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The Aksioma Institute is a production and organisation unit for various endeavours in the field of contemporary art. It runs its own gallery called Aksioma Project Space, presents internationally renowned performances and new media art projects, collaborates in producing new artworks, publishes books and texts on artists and art, sets up lectures, and represents Slovene artists abroad.

Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, it was founded in 2002 and is run by the multimedia artist Janez Fakin Janša, formerly known as Davide Grassi.

The New Collaborators | Reinventing Critical Art Practice by aksioma on Vimeo

Creed

Aksioma tends to engage in projects which utilise new technologies and reflect on the structures of the (post)modern society, as organised by technology itself. Focusing on artistic production that explores social and political concerns, it endorses practices which – for example – aim at rethinking, subverting or hacking the roles and narratives of mass media, using a variety of mediums to do so.

Though working primarily in the field of new media, or intermedia, art, the institute also produces and presents performing and visual arts works dealing with or commenting on contemporary and emerging technologies and their impact on society.

Projects

In light of more than the dozen (sometimes double that) productions, performances and exhibitions per year, one is hard-pressed to thoroughly sum up the directions explored by Aksioma.

Nevertheless, a very partial listing of its relatively recent projects can give a feel for the topics and means explored: Sonoseismic Earth (a responsive kinetic installation that presents Earth in the age of the Anthropocene); The World Without Us (a group exhibition at Match Gallery exploring "narratives on the age of non-human actors" and curated by Inke Arns); Random Darknet Shopper (a robot/software entity that randomly bought and ordered items on the Darknet); Joey Skaggs in Ljubljana (a visit by the notorious social activist, educator and prankster Joey Skaggs); All Work, No Play (an interactive exhibition of video games that make people critically engage with current socio-political issues); Eternal September (a group exhibition at Škuc Gallery on the relationships between professional art making and the rising tide of amateur cultural movements throughout the Web); and History of the Future (a cinematic archive/multi-media presentation of international science-fiction production and representations of possible realities of the future and the present).

Musée du Lowres by aksioma on Vimeo

Artists

Aksioma Institute tends to work with artists whose approach to new media is not just about technology but also about the issues that resonate with Aksioma's overarching concern. Of the Slovene artists, we can name the multimedia artist Sašo Sedlaček; the self-styled "pseudo-artist and intimate mobile communicator" Igor Štromajer (of the Intima Virtual Base); Neven Korda and his experimental video "theatre"; Marko Batista, a tech-mixed-media artist, sound researcher, video experimentalist and AV performer; the interdisciplinary artist Maja Smrekar, the recipient of the Golden Nica 2017; Boštjan Čadež, creator of the interactive toy Line Rider, whose works merge virtual reality, artificial intelligence and robotics; and Sanela Jahić, whose works investigate the role of automation in work and creating art.

Just a few of the many international artists and collectives with whom Aksioma has collaborated are Jennifer Lyn Morone (US), Pinar Yoldas (TU), Jacob Appelbaum (US), !Mediengruppe Bitnik (CH/UK), Nicolas Maigret (FR), Molleindustria (IT), Golan Levin (US), Josef (Seppo) Gründler (AT), the Critical Engineering Working Group, and Michael Madsen (DN).

Janez Janša name change project

Aksioma has produced several projects by its director Janez Janša, formerly known as Davide Grassi. One very visible enterprise, initiated in 2007, was his official and permanent name change. Alongside two other artists, formerly known as Emil Hrvatin and Žiga Kariž, he took the name of the then prime minister.

Various projects have taken place in the framework of this project and the trio also presented the performance Signature Event Context on the Transmediale 2008 in Berlin. In the same year, the exhibition NAME – Readymade was featured at the steirischer herbst Festival of New Art in Graz. Since then, the Janez Janša name change project has also been presented in ArtLaboratoryBerlin, HONF laboratory Yogyakarta (Indonesia) and at the LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. In 2012, Aksioma Institute ran the first successful crowdfunding project in Slovenia, which enabled the postproduction of the My Name Is Janez Janša documentary film. In 2017, the extremely well-attended retrospective exhibition Janez Janša®, curated by Domenico Quaranta, took place at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova.

In December 2020, he changed his name again, this time to Janez Fakin Janša.

