ABOUT THE PROJECT

The author thrusts the invisible actors of Slovene society into the limelight, presenting authentic "behind-the-scenes" heroines who are often overlooked. The theme the author addresses honors women of different ages, religious backgrounds, and social standings, sparking thoughtful discussions on societal complexities and multifaceted yet immensely important challenges. Her photographic narrative is powerful, current, and universal, consistently drawing attention to the growing challenges of gender and other inequalities.

Through documentary portraits and interviews the exhibition highlights the roles of women, often blurred between work and home. These women, including nurses, food delivery drivers, shopkeepers, teachers, postal workers, police officers, firefighters, cleaners, production workers, and drivers, play a vital role in and form the backbone of our society. They are the real heroines of our everyday lives.

The artist playfully and skillfully intertwines the overlapping roles female workers play, by following the concept of layering. Therefore she has chosen a modern lenticular printing technique as the central medium, creating a captivating visual illusion. Through an exacting process, two portraits of each female worker are combined, resulting in the visual transition between the portraits. The images change as they are viewed from different angles, enhancing their stopping power, and imploring the viewer to notice these heroines.

O PROJEKTU

Fotografska serija Spregledane v ospredje postavlja delavke in jim daje glas. Na piedestal postavlja ženske, ki skrbijo, da se naš svet v mirnem času ne ustavi, v času krize pa se ne zlomi. To so medicinske sestre, dostavljalke hrane, trgovke, učiteljice, poštarke, policistke, gasilke, čistilke, delavke v proizvodnji, šoferke in mnoge druge, ki so temelj naše družbe in so junakinje našega vsakdana. In čeprav so nadvse pomemben del naše družbene ureditve, pa niso vedno tudi spoštovane in opažene.

Z edinstveno umetniško-dokumentaristično interpretacijo avtorica v ospredje postavlja nevidne akterke naše družbe, hkrati pa predstavlja nekaj resničnih junakinj »iz zakulisja«, ki pogosto ostajajo spregledane. S posnetimi dokumentarnimi portretnimi fotografijami avtorica prikazuje prepletanje in prekrivanje številnih vlog, ki jih delavke imajo. Fotografinja sledi ideji plastenja vlog, zato je kot osrednji medij izbrala sodobno tehniko lentikularnega tiska, ki omogoča prav to – prelivanje podob, ki prehajajo druga v drugo. In na trenutke ustvarjajo občutek večplastnosti. Slika pa se ves čas spreminja in sledi gibanju opazovalca.

K portretirankam pristopa kot zunanja opazovalka in jih predstavlja skozi zelo osebne zgodbe, gledalca pa s kratkimi izseki zapisov intervjujev, ki jih je posnela v domačem okolju portretirank, aktivno vključuje in ga spodbuja k razmišljanju o (ne)enakosti. Mestoma se dotika vprašanj o percepciji (nevidne) hierarhije spolov in razdeljevanju vlog v družbi (in službi), ki so danes prav tako aktualna kot kdajkoli prej.