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Slovenia on my Way

2011-06-13T08:54:00.005+02:00

Slovenia on my Way from Bojan Brecelj on Vimeo.
It is very personal ... As a Slovene - living here most of my life, to do a work that would give some inside of this holon/space ..avoiding stereotype ..well it is certainly a land that has a lot of water - underground in the rivers , forests .. as well as see .. Other elements like fire , earth and winds are also present ... alchemy of this elements and living beings sheering this space is unique ... this 9min slideshow is what I could share...

/images edited by Bojan Brecelj/

Money and emotions… is it any different with you?

2011-02-01T00:20:00.001+01:00

morning...

Mornings are my time, when some clear ideas, concepts or just understanding of where I move come about … " This morning, they were about two things that really hold me, engage me in reality so much: money and emotions!

I wrote down my testimony, my awareness of my present time and space (link), and I asked Gaja Brecelj (link) and Violeta Bulc (link) to write down their experience on the same things: money and emotions. Below, you can read the views of all three of us:

Bojan : Money is a mechanism which holds me (us) in slave relationship… This artificially created need is manipulating with me (us) and robbing me (us) of our primal – vital life-force.

Violeta : Money is a great common denominator for the exchange of goods, services,

> inputs and outputs... it is still necessary in our society ... however, so

> often misused, raped and expanded beyond believes... it shows true colors of

> human souls, the inner worlds, the values we believe in and live by....

Gaja : Money is probably the most important and least important (fictional and factual) thing at the same time. It can mean nothing and it could mean everything - generating good or bad within both options. I am glad to be among the fraction that can afford it doesn't mean anything and try to do good things with its 'nothingness'.

Bojan : Emotions is an area where I am (we are) the least developed - or better to say not in balance and not in tune with the pulse of Gaia (father & mother Earth) that we belong to. As for understanding and living on emotional level, people from the East are ahead … (… and probably this could be also one of the reasons for such fast "taking over" of the Western world. Emotions are much more complex way of existence, communication, connection. We institutionalized and ‘simplified’ emotions and subordinated them to intellectual-cognitive skills. The era of cooperation in which we are entering is revealing to me as based on the fabric (finer that net), vibrating on emotional interaction (responsiveness), on communication, connectedness, emotional consciousness...

Violeta : Nobody is teaching us about our emotions, about emotions of other people,

> how to manage them, how to read them, how to deal with them, how to embrace

> them, how can we develop them... This is a real petty... Because of this

> weakness in our development as humans, many times very ordinary people
>commit horrible crimes... I love my emotions. They make me feel alive, they

>teach me about myself, them are part of my identity, part of my style.

Gaja : Emotions - forever repressed. It's time for emotional intelligence to become the thing we are striving for. Let's connect emotionally to each other, to people, to animals, to living and non-living nature. I hope that we as a civilization will one day be capable of that. Let's become aware of our emotions, let's recognize their value and give them the place they deserve instead of avoiding them. Because... what are we really avoiding and what would we do without them?

How do I master that:

Bojan : If I am at full strength, nothing is a problem... Most important for me is to have my own means, rituals to maintain and develop my strength... In this case, there is no problem, I have means to be able to decide... fears are gone, there is plenty of will and challenges are welcome!

To maintain and nourish inner strength … I do it ‘secretly’ because being independent person (having inner power) is a thorn in the side of those who want to suck my blood and sell back to me my lost power in pharmacies, shops etc. Otherwise, I share my secrets with pleasure and without restrains.

Violeta : it is not a matter of mastering them.. it is a matter to learn about them,

> to transform those that I do not feel comfortable with and embrace the

> rest...

power comes from balance, from peace from stability, from being comfortable

> with our own visions, strength, weaknesses... from our physical, emotional

> and spiritual energies... from being connected with myself and everything

> around me...-----

Gaja : I don't and I probably never will. There's nothing wrong with that, as long as I am exploring myself and responding to that. I try to listen to myself and draw strength and spirit from that strength. It's the trying that matters.

