Hi, I'm Saša Nemec
an artist and art producer from Slovenia.
an artist and art producer from Slovenia.
My practice spans between exploration of new technologies and the use of age-old techniques. From mending a loose button to creating garments with 3D scanning technology. My graduation research and fashion collection were presented in the eponymous first solo exhibition titled ‘Untitled’ at the Tir Gallery in Nova Gorica (2013). Later on, I continued my textile-based research through the Repair-a-thon project, a repeating event held internationally the purpose of which is to inform and engage the community about responsible consumption and repairing. The event has been presented, amongst others, at the Pixelache Helsinki Festival (2017), Helsinki Design Museo (2018), and The Fashion Colloquium in Arnhem (2018) and as a larger installation at the BIO|26 biennial in Ljubljana.
I continued this research as part of the Collective Intelligence working group, with the work Threading Gibellina, presented at the Orestiadi Foundation in Gibellina as part of the Manifesta12 Collateral Events and the Il Traffico project, part of the Manifesta12 5x5x5 events (2018).
On the other hand, lies the research of the digital. I try to address our inability to transfer our conscience into the digital world, through the project Inside/Outside, which was presented at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (Celje, 2018), Speculum Artium (Trbovlje, 2019) and MANIPULATIONS at the ICIA (Gothenburg and online 2020); and this year’s The Wrong Biennale (Self As Service, online, 2023/24).
In the last few years, I dedicated my practice to digitization of (intangible) cultural heritage. The first project from the series, The Flickering Paths of Coal pt. 1 was presented at last year’s Speculum Artium festival (Trbovlje, 2023), while The Flickering Paths of Coal pt. 2 will be presented at this year’s Speculum Artium festival (Trbovlje, 2024).
I work and live between Helsinki and my hometown Nova Gorica.