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[[Son:DA]] is a creative alliance of [[Metka Golec]], who studied architecture in Graz and photography and fine arts in Vienna, and [[Miha Horvat]], who studied anthropology and film in Ljubljana and fine arts and new media in Vienna. They collaborate since [[established::2000]], when Son:DA was engaged as a founding member of the Klon:Art:Resistance group.  
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[[son:DA]] is a creative alliance of [[Metka Golec]], who studied architecture in Graz and photography and fine arts in Vienna, and [[Miha Horvat]], who studied anthropology and film in Ljubljana and fine arts and new media in Vienna. They have been collaborating since [[established::2000]], when son:DA was engaged as a founding member of the Klon:Art:Resistance group.
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son:DA is an internationally recognized contemporary arts group but engages also in the stage design and curatorial projects. It runs a semi-public space [[Ex-garage]] with up to six international exhibitions annually. As a reaction to the contemporary arts production conditions in Slovenia it has also established a son:DA Foundation.
 
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==About==
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== production==
Son:DA creates in various media computer mouse drawings, space installations and mixed digital/analog installations and systems. It uses modern technology both as a theme and a mode of creative production. Their anxious heavy contour lines and deliberately simple flat forms depict the symptoms of an absurdly overwhelmed society struggling with alienation. Topically they speak (and link) new and old technologies, but in a critical and ironical way. Recently Son:DA exploring also the field of (audiovisual) performance. Son:DA widely cooperates and exhibits home and abroad.  
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son:DA creates in various media: computer mouse drawings, space installations and mixed digital/analogue installations and systems. It uses the technology both as a theme and a mode of creative production. Their anxious heavy contour lines and deliberately simple flat forms depict the symptoms of an absurdly overwhelmed society struggling with alienation. Topically they speak (and link) new and old technologies, but in a critical and ironical way. Recently son:DA has started to explore also the field of (audiovisual) performance. son:DA widely cooperates and exhibits home and abroad.  
  
 
==Projects and awards==
 
==Projects and awards==
Since 2000 Son:DA have had several solo exhibitions at various venues in Maribor, Ljubljana, Celje, Koper and Ribnica, and have exhibited internationally in Austria (Salzburg, Vienna), the UK (Margate), Italy (Milano), Spain (ARCO, Madrid), Switzerland (Lugano) just to name some. Their work has been exhibited at numerous group exhibitions, in Rome, Novi Sad, Ljubljana, Skopje, Belgrade, Graz, Bukarest, Zagreb, etc. Beside the participation on plenty of group exhibitions Son:DA prepared recently solo exhibitions in [[Maribor Art Gallery]] (SON:DA print), in Vaska Emanouilova Gallery in Sofia (Items of the Room) and in Mario Mauroner Contemporaray art in Vienna (Last Supper Alias not so Recent Works). In 2007 it exhibited at the 27th [[Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art]]. In the same year Son:DA received the [[Golden Bird Award]] and the [[OHO Group Award]]. In second half of 2010 Son:DA exhibits with Dobrila Denegri, Biljana Tomić and Aksioma in Belgrade.
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Beside the participation on the numerous international exhibitions son:DA prepared recently solo exhibitions in [[Maribor Art Gallery]] (son:DA print), in Vaska Emanouilova Gallery in Sofia (''Items of the Room'') and in Mario Mauroner Contemporaray art in Vienna (''Last Supper Alias not so Recent Works''). In 2007 it exhibited at the 27th [[Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art]]. In the same year Son:DA received the [[Golden Bird Award]] and the [[OHO Group Award]].  
  
 
==Stage design==
 
==Stage design==
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Son:DA regularly engages also in curatorial practice. In 2004 it co-established the Garage for Art Photography (gUF) in Pekarna and in 2007 moved its programme to the [[Ex-garage]] venue in Gregorčičeva street in Maribor.  
 
Son:DA regularly engages also in curatorial practice. In 2004 it co-established the Garage for Art Photography (gUF) in Pekarna and in 2007 moved its programme to the [[Ex-garage]] venue in Gregorčičeva street in Maribor.  
  
Curatorial projects since 2004 have also included ''DI_alog'' ([[Maribor Art Gallery]]) and publishing projects within the ToX-edition ([[KIBLA Multimedia Centre]], Maribor).  
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Curatorial projects since 2004 have also included ''DI_alog'' ([[Maribor Art Gallery]]), the 2010 edition of the [[International Festival of Computer Arts (IFCA)]] and publishing projects within the ToX-edition ([[KIBLA Multimedia Centre]], Maribor).  
  