...evening, my working place this days is repairing solid wood (mahogany ) sailing boat ..

Up and Down !

2011-01-08T23:14:00.002+01:00

do you know Little Grandmother?

in here recent interview, as many times before, she is announcing big changes during next two years ... for example shifting of the poles !

(Zelo se trudite, da bi svojo resnico dali čim več ljudem po vsem svetu. Zakaj ravno zdaj? Kaj se dogaja?
“Na našem planetu se dogajajo večje spremembe kot kadarkoli prej. Energija na planetu je višja, kot je bila kdaj prej, prav tako naša telesa vibrirajo z višjo frekvenco kot kdaj prej. Iz vesolja na naš planet prihajajo resnično močne energije in stvari se bliskovito spreminjajo. Prerokbe prvobitnih ljudstev govorijo o času, ko se bosta na Zemlji obrnila pola in življenje na star način ne bo več mogoče. Življenja ljudi ne bodo več kontrolirali denar, vlade in religije. Vse to bo končno izginilo, skupaj z našim egom. Dvignili se bomo in začeli živeti iz srca. Živeli bomo kot ena družina na planetu Zemlja in spomnili se bomo, kdo v resnici smo: božanska, ljubljena bitja, ki bodo v ljubezni dočakala razsvetljenje na tem planetu. Zdaj je napočil ta čas. Pola se že premikata. Začelo se je, in čez dve leti bodo stvari zelo zelo drugačne.”)

and ... when reading it I got "flesh back" of one project. It was meant to be part of "Light Guerilla 2009" exhibition in Ljubljana. My plan was to do a "portal" where you can look up through the glass aquarium with sea fishes swimming in it, and on the sides boxes with vertically grown grass fields inside, being also opened on the back side. I HAD NO FIX CONCEPT FOR CREATING THIS ART OBJECT AT THAT TIME. MY INTENTION WAS TO MAKE IT AS A TRIGGER TO EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE NEW REALITIES - form within and upside down. Finally the organised find it too complicated and wanted that I do something else... NOW I can read this project as the act of attuning with the current changes LIKE shifting poles...or at least with the loss of our current agreement of reality ... I am one of the stubborn 60's generation living and acting for changes...

and the "portal" story went on...

I started to renovate an old cupboard with the ambition to grow grass vertically inside on the black wall. with light entering on the grass field through the top. I made the box from waterproof plywood in the size of the cupboard and went with Ivana one rainy day to a nearby countryside to actually "transplant" some grass from the meadow. When we did it box got so heavy that we hardly got it close to the van... no, that was not the right idea ... we returned grass back on its place. Next try was to grow grass ... i bought the seeds ... obviously this took too much time and I had to cancel my object for the exhibition. But grass finally grew! Cupboard was also reconstructed ... i actually decided to make grass table: table for outside! And I did, and also put it on the wheels and, as well, on the sale: only 649 EUR ... we still ejoy it in front of our house, especially when we have friends visiting us, and have food on it.

Prostor IN ČAS

2010-10-28T00:37:00.005+02:00

21.10.2010 ob 14.30 sem bil na odru 180 sekund .. Dogodek si je zamislil Zmago Novak-zavod BIG v okviru Meseca Oblikovanja . Trajalo je cel dan in zvrstilo se nas je mnogo, mislim da 45 ! iz najrazličnejših " svetov" (vetrov) ..

Uvodno sem se predstavil da delujem v področju vizualnih komunikacij, predvsem kot fotograf kar mi pomeni da sem predvsem na pravem mestu (prostoru) v pravem času ! Glede na to da je zavod Big predvsem vezan za področje arhitekture-prostor ( tudi sam dogodek "Mesec Oblikovanaj" 3D) , sem govoril iz moje izkušnje o Prostoru In Času. Edini pogoj ki smo ga imeli vsi na odru je, da začnemo in končamo z vprašanjem in da traja 3 minute. Dvorana na Viba filmu je bila dobro zasedena, sedeli smo na kartonskih stolih ! Dogodek je vodil Zmago in bilo je odlično pripravljeno, Misli da smo nastop vsi vzeli zelo resno, a nekaterim je (po mojem mnenju) uspelo narediti fenomenalen preboj zgoščene pripovedi (in slike) zelo inspirativne vsebine..mirno si bi jih lahko predstavlajal na TED odru !

