STATEMENT
C.V.
VIDEOGRAPHY
- Art video, Documentary video, Music video
PROJECTS

- Personal screenings and performances

- Festivals and screenings
 

STATEMENT

In the nineties, video penetrated into the world of defined compositional forms and the extremely creative use of effects and editing. Today, video has passed the phase of statics with the introduction of dynamics, rhythm, movement and melody. Most of my projects are based on the movement of computer-generated - or physically created objects, and primarily on the movement of people, i. e. dance. Through editing I am establishing dialogue between neighbouring scenes. Words lose their literary meaning and become elements, which in harmony with other elements build the structure of the whole.


C.V.

Born on 6 May 1965 in Valjevo. He took studies at the Faculty of Electrotechnics in Ljubljana and at the Academy of Film and Television in Belgrade. Between 1990 and 1992 he worked as a cameraman at TV Slovenia. Member of the BRIS group (1989-97) and of the Human Creative Net (since 1997). In 1992 he was the organiser of the Slovene Video Festival in Idrija. He has been a cameraman, editor and director of videos and television programmes.


http://www.scca-ljubljana.si/stripcore

VIDEOGRAPHY: Art video

RAZSTAVA PROSTORA IN RAZMIŠLJANJA O NJEM / EXIBITION OF SPACE AND REFLECTIONS ON IT
VHS, V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1989, 10'
Dir Mirko Simić
Camera Mirko Simić
Music Jean Michel Jarre
Edit Mirko Simić

Architecture tells its own story without words.

PASSER BY
VHS, BRIS & V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1990, 4' 18''
Script & Dir Mirko Simić
Camera Stanka Brljević & Mirko Simić
Music Sergej Kurjohin
Edit Mirko Simić

A multitude of moving images presenting everyday life from various viewing angles. Images of life vibrate in the rhythm of music by Sergej Kurjohin. Although dance is in the forefront of this video, this is not a video spot.

POSITIVE CONNECTION II
VHS, BRIS & V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1990, 3' 16''
Script & Dir Mirko Simić
Camera Mirko Simić
Music Diamanda Gallas
Edit Mirko Simić

A fleeting glance and noise bring us into a space of consciousness where the real and the abstract unite on the border of perception.

DUGTREN
VHS, BRIS & V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1990, 4' 18''
Script & Dir Mirko Simić
Camera Mirko Simić
Music Mirko Simić
Computer. anim Stanka Brljević
Edit Mirko Simić

The graphic signs appearing at the beginning are immediately transformed into real images of elements: shaping of clay, a fountain, a toilet bowl and the flushing of water accompanied by the sound of a train. Images follow the rhythm of the music which links them.

DO YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF SILENCE
S-VHS, BRIS & V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1992, 2' 22''
Script & Dir Mirko Simić
Cast Stanka Brljević
Camera Mirko Simić
Edit Mirko Simić

A black and white video which builds on the details of the body under the shower. The images are not disturbed either by sounds or music because - as the title says - only the silence can be heard. That the eye of the video camera is always voyeuristic is best illustrated by the detail of the bath drain, a fetishistic and 'psychotic' object of the greatest voyeur among film directors - Hitchcock.

BACK TO THE BIBLE
VHS, BRIS, Ljubljana 1992, 3' 42''
Script & Dir Mirko Simić
Camera Mirko Simić
Music Miladojka Youneed
Edit Mirko Simić

The author collects inserts from various sources: Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, Lang's Metropolis, Reggio's Koyanisquatsi, archive shots, etc. Editing by the repetition of images erases their source, and the 'editing of associations' builds a link between the spectator's view and the title: the creation of images as a ritual and the return to primeval man.

ANTI NAZI
S-VHS, V.S. Video / Forum, Strip Core & BRIS, Ljubljana 1993, 9'
Script & Dir Mirko Simić
Camera Mirko Simić
Computer. anim. Stanka Brljević
Edit Mirko Simić

A collage of documentary shots of totalitarian regimes of various periods and places.

OUT OF MEMORY
Beta, BRIS, VPK, V.S. Video / Forum & KUD Naprej Idrija, Ljubljana 1994, 5'' 7'
Dir Mirko Simić
Cast Danijela Jereb, Ivan Sedej, Mia Škvarča, Nina Gabrovšek, Špela Perša
Camera Mirko Simić
Music Aldo Ivančić
Edit Mirko Simić

Precise editing and sharp cuts stress the sense of hopelessness and isolation of the world. The main hero moves through urban areas, but finally finds himself in the midst of the 'endlessness' of nature, none the less strange and unpredictable. Dreams of a different life are complemented by graphics and computer animation, additionally perfecting a visually rich and conceptually 'old-fashioned' video.


