Artists Space

Deconstruction, Quotation, & Subversion:
Video from Yugoslavia

May 25 – July 1, 1989

Organized by Kathy Rae Huffman.

The fourteen tapes in this exhibition, all produced in the last five years, present a survey of current Yugoslavian video work from both independent and state sponsored videomakers.

A seated group of four people cluster together in front of a white background.
Retrovizija (Peter Vezjak), still from Laibach: Sympathy for the Devil, 1988. 5 minutes, 40 seconds. [A seated group of four people cluster together in front of a white background.]

A person smiles widely in close up, facing the viewer. They are lying on their side so their head is horizontal.
Marina Grzinic and Aina Smid, still from Axis of Life, 1987. 6 minutes. [A person smiles widely in close up, facing the viewer. They are lying on their side so their head is horizontal.]
Seven people are in a courtyard in period dress, facing the camera. Some stand on a ladder, another leans against a colonnade in the background. Smoke billows out behind them from an unseen source.
Retrovizija (Peter Vezjak), still from Laibach: Sympathy for the Devil, 1988. 5 minutes, 40 seconds. [Seven people are in a courtyard in period dress, facing the camera. Some stand on a ladder, another leans against a colonnade in the background. Smoke billows out behind them from an unseen source.]

Video from Yugoslavia Press Release

Video from Yugoslavia Postcard

Video from Yugoslavia Video Program Cover

Artists Space programs are made possible by: the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, New York State Council on the Arts, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; AT&T Foundation, Inc., The David Bermant Foundation: Color, Light, Motion, The Bohen Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc., Horace w. Goldsmith Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, The J.M. Kaplan Fund, The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc., The Joe and Emily Lowe Foundation, Inc., The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, The Menemsha Fund, Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, Betty Parsons Foundation, The Reed Foundation, Inc., The Rockefeller Foundation, The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.; American Express Company, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Equitable Real Estate Group, Inc., General Atlantic Corporation, R.H. Macy and Company, Inc., Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Philip Morris Companies Inc., and U.S. Trust Company of New York; as well as Artwatch, Galleries in Support of Artists Space, Members and numerous Friends.

Artists Space is a member of the National Association of Artists Organizations (NAAO) and the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers (NAMAC).

    Two people are seen from below, standing and facing one another in a shadowy window. Below them, the subtitle text reads,
    Marina Grzinic and Aina Smid, still from Axis of Life, 1987. 6 minutes. [Two people are seen from below, standing and facing one another in a shadowy window. Below them, the subtitle text reads, "although it was a case of murder. I remember the report."e]