SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY (/Closer)
//Inkjet print on paper, 21x29,7 cm, 2024//

The collage is inspired by shop windows out of use, covered by posters and messages; by changes of language; by the etymology of the word “symbol” (e.g., “that which is thrown/cast together,” alluding to the classical practice of breaking a piece of ceramic in two and giving one half to the person who would receive a future message and one half to the person who would send it: when the two match together, the receiver is assured that the message is genuine); by the act of flipping coins and by the experience, and mental processes of coming from somewhere else:
The background of the collage is a photo I took of the glass door of a shop, covered with notes, papers, etc from both sides. This is where I inserted a “poster” with a text written by me. While some of the motifs (posters, graffity, stickers) are kept from the original situation, some of them are added later.


This work was included in By the Means at Hand, Vlatka Horvat’s project for the Croatian Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale 2024

Installation view: Croatian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2024, Venice, IT
Photo: Vlatka Horvat
Curtesy of Vlatka Horvat: By the Means at Hand