My Name Is Janez Janša by aksioma on Vimeo

Publications

Aksioma frequently publishes texts on contemporary art in various formats, books, brochures and catalogues. As a rule, the publications are available to read both as free downloads or as paid print-on-demand. Usually, they are available either in English or as bilingual publications.

The titles include Mladen Dolar's What's in a Name and Domenico Quaranta's Beyond New Media Art; texts on the work of artists like Marko Batista and Sašo Sedlaček; The Pirate Book based on Nicolas Maigret's work (offering a broad view on media piracy as well as a variety of comparative perspectives on recent issues and historical facts regarding piracy); and many others.

Aksioma has also released some albums, among them, an album by the Bast collective Bast – Retinal Cirkus (2007) containing improvisations recorded at Klub Gromka.

Collaborations and partners

The Aksioma Institute collaborates as a producer and co-producer with numerous and diverse institutions. In Slovenia, among its frequent partners include Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, the KiBela Art Space, the Museum of Modern Art, Maska Institute, the Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts, Kapelica Gallery, Match Gallery, Bunker Institute, and the City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts.

International cooperation

In 2017, Aksioma received its second Creative Europe grant for the international cooperation project State Machines: Art, Work, and Identity in an Age of Planetary-Scale Computation (2017–2019), featuring partners Drugo more udruge (HR), Furtherfield.org (UK), NeMe (CY), and Institute for Network Cultures (of the Stichting Hogeschool van Amsterdam, NL).

Aksioma also led the Creative Europe international cooperation project Masters & Servers: Networked Culture in the Post-digital Age (2014–2016), with partners Drugo more udruge (HR), Abandon Normal Devices (UK), d-i-n-a/The Influencers (ES) and Link Art Center (IT).

Aksioma was also a partner project ARSCOPE: Art-Science Co-Operation Environment (2011–2013) funded by the European programme Culture 2007–2013.

The institute has also worked with festivals and institutions abroad, among them the MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, MMSU – Museum of Contemporary Art in Rijeka (RE:akt!), the Institute FH JOANNEUM Graz (Brainloop), V:NM Festival in Graz, Kunsthaus Graz etc.

External links

Projects

Gallery

Janez Janša at his multimedia performance Vročica satelitne noči [Satellite Night Fever] in the Simulaker Gallery, 2007

Artist Janez Janša at his Machina ZOIS, the Article 23 exhibition, held at Škuc Gallery in 2008

Portrait of Davide Grassi, 2018.