Ali obstaja prazen prostor ?

splošno uporabno razumevanje pojma- prostor je :

Prostor je brezsnovna in neomejena entiteta v kateri so telesa, kjer se lahko gibajo. -skrata je prazen

če strnem nekaj iz moje zavesti dojemanja tega pojma lahko rečem čisto nekaj drugega :

prostor v bivajočem okolju (“univerzuma“) je živ in ni prazen

prostor je holon ki ga definira naša zavest ki dojema, nihanje - informacij ki med sabo (so)delujejo in ustvarjajo prostor

človek je del prostora , človek z vsemi svojimi razsežnostmi

praznine v prostoru (univerzumu) ni, je onkraj prostora se pravi bivajočega

prostor je subjektiven ker je vezan na zavest, napr človeka ki ga dojema

prostor “vstraja”, prostor kot smo ga navajeni - tisti po katerem se orjenteramo zaradi kolektivne (gostote) zavesti

druga “dimenzija “ bivanja je čas :

čas opisuje gibanje , v našem primeru spiralno gibanje sestavljeno iz gibanja zemlje okoli sonca (povprečno 108 000 km /h) in gibanja okrog zemeljske osi (cca 2000 k/h )

osnova (ena od bistvenih značilnosti -nekaj kar je skupnega življenju) življenja je gibanje (11) in osnovni gib, napajalnik življenja ki cveti na Zemlji je drvenje Zemlje okrog Sonca in ga lahko objektivno defineramo kot čas

čas določa gibalno količino določenega prostora (gibalno količino kot je definirana v kvantni mehaniki), prostor pa zavest neustavljivega časa (gibalna količina ki skozi čas narašča se manifestera v prostoru )

čas je pojem (in dimenzija) življenja, prostor pa pojem (dimenzija) zavesti

na čas ne moramo vplivati (mi kot zemeljsak bitja )

prostor soustvarjamo(15) (genereramo ter krejeramo informacije ki se so del kuhinje univerzuma )

smrt ni izven časa in prostora - po smrtni je potikanje duše po svetovih ki so tudi del časa in prostora - drugačnega.. morda so tu svetlobna leta.. astralni prostori ...
če čas lahko dojamemo###, smo lahko priključeni na to ogromno brezmejno energijo v duhu sintropije-življenja ki je veliko večji potencjal kot entropija - ki se ji reče NAFTA
kakšno korist vidim v takem dojemanju ? : če dojemamo čas kot gibanje in gibanje je energija, je čas faktor da se nam nabere zadosti energije .. ( to je kot jadranje, če dobro lovmo in dojemamo veter=gibanje=čas pol imamo energije več
prostor je to kar želimo- živimo če želimo kaj drugačnega , lahko dosežemo, odvisno od sožitja zavesti

ali obstaja še tretji pojem ki opisuje življenje ?

PS- posnetek iz dogodka ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHrEjdVPTxI

Venice

2010-06-20T17:03:00.004+02:00

All goes fast ... : "weather is now more intensive", more 'ups' and 'downs', more hot & cold making more wind and rain...

"It is because so much energy in released 'in the air' and the outcome is more energetic weather", enlightened me, when a friend from Guidecca told me today !

seven sisters

2010-05-22T23:21:00.005+02:00

Consciously going through the day as a "witness" can be very joyful, intensive and rewarding. The important part to know is that information I communicate (my frame of interest) and what I witness is related! If I do not like what I witness, if it does not interest me and give me satisfaction etc., I should change my "frame of interest" and not the happening around me!

It is something I developed through practices in the processes of photography projects - were witnessing is all about...

