The object revives the heritage of sieve production, an important craft from the 16th to the middle of the 20th century in the villages between Kranj and Škofja Loka.
As the creators of the project explain, the project metaphorically addresses spaces that are a kind of urban inter-spaces, the negatives of the urban network. The installation consists of a free-standing structure in the form of a triangular prism, where two sieves float: a larger one, firmly clamped and a smaller one, movable. Light shines through them and thus creates a graphic network of shadows with different densities on the ground. These light prints symbolize the city, its multi-layered urban design, structures that are constantly moving from one form to another. During the oscillation of the sieves, the light source is partially obscured, thus alerting the creators to the growing light pollution of the environment and especially cities.
Photo: Janez Pelko
Mentors: dr. Marjan Jenko, dr. Tomaž Požrl, prof. Marija Jenko (Univerza v Ljubljani), dr. Mateja Golež (Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije), mag. Dušan Janjič (Robotina d.o.o.)
Special thanks to: Janko Rožič
The installation was created as part of the European project On the Creative Path to Knowledge 2020, in which several professors and students from various faculties of the University of Ljubljana and the University of Primorska and partners from the economy and non-economy participate.
Co-financed by: Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport Republike Slovenije, Javni štipendijski, razvojni, invalidski in preživninski sklad Republike Slovenije, Evropski socialni sklad. Koprodukcija, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Zavod Forum Ljubljana
The installation of the project at the BIEN biennial was made possible by: Občina Škofja Loka, Zavod Carnica, Loški grad Škofja Loka, Zavod Forum Ljubljana
