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free time / lying - video
nataša skušek, mladen stropnik
original title: "prosti čas / ležečki" / Free Time / Lying, length: 12 min, year: 2007

miha colner - photon gallery 2007
the authors’ collaborative video project entitled “Free Time” presents and examines a personal experience from a
recent seaside holiday with their young daughters Indija and Izabela. once the little girls fell asleep, the parents
found some time for themselves, which is normally spread out over the entire day whilst on holidays yet in the
artists’ case it was squeezed into just a few blistering hot hours. in their work the authors examine the issue
of compressing available time, including leisure time, a common and often necessary practice in these modern,
rapidly-paced times. the new video works emphasize the continuity of the form and substance of both authors’
works, which often conjure up a mysterious, surreal ambient through repetition of motion pictures and a sort of
video minimalism. this time their video projection approaches the subject in a somewhat altered manner,
more suited to time and space.