AKC -SOKOLC
(2005 - 2018)
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Project AKC Sokolc was my real time life-school for future art development. Here I learned many of art techniques like: painting, sculpturing, welding, air brush, tattooing, body painting and horror make up. I also gained a lot of leadership experience and team working skills.
The project Sokolc ended when the mayor of a small town decided to evict all artists who worked in the old theatre house which got build in 1875. The building was previous deserted, so our group of people decided to change that. With love for art and without a real plan we used the building for 13 years to create artworks in all forms, sounds and shapes.
In the process of eviction the officials sent by the city of Novo Mesto destroyed all the artwork which was to big to quickly save it from the building. They also destroyed a huge theatre stage and an alternative bar made out of scrap metal. Everything was built by the artists and musicians with a lot of supporters.
The ruling city government at that time did nothing to prevent the damage...
Here I also learned how wrong it can be when people are on wrong positions. They can block and destroy great innovative art projects, because of fear and no knowledge and understanding for the art scene at all.
AKC Sokolc was involved in a huge number of different art projects like visual artworks (paintings, graffiti, masks etc) and music (rehearsals, concerts and other events). As an alternative art collective, a large number of artists and other helpers we also helped in different humanitarian actions.
The most helpful action to help was in the time of crises in 2014 when devastating floods hit Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. We delivered more than 30 tons of humanitarian help, donated by residants of the town, to the most damaged places.
We also collected humanitarian help again for the so called refugee crises in 2017. Because of social media shock doctrine caused by refugee crises, we got attacked 2 times with Molotov cocktails. It has been a few local racist kids.
The town officials again, didn't respond to help us, but instead decided to evict us soon after.
With a little bit of trust and patience the city of Novo mesto could have had a really big alternative cultural center filled with artworks which would rise a lot of eyebrows ...
The people which are responsible for the eviction and therefor the end of a big cultural project don't even know what a cultural damage they did.
The project Sokolc ended when the mayor of a small town decided to evict all artists who worked in the old theatre house which got build in 1875. The building was previous deserted, so our group of people decided to change that. With love for art and without a real plan we used the building for 13 years to create artworks in all forms, sounds and shapes.
In the process of eviction the officials sent by the city of Novo Mesto destroyed all the artwork which was to big to quickly save it from the building. They also destroyed a huge theatre stage and an alternative bar made out of scrap metal. Everything was built by the artists and musicians with a lot of supporters.
The ruling city government at that time did nothing to prevent the damage...
Here I also learned how wrong it can be when people are on wrong positions. They can block and destroy great innovative art projects, because of fear and no knowledge and understanding for the art scene at all.
AKC Sokolc was involved in a huge number of different art projects like visual artworks (paintings, graffiti, masks etc) and music (rehearsals, concerts and other events). As an alternative art collective, a large number of artists and other helpers we also helped in different humanitarian actions.
The most helpful action to help was in the time of crises in 2014 when devastating floods hit Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. We delivered more than 30 tons of humanitarian help, donated by residants of the town, to the most damaged places.
We also collected humanitarian help again for the so called refugee crises in 2017. Because of social media shock doctrine caused by refugee crises, we got attacked 2 times with Molotov cocktails. It has been a few local racist kids.
The town officials again, didn't respond to help us, but instead decided to evict us soon after.
With a little bit of trust and patience the city of Novo mesto could have had a really big alternative cultural center filled with artworks which would rise a lot of eyebrows ...
The people which are responsible for the eviction and therefor the end of a big cultural project don't even know what a cultural damage they did.
NEAKADEMIKA
(pesem pesnika in člana AKC Sokolc - Janeza Bršca
posvečena umetnikoma Nejcu Smodišu in Sebastjanu Šeremetu)
(pesem pesnika in člana AKC Sokolc - Janeza Bršca
posvečena umetnikoma Nejcu Smodišu in Sebastjanu Šeremetu)
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Ko roka v roko seže,
ko se talent s talentom združi, ko pogled in dar vsem sanjam služi, pot s potjo se veže. Ko se vežeta poti brez cilja in peljeta v polje sreče, takrat je cilj prav vsaka milja in za vsakim ciljem nov se vleče. Ko je ena pot do zmage in boj s platnom se začne, jima svet deli laži, ukane, a njunih sanj ne stre. In v času, ko jima svet zadaja rane, krona trnova je njun simbol, vsako delo nas v dušo zadane, ter upom mladim sta idol. |
V sliki beremo jim čustva,
ter aspekt z vsebino, načrtno zapeljevanje ljudstva, ter vodstvo z giljotino. Izvedba perfekcije slikarstva, stoji na plodnih tleh, ne zanimajo ju pota gospodarstva, a ob akademstvu ju prevzame smeh. Povedal bi, da smo le pleme, ki vstalo je zato, da se bori. Dodal bi še, da smo kakor otrok, ki nikoli več se ne rodi. Ko nekoč država vam kip bo namenila, po možnosti skoparila za vsak cent. Takrat z neba bo slišat glas:«Boljšega bi naredila!« Tako zelo prepričana v svoj talent. |
ALTERA ART TEAM - BURNING MAN
(Slovenia, Canada, USA) 2008 - 2012)
Altera art members:
Miranda Lipovsek "Guma Vila",
Marko Lipovsek "Dizzy Strings",
Tanja Maraš-Pandemonium Clothing,
Slavko Trivković - specializes in the performance aspect,
Rok Capuder "Šlosart",
Pregelj "Domusextremus",
Nejc Smodis "Ns-Art" artist & musician
Sebastjan Seremet - Soultret.
