Iščem delo

Razstava je zasnovana na dokumentaciji poldrugo leto dolge
akcije iskanja dela, povezane z oglasom »Vizualna
umetnica išče kakršnokoli delo«, ki je bil večkrat objavljen na lokalnih
oglasnih straneh. Ker so odgovori na oglas prišli predvsem od moških, ki so
ponujali sumljivo delo, npr. masaža, spremstvo na potovanjih, golo
fotografiranje, »performansi« v nočnih barih itn., se je projekt vzporedno
razvijal tudi z raziskovanjem oglasov za delo in stanjem na domačem trgu dela.

V teku projekta je umetnica delala kot čistilka, natakarica,
prodajalka, delila je reklamne letake … V vseh primerih – z izjemo dela, ki ga
je dobila »prek zvez« – je prejemala prenizko plačo in z njo so ravnali kot z
osebo nižjega družbenega položaja. Poleg tega, da raziskuje trg dela v časih
največje nezaposlenosti na Hrvaškem, projekt Iščem delo preizprašuje tudi status sodobnih umetnikov v hrvaški
družbi in problematizira nezadostnost umetniškega poklica s poudarkom na
položaju umetnic in polju vizualne umetnosti.

Pogoji, v katerih delajo (ne zgolj) hrvaški vizualni
umetniki, so poceni produkcija, neplačano delo, neobstoječi trg sodobne
umetnosti in pomanjkanje sistematične promocije na mednarodni ravni. Preživetje
v poklicu je mogoče samo ob zunanjem viru dohodka. (Milijana Babić)

Organizacija:
Mesto žensk; V sodelovanju: Galerija Škuc.
S podporo: EU Kultura.

Vstop prost.

Umetnice in sodelujoče

Milijana Babić

Video

Milijana Babić - Looking for work

Milijana Babić

Exhibition

2012

The exhibition is based on the
documentation of a year-and-a-half-long action of looking for work, evolving
around an ad stating: Visual artist
urgently looking for any kind of work, which was published continuously in
local advertising publications.

While responses to the ad came mainly from
men offering suspicious work such as massage, accompaniment on travels, nude
photography, “performances” in night bars..., the project also developed
through researching job columns with an aim of undergoing the experience of work.

During the project, the artist worked as a
cleaner, a waitress, a vendor, a distributor... In all cases, apart from the
work found “through a connection”, she was underpaid and treated as a person of
lower rank. Apart from dealing with the research into the labour market in a
time of the highest unemployment rate in Croatia, the project Looking For Work questions the status of
contemporary artists in Croatian society and problematizes the insufficiency of
the artistic profession, with an emphasis on the position of women artists and
the field of visual art.

The conditions in which (not only)
Croatian visual artists work are cheap production, unpaid work, a non-existent
contemporary art market and a lack of systematic promotion on an international
level. Survival within the profession is possible only with external sources of
income. (Milijana Babić)

Organization: City of Women; In
partnership with: Škuc Gallery.
Supported by: EU Culture.

Free entry.

Date event: Oct 02nd - Oct 13th

Music by Hanne Hukkelberg - Too good to be good