Artist
Lucija Rosc
Lucija Rosc (1995) is a visual artist who lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She completed her undergraduate studies in photography at VIST – Faculty of Applied Sciences in Ljubljana (2018) and finished her master’s degree in Visual Communication Design specializing in photography with a special distinction at UL ALUO (2022). Rosc is a recipient of the UL ALUO Prešeren Award for her master’s thesis. She has had several solo exhibitions, and her work has been presented at the contemporary photography fairs Unseen Amsterdam and Photo Basel, the art fair Viennacontemporary, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Škuc Gallery, P74 Gallery, and UGM, among others. Her art practice combines an investigative approach with play, drawing inspiration from her childhood memories, family archives, and the environment in which she grew up.
Superpositions
The rule of superposition in geology determines the age of fossils by placing younger sedimentary layers on top of older ones. Lucija Rosc applies this concept to her work, creating a series that forms a family album combining photographs of random objects with artistic interventions. In her artistic journey, Rosc explores vivid compositions in conjunction with family photos from her early childhood, revealing the intimate side of her art. Influenced by her grandparents' habit of collecting seemingly useless everyday objects, she incorporates materials reminiscent of her childhood into her compositions. Marbles, brushes, toys, and ropes become autonomous subjects in well-lit constructions, reminiscent of advertising photography. The series "Superpositions" delves into the concepts of memory and the creation of fictional narratives. The video game “Udén" seamlessly incorporates Rosc's childhood setting, interweaving photographs and objects as virtual coordinate points. This virtual world reflects the artist's subconscious, presenting new works as old memories and interrupting the serene space of the family field. Within the "Superpositions" series, Rosc's digital photographs, combined with analogue family photos, form a unique family album. Family memory is constructed collectively through the ritual of viewing photographs together, idealizing family bonds. By transforming childhood memories into visual images, Rosc stages naive and fleeting impressions. She questions the reliability of memory and the idealization of childhood while emphasizing that the present is always connected to the past. Rosc's work process and the spatial setting allude to child's play, combining everyday materials and prefabricated objects without excessive rationalization. Through the juxtaposition of photographs and actual objects, Rosc highlights the unreliability of memory and the staging of reality, drawing attention to the fact that the present is inseparable from the past.
Hana Čeferin
Organ Vida’s FUTURES selection for 2024 is based on a group of photographers and visual artists working in the broader regional context of former Yugoslavia. Their artistic practices cover a variety of visual approaches which document, but also speculate about, everyday life and the different possibilities of intimate storytelling. For Eva Bevec, everyday is captured in the homely setting full of absurdity and curiosity. David Bakarić Mihaljević documents his personal, everyday life narrated as a generational perspective on growing up in the imaginary space where digital and fictional worlds collide. In Lucija Rosc’s practice, everyday family life is fictionalised, further questioning the role of memory through the playful staging of reality. Petra Slobodnjak is a participant-observer of the communal living experience which translates the spontaneity of shared everyday life situations. And Pavle Banović offers a diary format of everyday life spent in New York, where their camera gaze intertwines with other protagonists they encounter along the way.