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-The [[Aksioma Institute]] is a production and organisation unit for various dealings with contemporary art. It runs its own gallery called [[Aksioma Project Space]] and presents internationally renowned performance and new media art projects, collaborates in producing new artworks, publishes books and texts on artists and art, sets up lectures, and represents Slovene artists abroad.
+The [[Aksioma Institute]] is a production and organisation unit for various endeavours in the field of contemporary art. It runs its own gallery called [[Aksioma Project Space]], presents internationally renowned performances and new media art projects, collaborates in producing new artworks, publishes books and texts on artists and art, sets up lectures, and represents Slovene artists abroad.
-Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, it was founded in [[Established::2002]] and is run by the multimedia artist [[Davide Grassi]], today known as [[Janez Janša]].
+Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, it was founded in [[Established::2002]] and is run by the multimedia artist [[Janez Fakin Janša]], formerly known as [[Davide Grassi]].
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+{{TeaserSlo|Aksioma je neprofitna kulturna organizacija, aktivna na področju novomedijske umetnosti in raziskovalnih umetniških praks.}}
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 ==Creed==
-Aksioma foremost engages in projects which utilise new technologies, reflecting on the structures of the (post)modern society, as (often) organised also by the technology itself. Focusing on artistic production that explores social and political concerns, it endorses practices which, for example, aim at hacking the role of mass media in contemporary society through various mediums, interpreting the narratives in subversive, critical, or ironic manner.
+Aksioma tends to engage in projects which utilise new technologies and reflect on the structures of the (post)modern society, as organised by technology itself. Focusing on artistic production that explores social and political concerns, it endorses practices which &ndash; for example &ndash; aim at rethinking, subverting or hacking the roles and narratives of mass media, using a variety of mediums to do so.
-Though working primarily in the field the new media art, the institute is also active in performing and visual arts.
+Though working primarily in the field of new media, or intermedia, art, the institute also produces and presents performing and visual arts works dealing with or commenting on contemporary and emerging technologies and their impact on society.
 ==Projects==
-In light of more than a dozen (sometimes double so) productions, performances and exhibitions per year, it would be rather hard to thoroughly sum up the directions explored by Aksioma.
+In light of more than the dozen (sometimes double that) productions, performances and exhibitions per year, one is hard-pressed to thoroughly sum up the directions explored by Aksioma.
+Nevertheless, a very partial listing of its relatively recent projects can give a feel for the topics and means explored: ''Sonoseismic Earth'' (a responsive kinetic installation that presents Earth in the age of the Anthropocene); ''The World Without Us'' (a group exhibition at [[Match Gallery]] exploring "narratives on the age of non-human actors" and curated by Inke Arns); ''Random Darknet Shopper'' (a robot/software entity that randomly bought and ordered items on the Darknet); ''Joey Skaggs in Ljubljana'' (a visit by the notorious social activist, educator and prankster Joey Skaggs); ''All Work, No Play'' (an interactive exhibition of video games that make people critically engage with current socio-political issues); ''Eternal September'' (a group exhibition at [[Škuc Gallery]] on the relationships between professional art making and the rising tide of amateur cultural movements throughout the Web); and ''History of the Future'' (a cinematic archive/multi-media presentation of international science-fiction production and representations of possible realities of the future and the present).
-Nevertheless, a somewhat random list of its relatively recent projects can give a feel for the topics explored: ''Sonoseismic Earth'' (a responsive kinetic installation that presents Earth in the age of the Anthropocene), ''The World Without Us'' (a group exhibition exploring 'Narratives on the age of non-human actors'); ''Random Darknet Shopper'' (a robot/software entity that was randomly buying and ordering on the 'darknet'); ''Joey Skaggs in Ljubljana'' (a visit by the social activist, educator and prankster Joey Skaggs); ''All Work, No Play'' (an interactive exhibition of video games that make people critically engage with current socio-political issues; ''Eternal September'' (a group exhibition on the relationships between professional art making and the rising tide of amateur cultural movements throughout the Web); and ''History of the Future'' (a cinematic archive/multi-media presentation of international science-fiction production and representations of possible realities of the future and the present).
+{{Vimeo|213089831}}
 ===Artists===
