Bio : Born 1956 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the former Yugoslavia. Lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Description : A grotesque on the subject of war in Bosnia. A game of chess as a symbolic and performative practice is the core of this video that is intrinsically defined by small mise-en-scenes, transformed mechanical figurines, and the performance of the main protagonists. When war is reality, the game in it is obligatory, it is not an illustration, but rather a commentary on war, on the theatrics of military mechanics. It suggests that war is a (strategic and tactical) game; that weapons are the toys of adults; that people are toys; that at the end there is always a force that transforms most ordinary competition into a relentless fight for life - or against it. The video is predominantly characterized by sets and props, and not by people. The toys are granted souls, while human characters become or remain, or are subjected to grotesque stereotypes.