10. OBLETNICA GALERIJE DOBRAVAGA: 20X6 – zanke in pasti

26. 5. 2026 ob 19.00 / DobraVaga
10. OBLETNICA GALERIJE DOBRAVAGA: 20X6 – zanke in pasti
skupinska razstava
do 4. 7. 2026

Deseta obletnica galerije DobraVaga sovpada s kolektivnim reflektiranjem preteklega desetletja, ki se v obliki poplave memov in drugih arhivskih podob iz leta 2016 že nekaj časa odvija v virtualnem prostoru. Izbor umetnic in umetnikov zaznamuje zankanje med gotovimi in spekulativnimi točkami v času. Odraža se v sočasnem trčenju in plastenju virtualnega in materialnega prostora. Z željo opredelitve lastne pozicije v danem trenutku izbrani umetniki prevprašujejo razsežnosti telesnega, posegajo po tehnoloških razširitvah ali se zatekajo k prerokovanju prihodnosti, da bi lahko osmislili slutnje o tem, kar prihaja.

Z razstavo 20X6 – zanke in pasti smo na sledi razpadu enotne realnosti, degradaciji okolja in pritiskom na telo, ki slednje silijo v fragmentacijo. Posameznikova zaznava se spaja s tokom generiranih virtualnih podob in vzdržuje njegov živčni sistem v stanju pretirane stimuliranosti. V toku akutne sedanjosti posameznik_ca kljub vsemu poskuša simultano ali neprestano izmenjujoče reflektirati, kar se je že odvilo, in načrtovati svoj naslednji korak. To počne z meme analizo družbenega stanja, preučevanjem pozicije svojega ‘naravnega’ telesa v odnosu do urbanega prostora ali z asemblažem telesa s tehnologijo. Zato se zdi, da se vse te operacije odvijajo hkrati, neomadeževano izhodišče v prostoru in času pa izginja, kakor tudi linearni narativ in točka zanesljivega in objektivnega. Tako v ospredje diskurzov prihajajo spekulacije na različnih nivojih.

Za trenutek dlje se posvetimo kitajskemu horoskopu (trenutno smo v letu konja) in poskusimo v tem simbolu najti pomen, humorno gesto, prijeten estetski označevalec ali uteho, z intelektualno distanco spremljamo padanje in rast delnic ter kriptovalut, na skrivaj vplačujemo loto, vzpostavljamo zase paralelno realnost v Simsih. Z letošnjo obletnično razstavo smo na sledi zankam, ki jih je mogoče razbrati iz plasti na videz estetsko nasprotujočih si podob in predvsem iz njihovih premletih derivatov. Preteklost reflektiramo skozi naslavljanje travme, ne predajamo se nostalgiji, z naivnostjo pa ravnamo nadvse preudarno.

Umetnice_ki: esh, Tara Kek, Neo Nor, Janez Škrlec, Vita Tušek

Kuratorska ekipa: Lucija Klauž, Špela Pečjak, Olja Simčič Jerele

PROGRAM:

petek, 22. 5. 2026 @ DobraVaga / 17.00
Igra, zini in popoldanski počitek / predstavitev družabne igre Mateja Malija, ki je del majske razstave Najbolj spočita oseba na svetu v Zine Vitrine, in sproščeno listanje zinov v Zine čitalnici, v sklopu Ljubljana Art Weekend

torek, 26. 5. 2026 @ DobraVaga / 20.00
Come and See / performans umetnice esh v sklopu otvoritve skupinske razstave 20X6 – zanke in pasti

torek, 26. 5. 2026 @ DobraVaga / 19.00
20X6 – zanke in pasti / otvoritev skupinske razstave ob 10. obletnici galerije DobraVaga

četrtek, 11. 6. 2026 @ DobraVaga / 15.00–18.00
Zgradimo spomin / zine fotografska delavnica z Lucijo Rosc v sklopu razstave 20X6 – zanke in pasti

torek, 17. 6. 2026 @ DobraVaga / 17.00
Ubijmo 2016 / Predavanje raziskovalke Lee Sande o rekurzivni naravi kulture, spletnemu oblikovanju okusa in algoritmičnem kuriranju realnosti.