-Known for its vigorous production and co-production realised in Slovenia and abroad  Aksioma Institute tends to work with artists whose approach to new media is not just about technology but also about a particular content that suits Aksioma's greater mission. Of the Slovene artists, one can thus name the multimedia artist [[Sašo Sedlaček]]; the self-styled pseudo-artist and intimate mobile communicator [[Igor Štromajer]] (of the [[Intima Virtual Base]]); [[Neven Korda]] and his experimental video 'theatre'; [[Marko Batista]], a tech-mixed-media artist, sound researcher, video experimentalist and AV performer; and the interdisciplinary artist [[Maja Smrekar]], the recipient of the Golden Nica 2017.
+Aksioma Institute tends to work with artists whose approach to new media is not just about technology but also about the issues that resonate with Aksioma's overarching concern. Of the Slovene artists, we can name the multimedia artist [[Sašo Sedlaček]]; the self-styled "pseudo-artist and intimate mobile communicator" [[Igor Štromajer]] (of the [[Intima Virtual Base]]); [[Neven Korda]] and his experimental video "theatre"; [[Marko Batista]], a tech-mixed-media artist, sound researcher, video experimentalist and AV performer; the interdisciplinary artist [[Maja Smrekar]], the recipient of the Golden Nica 2017; [[Boštjan Čadež]], creator of the interactive toy ''Line Rider'', whose works merge virtual reality, artificial intelligence and robotics; and [[Sanela Jahić]], whose works investigate the role of automation in work and creating art.
+Just a few of the many international artists and collectives with whom Aksioma has collaborated are Jennifer Lyn Morone (US), Pinar Yoldas (TU), Jacob Appelbaum (US), !Mediengruppe Bitnik (CH/UK), Nicolas Maigret (FR), Molleindustria (IT), Golan Levin (US), Josef (Seppo) Gründler (AT), the Critical Engineering Working Group, and Michael Madsen (DN).
-Among the many artists with whom Aksioma has collaborated are Jennifer Lyn Morone (US), Pinar Yoldas (TU), Jacob Appelbaum (US), Jacob Appelbaum (US), !Mediengruppe Bitnik (CH/UK), Nicolas Maigret (FR), Molleindustria (IT), Golan Levin (US), Josef (Seppo) Gründler (AT), Julian Oliver and Danja Vasiliev (NZ), Michael Madsen (DN), etc.
+===Janez Janša name change project===
-===Janez Janša namechange project===
+Aksioma has produced several projects by its director [[Janez Fakin Janša|Janez Janša]], formerly known as [[Davide Grassi]]. One very visible enterprise, initiated in 2007, was his official and permanent name change. Alongside two other artists, formerly known as [[Emil Hrvatin]] and [[Žiga Kariž]], he took the name of the then prime minister.
-Aksioma has produced several projects by its director [[Janez Janša]], formerly known as [Davide Grassi]. Very visible among them was the project (initiated in 2007) of renaming himself (alongside two other artists, [[Emil Hrvatin]] and [[Žiga Kariž]]), all three officially taking the name of the then prime minister.
+Various projects have taken place in the framework of this project and the trio also presented the performance ''Signature Event Context'' on the Transmediale 2008 in Berlin. In the same year, the exhibition ''NAME &ndash; Readymade'' was featured at the steirischer herbst Festival of New Art in Graz. Since then, the Janez Janša name change project has also been presented in ArtLaboratoryBerlin, HONF laboratory Yogyakarta (Indonesia) and at the LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. In 2012, Aksioma Institute ran the first successful crowdfunding project in Slovenia, which enabled the postproduction of the ''My Name Is Janez Janša'' documentary film. In 2017, the extremely well-attended retrospective exhibition ''Janez Janša®'', curated by Domenico Quaranta, took place at the [[Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova|Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova]].
-Various projects have taken place in the framework of this namechange and the trio  presented it also as the performance Signature Event Context on the Transmediale 2008 in Berlin. In the same year the exhibition curated by [[Zdenka Badovinac]] entitled ''NAME - Readymade'' was featured in the frame of the Steirischer Herbst Festival of New Art in Graz. Since than it was presented also in ArtLaboratoryBerlin, HONF laboratory Yogyakarta (Indonesia) and in LASALLE College of the Arts, Faculty of Media Arts in Singapore. In 2012 Aksioma Institute ran the first successful crowdfunding project in Slovenia, which enabled the postproduction of the ''My Name Is Janez Janša'' documentary film.
+In December 2020, he changed his name again, this time to [[Janez Fakin Janša]].
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 ==Publications==
-Aksioma frequently publishes texts on contemporary art in various formats, books, brochures and catalogues. The publications are as a rule available to read online as well as in print, and are usually available either in English or bilingual.
+Aksioma frequently publishes texts on contemporary art in various formats, books, brochures and catalogues.  As a rule, the publications are available to read both as free downloads or as paid print-on-demand. Usually, they are available either in English or as bilingual publications.
-The titles include [[Mladen Dolar|Mladen Dolar's]] ''What’s in a Name'' and Domenico Quaranta's ''Beyond New Media Art''; texts on the work of artists like [[Marko Batista]] and [[Sašo Sedlaček]]; The Pirate Book (offering a broad view on media piracy as well as a variety of comparative perspectives on recent issues and historical facts regarding piracy); and many others.
