Ana Čigon

Visual art & performance

Work in Progress. Reflections on Communities Beyond Capitalism

Exhibition. Drawings, video and installation
Authors: Vesna Bukovec, Tia Čiček, Ana Čigon, Andrea Knezović
Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenija
10 Nov 2022 - 8 Dec 2022

Exhibition text

Exhibition events
19 Nov 2022 from 6 pm until 6 am: Nocturnalities: Bargaining Beyond Rest, Full night artistic research event – from dusk till dawn
24 Nov 2022 at 6 pm: Discussion on labour (SLO)
2 Dec 2022 at 6 pm: Discussion on communities (SLO)
6 Dec 2022 at 6 pm: viewing of the exhibition and evaluation of the project with Vesna Bukovec, Ana Čigon and Tia Čiček

Production: Škuc Gallery
Project partner: SCCA-Ljubljana

Exhibition website: https://www.galerijaskuc.si/exhibition/work-in-progress-reflections-on-communities-beyond-capitalism/

With the project and exhibition Work in Progress. Reflecting on Communities Beyond Capitalism, Vesna Bukovec, Tia Čiček and Ana Čigon shed light on the precarious and dangerous social situation into which the present-day worker is thrust. The exhibition created a temporary point of support with a co-working space for the exchange of opinions, with resting and learning spaces, as well as an entry point into the process of unlearning unjust and harmful work structures. Trade unionist Tea Jarc (Youth Plus Trade Union), Phd Svetlana Slapšak (retired professor, classical philologist, anthropologist and writer) and Jadranka Vesel (Rise, Research Institute for Social Economy) generously shared their views on work, the contemporary worker, community and the future in the below video.

The exhibition Work in Progress. Reflecting on Communities Beyond Capitalism pointed to the need to rethink current forms of work and activity and to recognise, internalise and challenge certain patterns of behaviour and oppression. Ways of recovery and empowerment can be seen in knowledge sharing, community building and the creation of new living and working conditions. The dismantling of the existing hierarchy of values, which neglects the worker in favour of profit and false “progress”, can be seen as the key to creating a more just world.

For more information about the event please check exhibition pdf.

Photos Simao Bessa, Škuc Gallery (1 to 9), Janez Zalaznik (10 to 12) and drawings by Ana Čigon (13 to 36)

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