In short I start by making " frame of interest " : why / my purpose is../, what /my interest is.. /, who / with whom i want a dialog.. / , where...With this answers I have a starting frame; in information that I keep in mind and start to "communicate ". Universe reacts almost instantly , and the feed back is what I witness ! Important rule in this practice is having no fixed expectations no projections, just witnessing ! what is happening is a surprise ! It is something that goes beyond my starting frame ! if you "go" for definite "picture ", something that has just the definition of my starting frame I will force myself (and life around me ) to witness just "that" and no more ! / Example : I have in mind and communicate that I want a home that gives me freedom to....If my expectations to witness is a definite house with pink windows, that is maximum I can witness, and no more ! / What I witness is a surprise, it is all well related to my interest !

Witnessing, the manifestation of life around me is actually the "answer" to my "frame of interest"

1./2./3. steps :

1. - my frame of interest (information that I communicate)

2. - witnessing - the manifestation

3. - admiring, accepting and understanding the manifestation that I witness - the answer of the universe

1. - accordingly changing "frame of interest : why who what.." the information that I communicate

2. - see what happens now - witnessing

3. - admiring, accepting and understanding the manifestation that I witness - the answer of the universe

1./2./3.: Every day !

Morning: writing a frame of interest

All day: witnessing, admiring, accepting

Evening: analyzing and understanding

Night: the dreams gives also somme insight of what is happening or will happen if ...

For me, the hard point of this practice is that I need a lot of positive force and discipline to practice it! As a photographer I have an option, which I do not like, to be a "zombi" and just react to what pulls me in the moment, and maybe only after that to create some criteria to decide which picture is ok, that is, in my frame of interest.

When I am not on photo assignment I try to remember : " what I witness look at it with "open ays" and take it as surprise. What I am witnessing is all well related to my interest "

In fact this practise works so well on assignments that I will go on with this "technique" in every day life.

26.6.2010 Bojan & Guidecca just married at the full moon day!

Letter to my boss at Sygma /" ten stories for Claude " 20.11.2000

2010-03-31T23:09:00.000+02:00

Ten Years After was once very popular bend ! 10 years after I found this letter on my computer proposing 10 topics to work on, as I did at that time photography based feature story.. Non of them came across-- but i went to Harlem Some of them would be interesing to do even today ! -ten years after..

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Dear Claude

Since I did not hear from you I assume you do not have something concrete in mind ... my small big problem is that I should be on the 6 of Dec. on operation table ..to take out the stick from my leg ... and I am very limited ...It would be very difficult to change the date... and after the operation I should go to Harlem...

...HERE ARE SOME HINTS IN WHAT DIRECTION OF A STORY I WOULD MOVE :

1/ Supertourism- something on extreme, excentric tourism - a tour in ... I do not know but something funny, ecologically contradictory ...a view of where you are when you escape from Paris in gray, winter, cold days...

2/ "In the mode of cooperation " - to find out some Jewish- - Muslim religious or any kind of group who are actively working on "other than political levels ...for cooperation

>>>food produced and farmed in Gaza for Israel is labeled made in Israel in order that Jewish would buy it

3/ "the roots- the background of the new president " if Gore wins it could be interesting to do a story ... about organizations, movements that he was actively connected in the 60ies, 70ies ...IF anything interesting AND VISUAL on this line still exists ...this could be a story ...

4/ extreme diving" for divers living for weeks in decompression chambers under the sea - working on oil drilling stations ...I have some connection with a scientist in Sweden that could give right connection to join this workers in chamber BUT IT IS AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE STORY SINCE THE PHOTOGRAPHER MUST ALSO UNDERGO SOME VERY EXPENSIVE EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS TO GET THE PERMITS TO BE THERE ...

5/ "MEGA- FISHING BOAT FACTORIES " reportage about fishing on open sea -….

