visitor is invited to suggest of which concepts are these pain�ngs allegories. Le�er to Joana, Če bi to noč..., The heads’cook and La quema are some of the �tles.

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[G] NEHUSHTAN

S�ll from the documentary film Tito bez maske (2010, Jakov Sedlar).

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[H]MEDITATIONS #THEORYVideo. Velenje, August, 2016.

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THEORY #VELENJE

CONCEPT AND ORIGINAL WORKS: Francisco Tomsichh�p://franciscotomsich.tumblr.comPHOTOS: Anže Kovač, Francisco Tomsich, Henrike von DewitzPRODUCTION: KUNIGUNDA FESTIVAL, VELENJE, SLOVENIA, August 2016h�p://kunigunda.si

Thanks to: Nina Cvirn, Urša Verdev, Anže Kovač, Gemma Gelabert, Ana Proença, Ana Marija Kolar, Zlatko Malinović, Tina Mohorović, Henrike von Dewitz, Simon Svetlik and all the people from Velenje and Kunigunda Fes�val who contributed to this project in different ways.

Francisco Tomsich is an ar�st, author and art teacher born in Uruguay in 1981. He has founded and integrates numerous art groups and un-disciplinary collec�ve projects in South America and Europe, i.e. TDUERPUC (Transposed Study for a Common Portrait), Los Hombres sin Paz (The Men without Peace), MACMO (Museum of Contemporary Art of Montevideo), Meta City Symptoms/Materialni Pogoji Produkcije and the Ins�tute of Consensual Art. Between 2012 and 2014 he produced the Tempel der Medusa series of works, ac�ons and shows in Germany, Uruguay and Slovenia. Between 2014 and 2016 he has lived in Ljubljana, working in the autonomous Tovarna Rog project. He publishes books, develops long-term art and art history research plans and generates exhibi�ons. He has been awarded in many occasions for his works in the fields of poetry and the visual arts. h�p://franciscotomsich.tumblr.com and h�p://an�climacus.wordpress.com

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