REAR WINDOW

"Rear Window - unlimited time in limited space"

Project of Ivan Ivanovski and Aleksandar Pejovski
KSP Center Jadro, Skopje


"Rear Window - unlimited time in a limited space", is the title of the joint project of the visual artist Ivan Ivanovski and the composer Aleksandar Pejovski, which is realized in collaboration with the curator Vladimir Janchevski.


Every new moment is a new challenge, and positioning and orientation in time, especially today, depends on our willingness to understand the meaning of the exponentially accelerated technologization of the environment. The new pandemic reality opens up many new dilemmas about issues of space, freedom of movement, physical and virtual presence, distance and the absence of empathy. In parallel, the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as tracking systems and information extraction algorithms, are greatly changing the situation with art and culture and the ways in which it is created, presented and perceived. New windows are opening, but do they offer new perspectives?

This project presented in the exhibition space of KSP "Centar-Jadro" in the form of an artistic audiovisual installation, represents an attempt to decontextualize the established forms, through visual and sound elements that coexist in one space. The project is composed of forty paintings by Ivanovski with different dimensions made in the acrylic technique on canvas and paper and a musical composition by Pejovski entitled "Open Window", they establish a relationship within the spatial setting, as a two-way visual and musical correspondence.
"Rear Window" is a metaphorical game that tries to rethink several serious and relevant topics for our time. By drawing the visitor through the obvious visual symbolism in the pictures, with forms that associate a chaotically developing city, it further opens up the possibility of discussing the underdevelopment in a space designed according to humane principles and modern urban standards. Hence, the focus has been redirected to issues related to privacy in the online space-time, reduced to the zero dimension with which it is increasingly identified and where the majority of the population resided more and more often.
The idea is for the viewer to enter a kind of deconstructed "atrium" in which he will ask himself the question: "Am I looking outside, or is someone outside looking at me?" And of course, while trying to imagine what is happening at the assumed point of which cross different points of view.
This collaborative project sets itself the challenge of presenting the perception of space and time in the real, physical world and the digital, virtual world as a combination of sound and visual sensations. The project represents an attempt through the synergy of the authors to get out of the established format and medium of expression in order to spill over the influence in both spheres and this experiment results in the creation of a unique atmosphere in which visitors to the exhibition space of KSP "Center - Jadro" have opportunity to be part of a unique experience.

- How many times do you have to click x to finally be free?

Vladimir Janchevski
Skopje, September 1, 2021