Andrej Zdravič

Andrej Zdravič
Born Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality Slovene
Known for Film
Installation art
Sound art
Movement Avant-garde cinema, Experimental film

Andrej Zdravič (born in 1952, Ljubljana) is a Slovenian independent filmmaker, sound and media artist. He was educated in Ljubljana, Algiers and Buffalo, receiving his BA (1975) and MA Degrees (1980) in Media Studies at the State University of New York, Buffalo. He was awarded a Slovenian Prešeren Foundation Award in 1999 and received an honorary award (Doctorate equivalent) for artistic achievement from University of Ljubljana in 2006.[1][2]

Biography

'Zdravič is building a cinema style in which one can recognize the influences of Vertov, modern Jazz, Jonas Mekas, John Cage and Zen Buddhism. The camera, in author's hands, spontaneously reacts to the pulsating life stream... As if reality to which the camera is aimed at were "dictating" to the author the structure of the future work which is created in the process of mutual encounter‘ - Jovan Jovanovič, 1979.[3]

Zdravič has lived and worked in New York City in the years 1975-80 and in San Francisco during 1980-97. He was closely associated with the San Francisco Exploratorium, Museum of Science, Art & Human Perception, where he headed the Video Department and developed his video installation Water Waves-Time Horizon (Time-Horizon is a unique software controlled 8-channel audiovisual installation format), a permanent exhibit from 1993.

Zdravič’s works have been screened in over 150 one-man shows and presentations across USA and Europe; in retrospectives at the Anthology Film Archives (NYC), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Cankarjev dom Cultural Centre/ Slovenian Cinematheque (Ljubljana); in over 120 group shows and festivals, among others, in the United Arab Emirates, India, Brazil and Argentina, and broadcast on ARTE, KCET/PBS Los Angeles, ZDF, RAISAT, TV Slovenia - they were seen by more than 3 million viewers. Zdravič represented Slovenia at the World Expo ’98 in Lisbon and the Venice Biennale 1999.

In recent years, Zdravič’s significant body of work that has focussed on developing a unique cinematic form concentrating almost solely on audiovisual aspects of natural phenomena, has been cited in film theory publications examining the possibility of an ecocinematic form: Toward an Ecocinema by Scott MacDonald, 2004,[4] Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film by Paula Willoquet-Maricondi, 2010,[5] Ecocinema Theory and Practice (2012) edited by Stephen Rust, Salma Monani and Sean Cubitt [6]

Zdravič has taught at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and San Francisco State University and has been a Visiting Filmmaker at more than 30 others, including Stanford University, Royal College of Art London, Malmö University College, University College Falmouth in Cornwall, UK and the Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana.

Zdravič is the recipient of several awards, among others, the Western States Media Arts Fellowship, the National Science Foundation award (USA), and the Prešeren Award (Slovenia,1999). Since 1997 he mostly works in Slovenia and Europe.

In recent years Zdravič has been especially involved in an extensive feature film - sound and multi-screen installation project(s) - The Forest. The first realisation is the The Forest - Time Triptych, 3-channel film, HD 5.1 sound installation. Camera, Editing, Sound Recording & Composition, Installation Concept and Development for this installation were all created by Zdravič. The Forest − Time Triptych is a permanent exhibit at the Triglav National Park Information Centre − Dom Trenta, Slovenia since 17 September 2011.

Filmography

All Films Film/Sound Producer, Writer, Director, Camera, Editing, Sound-Music Recording & Composition: Andrej Zdravi.

Time Horizon video installations

The Time Horizon concept developed by Zdravič is a unique software controlled 8-channel audiovisual installation format.

Selected commissions

Screenings and Exhibitions

Selected retrospectives

Permanent exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ Andrej Zdravic Sound Vision of the World: sound films and installations (1974-1995), Cankarijev dom, Slovenian Cinemateque, 1996 ISBN 978-961-6157-02-5
  2. ↑ Ocean Lava Time Horizon catalogue, Dom Trenta, Triglav National Park Information Centre, 1999
  3. ↑ Jovan Jovanovič, Film kao prosvetljenje (Film as Enlightenment), Filmograf, Fall 1979
  4. ↑ Scott MacDonald (2004) Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 2004 11(2):107-132; doi:10.1093/isle/11.2.107 © 2004 by Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Print ISSN 1076-0962
  5. ↑ Paula Willoquet-Maricondi (2010) Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film, University of Virginia Press, pp.50-54. ISBN 978-0-8139-3005-3
  6. ↑ Stephen Rust, Salma Monani and Sean Cubitt (2012) Ecocinema Theory and Practice, Routledge, Chapter 1, pp.9-15. ISBN 978-0-415-89942-0

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