Altera Arts started in 2008 in Slovenia. As young alternative group of multi-skilled, multicultural artists and sculptors who decided to join forces with their talents.
The team operated in Slovenia and Toronto Canada. We operated out of a workshop studio at 91 Brandon Ave. With fully functional metal, wood, and textile work space which is including plasma cutting, blacksmith-ing and welding. We specialized in special effects like fire, makeup, latex, rubber, textiles, costumes, custom interior, and exterior construction of objects from railings and staircases to door handles.
We worked with a variety of materials to suit any request: metal, wood, stone, rubber, glass, paint, textile, latex, fire, and even if it calls for music and performance art. We replicated props and sets for film and theater productions, bars, restaurants and private homes.
The biggest project with Altera team, was being part at the Burning Man Festival 2012 titled WWW (World Wide Web). Our project was a shape of spider that we build out of metal in Toronto and than drove it to Playa in Nevada desert to a location called Black rock city near Reno (Burning man location - USA).
Miranda Lipovsek "Guma Vila",
Marko Lipovsek "Dizzy Strings",
Tanja Maraš-Pandemonium Clothing,
Slavko Trivković - specializes in the performance aspect,
Rok Capuder "Šlosart",
Pregelj "Domusextremus",
Nejc Smodis "Ns-Art" artist & musician
Sebastjan Seremet - Soultret.
Altera Arts started in 2008 in Slovenia. As young alternative group of multi-skilled, multicultural artists and sculptors who decided to join forces with their talents.
The team operated in Slovenia and Toronto Canada. We operated out of a workshop studio at 91 Brandon Ave. With fully functional metal, wood, and textile work space which is including plasma cutting, blacksmith-ing and welding. We specialized in special effects like fire, makeup, latex, rubber, textiles, costumes, custom interior, and exterior construction of objects from railings and staircases to door handles.
We worked with a variety of materials to suit any request: metal, wood, stone, rubber, glass, paint, textile, latex, fire, and even if it calls for music and performance art. We replicated props and sets for film and theater productions, bars, restaurants and private homes.
The biggest project with Altera team, was being part at the Burning Man Festival 2012 titled WWW (World Wide Web). Our project was a shape of spider that we build out of metal in Toronto and than drove it to Playa in Nevada desert to a location called Black rock city near Reno (Burning man location - USA).
WWW sculpture on 2:22
Live painting performance with STROJ MACHINE
(Slovenia) 2009)
Jaka Berger connected me and the visual artist / musician Nejc Smodiš to Slovenian industrial music group StrojMachine, which invited us to paint live on their concerts.
We made the first concert in Ljubljana (festival hall Cvetličarna) on April 4th in 2009. In one hour we managed to paint a 3m x 5m picture while hanging from the ceiling and painting it downwards.
Our second concert happened in Kranj (club IZBRUH BAZEN) in May 2009. There we painted two pictures on 2 separated locations next to a deserted pool.
The third collaboration with StrojMachine was on festival Trnfest in August 2009. StrojMachine was also invited to play a few songs on the exhibition hosted by me and Nejc Smodiš in the cultural center KCJT of Novo mesto in 2010. It was a new and great experience.
We made the first concert in Ljubljana (festival hall Cvetličarna) on April 4th in 2009. In one hour we managed to paint a 3m x 5m picture while hanging from the ceiling and painting it downwards.
Our second concert happened in Kranj (club IZBRUH BAZEN) in May 2009. There we painted two pictures on 2 separated locations next to a deserted pool.
The third collaboration with StrojMachine was on festival Trnfest in August 2009. StrojMachine was also invited to play a few songs on the exhibition hosted by me and Nejc Smodiš in the cultural center KCJT of Novo mesto in 2010. It was a new and great experience.
MORA TATTOO STUDIO
(start in 2016)
My "on road" tattoo studio is named after my beloved dog Mora.
