Vodstvo po razstavi : Avtorski dialog z umetnikoma Petrom Fettichom in Matejem Sitarjem

V Galeriji Photon že vrsto let v okviru razstavnega formata t. i. »Avtorskega dialoga« soočamo po dva ustvarjalca, pri čemer se vsak predstavi s samostojnim projektom v svojem razstavnem prostoru Galerije Photon. Namen dialoga je raziskati in poudariti raznolikost fotografskega medija skozi perspektivo dveh avtorjev, katerih prakse se dopolnjujejo na konceptualni ali tehnični ravni, obenem pa dialog izpostavlja tudi kontraste v umetniških praksah.

V tokratnem avtorskem dialogu se srečujeta znan in neznan avtor. Eden od akterjev je škatla, ki jo je Matej Sitar leta 2006 odkril na bolšjem sejmu v ZDA – škatla s starimi polaroidi, raztresenimi negativi in ročno pisanim dnevnikom. Brez imena, brez datuma, brez podatkov o avtorju – le drobci življenja, ujeti v podobah in besedah. Zgodbo neznanega kronista kot kontrapunkt pospremi Peter Fettich s serijo Zmečkane jagode (2025), v kateri predstavi beleženje osebne zgodbe med zdravljenjem karcinoma jezika. Srečata se dva fotografa, ki sta vsak na svoj način beležila osebno resničnost in pod vprašaj postavljata odnos med efemernostjo človeka in željo po zapuščini osebnega doživljanja sveta.

Kuratorka: Sara Nuša Golob Grabner

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For many years now, the Photon Gallery has been bringing together two artists as part of its exhibition format known as “Artist’s Dialogue,” in which each artist presents an independent project in their own exhibition space at the Photon Gallery. The purpose of the dialogue is to explore and highlight the diversity of the photographic medium through the perspective of two authors whose practices complement each other on a conceptual or technical level, while also highlighting the contrasts in their artistic practices.

This artist’s dialogue brings together a known and an unknown author. One of the actors is a box that Matej Sitar discovered at a flea market in the USA in 2006 – a box with old Polaroids, scattered negatives, and a handwritten diary. No name, no date, no information about the author – just fragments of life captured in images and words. The story of the unknown chronicler is counterpointed by Peter Fettich with his series Zmečkane jagode (Crushed Berries, 2025), in which he presents a record of his personal story during treatment for tongue cancer. Two photographers meet, each of whom has recorded personal reality in their own way and questions the relationship between the ephemerality of man and the desire to leave behind a personal experience of the world.

Curator: Sara Nuša Golob Grabner