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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2">Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana,
presents:</font></font><br>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
size="4"><b>IOCOSE</b></font></font><font face="Times New
Roman, serif"><font size="5"><span lang="sl-SI"><i><b><br>
Domestic Standing Ovation</b></i></span></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:
11pt;" size="2"><a
href="http://www.aksioma.org/domestic_standing_ovation">www.aksioma.org/domestic_standing_ovation</a>
</font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Aksioma | Project Space</b></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><br>
Komenskega 18, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>
</font></font><a href="http://www.aksioma.org/"><font
color="#000080"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span lang="zxx"><u>www.aksioma.org</u></span></font></font></font></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span
style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight:
normal;">June 15 – July 1, 2011</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span
style="text-decoration: none;"><b>Exhibition opening and
artist talk: June 15, 2011 at 8pm</b></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">IOCOSE will also present
their work in form of a multimedia lecture at the<br>
MMC Pina, Kidričeva ulica 43, Koper, Slovenia on THU, June 16,
2011 at 8 pm</font></font></p>
<br>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"><b>An
IKEA guillotine, a religious hi-tech machine set to give
electric shocks, instructions for a drug recipe based on
floppy discs, and finally a BBC special edition on the
death of pop star Madonna. This is only part of IOCOSE's
arsenal: a collection of projects, works and actions
designed to shock and disturb. </b></span></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span lang="sl-SI">Formed in 2006, IOCOSE is an art
collective based throughout Europe. Its four members will
present in this new solo exhibition some of the possible
applications of their art works in a domestic environment.
“Domestic Standing Ovation” displays an ideal living room
where the aforementioned works all contribute to create a
warm and welcoming atmosphere. More than an exhibition, this
will be an invitation to re-furbish your house according to
the suggestions of the artist quartet.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">“<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"><i><b>In
the Long Run”</b></i></span></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"> (2010) is a video of the media
coverage of a not-yet-happened high-profile media event. As
a reconstruction of a future event, it investigates to which
extent media narratives are scripted and structured on a
shared frame. An obituary prepared in advance, a false
story, but also very likely, and definitely a catalyst for
endless narratives and interpretative developments. <b>Winner
project </b></span></font></font><b><font color="#000000"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span lang="sl-SI">of the International Arte
Laguna Prize 2010 / Video Art Section, Venice, Italy.</span></font></font></font></b><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"><br>
</span></font></font><a
href="http://www.reakt.org/in_the_long_run"><font
color="#000080"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>http://www.reakt.org/in_the_long_run</u></font></font></font></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">“<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"><i><b>Sokkomb”</b></i></span></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"> (2009) is an IKEA guillotine.
This deadly piece of furniture is the ideal product for
home-made justice. Produced in collaboration with
“Falegnameria Sociale”, the hand-crafted guillotine provides
a cheap and reliable solution for your daily struggles
against immigrants, thieves, and whoever might annoy you.<br>
</span></font></font><a
href="http://www.iocose.org/works/sokkomb"><font color="#000080"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><u>http://www.iocose.org/works/sokkomb</u></font></font></font></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">“<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"><i><b>Empathy
Box”</b></i></span></font></font><font face="Times New
Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span
lang="sl-SI"> (2008) is a domestic machine designed by the
imaginary Bureau of United Religions. It supposedly frees
the empathic feelings of the practitioner by sending an
electric shock. Practitioners are supposed to gather and
touch the Empathy Box while holding their hands and forming
a chain. The share of pain will instantaneously free their
souls.<br>
</span></font></font><a
href="http://www.iocose.org/works/empathy_box"><font
color="#000080"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>http://www.iocose.org/works/empathy_box</u></font></font></font></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">“<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"><i><b>Floppy
Trip”
</b></i></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span
lang="sl-SI">(2009), finally, is a drug where floppy discs
are the main ingredient. This hallucinogenic drink invites
to recycle unused technologies for new, unpredicted effects.
Easy to prepare, cheap and perfectly legal, Floppy Trip is
the new frontier in recycling and the ideal drug for the
masses.<br>
</span></font></font><a
href="http://www.iocose.org/works/floppytrip"><font
color="#000080"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>http://www.iocose.org/works/floppytrip</u></font></font></font></a></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:
11pt;" size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"><b>IOCOSE</b></span></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span lang="sl-SI"> has exhibited and presented at
the Venice Biennale, Jeu de Paume in Paris, Tate Modern and
HTTP Gallery in London, Re:akt! in Slovenia and the
Influencers festival in Barcelona. The group organizes
actions in order to subvert ideologies, practices and
processes of identification and production of meanings. It
uses pranks and hoaxes as tactical means, as joyful and
sound tools. IOCOSE thinks about the streets, internet and
word of mouth as a battlefield. Tactics such as mimesis and
trickery are used to lead and delude the audience into a
semantic pitfall. </span></font></font><a
href="http://www.iocose.org/"><font color="#000080"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span lang="zxx"><u>http://www.IOCOSE.org</u></span></font></font></font></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-weight:
normal;"><br>
The project </span><i><b>Sokkomb</b></i><span
style="font-weight: normal;"> has been produced by The
Influencers Festival, Barcelona, 2010.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-weight:
normal;">The project </span><i><b>In The Long Run</b></i><span
style="font-weight: normal;"> has been produced by Aksioma
as part of the platform </span></font></font>
<style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { }</style><a
href="http://www.reakt.org/"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-weight:
normal;">RE:akt!</span></font></font></a> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><br>
Aksioma Brochure #6, </b></font></font><font face="Times
New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span
style="text-decoration: none;"><b>Domenico Quaranta, IOCOSE:
In the Long (slo/eng):</b></span></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><b> </b></font></font><a
href="http://www.reakt.org/in_the_long_run/brochure_itlr.pdf"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span lang="zxx"><u><span style="font-weight:
normal;">http://www.reakt.org/in_the_long_run/brochure_itlr.pdf</span></u></span></font></font></a><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>Antonio
Caronia, Floating signifiers (eng):</b></span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:</b></span></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"> <a
href="http://www.aksioma.org/iocose/caronia_essey.pdf">www.aksioma.org/iocose/caronia_essey.pdf</a></font></font></p>
<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2">Production of the exhibition: Aksioma – Institute for
Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2011</font></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2">Artistic Director: Janez Janša</font></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2">Executive Producer: Marcela Okretič</font></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2">Public relations: Mojca Zupanič</font></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2">Technical support: Valter Udovičić</font></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2">Assistant: Anže Grm</font></font> <br>
<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><b>Thanks: </b>Bani Brusadin / Festival The
Influencers</font></font>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height:
0.14in;" align="LEFT" lang="sl-SI"> <br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><i><b>Supported by The Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Slovenia and the Municipality of Ljubljana</b></i></font></font>
<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2">Sponsor: Datacenter d.o.o.</font></font>
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0.14in;" align="LEFT" lang="sl-SI"> <br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><b>Contact:</b></font></font> <br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2">Marcela Okretič</font></font> <br>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><b>Aksioma | Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana</b></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;"
size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><br>
Neubergerjeva 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>
tel.: + 386 – (0)590 - 54360<br>
gsm: + 386 – (0)</span></font></font><font face="Times New
Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span
lang="en-GB">41 - 250 830<br>
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