6/ SAI BABA - very popular Guru in the West that never left India - his huge ashram…hospital and massive religious tourism from the west on his door . He is well known for constantly performing miracles…

9/ logging logging AND logging wood for WHAT? Not only in Amazonija but probably in Asia is much worse !!…

10/ "Just across the border " of USA …Mexico for instance : where cheap lemons grove - mega plantations where plants and people shear common thing : UNHAPINESS - and we get cheep BUT (UN)HELTHY FOOD

11-99/ CRITICAL MASS " - this is actually a lager theme /angle of attention/ ..more stories ABOUT THE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL DIFERENT FIELDS WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENVOLVED IN THE PROCESES OF CRITICAL TIMES AS POLLUTED AND OVERPOPULATED THE PLANET EARTH IS, FAST CHANGING SOCIETY MAKING EVER GROWING GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR …WITH THEIR VISIONS AND SOLUTIONS. Things are/will change when the critical mass of conscious people are active and that-s where our purpose as journalists is to focus the attention on them….

xx/ you see I told you It would be good to do just a simple "industrial animal /torture / farming " . since mad cow disease is all over `and leave out laboratories, cloning all that...since this farming today is already 99% cloning.....AND THIS IS A CLEAR PROTEST OF ANIMALS...in fact I did a story on pigs, chicken , turkey and cow farming in farms in Slovenia ... good stuff

update : Proja activity 2.12.2010

2009-12-07T14:29:00.001+01:00

Proja project : Open Code Drop Box, even it is done from cardboard and knockdown, it is still "active" :

Open Code Drop Box vas also present at Idea reserve 2009 and at InCo movement stand at Slovenian forum of inovtions 2.12.2010 : out of best 52 innovative products Inco model is...

Venetians in Venice about Venice

2009-07-08T12:23:00.007+02:00

Selffish studio on the go ! Circle aroud mediteranian : / Facing Venice /14.7.2010

Working title : Venetians in Venice about Venice, Expressing the identity, "Facing Venice"

Facing Venice is a project in itself as well as is the initial project for a larger project "Mediterranean ring", researching the identity of Mediterranean as our lager common living space.

proposed by : Bojan Brecelj / Slovenian artist photographer

Keywords : art (research) project, self-portraits, Venetians, photography, photography exhibition, group exhibition

As a photographer who has through the years many times worked on the theme of Venice (5 published books and one extensive article), and as an artist who in 1978 represented Yugoslavia in Bienalle of Art in Venice, I am proposing to do another work, a portrait photography exhibition that would be accomplished with Venetians in Venice about Venice.

Short description of the project :

My aim for this project is to do a work of art (media photography and sound) which would express identity of Venice through the people who live and work here.

The body of work would be photographs - self-portraits done on different location in the town and short interviews with potrayed people.

Portraits and interviews would be done with citizens of Venice willing to participate in the project by expressing themselves visually and verbally within the context of their relationship with Venice.

First portrait :

The results of this project would be presented in photography exhibition (and sound installation) as well as in printed publication - photographs and text from the interviews.

Presumably one third of project would be accomplished with my own documentary photos from the live situation of the people living here.

Why images and not just words? Images are more complex information, and experiencing the quality and wholeness of the personality and identity, images /portraits and specifically and specifically self-portrait do show that. Then, words expressing thoughts and ideas give different but complementary aspect to the images.

The Tool :

The tool developed for self-portraying, where person view her/himself in the mirror and trigger camera (which is behind the mirror) in its own moment, gives unique results reflecting creativity and open-hearted being.
The official site of self-portrait by this system is www.selfportraitstudios.com. The system that is an invention by itself is developed by myself. The intellectual rights- the principe of doing portrait photography through the mirror is registered by cc rights. It is an open code logic, which mens that everybody can use and develop the system under conditions that all can be copied and developed on.
Self-portrait Set up is designed for use on location, outside or inside any location, and do the portraying with realistic background under professional light conditions.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS : The exhibitin is actually Group exhibition:

since portraits are actually at lest co-created by those who would make self-portraits, and tell there story, the exhibition is actually a group one! And everybody participating would be named as an author!

The initial concept, the tool itself, and the aesthetics is developed and done by Bojan Brecelj

Short CV: on separate page

Facing Venice is a project in itself as well as is the initial project for a larger project "Mediterranean ring", researching the identity of Mediterranean as our lager common living space.