Nastati, zavod za umetniške projekte in kreativne rešitve
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Whose Water is it?, Project
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The name of the institute
Nastati stands for "Becoming" in Slovenian and could be also translated as awake, arise, become, emerge. In this suggestive spirit Nastati finds its mission, not just in formulating differences but more in taking actions. Becoming is a central term of the process-based philosophy that allows the individual to constantly change identity.
Nastati was also a title of Ulay's solo exhibition curated by Tevž Logar in Škuc Gallery in October 2009. There were Ulay's early ontological photographs from 1968 to 1976 and, as accompanying program a movie screening Ulay in Photography directed by Marjoeline Boonstra (1998) and artist talk with Thomas McEvilley. For the occasion Škuc Gallery published a publication Ulay: Nastati with texts by Thomas McEvilley and Tevž Logar and an intwerview with Marina Abramović. A year earlier Ulay had a lecture Credibility of Photography in a frame of Željko Jerman's exhibition in Škuc.
Ulay moved to Ljubljana in 2010 and by the end of 2012 there will be released a film about him, directed by Damjan Kozole.
Projects
Since 90s Ulay is making mostly socially engaged projects. Currently he is working on water-themed projects that are questioning the fact that water resources are being privatised by global corporations.
In May 2012 there was an opening of the installation Whose water is it? (co-produced by Nastati Institute and Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012) in Judgement Tower in Maribor. The opening was accompanied with a concert by Charlemagne Palestine.
Whose water is it? encourages viewers to perceive water in the context of beauty. The light installation consists of a neo sign saying "Whose water is it?" which Ulay created in co-operation with French art collective Société Réaliste. The sign is projected on the façade of the tower and reflected on the surface of the Drava river. Inside the tower there is a water reservoir and a heated iron surface where water evaporates.
Another project that Nastati Institute will present in the frame of Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 is an interactive online gallery Earth Water Catalogue that will be opened for public on June 16th 2012. It will include artworks dedicated to water by different artists and it will be accessible online. There will also be a House of Water, a place for lectures and other events and Ulay's collection of water bottles (he has been collecting them for over twelve years)
