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ANDREJ LAMUT: Mnemosis
Stekleni atrij Mestne hiše
11. 8.–3. 9. 2020
(odprto vsak dan med 8.00 in 22. uro)
Mnemosis je tretja obsežnejša fotografska serija v ustvarjalnem opusu Andreja Lamuta, s katero se ta odmika od prikazovanja materialne stvarnosti in gledalcu razodeva prostrane notranje svetove, prepredene z nerazložljivimi, pogosto fantazijskimi podobami. Avtor Andrej Lamut v svoji seriji Mnemosis raziskuje spremenjeno stanje zavesti, poimenovano dnevna parahipnagogija. To je stanje med spanjem in budnostjo, ki ga spremljajo fantazme, miselni prebliski ali nenadne ideje, ki so pozabljene v trenutku, ko doživetje mine in se posameznik zave svoje okolice.
Mnemosis je utelešenje tistega, kar ostane v zavesti po parahipnagogični epizodi: vizualna materializacija nedostopnih, oddaljenih misli in podob, za katere posameznik ve, da so obstajale v njegovi zavesti, vendar v spomin ne more priklicati njihove vsebine. Lamut s fotografijami iz serije ne poustvarja spominov iz lastnih parahipnagogičnih doživetij, temveč ustvarja arhetipske podobe, s katerimi želi v gledalcu vzbuditi občutke, podobne tistim, ki spremljajo tovrstna doživetja. Lamutove fotografije ne nosijo jasno razpoznavnih sledov časa, prostora ali zabeleženega dogodka. Motivi na njih so v neprestanem ponavljanju, ujeti v brezčasje svojega obstoja.
Andrej Lamut je fotograf mlajše generacije, ki pri svojem delu raziskuje različne analogne in digitalne fotografske tehnike. Fotografije so zanj več kot le nosilci podobe. Razume jih kot fizične objekte, ki morajo biti videni, občuteni in izkušeni. Proces ustvarjanja dela ter njegova prezentacija sta zanj enako pomembna kot sama podoba. Leta 2016 je s pohvalo magistriral na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje, za svoje delo pa je prejel številne nagrade, med drugim tudi študentsko Prešernovo nagrado ALUO ter priznanje za najbolje oblikovano knjigo v sekciji monografske in bibliografske izdaje na 33. Slovenskem knjižnem sejmu. Kot mladi umetnik je leta 2018 predstavljal Slovenijo v prvem ciklu mednarodne fotografske platforme PARALLEL – European Photo Based Platform, v sklopu katere je svoja dela med drugim predstavil na festivalih FORMAT v Veliki Britaniji in Organ Vida na Hrvaškem. V zadnjih dveh letih kot občasni mentor fotografskih delavnic sodeluje z Umetnostno galerijo Maribor, od junija 2019 pa ga kot umetnika zastopa Galerija Fotografija.
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Mnemosis is a photographic series by Andrej Lamut, in which he deliberately moves away from depicting the material reality to unveil vast inner worlds full of inexplicable, often fictitious images. In the series, the author explores daytime parahypnagogia, an altered state of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness, usually accompanied by flashes of thought, insight or creativity, which are quickly forgotten once the episode has passed.
Lamut understands Mnemosis as the embodiment of what remains after a daytime parahypnagogic experience: the visual materialisation of the distant, inaccessible thought in one’s mind. Photographs from the series do not try to recreate the mental images seen during such episodes, but rather create the atmosphere of experiencing the said mental state. They carry no visual traces of time, space or a specific event. The viewer is left with an impression that what is seen in the images is infinitely repeating; a motif captured in a never-ending circle of its own existence.
Andrej Lamut is a Slovenian photographer exploring analogue and digital techniques. Rather than merely carriers of meaning, Lamut perceives photographs as physical objects that should be seen, felt, and experienced. To him, the process of creating a work and its presentation are just as important as the image itself. Lamut graduated with honours from the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 2016, and has received several awards for his work, including the Prešeren Award for Students by his alma mater, and an award for best book design in the special editions and monographs category at the 33rd Slovenian Book Fair. As an emerging artist, he represented Slovenia in the first cycle of the European Photo Based Platform PARALLEL, exhibiting his work in venues and events including the FORMAT and Organ Vida festivals in the UK and Croatia, respectively. In the last two years, Lamut has run several photography workshops for the UGM Art Gallery in Maribor. Since June 2019, he has been represented by Galerija Fotografija in Ljubljana.
Foto: arhiv umetnika
