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SLOBODAN ZIVIC (B.1976)
A COUNTRY THAT NO LONGER EXISTS AND A POST-INDUSTRIAL TOWN. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THESE TWO POLES, ZIVIC’S ARTISTIC PRACTICE TOOK SHAPE. BORN AND RAISED AS THE WORKING-CLASS SON OF MIGRANTS, HIS PERCEPTION IS INFORMED BY THIS CIRCUMSTANCE OF DUALITY. FOR HIM, A SENSE OF BELONGING AND IDENTITY IS SOMETHING ONE CREATES RATHER THAN INHERITS. WITNESSING BOTH THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL AND THE DISSOLUTION OF HIS ANCESTRAL HOMELAND, YUGOSLAVIA, LEFT A LASTING IMPRINT ON BOTH THE ARTIST AND HIS WORK. EVERYTHING CHANGES. NOTHING IS PERMANENT.

RESISTANCE OF THE CONVENTIONAL AND UNORTHODOX EXPERIMENTATION ACROSS DIVERSE MEDIA AND TECHNIQUES HAS BECOME CENTRAL TO HIS PRACTICE. ZIVIC EXPLORES THE COMPLEXITIES OF PERCEPTION, SOCIAL STRUCTURES, AND BELONGING. THE PERCEIVED QUALITIES OF HIS IRREGULARLY PIERCED OBJECTS, LAYERED WITH GLITCH-LIKE SURFACES, ECHO THIS EXPERIENCE. CONSTANTLY PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF MATERIALITY, EMBEDDING DECONSTRUCTIVISM INTO HIS WORK. HE CRITICALLY DISMANTLES AND STRIPS AWAY UNNECESSARY INFORMATION IN PURSUIT OF A STATE OF COHERENCE THAT REMAINS.

Grants / Nominations
2022 - Stipendium 4, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee / Konstnärsnämnden
2021 - Stipendium 3, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee / Konstnärsnämnden
2020 - Stipendium 2, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee / Konstnärsnämnden
2020 - Stipendium 1, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee / Konstnärsnämnden
2013 - Swedish Grammy Awards - Nomination for Best Video.

CONTACT
contact@slobodanzivic.com
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