sreda, 24. 6. 2026 @ DobraVaga / 16.30
Tudi bralni krožek x DobraVaga / bralni krožek in pogovor o pofiktivljanju preteklosti in nostalgiji v sklopu razstave 20X6 – zanke in pasti

Vstop prost.
26. 5.–4. 7. 2026

Organizacija: DobraVaga / Kino Šiška.
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26. 5. 2026 at 19.00 / DobraVaga
10 YEARS OF THE DOBRAVAGA GALLERY: 20X6 – Loops and Pitfalls
group exhibition
until 4. 7. 2026

The tenth anniversary of the DobraVaga Gallery coincides with a collective reflection on the past decade, which has been unfolding in the virtual space for some time now in the form of a flood of memes and other archival images from 2016. The selection of artists is characterised by loops between fixed and speculative points in time, reflected in the simultaneous collision and layering of virtual and material spaces. With a desire to define their own position in a given moment, the selected artists question the dimensions of the corporeal, reach for technological extensions, or resort to prophesying the future in order to make sense of premonitions about what is to come.

With the exhibition 20X6 – Loops and Pitfalls, we’re on the trail of the collapse of a unified reality, environmental degradation, and pressures on the body that force the latter into fragmentation. An individual’s perception merges with the flow of generated virtual images, keeping their nervous system in a state of overstimulation. In the flow of the acute present, the individual nevertheless attempts to simultaneously or constantly interchangeably reflect on what has already unfolded and plan their next step. They do this through meme analysis of the social state, examining the position of their ‘natural’ body in relation to urban space, or through the assemblage of the body with technology. Therefore, it seems that all these operations take place simultaneously, and the untainted starting point in space and time is disappearing, as are the linear narrative and the point of the reliable and objective. Thus, speculations at various levels come to the fore of discourses.

For a moment longer, let us focus on the Chinese zodiac (currently we’re in the Year of the Horse) and try to find meaning, a humorous gesture, a pleasant aesthetic signifier, or solace in this symbol; with intellectual distance, we monitor the fall and rise of stocks and cryptocurrencies, secretly play the lottery, establish a parallel reality for ourselves in The Sims. With this year’s anniversary exhibition, we’re on the trail of loops that can be discerned from layers of seemingly aesthetically contradictory images and, above all, from their churned-out derivatives. We reflect on the past by addressing trauma; we do not surrender to nostalgia, and we treat naivety with the utmost prudence.
Artists: esh, Tara Kek, Neo Nor, Janez Škrlec, Vita Tušek

Curators: Lucija Klauž, Špela Pečjak, Olja Simčič Jerele

PROGRAMME:

Friday, 22 May 2026 @ DobraVaga / 17.00
Play, zines, and afternoon rest / presentation of Matej Mali’s board game part of the May Zine Vitrine exhibition The Most Rested Person in the World, and relaxed zine browsing in the Zine Reading Room as part of Ljubljana Art Weekend

Tuseday, 26 May 2026 @ DobraVaga / 20.00
Come and See / performance by artist esh as part of the opening of the 20X6 – Loops and Pitfalls group exhibition

Tuseday, 26 May 2026 @ DobraVaga / 19.00
20X6 – Loops and Pitfalls / opening of the group exhibition at the 10th anniversary of the DobraVagaGallery

Thursday, 11 June 2026 @ DobraVaga / 15.00–18.00
Let’s Build Memory / zine photography workshop with Lucija Rosc as part of the 20X6 – Loops and Pitfalls exhibition

Tuesday, 17 June 2026 @ DobraVaga / 17.00
Let’s Kill 2016 / A lecture by researcher Lea Sande on the recursive nature of culture, the online shaping of taste, and the algorithmic curation of reality.

Wednesday, 24 June 2026 @ DobraVaga / 16.30
Tudi Book Club x DobraVaga / book club and discussion on the fictionalisation of the past and nostalgia, as part of the 20X6 – Loops and Pitfalls exhibition

Free admission.
26. 5.–4. 7. 2026

Organisation: DobraVaga / Kino Šiška.