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Društvo za domače raziskave
Šarhova 34, SI-1000 Ljubljana
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RJnaslovka740.JPGRazvezani jezik - The Unleashed Tongue book cover (2007)

The Domestic Research Society (DRS) was established in 2004 by visual artists Alenka Pirman and Damijan Kracina, and art historian Jani Pirnat. The association documents, collects, researches and presents domestic phenomena as installations, exhibitions or web projects related to the field of culture, art, science, conservation, education and research.

Alongside an open phraseology dictionary wiki project Razvezani jezik - The Unleashed Tongue, launched in 2004 the team has conceived several engaging public art projects, e.g. Word for word, without words, an interdisciplinary exhibition in City Art Gallery Ljubljana (15 September - 30 October 2010).



Projects

Alongside an open phraseology dictionary wiki project Razvezani jezik - The Unleashed Tongue, launched in 2004 the team has conceived an engaging public art project entitled The Animals 1914–1918 installed in Tolmin. From 2005 to 2010 a modular display laboratory called Kabinet (The Cabinet), a temporary exhibiting space (located in the inner courtyard of the ŠKUC Gallery, was conceived in relation to the phenomenon of the private collections and their displays. The following projects took place in the Cabinet: La Capilla Atomica; Alternations by Jani Pirnat; Shut Your Eyes and Watch (Silent Lectures) and On Profession II - Rog Teachings both by Alenka Pirman, Folk Museum of Nani Poljanec Rogaška Slatina curated by Pirnat; Specimen by Damijan Kracina and Jani Pirnat; Napeto v kabinetu (Distended Cabinet) installation by Irena Romih; Jelenometry research exhibition by Alexei Monroe and DRS members (a hunt for the symbolic Stag on the borders of natural science, humanities and art).

In Autumn 2007 the DRS cofounded a joint long-term project with ŠKUC Gallery and Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art: Artwork - a series of lectures that focus on individual works of art. The first lecturers were Tomaž Brejc and Bojan Gorenec followed by Jože Barši, Miklavž Komelj and Dunja Kukovec in 2008 and Dragan Živadinov, Meta Gabršek Prosenc and Martina Vovk in 2009. In 2010 Artwork features lectures by Beti Žerovc, Urška Jurman and Jiři Bezlaj.

The latest ongoing project by DRS S'pajkanje started as a extensive research on the metal wall spider, an ornament that has been adorning the walls od Slovenian homes for almost 60 years, in the meantime becoming so commonplace that it gets overlooked even by its owners and their neighbours. Some of the findings were displayed at the Kolodvor Library in September 2009.

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