JELENA MICI
“Do the best you can until you know better.
Then when you
know better,
do better.”
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BIO.
Jelena Micić (*1986, Knjaževac) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (2020) at the Textual sculpture class (Mentor Heimo Zobernig). MA in Philosophy (2012) and Graduated philologist of Scandinavian languages (2010) University of Belgrade. Awarded with Dimitrije Bašičević Award (2021), Würdigungspreis der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien for Excellent Artistic Theses (2020), Ö1 Talentestipendium Bildende Kunst (2018) and kültür gemma! Fellowship (2018). Micić is interested in socio-political aspects of color (systems). Founder of the informal group UMETNIK*.
Lives and works in Vienna as a freelance artist and artistic director of the WIENWOCHE festival for art and activism.
was ich mache (2020)
Performative archive demonstration
was ich mache is an archive of ongoing color studies. Color investigations span from material collecting and ordering to perceptual experiments and socio-political aspects of color (systems).
Archive: Bojne probe (series). 2018. Painting: Acrylic on canvas. 30 x 30 cm / 40 x 40 cm I love Sol, but he loves Josef (series). 2018. Drawing: Oil pastel on paper. 29,7 x 42 cm / 29,7 x 21 cm FARBENLEHRE. 2016-2020. Readymade installation. Dimensions variable Territory (series). 2016.
Photography: Digital print on alu dibond. 100 x 150 cm Palette of My Homeland (series). 2017.
Painting: Soil on canvas (Beljuga, Leskun, Crvenica, Franz, "Plodnjača, X, Nikola". 30 x 20 cm
Color Catcher (series). 2019. Installation: Washing paper, pigment. ~26 x 12 cm
Bojna polja. 2016-2020.
Installation: Fruit and vegetable net, thread. 2,75 x 3,60 m / 5,2 x 3,5 m No-Yellow. 2018.
Installation: Vegetable net, thread. 12,2 x 3,5 m Plastik ist plastisch. 2019/2020. Object: Single-use plastic. Dimensions variable
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Farbenlehre (2016-2021)
Ready-made installation
The everyday professional cleaning process is based on the existence of the specific color rules implemented to achieve a higher level of hygiene. Rags in different colors, which are used for cleaning and maintenance of the upper surfaces, should not be mixed, as the previously standardized color of the rag is assigned to certain elements of the office.
"The 4-color-system" is based on the fact that the red rag is always and exclusively being used for the toilet and surrounding tiles, yellow for the basin, glass and elements around the sink, green for the kitchen and blue for the office furniture as well as the elements within the room.Incorporating my working experience and appropriating the "science of colors" into my color theory, I make readymade installations based on selected segments of common office rooms (toilet (+) bathroom, kitchen, working/conference room).
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Bojna polja (2016-2022)
Installation
Bojna polja (Color/Battle Fields) is a spatial installation consisting of collected and structured porous plastic nets with different characteristics and colors. Nets that envelop and limit a certain portion of fruit/vegetable appear in a specific, industry-defined color system and size from which arises a set of hand-bonded spatial compositions limited by features of the selected/rejected material. Playful spatial paintings in form of translucent color walls, structure the space of the gallery, directing and limiting visitorsʼ movement. Works are repeatedly adjusted to the dimensions of the space and carry visible traces of adaptation(s).
Installation: Fruit and vegetable net, thread. 2,75 x 3,60 m / 5,2 x 3,5 m No-Yellow. 2018.
Installation: Vegetable net, thread. 12,2 x 3,5 m Plastik ist plastisch. 2019/2020. Object: Single-use plastic. Dimensions variable
Farbenlehre (2016-2021)
Ready-made installation
The everyday professional cleaning process is based on the existence of the specific color rules implemented to achieve a higher level of hygiene. Rags in different colors, which are used for cleaning and maintenance of the upper surfaces, should not be mixed, as the previously standardized color of the rag is assigned to certain elements of the office.
"The 4-color-system" is based on the fact that the red rag is always and exclusively being used for the toilet and surrounding tiles, yellow for the basin, glass and elements around the sink, green for the kitchen and blue for the office furniture as well as the elements within the room.Incorporating my working experience and appropriating the "science of colors" into my color theory, I make readymade installations based on selected segments of common office rooms (toilet (+) bathroom, kitchen, working/conference room).
Bojna polja (2016-2022)
Installation
Bojna polja (Color/Battle Fields) is a spatial installation consisting of collected and structured porous plastic nets with different characteristics and colors. Nets that envelop and limit a certain portion of fruit/vegetable appear in a specific, industry-defined color system and size from which arises a set of hand-bonded spatial compositions limited by features of the selected/rejected material. Playful spatial paintings in form of translucent color walls, structure the space of the gallery, directing and limiting visitorsʼ movement. Works are repeatedly adjusted to the dimensions of the space and carry visible traces of adaptation(s).