DESIGN PROJECTS
Kons
Spacial Interpretation of Srečko Kosovel's constructive poem Kons.
In the preface to Integral, a collection of poems created after the death of the author Srečko Kosovel, a reknown literary theorist Anton Ocvirk writes that Kosovel's works are revealed in their entirety slowly, according to developmental stages, and that the reader always encounters stoppages and interruptions that surprise. While reading cons titled solely Kons, I felt exactly what Ocvirk wrote about, and at the same time, Kosovel's words touched me. What happens to the unfulfilled dreams of the European man? The poem couldn't be more timely—where is the mercy that so many are crying out for? Do I understand life? Do I understand myself?
This is my reinterpretation of Kosovel's words and the reflection of my psyche; I think the latter is very important, so that a person remains grounded in a world full of chaos and despair, so that he manages to find joy and happiness as well.
PROJECT FOR
Academy of Fine Arts and Design,
University of Ljubljana
AWARD
Honorable Mention
New Talent Awards 2024
EXHIBITED AT
Odprto - OFFen
Kosovelova soba, Sežana (SI)
in permanent collection
The cube represents the poem Kons, written in its entirety with the initials of the author's name and surname. I understand it as the construction of a potentially larger space, the size of a house, that we can enter. Then we read the text differently; it is reflected around us and, at the same time, below us. How to stand on solid ground and see the whole thing? It is much easier to look from the outside—a distant and reduced version—than to look in the mirror, because this could also become our reality. The construction, however, always stands and shows our reflection on the outside as well.
The object is made of black plexiglass and stands on a reflecting mirror.
CONS
A tired European man
stares sadly
into the golden evening,
which is even sadder
from his soul.
Karst.
Civilization is without a heart.
The heart is without civilization.
An exhausting struggle.
Evacuation of souls.
The evening burns like fire.
The death of Europe!
Mercy! Mercy!
Mr. Professor,
do you understand life?
