KONČART
The Končart Group is an art company
that consists of 15 subsidiaries and one associated company headquartered in
Zagreb. Končart’s core business is the production of artworks for the
international art market. Annual sales amount €400 million, of which half are
exports. Končart’s works have been exported to more than 100 countries
worldwide. The company currently employs about 4000 artists. The current
production program includes construction and installation of fine art and
conceptual artworks, sculptures, hybrid installations, new media, lumino-acoustic projects, multimedia
facilities, metal art and graphics, multidisciplinary art exhibitions, bio-art
home systems and audiovisual interactive installations.
I’m developing a fictional version of Končar (an actual
electrical, transport and energy company) which follows the
structure of the original company but transposed into the context of artistic
production, sales and markets. The photographs capture strange objects in a large
factory facility (in the phase of their construction or deconstruction),
presenting them as artworks (sculptures, installations, paintings ...),
emphasizing the potential similarities between two seemingly completely
different worlds: worker / artist.