46/50 Vesna Petresin

17 Nov-22 Nov 2015

Overview

Vesna Petresin’s practice merges film and sound, with performance, spatial fractions and immersive experiences. In her performances, Petresin explores embodiment, transition, the manipulation of time and movement, alongside the barriers between the intimate and the public sphere. For her new commission at fig-2, Petresin concentrates on the legacy of the concept of time and synaesthesia in syncretic art, as well as research from her performances which refer to the dynamic, transformative and evolving life-giving female principle. Using her voice and movement meditation, she constructes a trichotomy of structures: sound, image and light, exploring the concept of time in relation to body, movement, space and emotions. Petresin lays the ground for a musical and light-oriented landscape that moves around the bodies of the audience members as they engage with the filmic component. Drawing influences from Bergsonian ideation of time and Heideggerian conceptualisation of in-being (da sein), Petresin seeks to elucidate the ability of forming a meaningful relationship with the world.