MORA was my best friend in the world and my only companion in my holistic life traveling path. She got saved in Bosnia where I found her in a garbage can in 2007. From that day on she was with me enjoying life on maximum. This dog teached me more then I could ever imagine.
After mastering of conventional art techniques I decided to learn the art of tattooing by seeking for other tattoo artists who are willing to share their knowledge and a lot of YouTube tutorials. With a lot of work and self study I managed to improve the existing drawing techniques from paper to human skin.
My learning will never end and out of all different art techniques, tattooing is the most challenging one for me until now.
MORA was my best friend in the world and my only companion in my holistic life traveling path. She got saved in Bosnia where I found her in a garbage can in 2007. From that day on she was with me enjoying life on maximum. This dog teached me more then I could ever imagine.
After mastering of conventional art techniques I decided to learn the art of tattooing by seeking for other tattoo artists who are willing to share their knowledge and a lot of YouTube tutorials. With a lot of work and self study I managed to improve the existing drawing techniques from paper to human skin.
My learning will never end and out of all different art techniques, tattooing is the most challenging one for me until now.
WACKEN
(Germany 2015)
I have been one of the invited artists in the visual art section nn the Wacken Festival in 2015 at the W:O:Art tent. A piece of artwork got specially painted by me for the Wacken Foundation and posters of some of my artwork had been exhibited there as well.
The main motive of the picture was the Wacken logo and the skulls. The project took me about 300h of work.
This work included a sketch which had been exhibited at the Artist Village. Later on the members of following bands signed the glass cover of the frame in order to rise the value of the artwork for the auction - The Boss Hoss, TSO, Cannibal Corpse, In Extremo and Sepultura.
The artwork was auctioned and sold to a private owner from Germany in favor of future support for artists in the hard rock and heavy metal scene.
I was, and I'll always be a big fan of metal music and its artistic scene.
The good friend who got me involved with Wacken project, is the tattoo consultant Kristjan Resetič. He also helped me from the moment it started with my Mora tattoo studio project in Slovenia.
The main motive of the picture was the Wacken logo and the skulls. The project took me about 300h of work.
This work included a sketch which had been exhibited at the Artist Village. Later on the members of following bands signed the glass cover of the frame in order to rise the value of the artwork for the auction - The Boss Hoss, TSO, Cannibal Corpse, In Extremo and Sepultura.
The artwork was auctioned and sold to a private owner from Germany in favor of future support for artists in the hard rock and heavy metal scene.
I was, and I'll always be a big fan of metal music and its artistic scene.
The good friend who got me involved with Wacken project, is the tattoo consultant Kristjan Resetič. He also helped me from the moment it started with my Mora tattoo studio project in Slovenia.
TRIPTIH
(Slovenia - Sokolc
1.0 2012 - 2.0 2014 - 3.0 2017)
Nejc Smodiš, Igor Obradinovič and me constructed the idea of live painting one artwork in three pieces (triptych).
The making of the art work was a public event in the gallery of AKC Sokolc where we had art studios above the gallery. The whole project included also a lot of local Slovenian musicians who performed live in evening time and we did it within a duration of one month.
At the end of each Triptych project there was an auction for the finished art work. The pictures were sold to private collectors and companies for 2700€ in 2012, 3000€ in 2014 and 3300€ in 2017.
All the money went to families in need which were chosen by the Red Cross organization. We the artists, didn't take a cent...
The making of the art work was a public event in the gallery of AKC Sokolc where we had art studios above the gallery. The whole project included also a lot of local Slovenian musicians who performed live in evening time and we did it within a duration of one month.
At the end of each Triptych project there was an auction for the finished art work. The pictures were sold to private collectors and companies for 2700€ in 2012, 3000€ in 2014 and 3300€ in 2017.
All the money went to families in need which were chosen by the Red Cross organization. We the artists, didn't take a cent...
MASKS and CARNIVALS
(Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Germany)
Me and Nejc Smodiš started to make masks out of paper mâché out of pure fun. This fun developed over the years into more professional art work. We represented ourselfs all around Slovenia at different festivals and also in Germany, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Canada...
We also organized carnivals in our home town and a cabaret in AKC Sokolc.
At some point we were noticed and invited to the Grossman film festival together with the SMK collective by Grossman film festival organizers.
Altera team was present there in 2008, 2009 and 2011 together with other visiting artists.
Horror sceneries and the included art inside has always attracted me. When sculptured and painted art combines with a good imagination for horror the creative artistic outcome can become really shocking.
We also organized carnivals in our home town and a cabaret in AKC Sokolc.
At some point we were noticed and invited to the Grossman film festival together with the SMK collective by Grossman film festival organizers.
Altera team was present there in 2008, 2009 and 2011 together with other visiting artists.
