19th International Biennial Festival Of Portrait Tulza 2024

 One of my photo works from my portfolio “Mia” will be presented at the:

19th International Biennial Festival Of Portrait Tulza 2024 - INTERBIFEP

18.09.2024 - 25.11.2024

Opening 18.09.2024, 20:00

Medunarodna galerija portreta II tulanske brigade br. 13 ,75000 Tulza, Bosnia – Herzegovina

INTERBIFEP is a biennial that focuses exclusively on the subject of portraiture. Reflected in many facets and techniques, such as photography, printmaking and painting. Organized by the Tulza Cultural Center Javna Ustanova

“a touch of shadows of time and harvest” Project for ĀBOLOŠANA

 “a touch of shadows of time and harvest” Project for

ĀBOLOŠANA , Aizpute, Latvia 01.09.-15.09.2024

I created two specifically works and presented an existing work adapted to the site. The two special works include the video work “Ornaments of the Empty Times in Autumn”. The video was shot in the house at Atmodas iela 9, in Misiņkalnaparks and in the rural surroundings of the town of Aizpute. The house itself is a national moment under the care of SERDE. The second site-specific work is the spatial installation “9052” or “a touch of shadows of time and harvest”. The third work was my life performance “The Plant”, which, as I mentioned, was adapted to the space and for a part integrated my installation into the performance. 

All three works together reflect the themes of time, reflection, transitions, emptiness, standstill and harvest in a broader sense. In addition, all works contain autobiographical elements and thoughts. But beyond that, the terms and titles “Empty Times” and “a touch of shadows of time and harvest” refer to a special time between late summer and early autumn in my personal vision. A phase in the annual cycle characterized by a calm, almost magical, melancholic atmosphere, in which nature comes to rest before autumn begins. This empty time is a phase of pause and reflection, in which nature and life stand still and prepare for the coming change. This period is very short, only a few days, and I wish it would never, ever end... the empty time in between.

The project was made possible with the kind support of SERDE

Link to video Ornaments of the Empty Times in Autumn”

https://vimeo.com/johannesgerard/ornamentsofemptytimes?share=copy

Still Images Video:

Installation “9052” or “a touch of shadows of time and harvest”

Still Image Performance "The Plant"

《 12x12x12+ Nature / Nature Art Cube Exhibition》

12x12x12+ Nature - / -Nature Art Cube Exhibition of Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2024

24/08/ - 31/10//2024 / Daily except Mondays 10.00-17.00 h

Exhibition Venue: Geumgang Nature Art Center, Gongju City, Republic of Korea

《 12x12x12+ Nature / Nature Art Cube Exhibition》, which has been conducted as one of the indoor exhibitions of 《 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale》 since 2017, is a program that seeks to interpret and broaden awareness of nature in various ways of thinking and expression in a 12cm cube. In fact, dealing with nature in a limited space is not as easy as you might think, but on the other hand, because it is a limited space, paradoxically, you may be able to show more imagination.

About my cube “Cube 6041”

A solid cube made of wood and tree parts. A symbol of stability and compactness in nature. And yet a material that lives, changes, and perishes. It is not a symbol of the cycle of life, but in this case a cube of life. But also a contrast between man-made forms and natural forms

14 September 2024 ĀBOLOŠANA

Only a few days left until the final presentation on September 14, 2024 to round off my project with the working title "a touch of shadows of times and harvest”. The video work has been edited and the room installation is also finished. Now a few rehearsals for the live performance "The Plant", which, unlike the previous performances, takes place indoors. I also had time to add new material for future works to my extensive archive of images and concepts.

 ĀBOLOŠANA 

Starting 11.00 a.m., September 14, 2024 

at SERDE, Atmodas iela 9, Aizpute, Latvia 

With the kind support of SERDE residencies

TRACES

Five photographic works and two new videos works “floating traces of empty worlds and time” & “nothing will stay as it was” will be on view in the group exhibition “Traces” in the Main hall of the Museum of Nonconformist Art from September 7 to October 27, 2024. More than twenty artists will present their interpretations of the theme in photographs, installations, objects, graphics and video works. The opening is on September 7, 2024 at 17:00 h.

Curated by Anastasia Patsey

The five photographic work belong to my ongoing photo portfolio “Traces and traces in many cities”. The two recent video works “floating traces of empty worlds and time” and “nothing will remain as it was” were originally created specifically for the theme of traces

“Every word we say, every step we take, every action leaves a trace. Some traces are exact prints, in them you can easily recognize the original object. Others are more like shadows that leave room for the imagination. Our attitude towards footprints can also be very different. Sometimes we want to leave a trace, and sometimes vice versa–we want to remain unnoticed. This is what we invite artists and viewers to reflect on,” says Anastasia Patsey, the director of MNA and curator of the exhibition. Working with the theme of traces, the artists chose different optics. Some of them study the environment around them, while others look inside themselves.

Museum of Nonconformist Art / Main Hall

Pushkinskaya-10 Art Center bld. C 4th Floor,  Entrance from Ligovsky pr. 53, St. Petersburg, RF 

Photographic Works

Video Stills

“a touch of shadows of times and harvest “ Project

 “a touch of shadows of times and harvest “

Upon invitation from SERDE a Latvian non goverment culture and hertiage association, in the first half of September 2024 I will be back in Latvia for a new interdisciplinary project, this time in the town of Aizpute. The place is only 65 km away from Pedvale Art Park in Sabile, Latvia, where I had a project in May last year. However, both places and projects are different from each other. It will be an interdisciplinary project again, this time on the theme of time and harvest. The project will be implemented in conjunction with the Appel Culture Festival. I plan to make a site-specific video, an installation and present a revision of my performance “The Plant”.

One of my photographic work from my The Plant series is on tour:

SEVEN SEEDS OPEN – The Hamburg Edition

HYCP Veddel Space

Opening 31.08.2024, 6:00 p.m.
Exhibition 01.–08.09.2024
Sieldeich 36 20539 Hamburg, Germany

After a successful Yokohama show as an official part of the Yokohama Triennale, the Seven Seeds Open will come to Europe, Hamburg Veddel. HYCP Veddel Space will show the ‘Hamburg Edition’ of the Seven Seeds Open in August 2024 as the second exhibition station on critical sustainability. The exhibition will show more than 120 positions and perspectives from artists from all over the planet.

How can artists formulate plans for a sustainable future?

How do we start now by planting seeds as ideas for tomorrow?

How is sustainability part of each one own creative practice?

The approaches give various ideas, insights, and proposals for transforming and designing the future. Under the participants, you will see artworks from young students, ambitious amateurs, and high professionals.