PARABOLA
Beta SP, VPK & Human Creative Net, Ljubljana 1997, 5' 20''
Script & Dir Mirko Simić
Camera Matjaž Mrak & Mirko Simić
Computer anim. Leonida Jovanovič & Mirko Simić
Edit Mirko Simić

The Parabola spot is a short clone of six hours long, live video performance by VJ Simo.

Documentary video

Reka zopet živi
U-matic, Ministrstvo za urejanje okolja in zaščito živali, Ljubljana 1991, 22'
A documentary on the protection of the environment and the contemporary regulations of the swamp areas.

Bistra
VHS, BRIS, Ljubljana 1992, 11'
The Pedagogic Academy students' work during a sculpture workshop at Bistra.

Skrivnosti o vedeževanju
S-VHS, Protrgos & BRIS, Ljubljana 1992, 48'
Horoscope, parapsychology and fortune-telling by Daniel Šmid Danny.

T.A.N.Z.
S-VHS, BRIS, Ljubljana 1993, 14' 18''
A document of the direct broadcast of the T.A.N.Z. Dance Machine night from the K4 Club with: DJ Aldo Ivančić, MC Brane, Strip Core, hairdressers of the Meta Salon, Intakt, Beilthron, Anna Lies, God Garden, Random Logic and Cell Block.

Vonj po zemlji
Beta SP, VPK, KUD Etno karavana, Ljubljana 1997, 30'
The meeting of gipsies in Southern France.

Dakaka
Beta SP, VPK, Human Creativ Net, Ljubljana 1997, 6'
A document on graffiti action in the Ljubljana district Koseze:
positive vibrations, colours and creativity make the real
rainbow come after the rain.

Music video

The Blach
Blach, VHS, V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1988, 15'

Buga Up I
Buga up, VHS, V.S. Video / Forum, 1989, 2' 30''

Buga Up II
Buga up, VHS, V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1989, 3' 10''

Assimilate
Skinny Puppy, VHS, V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1989, 8'

Positive Connection I
Diamanda Gallas, VHS, V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1989, 3' 16''

Miladojka Youneed
Miladojka Youneed, VHS, V.S. Video / Forum, Ljubljana 1989, 4' 8''

Tantadruj
Tantadruj, VHS, BRIS, Ljubljana 1990, 5' 30''

Ex Demolition Group
Demolition Group, VHS, BRIS, Ljubljana 1990, 6' 50''

Ferdinand et les philosophes
VHS, BRIS, Ljubljana 1990, 9' 30''

Magnifico Show
Magnifico, U-matic, BRIS, Ljubljana 1992, 15'

U redu
U redu, Beta SP, BRIS, Ljubljana 1992, 3' 20''

No Brains No Tumors
2227, Beta, VPK & (Strip Core) Forum, Ljubljana 1995, 3'

Scream
Borghesia, Beta SP, BRIS & VPK, Ljubljana 1995, 3' 52''

Kema Merav
Šukar, Beta SP, Šukar & VPK, Ljubljana 1996, 4' 50''

Mentol bonbon
Zoran Predin & Šukar, Beta SP, KUD Etno Karavana,
Ljubljana 1996, 4' 13''

Auslander
Magnifico, Beta SP, VPK & Magnifico, Ljubljana 1996, 3' 52''

Handy Man
Dicky B. Hardy, Beta SP, FV & VPK, Ljubljana 1997, 3' 15''

PROJECTS

Personal screenings and performances

1991
Mirko Simić - projekcije videov, Ljubljana, Križanke
Mirko Simić - projekcije videov, Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom

1992
Projection of videos by Mirko Simić, Dessau, K.I.E.Z.

1993
Anti Nazi happening, Ljubljana, Klub K4
Anti Nazi happening, Ljubljana, Metelkova
Mirko Simić - projekcije videov, Maribor, MKC

1994
Out of Memory, Idrija, KUD Naprej
Projection of videos by Mirko Simić, Dessau, K.I.E.Z.

1995
No Brains No Tumors, Ljubljana, KUD France Prešeren

1996
The Drug of the Natyon (with 2227, Fourklor, etc.), Ljubljana, Lutkovno gledališče > Copenhagen, Kronborg

1997
Parabola, Graz, Teater Graz > Izola, Ambasada Gavioli > Ljubljana, Klub Metropol > Domžale, Planet Life > Maribor, Kibla

1998
Parabola, Izola, Ambasada Gavioli


Festivals and screenings

1989
Videomix 002, Zagreb -- 4. mednarodni bienale Video CD 89, Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom -- Alternative film video, Belgrade, Akademski filmski centar, Dom kulture Studentski grad -- 17. teden domačega filma, Celje, Likovni salon Celje