+The titles include [[Mladen Dolar|Mladen Dolar's]] ''What's in a Name'' and Domenico Quaranta's ''Beyond New Media Art''; texts on the work of artists like [[Marko Batista]] and [[Sašo Sedlaček]]; ''The Pirate Book'' based on Nicolas Maigret's work (offering a broad view on media piracy as well as a variety of comparative perspectives on recent issues and historical facts regarding piracy); and many others.
-Aksioma also released some albums, among them an album by the [[Bast]] collective ''Bast – Retinal Cirkus'' (2007) containing improvisations recorded at [[Klub Gromka]], during the project ''Burn Out'' produced by Aksioma.
+Aksioma has also released some albums, among them, an album by the [[Bast]] collective ''Bast – Retinal Cirkus'' (2007) containing improvisations recorded at [[Klub Gromka]].
 ==Collaborations and partners==
-The Aksioma Institute as a producer and co-producer collaborates with plenty of national and international institutions. In Slovenia, it's frequent partners are or have been [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]], the [[KiBela Art Space]], the [[Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova|Museum of Modern Art]], the [[Maska Institute]], the [[Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts]], the [[Kapelica Gallery]], the [[Match Gallery]], the [[P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute]], [[Bunker Institute]], the [[City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts]], and [[Simulaker Gallery Novo Mesto]].
+The Aksioma Institute collaborates as a producer and co-producer with numerous and diverse institutions. In Slovenia, among its frequent partners include [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]], the [[KiBela Art Space]], the [[Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova|Museum of Modern Art]], [[Maska Institute]], the [[Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts]], [[Kapelica Gallery]], [[Match Gallery]], [[Bunker Institute]], and the [[City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts]].
 ==International cooperation==
-In 2017 they won a Creative Europe grant, this time for a project called ''State Machines. Art, Work, and Identity in an Age of Planetary-Scale Computation'', featuring Drugo more udruge (HR), Furtherfield.org (UK), NeMe (CY), Stichting Hogeschool van Amsterdam (NL).
+In 2017, Aksioma received its second Creative Europe grant for the international cooperation project State Machines: Art, Work, and Identity in an Age of Planetary-Scale Computation (2017&ndash;2019), featuring partners Drugo more udruge (HR), Furtherfield.org (UK), NeMe (CY), and Institute for Network Cultures (of the Stichting Hogeschool van Amsterdam, NL).
-Their previous projects under the auspices of Creative Europe have been the international cooperation projects ''Masters & Servers: Networked Culture in the Post-digital Age'' (2014&ndash;2016) and ARSCOPE: Art-Science Co-Operation Environement (2011&ndash;2013).
-The institute has also worked with festivals and institutions abroad, among them the MNAC - National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, MMSU - Museum of Contemporary Art in Rijeka (''RE:akt!''), Institute FH JOANNEUM Graz (''Brainloop''),  V:NM Festival in Graz, Kunsthaus Graz etc.
+Aksioma also led the Creative Europe international cooperation project Masters & Servers: Networked Culture in the Post-digital Age (2014&ndash;2016), with partners Drugo more udruge (HR), Abandon Normal Devices (UK), d-i-n-a/The Influencers (ES) and Link Art Center (IT).
-===Awards and mentions===
+Aksioma was also a partner project ARSCOPE: Art-Science Co-Operation Environment (2011&ndash;2013) funded by the European programme Culture 2007&ndash;2013.
+The institute has also worked with festivals and institutions abroad, among them the MNAC &ndash; National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, MMSU &ndash;  Museum of Contemporary Art in Rijeka (''RE:akt!''), the Institute FH JOANNEUM Graz (''Brainloop''), V:NM Festival in Graz, Kunsthaus Graz etc.
 == See also ==
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 * [http://www.aksioma.org Aksioma Institute website]
-* [http://www.aksioma.org/brochures/index.html Online brochures by Aksioma Institute]
+* [http://aksioma.org/books?lang=en Online books and brochures by Aksioma Institute]
-* [http://culturebase.net/artist.php?15 Davide Grassi on Culturebase.net]
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-* [http://www.aksioma.org/jj/ More on the ''My Name is Janez Janša'' film project]
+* [http://www.statemachines.eu/ State Machines project]
-* [http://www.verkami.com/projects/1752 ''My Name is Janez Janša'' on verkami crowdfunding platform]
-* [http://free.janezjansa.si/ Free Janez Janša project]
 * [http://www.mastersandservers.org/ Masters & Servers project]
+* [http://janezjansa.si/ Janez Janša project]
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+[[Category:Film producers]]
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+[[Category:New_media_art_education_and_research]]

Difference between revisions of "Aksioma Institute"

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Contents

Creed

Projects

Artists

Janez Janša name change project

Publications

Collaborations and partners

International cooperation

See also

External links

Gallery

Operated by

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