Video Installation by Toni Mestrovic: Abyssos 6

grey) (area – space of contemporary and media art, Korcula presents :� Toni Mestrovic: Abyssos 6 / from 17� to�28 . 07.2009 ; Opening: Friday 17th July� – �21 – 23 h / free entrance

Site-specific video installation making use of projection of� underwater scenes in relation with the ‘real’ sea and its sounds. The�seafront� is ten meters in front of the of the gallery entrance. Sound�composition is made in collaboration with German artist Hannes Hoelzl.

from artist satatement:

As a point of departure I looked at the word abyssos (bottomless),� which is a synonym for dark infinities and primal chaos. It was� important for me to create a work, with the intention to open up the� space between conscious and unconscious perception. The original� underwater footage is combined with the images and sounds that have�
been manipulated through digital processing technology. Like a kind of� a feedback system, real imagery (original video footage) is� intertwined with artificial imagery (manipulated footage and 3D� imagery).

Toni Mestrovic, born 1973 in Split, Croatia, graduated with a Graphic�Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1999, where he�produced graphic arts, sculpture and installation. Due to his interest� in electronic audiovisual media, he studied Video/Digital Imaging at� the International Summer Academy for Contemporary Art in Salzburg in� 1997, and completed a two-year postgraduate diploma in Media Art at� the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne in 2004. Video, sound and� audiovisual installations produced during Mestrovic’s postgraduate� studies explore his personal perception of the sea, and the island� where he grew up. Since 1992, he has taken part in group and solo� shows, as well as video festivals. Lives in Kastela and teaches at the� Arts Academy University of Split. ( website Toni Mestrovic: http://www.macaknara.hr�)

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