1990
5. film video monitor, Gorizia, Kulturni dom -- Sub-cultural Exchange Eindhoven - Ljubljana, Eindhoven -- 12eme Festival International du Film Super 8 et Video, Brussels, Centre culturel Jacques Franck -- Videomix 003, Zagreb --YU video FEST, 2. jugoslovenski festival video filma, Vršac, AS klub, hotel Srbija -- 25. međuklupski i autorski festival amaterskog filma Jugoslavije (MAFAF), Pula, Kaštel, Muzej narodne revolucije Istre -- Young People's Film &Video Festival, London -- Alternativni video film, Belgrade -- Audio visuel experimenteel festival, Arnhem

1991
Video susreti `91, Sarajevo, Muzej XIV. ZOI -- MFAF, Bačka Topola -- International Film and Video Art Festival, Gyor -- YU video FEST, Vršac -- Young People's Film and Video Festival, London -- Video festival, Omojica -- Audio visuel experimenteel festival, Arnhem -- 1er Mondial de la video - 13e festival international du film super 8 et video, Brussels, Centre culturel Jacques Franck -- Young People's Film and Video Festival, Bradford, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (NMPFT)

1992
Videofest, Berlin, Akademie der Künste zu Berlin -- Lyrik & Billeder festival, Odense -- Impakt - festival, Utrecht, Cultuurcentrum EKKO, Filmtheater `t Hoogt -- Kiparska razstava študentov Pedagoške akademije, Bistra -- Slovenski video festival, Idrija, grad Gewerkenegg -- 7. film video monitor, Gorizia, Kino Vittoria

1993
De Slovenen Comen, Venlo, OOC, Peron 55 -- Video Art, Locarno -- Ostranenie 93, Dessau, Bauhaus -- Festival International du Court Metrage et de la Video, Wattrelos -- AVE - International Audiovisual Experimental Festival, Arnhem, De Korenbeurs -- Marseille Objectif Danse, Marseilles -- Art Video Danse, Strassbourg -- 3e Mondial de la Video, Brussels

1994
Best of Ostranenie 93, New York, Knitting Factory > Ljubljana, Moderna galerija > Zagreb, Umjetnički paviljon > Berlin, Czech Cultural Center > Bonn (Europa-Europa), Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany -- A Past Memorized - A Future Conceived: Video From Slovenia, Rotterdam, Zaal die Unie > Amsterdam, Netherlands Film Museum > Vienna, Medienwerkstatt > Graz, ESC > Munich, Marstal, Bayerischer Staatscheuspiel > Iowa, School of Art and Art History > Kassel -- Slovenački video danas, Belgrade, Bitef teatar -- Alpe Adria Cinema, Trieste, Teatro Miela -- Impakt 1994, Utrecht, Cultuurcentrum EKKO, Filmtheater `t Hoogt -- From Alternative Scene to Art Video: Video Production in Slovenia (1992-1994), Rijeka, Moderna galerija > Maribor, Media Nox > Ljubljana, KUD France Prešeren > Skopje, Muzej na sovremenata umetnost > Udine (Videokids '94), Sala Video Cinema Ferroviario > Portogruaro -- Mediawave, Gyor -- 19čme Festival International du Court Metrage, Mons, Cinema Le Plaza -- 22. Festival der Nationen, Linz -- Dessay video mail, Berlin -- Roshid International Education Film Festival, Teheran -- 6. Videonale, Bonn, Bonner Kunstverein -- Anima Teruel, Teruel

1995
Biennale mladih, Rijeka, Moderna galerija -- Alpe Adria Cinema, Trieste, Teatro Miela -- WRO'95 - 5th International Sound Basis Visual Art Festival, Wroclaw -- Bandits - Mages 95, Bourges -- 23. Festival der Nationen, Linz -- From Alternative Scene to Art Video: Video Production in Slovenia (1992-1994), Moscow, Centre for Contemporary Arts > St. Peterburg, Soros Center for Contemporary Arts - St. Petersburg

1996
Alpe Adria Cinema, Trieste, Teatro Miela -- Electronic Undercurrents - Art & Video in Europe, Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst -- Dallas Video Festival, Dallas -- Video večeri (Cybersalon Akvarij), Celje, Likovni salon -- From Alternative Scene to Art Video: Video Production in Slovenia (1992-1994), Los Angeles, CalArts > LACE Gallery

1997
Videospotting (European Cultural Month), Ljubljana, Klub Metropol -- Slovenski film TV video web, Klagenfurt, Universität Klagenfurt -- Film video monitor, Gorizia, Kulturni dom -- Video rov, Ljubljana, Galerija Škuc > Idrija, KIC > Maribor, Kibla

1998
Iskanje izgubljenega časa, 15 let Forumove video produkcije, Maribor, Pekarna > Koper, Mladinski kulturni center > Postojna, Mladinski kulturni delovni center > Črnomelj, Mladinski kulturni klub > Železniki, Kulturno društvo Rov > Krško, Atrij Valvasorjeve hiše -- Avant-garde Films and Videos from Central Europe (Festival of Central European Culture), London, Cinema Lux