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Julia Gaisbacher

Julia Gaisbacher is an artist and photographer, born in Grambach, near Graz (AT). Lives and works in Vienna (AT). Julia studied Art History (MA) at the University of Graz (AT) and Three-Dimensional Work / Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden (DE) and at the LUCA School of Arts, Brussels (BE ). He was a master’s student of Prof. Martin Honert at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden.

She has received the Theodor-Körner-Fond d’Art Visual Award (2021), a State Photography Grant from the Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria (2020), an Acquisition Award in the framework of the “Premio d’Art Contemporani of the State”. of Styria” (2019), the Erste Bank ExtraVALUE Recognition Art Award (2018) and the City of Graz Photography Promotion Award (2016). His work has been shown nationally and internationally and is part of several public and private collections.

In her work, Julia is interested in the complex interrelationships between social conventions in public space, architecture and individual representation in various media. The issues he deals with recently are around the issues of housing, public and private space: who has the power to decide on this and what social justice or injustice can be seen through this? In his practice, the digital photographic image is the starting point, while experimentation with printing techniques and conducting research produce the supporting material. The culmination of the process are installations that combine two-dimensional images with three-dimensional objects.

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Mihovil Nakic

Mihovil Nakic is a photographer from Belgrade, Serbiarbia His work revolves around philosophy and historyria of the built environmentït, the underlying power structures and how they shape the perceptions of society’s reality. Coming from the world of information technologyor large companies, turned to photography as a medium because it is both a document and open to interpretation , but at the same time it is also the core of current advertising and propaganda strategies .

Contemporary business practice looks at people and society throughis of abstract models. It is a way to mitigate the negative effects of human emotions bquestions about decision-making and productivity. the benefit is the ultimate goal and capital is the definitive measure of value in a society governed by úonly for free market capitalism. At the same time, people are offered idealized images of prosperity – prefabricated dreams of the future. looking for the eastethics within corporate and institutional reified realities, Mihovil Nakic looks for ways to get out of the feedback loop or the influence of capital.

The urban environment iss the space of overlapping interests of capital and society. Using Belgrade’s up-and-coming luxury quarter as an archetype, his first exhibitionor individual “Building Images” (part of the Vizualizator photo festival, Belgrade 2021) explored both hidden and visible aspects of the transformation of urban space. Seeking to reveal invisible layers of power and meaning, he portrayed truths and realities bound together in this transformative landscape. Currently, Mihovil Nakic estHe is enrolled as an undergraduate student at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague and has participated in several workshops and international courses in recent years .