Ivan Petrović
Ivan Petrović (1973) has been working in the fields of photography and art for twenty years as a researcher, creator and collector. Since 1997, he has been creating and publishing photographic projects that reflect the spirit of space and time in which they are created, while in his works he uses both documentary approaches as well as research principles. In 2011, together with photographer Mihail Vasiljević, he founded a para-institution, the Centre for Photography (CEF). Despite lacking its own premises, infrastructure or funds for performing its activities, the institution deals with the search, preservation, collection and analysis of local photographic materials from recent history. In the past ten years, Petrović also moved his artistic practice beyond mere artistic expression, since he addresses the phenomena of photography from an analytical-theoretical point of view. His interest lies in the nature of the photographic image and its role in society and historiography. In this spirit, long-term projects such as Documents (1997–2008), Images (2002–), Portfolio Belgrade (2015–) and the latest film production were created.
Ivan Petrović (1973) že 20 let deluje v svetu fotografije in umetnosti kot raziskovalec, ustvarjalec in zbiralec. Od leta 1997 redno ustvarja in objavlja fotografske projekte, ki odsevajo duh prostora in časa, v katerem so nastali. V delih uporablja dokumentarne pristope in skoraj študijske principe. Leta 2011 je s fotografom Mihailom Vasiljevićem ustanovil para-institucijo Center za fotografijo (CEF), ki se ukvarja z iskanjem, ohranjanjem, zbiranjem in analiziranjem lokalnega fotografskega gradiva iz nedavne zgodovine, čeprav nima prostorov, infrastrukture in sredstev za opravljanje dejavnosti. V preteklih desetih letih je Petrović tudi lastno avtorsko prakso premaknil onkraj zgolj umetniškega izraza, saj se fenomenov fotografije vselej loteva z analitično-teoretskega stališča. Pri tem ga zanima narava fotografske podobe ter njena vloga v družbi in zgodovinopisju. V tem duhu so nastajali dolgoročni projekti, kot so Dokumenti (1997–2008), Slike (2002–), Portfolio Beograd (2015–) in najnovejša filmska produkcija. Pogovor z Ivanom Petrovićem je potekal 1. septembra 2017 v Beogradu. Pogovarjala sva se o vlogi fotografije v dominantni zgodovini, meji med lastno prakso in arhivskim delom, fotografiji kot umetnost in še marsikaj.
- Ključne besede: collection, documentary, photography's role, preservation, research
