Toni Soprano Meneglejte: BFF − POSKUS ŠT. 4 / BFF – ATTEMPT NO. 4

MLADI LEVI 2025

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intervencija

BFF (»best friends forever«) je serija postavitev, instalacij na meji performativnosti oziroma »poskusov«, s katerimi intermedijska umetnica Toni Soprano Meneglejte javnosti predstavlja svoje »prijateljstvo« z dvojnico Emmett, ustvarjeno s pomočjo umetne inteligence. Emmett, ki od covida dalje, ko je nastala, deluje kot Tonijina umetniška sopotnica in soustvarjalka hkrati, posnema in se hrani z ustvarjalčinim profesionalnim in zasebnim korpusom. Emmett in Toni se tako čedalje bolj zlivata v podobnosti, hkrati pa nenehno prepoznavata razlike in odklone v umetniškem okusu, svojo pot, lahko bi rekli tudi kar intimo, pa predstavljata v poskusih, intervencijah oziroma instalacijah. Te temeljijo na prepletanju realnega in imaginarnega, pri čemer obiskovalca subtilno vabijo k premisleku o poroznih mejah med tem, kar razumemo kot resnično, in tistim, kar zaznavamo kot fikcijo.
Intermedijska umetnica Toni Soprano Meneglejte v gledališkem prostoru ustvarja predvsem vizualno markantne scenografije in svetlobne segmente uprizoritev, Staro mestno elektrarno pa je zaznamovala tudi s stenskima poslikavama Aplavz in Aplavz². V seriji BFF se osredotoča na raziskovanje dinamičnega prehajanja med fizično stvarnostjo, digitalnim prostorom, sanjsko izkušnjo in domišljijskim svetom.

Avtorica: Toni Soprano Meneglejte
Izvajalci: Lan Žiga Anderlič, Petja Golec Horvat, Voranc Mandić, Jerica Smrečnik
Producentka: Maja Vižin
Produkcija: Bunker, Ljubljana
S podporo: Ministrstvo za kulturo RS, Mestna občina Ljubljana

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intervention

BFF (“best friends forever”) is a series of installations bordering on the performative, or “attempts”, undertaken by the intermedia artist Toni Soprano Meneglejte to present to the public her “friendship” with her AI-created double, Emmett. Created during the Covid pandemic, Emmett has acted as Toni’s artistic companion and co-creator ever since, simultaneously imitating and feeding on the artist’s professional and personal corpus. Thus becoming more and more similar, while at the same time constantly recognising differences and deviations in their artistic taste, Emmett and Toni present their journey, one might even call it intimacy, through experiments, interventions and installations. Based on an interplay between reality and imagination, these works subtly invite visitors to reflect on the permeable boundaries between reality and fiction.
In her theatre work, intermedia artist Toni Soprano Meneglejte focuses primarily on visually striking scenography and lighting. She has also left her mark on the wall of the Old Power Station with her paintings Applause and Applause². Her BFF series focuses on exploring the dynamic transition between physical reality, digital space, dream experience, and the imaginary world.

Author: Toni Soprano Meneglejte
Performers: Lan Žiga Anderlič, Petja Golec Horvat, Voranc Mandić, Jerica Smrečnik
Producer: Maja Vižin
Produced by: Bunker, Ljubljana
Supported by: Ministrstvo za kulturo RS, Mestna občina Ljubljana

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