==Foundation Son:DA==
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==son:DA Foundation ==
In 2008 Son:DA created a Foundation Son:DA to support new structures of funding contemporary art practice and research in Eastern Europe. In 2009 the painter [[Uroš Potočnik]] was granted.
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In 2008 Son:DA created a foundation to support new structures of funding contemporary art practice and research in Eastern Europe. In 2009 it supported the [[International Festival of Computer Arts (IFCA)]], the [[Institute for Sonic Arts Research|EARZOOM Sonic Arts Festival 2010]], and the painter [[Uroš Potočnik]].
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
*[http://sonda.kibla.org Son:DA website]   
 
*[http://sonda.kibla.org Son:DA website]   
* [http://www.kunstaspekte.de/index.php?action=webpages&k=2955 Son:DA on Kunstaspekte Website]
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* [http://www.kunstaspekte.de/index.php?action=webpages&k=2955 Son:DA on Kunstaspekte website]
 
* [http://www.galerie-mam.com/index/index.php?id=21&subid=2&nr=56&select=work Son:DA represented by MAM Gallery (Salzburg and Vienna)]
 
* [http://www.galerie-mam.com/index/index.php?id=21&subid=2&nr=56&select=work Son:DA represented by MAM Gallery (Salzburg and Vienna)]
  

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son:DA
Gregorčičeva 56, SI-2000 Maribor
Past Events
  • 9 May 2019

    to

    30 Jun 2019

    Thailand Bangkok Bangkok Art & Culture Centre


    programme



    Pioneer in Video Art from Thailand, Slovenia, Norway since 1980 exhibition featuring also the works from the Video Art Collection of the Maribor Art Gallery, curated by Miha T. Horvat, Son:DA Foundation,




  • 13 Nov 2014

    to

    14 Nov 2014

    Estonia Tartu Y-galerii


    programme



    Fuck You Forever Tartu. Fuck You Forever Maribor, a workshop with Miha Horvat (son:DA),




  • 20 Aug 2012

    to

    8 Sep 2012

    Austria Graz Rotor


    programme



    Maribor <edu> Graz presents the exhibition Lesson 1: A Temporary, Improvised contex of Communication, a joint project by Son:DA and <rotor> (Graz)




  • 30 Jun 2012

    to

    21 Jul 2012

    Austria Graz Rotor


    programme



    Maribor <edu> Graz presents the exhibition Lesson 1: A Temporary, Improvised contex of Communication, a joint project by Son:DA and < rotor > (Graz)




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son:DA is a creative alliance of Metka Golec, who studied architecture in Graz and photography and fine arts in Vienna, and Miha Horvat, who studied anthropology and film in Ljubljana and fine arts and new media in Vienna. They have been collaborating since 2000, when son:DA was engaged as a founding member of the Klon:Art:Resistance group.

son:DA is an internationally recognized contemporary arts group but engages also in the stage design and curatorial projects. It runs a semi-public space Ex-garage with up to six international exhibitions annually. As a reaction to the contemporary arts production conditions in Slovenia it has also established a son:DA Foundation.


production

son:DA creates in various media: computer mouse drawings, space installations and mixed digital/analogue installations and systems. It uses the technology both as a theme and a mode of creative production. Their anxious heavy contour lines and deliberately simple flat forms depict the symptoms of an absurdly overwhelmed society struggling with alienation. Topically they speak (and link) new and old technologies, but in a critical and ironical way. Recently son:DA has started to explore also the field of (audiovisual) performance. son:DA widely cooperates and exhibits home and abroad.

Projects and awards

Beside the participation on the numerous international exhibitions son:DA prepared recently solo exhibitions in Maribor Art Gallery (son:DA print), in Vaska Emanouilova Gallery in Sofia (Items of the Room) and in Mario Mauroner Contemporaray art in Vienna (Last Supper Alias not so Recent Works). In 2007 it exhibited at the 27th Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art. In the same year Son:DA received the Golden Bird Award and the OHO Group Award.

Stage design

Son:DA engages also in the stage design, regularly collaborating with the Mini Theatre (with the Kurent performance it participated at Borštnik Theatre Festival in Maribor), Emanat Institute and with Muzeum Institute.

Curatorial projects

Son:DA regularly engages also in curatorial practice. In 2004 it co-established the Garage for Art Photography (gUF) in Pekarna and in 2007 moved its programme to the Ex-garage venue in Gregorčičeva street in Maribor.

Curatorial projects since 2004 have also included DI_alog (Maribor Art Gallery), the 2010 edition of the International Festival of Computer Arts (IFCA) and publishing projects within the ToX-edition (KIBLA Multimedia Centre, Maribor).

son:DA Foundation

In 2008 Son:DA created a foundation to support new structures of funding contemporary art practice and research in Eastern Europe. In 2009 it supported the International Festival of Computer Arts (IFCA), the EARZOOM Sonic Arts Festival 2010, and the painter Uroš Potočnik.

See also

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