Horror sceneries and the included art inside has always attracted me. When sculptured and painted art combines with a good imagination for horror the creative artistic outcome can become really shocking.
“SOULTRET GRAFFITI”
(Air Brush, spray can colors and brush mix graffiti technique on wall)
As a creative I always experimented to work on different surfaces. As example I already started to paint walls when I still visited kindergarten.
Today I'm creating graffiti in clubs and alternative autonomous cones, squats and deserted buildings. I don't consider myself as a typical graffiti artist because I'm using mostly air brush and rarely spray cans.
It takes more time, but results are more detailed and I don't like to use stencils too much. I only use it for fire or smoke effects.
Some of this artworks on walls is long gone but there are still places where you can visit and watch:
Today I'm creating graffiti in clubs and alternative autonomous cones, squats and deserted buildings. I don't consider myself as a typical graffiti artist because I'm using mostly air brush and rarely spray cans.
It takes more time, but results are more detailed and I don't like to use stencils too much. I only use it for fire or smoke effects.
Some of this artworks on walls is long gone but there are still places where you can visit and watch:
- Club - Kotlovnica- Kamnik;
- Metelkova- Ljubljana;
- Trainstation squat - Kranj;
- Pekarna -MC- Maribor
PROJECT – MADAME BUTTERFLY balLet - European Capital of Culture
Salzburg, Austria 2021
Co-production by the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad (Serbia) and the Europa ballet in St. Pölten (Austria) as part of the European Capital of Culture program.
Premiere at Serbian national theater on 14th of May 2021 at the stage "Jovan Đorđević" in Novi Sad (Serbia).
Choreographer & Director: prof.Peter Breuer (Germany/Аustria)
Video design and technical realization: Markus Gössler (Аustria)
Paintings in projections: Sebastjan Šeremet (Slovenia)
Assistant of choreographer: Dominik Vaida (Аustria)
Costume sketches: Y. T. (Japan)
Assistant of costume designer: Katarina Stanivuković (Novi Sad)
Markus Gössler, a good friend of mine, invited me and put me in contact with prof.Peter Breuer to create the video projection scenography for the Madame Butterfly ballet performance in Serbia and on tour as well.
The idea was to create something unique and to show the cultural difference in between Japan and the USA in an artistic way.
Therefor we used painted aquarell pictures, made a lot of photos for stop motion and animated them for all the sceneries which are happening in Japan. We produced our own video material for the american sceneries and also other artwork which got printed and shown during the show in front of the stage and posters which got used as commercials for the show. All together we produced ~2hrs of video content for back- front- and side projections and the biggest animations are 17m x 9,5m on stage. Together we created the basic idea I painted aquarell drawings and other pictures, Markus did the technical realization, created digital animations of my artwork and synchronized it to the music. Peter loved the visual result. All the motives I painted were based on Peters idea and a collaboration in art creating atmosphere was established. This project was challenging, because it was my first time to be involved in scenography for ballet and theatre art world.
Working with Peter was a great experience and even after we finished the project, Peter is helping me in my art path.
Co-production by the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad (Serbia) and the Europa ballet in St. Pölten (Austria) as part of the European Capital of Culture program.
Premiere at Serbian national theater on 14th of May 2021 at the stage "Jovan Đorđević" in Novi Sad (Serbia).
Choreographer & Director: prof.Peter Breuer (Germany/Аustria)
Video design and technical realization: Markus Gössler (Аustria)
Paintings in projections: Sebastjan Šeremet (Slovenia)
Assistant of choreographer: Dominik Vaida (Аustria)
Costume sketches: Y. T. (Japan)
Assistant of costume designer: Katarina Stanivuković (Novi Sad)
Markus Gössler, a good friend of mine, invited me and put me in contact with prof.Peter Breuer to create the video projection scenography for the Madame Butterfly ballet performance in Serbia and on tour as well.
The idea was to create something unique and to show the cultural difference in between Japan and the USA in an artistic way.
Therefor we used painted aquarell pictures, made a lot of photos for stop motion and animated them for all the sceneries which are happening in Japan. We produced our own video material for the american sceneries and also other artwork which got printed and shown during the show in front of the stage and posters which got used as commercials for the show. All together we produced ~2hrs of video content for back- front- and side projections and the biggest animations are 17m x 9,5m on stage. Together we created the basic idea I painted aquarell drawings and other pictures, Markus did the technical realization, created digital animations of my artwork and synchronized it to the music. Peter loved the visual result. All the motives I painted were based on Peters idea and a collaboration in art creating atmosphere was established. This project was challenging, because it was my first time to be involved in scenography for ballet and theatre art world.
Working with Peter was a great experience and even after we finished the project, Peter is helping me in my art path.
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