At this year's BIEN art residency in Layer house, four textiles artists and designers from Croatia are creating: Dina Mlinac, Sara Strgačić, Nikolina Krstičević and Nikolina Holjak. Their common project The future is bright? is on display in the Mergentaler Street Gallery of Layer House and TAM-TAM, and each of them is also presented with a solo exhibition. The latter will be on display at the central venue of the biennial, on the 3rd floor of Globus, from 26 May to 14 August.
Photo: Maša Pirc / BIEN 2021
Future is bright?
Mergentaler street gallery of Layer house and TAM-TAM
26. 5. -30. 6. 2021
Mentor: assoc.prof. Koraljka Kovač Dugandžić
Faculty: Faculty of textile technology, University in Zagreb
The illustration „The Future is Bright?“ depicts waves in all directions, transitioning from motives of pollution and suffocation into motives of greenery, nature and life in itself. The motives are constructed of recycled plastic, paper, textile, plants and other recycled materials.
„The Future is Bright?“ asks the biggest question nowadays, is there a better future for the environment? Therefore, is there a better future for us? Because we are the environment, we are the pollution, the waste, the plastics, the toxic chemicals… But we are also nature in all its pureness and harmony.
Illustrating that duality with recycled materials, the good and the bad of our relationship with nature, the artists hope to contribute to the growing awareness of environmental sustainability by promoting the sustainable management of natural resources in all spheres of life, including art. So the answer depends on you, what will you choose?
Big thanks to SLO CRO Business Club.
