<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-m_-2760330442079885477gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Dear Spectre</font></strong></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in">My name is Sunci (Suncica Kuzmanic Perisin Tomljanovic) Im a Croatian-British artist realizing an independent / guerrilla -project /perofmance ," A coffee in Venice" during the Biannale opening, week ,<span style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent">3-9 May 2019. From 8 am -12 am (possibly longer into the afternoon) in Venice, At Florian’s bar,
on St Marks Square. For this performance I will to paint from life- portraits of artists
who are exhibiting in Venice during this biennale.</span><br></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"> The intention is to paint a collection of portraits of living contemporary artists working in Europe this year. The portraits I will collect during a series of performances , conducted in the same way in a number of cities hosting large art exhibitions, when the collection of portraits of artists becomes substantial- it will be exhibited. </p><p style="margin:6pt 0in">My art practice is about exploring, and documenting for the future, the story of contemporary peoples. I work on numerous conceptual projects trough which I investigate the lives and passions of groups of people, interactive performance is a part of my method- and painting is often an end product / document .</p><p style="margin:6pt 0in">Artists I feel, often are sort of hidden by the limelight of their art works- I have always loved portraits of artists by their friends- and I would like on this most fun and visited event of the art year, to actually document the artists who create the biennale expirence- offer them a moment of tranquility in which they relax have a coffee with me, and become a muse of an art work them self. The performance I have already conducted in Split, and will conduct in Athens in June around the dates of the Desde foundation openings, during Fireze in London, and during Art market Budapest. </p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><span style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent"> Would you be so kind as to </span> publish my invitation or your edited version of it- to the artists who are going to phisically be in Venice 3-9 May 2019- and who are exhibiting <span style="font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent">so those who wish to participate in the performance can.?</span><b style="background:none;font:700 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;outline:transparent 0px;border:0px rgb(34,34,34);width:auto;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></b><i style="background:none;font:italic 400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;outline:transparent 0px;border:0px rgb(34,34,34);width:auto;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></i><u style="background:none;font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;outline:transparent 0px;border:0px rgb(34,34,34);width:auto;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:underline;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></u><sub style="background:none;font:400 9.2px/13.8px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;outline:transparent 0px;border:0px rgb(34,34,34);width:auto;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></sub><sup style="background:none;font:400 9.2px/13.8px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;outline:transparent 0px;border:0px rgb(34,34,34);width:auto;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></sup><strike style="background:none;font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;outline:transparent 0px;border:0px rgb(34,34,34);width:auto;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;overflow:visible;text-decoration:line-through;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%"></strike></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in">As a context to my work- Im was borne 1983 Split, , Graduated St Martins college fine arts, in london in 2006, since 2004 I am exhibiting solo and group projects, internationally, and have in 2007 exhibited at the Arsenale nuovo during the biennale that expirence possibley inspiring this project. </p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><br></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">Thank you for all your assitance</font></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">Sunci</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#000000"></font><br></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Invitation to fellow artists</font></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></font></font></p><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span style="line-height:107%;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></b></font></font></font><p></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">Dear Artist</font></font></font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">I would like to invite you for a traditional Venetian coffee
with myself- at Florian’s Bar- Where I will paint your portrait form life in
watercolour. By inviting the you the artist, for coffee there, I wish to afford
you a little break form the madness of the biennale, a serene moment to relax
enjoy coffee & chat, and an opportunity to be yourself the muse of an art
work.<span> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">The portrait painting takes 30- ish minutes, and it would be
best to schedule your painting time in advance. By coming to coffee, you will
be participating in my 6-day performance:<span>
</span>“A coffee in Venice”</font></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">With the backdrop of St. Mark’s Square and the gorgeous Florian’s
bar, to the public we will appear as that idyllic / romantic/ contrived, image,
of art being made on the streets as in all tourist meccas. While there is a
century old tradition of artist’s people watching and painting in bars, the
live painting of portraits is usually something conducted behind the closed
doors of the studio. The energy and exchange between artist and muse is both
fragile and loaded, it carries a certain magic which we shall expose during
this performance, to the public, to whom will be our self’s <span> </span>the aesthetic picture, open to interpretation.
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</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">By the end of the week I will have painted a collection of
portraits which will represent and document the versatility of artists
exhibiting in Venice this year. The performance shall be repeated in a number
of cities hosting large art exhibitions this year, before the collection of
portraits created during the performances is exhibited all together. The
performance was firstly conducted in April 2019 in Split, Croatia, it will be realized
in Athens June 18-22, 2019, London & Budampest in October. </font></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><strong>The performance will be conducted in Florian’s bar / terrace,
3-9 May 2019, Each morning from 8am to 12am and possibly after 12am into the
afternoon- depending on number of artists wishing to participate. – </strong></font></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span style="line-height:107%;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">To book your painting time. Please
contact Sunci on 00385993415060 (wasup / Viber)<span>
</span>Sunci.on.stage <a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a> / Instagram<span>
</span>Sunci.sunci.sunci</font></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">If you just turn up there unannounced- you will recognise,
me by my “ lady artist uniform” designed for the<span> </span>performance- by the wonderful Anamaria
Asnovic, Tamara Bombardelli, topped with the most distinctive feature- a fun
Victoria Grant hat .</font></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:black">Sunci / Suncica Kuzmanic
Perisin Tomljanovic's- Art practice is anthropological- Sunci
investigates the lives and passions of contemporary
people , trough numerous interactive projects,
which include performance and painting. The projects lead the
artist on a personal and emotional exchange with the groups of muses,
and are a journey into different worlds, while the art pieces produced out of the projects, can be used as documents of the contemporary human, for the future.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:black"></span></font><br></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:black"></span></font><br></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:black">Looking forwards to meeting & painting you, </span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:black">Sunci</span></font></p><p style="margin:6pt 0in"><font color="#3d85c6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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